We're talking comfortably over £350,000 (low end) wages on those named positions, plus "several" unnamed others (assuming full time wages). Current WSL2 players apparently average about £20k annually (according to quick research), and squad sizes of around 25 are common (£500k total). So you imagine wages will also have to go up a decent whack as a part of the re-branding (£30k - £35k per player) This is not a defense (obviously) of the owners, but we all agree that Venkyscum don't know how to run one professional football team... so expecting them to "voluntarily" fund another in the women's team on an almost certainly annual £1m - £2m deficit is hardly surprising. This of course is not the plan, but hypothetically - What if "Blackburn Rovers" cancelled the women's team, but then had an extra £30k per week on the men's wage budget, or an extra £1.5m transfer budget each year... how many would rather that outcome? *edit* Counter point: What if the club announced they were fully invested in Women's football and would happily fund the £2m a year womens programme, but from the same pot of money as the mens team - and therefore had to shave £1.5m off that budget. There would be outcry! Either way, news which is more nails in the coffin, I hope...

On the one hand you can be disappointed by how lacklustre we've looked in the final third. On the other hand, I'd still take 0-0 after 70 minutes before going gung-ho for the final 20+. Would be "tactical" to go show a bit more aggression on one of the "Star" United players. Let them know that if we aren't making the playoffs, then neither are you - via injury. 45 minutes in and the scenario remains the same.... win, and in.

Today, I am angry. Angry that I'm finally broken... Tomorrow I will not care. My first Rovers game was watching Alan Shearer score a hattrick at a modern and beautiful Ewood Park in 1995, in front of a packed and rocking BBE. I've seen Blackburn Rovers win the Premier League, win the Worthington Cup, play in a half dozen semifinals, compete in Europe, beat the best teams in England - consistently. I've watch amazing players - Shearer, Friedel, Tugay, Duff, Pedersen, McCarthy, Salgado, Roque, Samba, Hendry, Dunn - and hundreds others - wear our Blue and White shirt with pride. I loved this football club, I worked for 5 years at this football club. I've given my heart to Blackburn Rovers for 30 years... today - after almost 15 years on life support - that heart has finally stopped beating. Venkys, Kean, Anderson, Shebby, Waggott, Suhail, dozens others - all parasites that have taken root, and they have won. I will go to the final 4 games this season - with apathy, and a sense of diminished nostalgia - but that will be where my journey ends with Blackburn Rovers Football Club until the poison is removed once and for all from this shell of a proud football club. 🔵⚪️

If you conducted a poll for all 24 teams with the question: "Who were the worst, most pathetic team, to play at your stadium this season?" - I genuinely wonder if Rovers would get into double figures in the voting? Certainly get votes from Coventry, Oxford, Derby, Stoke, Bristol City, Millwall, QPR, Swansea, Preston, and Watford this season, with guaranteed Portsmouth and Luton no shows still to come. Maybe half the league? Pathetic.

Relying on overlapping CBs to assist you getting any type of attack going says pretty much everything you need to know.

Maybe the worst half of "football" I've ever seen. Ref giving everything, Stoke playing for everything, and Rovers not even knowing how to play football.

We can't drop Pears when he is on the cusp of a £50m move to "New Trafford".

What a truly transcendent and inspirational starting XI. Can't wait for the 90 minutes to begin.

Pathetic, most predictable result of the season (since the obvious change in situation) That's 11 straight defeats to promoted L1 teams away from home.

Cantwell on for Dolan. Abysmal performance against an abysmal team. A competent team wins this 4-2.

What a pathetic substitution

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Pears is FUCKING SHIT

All these people complaining Israel doesn't have a "Plan B" have clearly not watched a Blackburn Rovers manager closely in the 5,000 days since Big Sam left. The closest thing we had to Plan B since December 2010 was when Henning Berg fucked the club in court.

Who'd have thought we'd be 2-0 down with that starting XI?

We've seen some Pears horrors over the years, but that's shit for U8's football.

The best thing about this starting XI is the fact we can't being Weimann, Dolan and (especially) Hedges on as 2nd half subs. Hedges is absolutely finished at this level.

If David Lowe got the job I'd be genuinely worried about who would control the whistle during the pre-match 5-a-side and ball feed the shooting drill with the subs! 😬

Not read this back, so apologies if this name has been mentioned - and he won't happen as it would be too public - but Steven Gerrard is the absolute correct replacement. It won't happen, not only is he strongly linked with going back to Rangers, but "Steven Gerrards Blackburn Rovers" would get far too much media scrutiny and air time for Waggott, Pasha and Venkys to cockroach.

That final 15 minutes were up there with the most embarrassing of the Eustace era. JRC and Forshit coming on - why?At least we gave our marquee signing 5 minutes (+5) to change the game. Chalk one up to poor management.

Kargbo - Cantwell - Cozier-Duberry all on for the 3 amigos of God awful. Weimann is basically the attacking midfield version of Jordan Rhodes - he literally offers nothing in the first 90% of the pitch*, knows where to be in the area - if we get there. Gets carried in games he starts. *You can miss me with the "what about the Burnley goal" retort - that was an obvious one off*

Hedges - Weimann - Dolan That triplet wouldn't scare me if we were in a L1 relegation battle.

11:00pm. Now the real drama begins.

"Option to buy was duscussed" ... and then Forest remembered who they were working with, and decided against such bold negotiations.