Angry_Pirate

Just a quick shout out to a (small) minority of our "fans" who continue to be a skid mark to this club. Antagonising away supporters into a brawl when women, children and older, more vulnerable people are trying to walk away from the ground and are being caught up in violence and even hit and knocked to the ground. Bravo. Some of our younger male fans need a good fucking slap banned until they can be trusted. It's embarrassing to be part of the same crowd as them. Don't try and put all the blame the Barnsley fans either. They are just as bad, but away fans aren't throwing flares that almost set a cameraman on fire vs PNE, stealing corner flags and brawling with BRFC staff and fans in the BBE vs Birmingham, and they sure as shit ain't fighting themselves outside their coaches. If you're part of that culture of fan, please SORT YOUR SHIT OUT AND GROW UP.

I knew Callum back when he played at Bury, glad to see him getting praise on here. He was comfortably the best (Barnsley) player on the pitch. I've been a tad surprised to see him play as a LWB most of his Barnsley career but really impressed as a #10 tonight (where he was natural). Glad he skied that one at the end though. And a genuinely nice lad as well. Would be pleased to have him in this squad. Would fit right in. Random fun fact: Callum Styles and Dan Butterworth played in the same year for rival secondary schools in Middleton (Rochdale) back in the day. Think they are still friends.

Re Gallagher: Seems a strange one on the surface when we have Kaminski, Lenihan, Nyambe, Travis, Rothwell and Diaz all out of contract with/before him. All we should be prioritising. Clearly he's not kicked on as we hoped when signed as a 23 year old. He's 26 now, will be nearly 28 when his current contract expires. Sam can't be classed as anything above an (established) mid level Championship striker, but his contract his signed at 23 from PL Southampton will likely be a generous Championship wage - for a potential PL standard striker. What if he's taking a pay cut (or a more performance incentivised structure) for the security of an extra year on a contract he likely won't see matched ever again (Smallwood, Richard)? Maybe he is on £13,000 (online/FM opinion) and we can resign him for £11,000. That would "cost him" £160,000 for the rest of his contract, but "gain him" £575,000 for another years security, or a net +£415,000. Could an additional £2,000 get one of the June 2022 contracts over the line? Maybe Sam thinks this is the NFL salary cap and is taking a pay cut to help secure BBD, Lenihan etc? Far too positive thinking.

Did we actually sack Mowbray after Fulham and someone else is secretly managing the team?

Won't be getting many "Buckley appreciated posts" tonight at this rate. Comfortably the worst player on the pitch today.

Yeah I think Buckley was good... but I didn't confuse him with peak David Silva like some seem to have done! 🤣

The entire back 5 defended fantastic and we're the cause of those 3 points. Excellent win. Comfortable from one perspective, however we really could and should have scored two or three and avoid the potential of a suckerpunch ending. So sloppy on the counter.

FOUR bookings for time wasting. Pathetic

Sorry but Brereton has been woeful today.

Anyone else getting (annoying) Stoke commentary instead of (annoying) Rovers commentary?

This is some of most bias officiating I've ever witnessed.

I'm sorry but that Bristol City player knew exactly what he was doing there... put all his weight on Poveda and 100% (needlessly) caused a very serious looking injury. Shithouse behaviour from a team who only play long balls and for long throws. Shock.

I think the "Chileans of Instagram" are for once not just chatting about Brereton Diaz and are full Mowbray out too. 🤣🇨🇱

The fact that this Management Team (Waggott, Mowbray et al) in the last 11 months alone have: 1) overseen basically our worst run of form in our history. 2) our lowest home league attendance in half the world's populations lifetime. 3) now the biggest home defeat in BRFCs 146 year history. 4) Are allowing our captain, right back and creative midfielder to leave on (nominal) frees 1 year after our best player got sold at 50% value, AND have Diaz, Travis and Kaminski already in Armstrong contract territory (option dependant). Magloire, Carter, Davenport and Butterworth are all also free agents in 6 months. 5) Thirteen contracted "players" for 2022-2023: Pears, Stergiakis, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering, Travis, Dolan, Buckley, Rankin-Costello, Dack, Edun, Gallagher, Butterworth. Yet they're all more likely to get a new contract than be sacked. Despair.

