Scottish football on the whole is bloody terrible though! Genuinely on a par with the bits and bobs of womens football that I've witnessed

Even there national team is a joke considering the decent pool of players they often have, yet whichever useless national manager they have at the time usually picks the most awful squads and seems to discriminate against players that they don't consider 'scotish enough'😅

2 hours ago, OJRovers said:

Eustace is quickly going to lose the fans if he comes out with more of this rubbish. 

Why can't he say we have lost wharton, might lose others (sammie) and we will need to recruit well to replace them and also avoid being down the bottom again next year. Not difficult. 

 

Sadly i think he's going to lose fans if/when it becomes more apparent that he's 'team waggot' andcshares the same lack of ambition has him and his cronies. 

I think he's still got a year left at fulham but if he's not gurenteed as much football there now how about cairney to add some much needed experience and creativity(and class!) to the team

42 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

Banned words or phrases.

 

Pacey winger.

Even if we got a Percy winger this would happen.... 

I'll get my coat. 

1 hour ago, roversinmyblood said:

If that is correct, SW should be sacked for gross incompetence!!

Just through it on the pile with all the other things he and his malignant pal Sunhail should have been sacked for. Not since fkin Kean has anybody been so untouchable and self serving. 

I'm sure there's folks on here that will still continue to shake his hand and have a natter with him over afternoon tea though (no matter how well meaning their intetions may be) 

37 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Let's hope they are fairly well down the line with a new DOF, can't see much if anything happening till he's in place 

Personally not a fan of the dof role. Just give me a real manager that isn't afraid to take on the extra pressure, responsibility and time of first team transfers and being in charge of scouting!!

It's too easy now for 'first team coaches' to just pass the buck when a transfer flops or doesn't live up to expectations. 

Rovers need to get one or two good (incoming!) transfer deals agreed asap otherwise it's going to be yet another summer of fan unrest a further declining st sales. 

Just get at least Maguire and a Ross Sykes deals in the bag and that would hopefully keep things a bit smoothed over until the euros! 

1 hour ago, sverrehh said:

Let's rely on Gallagher impeccable finishing when Szmodics leave then, after all he has great workrate?

Slightly joking aside, Siggy has the technique and he did recently admit the season has been tough, injury ridden, and a learning curve, despite a good start. If he gets a pre-season he can only improve on last season.

 

I don't think it's his actual work rate that was the issue! Its more that he just couldn't get fit enough for long enough to be able to work as hard as Some of the others. 

As well as him having to keep filling in in different forward  positions in different formations in a struggling team! 

3 hours ago, sverrehh said:

He did manage 7 goals and 4 assists this season. A season he started and ended injured. He arrived in june last year and got injured shortly after, missing out on preseason. His movement inside the box and his ability to finish is second only to Szmodics.

I remember Gamst Pedersen arriving at the club, struggling at first until he put on a few kilos of muscles and toughed up.

Siggy has to follow suit and add some physicality to his game and get up to speed. He is clearly one of the most talented in the squad.

Just need to get him fit with a good pre season and figure out which position he's going to be most effective in!! 

3 hours ago, Mercer said:

Cryptic or otherwise, I think it's quite clear what I meant.

As for 'refusing to take questions on', I stated today, as I have done in the past, sometimes there is a limit to what can be posted on a MB without breaking confidences and/or compromising people.

I think you are just irked that I may be proven right - just get over it and stop boring folk with your constant wittering.

 

Sorry but after years and years of your 'information' being proven to be complete bs and gueswork I find it astonishing that you still think anybody takes any tidbits that you invent seriously and when(if ever) your info does come even remotely true its purely just by chance.

Everyone knows you're a betting person and you know full well that if you spew enough bs then by law of averages you're going to get the odd thing right occasionally. 

16 minutes ago, M_B said:

Got told today we're interested in Ross Sykes. Rovers, Boro and Plymouth interested. 

Didn’t we seriously look into signing him a few years ago?? (possibly before going for Hyam instead, i can't remember) 

Edit!! Sorry wasn't even that long ago, just last summer... https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/blackburn-plotting-transfer-swoop-for-600000-rated-defender/

Maybe he was a player we where looking to buy before our transfer kitty was abrubtly slammed shut. 

