Gallows humour but it would be 'interesting' to see the reactions if Leeds stayed in the Championship and Liverpool went another year without the title after all this. Almost worth guaranteeing us missing out on the play-offs...

What stood out was that every single player (including the sweeper keeper) looked like they were the playmaker. There was no weak link at all. Total football that Arsenal just couldn't live with. Not sentences that you'd expect to see grace this message board for the last decade!

They did. I highlighted the Clitheroe bus as it's closer to my own experience. There is no particular reason why a kid there would choose Rovers unless family already went. Currently, Burnley are the club in the Premier League and there's always the glory hunting Liverpool/City approach. This is a way to get relatively affluent people who can afford the full kit and plenty of food & drink spending their money at Ewood. The article also references another bus picking up Asian children from around Blackburn. This is less likely to increase revenue in the short term but longer term we all know it is far more important. Reduced prices are often mentioned but Rovers always come back with "Don't want to revalue the product." or "Defeats the point of increased footfall." A little short-sighted IMHO.

This is the kind of thing people have been asking for. Get them young and all that... https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/march/ewood-express-a-great-success/ I taught near Chatburn and that side of Clitheroe still has a sizeable Rovers contingent in my experience. Without attention though, plenty could be attracted to Burnley.

Before we castigate him too much, Buckley went straight to the Charlton fans and Armstrong posed in front of the Brentford fans. Nothing to see hear, move along...

I honestly can't understand criticising a journalist for writing a balanced article querying the use of a big-money striker on the wing all season (especially considering the lack of goals). It's not as if there aren't any fans wondering exactly the same thing. Whether you think Gallagher has been decent or not, whether or not you'd prefer Armstrong or anyone else up front, there is obviously a debate to be had. Personally, I think his excellent work-rate and the 'nearly' way he looks like doing something hides the fact that nothing ever actually comes from it. We don't get nearly enough crosses from him and we don't get him heading other people's crosses in. We get just enough to not lump him in with Brereton as a complete failure (which isn't fair on either as they're obviously not getting game time in their preferred position). THIS IS IN NO WAY HIS FAULT!!! HE IS A STRIKER NOT A WINGER!!! Seriously, I'm going to repeat myself as it's so obvious: What is wrong with a journalist questioning the continued use of your 'star' striker on the wing when most would agree he'd be better up top?!

Jack's vision was for one of the best clubs in the country, a regular in Europe and commanding fans from across Lancashire (before Fleetwood, Morecambe and Stanley's rise). Like it or not we are not that club. We do not need and would be embarrassed by another Jack Walker stand. I don't think this is going to happen in the next decade (probably next few decades) but if it did... I would be in favour of something truly unique that would get people keen to stay in it (hotel/entertainment complex is a must for revenue). When I think of different stands, I think of Bristol Rovers. Not just a cuboid with blocks of seats and executive boxes. Of course, that particular stand is lower league and we can/should do better. Like this but not necessarily the same shape:

Was too knackered to post when I got back last night but here's some thoughts, moans first : Nice ground in general if a little hard to reach! The exception being the away stand. No hot water in the toilets, kiosk out in the rain (decent pie though). No standing allowed on the (sort of) concourse. Straight to your seats if you don't want to get wet (1 hour+ to go before kick-off). Needs re-building to enter the 2000s. To the knuckle-dragging mouth-breather on the coach: We don't care about your opinion on hobknobs or the likelihood of making the club or more beer or how you can't pronounce foreign names. We just want to relax in peace and get home. Talk to your friends normally or SHUT THE **** UP!!! "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Suppose that goes for my moaning too... Those gripes aside, the football was excellent. Truly excellent. Charlton fans all seem to agree we outclassed them easily. They started very well but, after 10 minutes, we were the better team by miles. Walton did pull off blinders out of nowhere but I stress OUT OF NOWHERE. We could easily have scored more. Midfield bossed it. Samuel terrorised them; a superb lone-striker performance. It wouldn't be us if there weren't a few little negatives! Bell keeps kicking it out of play when he means to kick it inside. Brereton looked willing and has definitely improved but still looks like he can't control the ball (cutting into the box but then out for a goal kick rather than squaring it being a glaring example). A point at Brentford would do us very nicely. A loss and the gap widens again with less time left. Come on!

Can't speak for this one but, last year, I went as a member of the 1875 Club. At that meeting, at least one boycotter was there and asked for his opinions directly by Waggott. The fact that nothing has been done subsequently is a separate issue but invitations are not confined to 'Rovers ra ra ra' (what even does that mean) fans.

"Food is a bit pricey now and the service is not so good." "Tough. Here's some freebies to shut you up." "How about some well-planned ideas to improve things?" "That would be awkward/pricey/involve planning so we're not going to attempt them." "Our squad doesn't seem to be improving." "We'd banked on flogging our one saleable asset at the end of the season on the assumption nothing would change over the course of half a season." Rovers are really a club with ambition to drive forward!

