Well isn't that the point of a forum? I don't come on to say nothing. Perhaps I should be more selective of issues to bring up but its not like I planned to comment on an entire round of fixtures being called off. That's happened though and its big news. I saw the story on twitter, commented there and then brought it up on here. That's my opinion its an overreaction and very typical of liberal influence. I can't remember discussing Astori before so there's nothing personal there. Had nothing against him but if I was involved with a Serie A club (besides Fiorentina and whoever it was they were playing) I would have said the same thing without any hesitation. I'll leave it there if it upsets you that much but others on twitter are saying the same and are more familiar with Astori than me.

Should point out its hard to resurrect a club that's accomplished sod all to begin with. More a question of who can take them from depressingly mundane to slightly more tolerable mundane. So basically lingering in the Championship and repeatedly unspectacular spells in top flight. The latter looking a long way away for them at the moment. Oh I forgot they won the League Cup (I'm not being churlish after all Rovers win was significant) but what else? Tremendous legacy for a club based in a city that size...and some people still think population is the key measure of a clubs stature. In many cases it is but that's not exclusive and Rovers are testament to that. While I thought somewhat better of Gold after reading his book (free on his website by the way or at least it was at one point) his remarks came across as those of an arrogant buffoon. Savage threw those words back in his face (calling Rovers a bigger club) and he was absolutely right. Anyway that whole issue is a bit outdated now but Birmingham are still a smaller club who Villa wouldn't give a toss about if they didn't share the same city.

Yeah but Rovers fans damn sure didn't clamour for Coyle. On average even Redfearn and Slade had less detractors than Coyle and anyone besides Steve Kean could probably be added to that list. There wasn't exactly clamouring for Mowbray either though obviously he wasn't subjected to abuse from day 1.

Can't even understand why they would clamour for him to begin with. Nothing inspiring about the guy.

Its one person not a bloody terrorist attack. Its an overreaction and its not disrespectful to say otherwise. I bet there's some who spent thousands travelling to Milan and while you have to take risks into account with long distance travel that's more down to usual risks like weather postponements, etc. When Jack died Rovers trained as usual. Granted it was expected unlike Astori but what is calling off all those games going to achieve? Was Kurt Angle disrespecting his Father when he turned out for sporting activities later that day? I don't think so. Its about PR nothing else.

Well Rowett did have an eye on moving elsewhere and refused to sign a new contract. Replacing him with Zola however was an obvious mistake considering Zola's previous failures. Anyway hiring Cotterill made no sense given how they hired Zola for footballing philosophy reasons. I guess they thought that didn't work so they had to take the opposite extremity and bring in someone devoid of personality. Not that Zola has any particular personality beyond being seen as a "nice guy". Redknapp I guess worked for them short term as Rovers know . First thing I would do is kick Lowe out the door. Misery magnet.

What a ridiculous overreaction to call every Serie A game off because of what's happened with Astori and Fiorentina. There will be fans travelling worldwide for the AC v Inter game especially. Why is it disrespectful to play the other games at the very least? Kurt Angle's Father died in an accident yet he played the football (other kind) game of his life that same day. Its not going to change anything and talk of "putting things into perspective" has no logic at all in terms of scope. Its a typical liberal mindset making some symbolic gesture won't change a damn thing and its probably all for show to make the Serie A authorities feel good. EDIT-I still feel its over the top to call off every game but tasteless clickbait headlines from the Sun. "Why has AC v Inter been postponed" and "international football star dies aged 31" isn't Astori's death newsworthy enough alone?

Another managerial tombstone erected at the Jason Lowe graveyard.

OK if he gets injured again, medics drop the stretcher causing further aggravation followed by the club physio drunkenly running over his foot in the car park I'll blame Sheffield United. Even if he was neglected there it does not absolve Rovers medics from basic principles outlined on page 5.

Well I don't know what happened last season. The events discussed on page 5 happened under Rovers' watch regardless of any neglect elsewhere.

Richard Matthewman, Jerome Anderson and Steve Kean celebrate the takeover of Rovers in 2010. Howard Walker is the one dipping his head into the cash. Pigs at the trough probably aren't renowned for their orderly mannerisms. Its pretty obvious that the Walkers were so afraid of relegation lowering the prospective price they demanded the trustees sell there and then. That's not surprising its a pretty common trait for people like the Walkers who can't see past the first glint of gold. These are people who would sell their own Grandmother for a dollar. You can see that with their complete and utter disregard for Jack and the fact that they directly do business with Venkys to this day. Those 2 stooge chefs might be the public faces but the Matthewmans are the power behind the Northchoke throne.

Numerous mentions of FUP should be noted. Thanks to UEFA and hypocritical old sods like Whelan who get lauded on here.

Thought Venkys had strange timing but Gibson (yes he was one of the people instrumental in saving the club and yes he has invested, etc) has made some strange decisions before. Its not sacking Monk especially (and I'm not saying one win should change things) but why not do it earlier in the week? Didn't he do the same with Southgate as well sacking him just hours after a win? The Robson/Venables farce years ago as well.

Call me a liar for years over my remarks about Walker Family influence then suddenly VIOLA! Your story shifts to the trustees being FORCED by the non interfering Walker Family to sell! Yet I'm the troll.