And hopefully his links to Brighton we may meen we carry on getting some of their better youngsters in on loan! 

12 hours ago, bluebruce said:

If it's your first time on linkedin on your browser, you should be able to scroll down and see all that. When I tried to open it again in the same browser it forced me to log in to see anything and I had to switch browser. But he was Club Secretary at Brighton for 3 years 11 months. Also at Sunderland before that for 6 years 4 months, where he was Assistant Club Secretary, then Club Secretary, then Head of Football Administration, which is his role here. Before that, Deputy Head of Administration at Birmingham for 4 years 7 months, and a Player Administration Assistant at the EFL for 8 years. So he's been in these sorts of roles in football for about 23 years. Honestly I'm a bit surprised to see us hire someone who actually has a decent amount of relevant experience.

Seems an excellent pedigree! BUT venkys era rovers being the way it is you have to ask why he'd drop down to a struggling club with little real ambition. 

Surely it couldn't just be for more money(Id imagine he was being paid very well already at brighton) and/or for sentimental reasons like being closer to home

Maybe he has ambitions to step up to more of chairman role in the future (paving the way for waggot to finally leave) 

2 hours ago, rovers11 said:

Strange move for him to leave Brighton to join us. It must be a good pay rise for him.

Brighton are the best run club in the country so it looks like a very good appointment. But there's only so much you can do when Venky's are your employer.

Sorry i can't see any info on him, what was his role at brighton how long was he there etc.... 

Hyam, gallagher, pears, travis, pickering, dolan, markandy, Telavovic can all go as far as I'm concerned, mixture of reasons some just not good enough and some that underperform and make mistakes far too often. 

Mkfadzen I'd only offer a new 6 month deal maximum. 

That being said, none of them would be adequately replaced, so probably not. 

20 points of a play off spot.

COME ON LADS WE CAN STILL MAKE IT🎉

(to think! Last year we'd just missed out by goal difference... SACK THE BLOODY BOARD ALREADY) 

Goal szm9d

Just hope the players are all fired up for this and we at least go down fighting if it happens. 

If we sit back and try playing for a draw but they still knick a goal and we go down that would be unforgivable and Eustace would have to go. (and I've been in favour or on the fence about Eustace up until today) 

6 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Personally I think Final Countdown is the right song to play when the players are coming out from the tunnel. Another song I think would be is Kasabian

 

 

 

The music is better in recent games and will hopefully stay that way next season. We'll done @Miller11👏

Kasbian are Leicester, just like oasis/the gallaghers are city. Hearing them played by any other club just doesn't sit right. (and I'm saying that as a massive oasis/gallagher fanboy) 

The walk out song really does have to change! 

And I like the chilli peppers as a band on the whole but that song is pretty weak and has no relevance to rovers at all. That said i cant stand final countdown. 

Having a regular house/stadium dj in each game is a good idea, but it would need to be someone local with good broad music tastes and a rovers fan ideally, not just some cheesy wedding renta dj knobhead

37 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

They played Hardcore Uproar at the Newcastle match.

Fair enough playing late 80s early 90s techno and acid but No Limits was gash at the time.

Fair point, i think what I'm getting at is they should be playing something that the normal working class lads and their dads can enjoy, something that actually represents the town in some way without it being some dopey clichéd peter kay esque singalong. 

22 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Blackburn was one of the homes of rave and acid house, they weren’t listening to the likes of ‘no no, no no no no’, ya daft sod 😅.

What do I want to hear? Couldn’t give a flying feck, so yeah, get them rung up with your suggestion, might fire Gallagher up enough to actually get in the box or something.

 

'Couldn't give a feck' then why comment at all

Stuff like no limits is what made the charts and got played in regular nightclubs(in various remixes) years after the very short lived acid house scene ended. I mentioned that song simply because it has a good intro, it's upbeat and is easy to sing along to(should you want to) 

Ya daft tw@t.

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

It’s over 30 year old, and it was even naff back then, so if anyone is the Grandad wanting that cheese played, it’s you!

I’d take it up with @Miller11 , as I’m sure he now has an input into the music they play.

What would you like then?? 

The real teens of blackburn(those that live on the estates, not the ponsy outskirt areas) still listen to dance music and the like, probably passed down from their parents