For me, the game became pointless as soon as van Hecke was dismissed - we had lost, and the remaining 60 minutes and FIVE goals were already secure in the Tony Mowbray "Excuses Box". The really sad thing for me is I left the stadium (at 6-0) completely numb and emotionless... exactly the same way as I felt walking into the stadium at 7:15pm... and almost every game since 2019. Tony Mowbray has sapped every ounce of love I have for this club. I'm hoping, praying for a 0-4 on Saturday. He needs to be removed.

Who was the last 'quality opponent' we beat? WBA on New Years Day 2019? This league - for all the hype - is bang average minus a couple each year... and those teams usually beat us at Ewood and spank us away. Before we get too excited, the "death spirals" are usually able to survive the odd win here or there. At Derby (bad feeling), Fulham and Sheff Utd (both PL last season), and at Bristol City, all could still be part of this current 9 game edition. 4/5/6 points from 9 games is still a very real (the most likely?) scenario. But let's enjoy not throwing away a 2-0 that gives Mowbs a free pass until Peterborough at home on November 24th.

Dropping the abysmal Clarkson and van Hecke and scrapping the back 5... Mowbray knows a predictable/bad result today and the crowd are (fucking finally) ready to voice. Cue a Reading no show and a 2/3 goal win, with Mowbray (wank) banking this win till advent.

Nice of Tony to give Clarkson a game for his 20th birthday present. For a Twonk like Mowbray, a person's birthday is probably a justified reason to load the name into the tombola.

Get van Hecke off, go 4 at the back and bring Rothwell on alongside Johnson and Edun. Then literally bring anybody on for Clarkson. Play our own feckin' players (who also happen to be substantially better!) Mowbray is a fucking clown and needs to get fucking gone. 3+ years of this turgid rubbish.

Clarkson and van Hecke wouldn't stand out as L1 loans. Bench looks strong though 😑🙄

Venkys Kean Anderson Jerome Shebby Shaw Coyle Waggott Absolute who's who of PR disasters for one club in only 11 years. No surprise we've seen our fanbase shrink 75% when you look at those names. (I've chosen to leave out Mowbray, and also his ameatur team of Venus, Lowe and Benson - but he will 100% be on this list if he gets a new contract whilst in India). Oh what we wouldn't give for a (impossible) John Williams return. He'd walk through the door with 5,000+ supporters (and fire Mowbray).

"We're Blackburn Rovers, come and buy a 17 game season ticket after you didn't want the 23 game one 2 months ago, but we fucked up massively so we'll try again." "PS. We're selling Lenihan, Nyambe and Rothwell in January for £2m combined so we need your money for loans." "#journey" I'd set a generous over on them selling 250 of these. Anyone ITK regarding sales?

Shout out to that fan who at half time went and absolute unloaded on the coaches and subs. Showed more passion in those 2 minutes than TM and Rovers did in 45. Does anyone know what he said? I've never seen professional cosches and footballers look so sheepish... they quickly stopped playing around and started doing a proper warm up.

Paying any loan player £10,000 per week is criminal - especially that one - when an extra £3,000 (each) could reasonably be the difference in contract extensions being agreed/declined for Rothwell, Nyambe and Lenihan. Mowbray and Waggott - they're stripping us bare.

Whilst your maths is clearly correct I am firmly of the other view. Say we broke even at 10,000 fans selling tickets at £20 or £30. (Though we would clearly gain extra fans) Mum or dad brings their young children. Of those extra fans, how many pies, cokes, hotdogs, burgers, scarfs, programmes*, autograph books would they sell... not to mention the alcohol for the parents. It's the short sightedness of ticket sales alone which is what makes Waggott a fucking pleb. Biggest mistake my dad ever made was allowing me and my sister to tag along with him and my uncle to a Rovers game when I was 7... dad wasn't even a fan, just wanted something to do that day and no other team was an option. I was hooked from that day and we've had a season ticket ever since, spending £10 every match day. (30 years basically). Not to mention the calenders, shirts, bedding, clocks, etc I've begged to own. You think my dad would have spent an additional £60* taking his two children to a Rovers game with Waggott Tax? Cheaper tickets = More (young) fans. More young fans = more food, drink, merchandise sold. Young fans get hooked, fall in love, and beg to come back... spend money. Or we have Plan B. Charge £30.