Charles Windsor has close links with Belokon as well so are the media going to make an equally big issue of that? Infact he was a trustee (not sure whether he is now or not) on the board of one of Windsor's foundations. Due to your anti-Trump remarks elsewhere I'm assuming you believe these allegations Philipl? Surely a trustee involved in football couldn't possibly be corrupt? Had no idea Belokon was linked to money laundering and was convicted in absentia. Belokon claims its politically motivated and protests his innocence. I saw some of their own fans suggest he make a takeover bid and surely they are aware of his EFL disqualification?

Not happy with mine either. I know its hard to win these things but being in the top 25% alone (think I am or near enough) isn't good enough. I might change things too much though I remember selecting Bale having spotted his potential but removing him (rightly because he didn't improve immediately afterwards) as he started badly at Tottenham. So sometimes you can't wait for "good to come good" and have to get rid though good thing for Tottenham they didn't! I always thought they were right to keep him (when others called him a flop) removing someone from a fantasy team is hardly comparable lol. I also remember winning one of the Rovers Mad "head to head" leagues (not sure if they do those anymore) a few years back so I can do better. Used my wildcard also. Goalkeepers (why do some people have a sub keeper who isn't the cheapest possible?) are so close together in points for most part so they are overrated. I started with Lloris but his points were not high enough to justify keeping him with cheaper keepers having similar or more points. The only players I've had from week 1 (with very brief transfers in some cases due to injuries, etc before being brought back) are Aguero, Kane, De Bruyne, D Silva and Myhill though he's just my cheap sub GK. Only transfer I made this week was Ryan (Brighton) for Mignolet as the latter surely has a much better chance of a clean sheet against boring West Brom (even minus Pulis still boring) than Brighton do against Tottenham.

Can't see why it should unless he got an infection from splinters (not that its technically an actual bench)

Doubt its even been noted on here but taking an automatic promotion spot from Wigan (though I've said I expect them to be promoted) would be an added bonus. Why? Payback on that hypocritical FUP stooge (and not to mention racist old git) Whelan. I don't care what he said in the leadup to Venkys takeover (it didn't look right because they aren't white in his eyes) anyone who supports that garbage is "persona non grata" as far as I'm concerned. Infact even Tim Fallon who called out Lynda Matthewman by name lost any goodwill for that from me because he also supported FUP. How anyone could endorse that without being hypocritical (and downright disrespectful) after what Jack Walker did for this club is beyond me. The wealth of any potential new owner is besides the point its about principle.

Fort William FC well and truly living up to their name. http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/173696-brora-rangers-16-0-fort-william/

If you're gonna talk about them how about something less stale and tired than the 1563452322 unfunny six fingered "joke". How about some cutting, meaningful insults (or something just fairly generic like bastards which is used anyway) rather than this lowest common denominator idiocy? A chant like that is an embarrassment to Dack and to the club. Really do shake my head at the maturity of some fans when oafs like Dunn make a joke on twitter about inbreeding and people react like he's said the funniest thing imaginable. Its not funny in the slightest one of the few things I've ever agreed with Jim Wilkinson on. Yeah OK its no secret I'm not the most enthralled by that fixture on here (and please lets not argue about that) but that's besides the point. It just isn't funny. Also isn't it supposed to be songs that have actually been used before? I've never heard that one. Not trying to be a total snob as lowbrow humor can be funny in some cases. For instance Better Call Saul with "Squat Cobbler" and "Tony the toilet buddy" or WWE years ago when Kaientai attempted to castrate Val Venis. Chants like one Oldham fans used "who's the worst manager in the football league? Its you Dunn, Dunn, Dunn, its you Dunn Dunn". Now that's funny though its not really lowbrow actually just immature. Not to mention it was probably true as well which scores an extra bonus point from me.

AC Milan sacked their manager guess that's "unfair" because of their "unfair" spending.

Of course he's under pressure its just the extent that's in question. The way you both talk its like he has an easy ride and just has to turn up with a deckchair every morning. Then again that's probably what some staff get away with working for Venkys.

Benitez claims he's "ignoring" takeover speculation though I can't see why players can't train/play and talk about it at the same time. When they go home and watch Tv can't they talk about anything other than what they do on the pitch? He does however note that FUP may be an issue thanks to UEFA, clubs like United and a hypocritical old sod who apparently broke his leg once. Actually he only mentions UEFA I'm referencing the latter 2. http://www.itv.com/news/update/2017-11-24/newcastle-boss-benitez-ignoring-takeover-speculation/

I notice Blackburn Arena is hosting a Pro Wrestling event in 2018 which will also be live on Freesports. Not WWE but certainly featuring people who have been associated with them plus notable UK names. Its not the first time a wrestling event has been held there. WWE (then WWF of course) did a show there in 1994 and apparently featured a match between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels. Speaking of Michaels he's been said to be a Rovers fan and infact there is a video on Youtube of an interview at West Ham v Rovers in 1995. I'm not sure he actually is a huge fan as I've never seen him mention the club otherwise. He had family in England (lived in Reading as a kid for a while) so it looks like he had relatives here at some point. I'm guessing he may have been on a promotional UK tour at the time. Wonder why more events don't seem to be held at the Arena besides the obvious? KGH has held wrestling events (though mostly those with people dressed up as WWE wrestlers and are about as simplistic as you can present wrestling) not to mention the other events hosted there. There's only been one concert (Status Quo over 20 years ago) apparently in the entire time its been open. I remember vaguely going there when I was very young. Knowing what I know now it was probably immediately after it opened. Also went a few times in the late 90's. Never did learn to skate either.