I do go on the opposition's boards to hear a different view of our players and style after a game. The most common views are often: 1) "One of the most boring teams in the league." 2) "I wish our players closed down like Blackburn." 3) "Their CB (Lenihan) was a beast." Also, it is vey noticeable how well set up this site is in comparison. Like said above, so many threads with a couple or no replies saying exactly the same thing. There can be as many as 10 threads during the game! There also seem to be the arguments between the more 'excitable' members who always see a 4-0 win and those can't stand anything about the current manager.

Therein lies the rub. "If he could control the ball like a footballer, he'd be alright..."

I sit in the Riverside close to the Blackburn End and didn't hear a peep of this supposed criticism. No chance Mowbray heard it.

I too thought it would be tough but I too think Downing by a mile.

Can we please delete the last few pages mods? TRANSFER THREAD!!!

I was sat in the middle-ish and heard no boos when he was subbed. I heard a bit of an ironic cheer which I've heard many times when a player deemed to be playing poorly goes. Likely there was someone quite boorish who shouted obscenities as there is at every football game. Not acceptable but it happens. The idea that the fans were all rabidly going for his throat seems to have picked up but is not what I experienced. I heard groans when he lost the ball on several occasions but again not in any way unusual that fans react negatively to things not going well. If he was upset, it may have been personal frustration than any 'abuse'. Some have immediately jumped on other fans with a starting premise that seems to be based off twitter updates. Have we any reference to this abuse from the club? Did he in fact hear any of it? Too many assumptions....

What struck me most about today was not the individual errors all through the team all game long; it was the general lack of desire to improve. Most just strolled around, content to see out another week on Easy St. This is why Gallagher gets credit even though he is such an awful striker. At least he tries. Actually, what struck me most was the superior bite and increased jam per donut to a Birmingham Morrisons donut compared to our store. The football was so appalling it fell a distant second.

As a primary teacher, the only suitable analogy I can think of is when Year 5/6 boys are playing football at break and a reception child starts following them. He's not really affecting anything and they just ignore him. Certainly no chance of him getting the ball off them. That's how far off Brereton is from Championship football.

Not sure about your physical capabilities but the far end of Albion St is quite close and free parking as long as you get there 1 hour before kick-off. NOT BY THE HOUSES as that is residents only.

Fair enough. Genuine question. At what point would you think the risk would be greater keeping him? For me, the eye-watering debts and risk of Venkys finally clearing off mean we HAVE to kick on and get promoted as soon as possible with no time for 'stability' and treading water for the next few years. To me therefore, bumbling around mid-table is as bad as the risk of relegation. That's why I want a change as Mowbray's entire career points to this being a period of stagnation.

This argument has been made for years when discussing managers all the way back to Bowyer. Managers we have already missed out on include: Rowett, Cowley, Holloway, Warnock, Pearson, Hughton etc etc etc. Right now, the likes of Ainsworth I think would be an improvement. We could do this forever but the real talent pool lies in managers who we've never heard of. Had you ever heard of Wagner or Farke? If you had, fair enough but I hadn't. They got their teams promoted with no real investment or talent pool much greater than our own. Howe got Bournemouth up without massive investment. I am not employed by the club to identify targets across the continent but I would imagine someone at the club is at least vaguely aware of some coaches who are doing well at their current clubs. I don't see how fans who want a change can be blasted for being negative then blasted again for positively believing there are better managers/coaches than Tony Mowbray alive in the world today.

Nothing that's happened this season has changed my mind that Mowbray should be sacked. He constantly talks about gradually improving the squad but, entering 2020, we've still got Bell, Bennett and Williams as first teamers. Far from improving, I'd say the attack is now worse than when he started (entirely down to Graham aging). For all the talk about changing our tactics to become a pretty, passing side, we are almost completely toothless and bore the few fans who still attend to tears. A has-been who is indulged because he isn't actively corrupt or slimy. We can do so much better and those say we can't know as little about Europe's various up-and-coming coaches as I do.

I truly don't understand why ANYONE even vaguely connected to football would think that changing 1/3 to 1/2 the team every match is a good thing. How can anyone now still believe that we're progressing?!

I seem to be in the minority here who thought Lenihan was quite poor today. Letting balls bounce (literally everyone knows not to do this), getting the wrong side of his man (and consequently giving away yet another free kick), giving the ball away cheaply and playing the ball out far too slowly. Bennett yet again a weak link. The crowning turd in the water pipe was when he intercepted a through-ball for Nyambe and kicked it off the pitch instead. Bell was quite simply a non-league embarrassment. No confidence going forward, atrocious defending. No sense of position. Garbage. Gallagher is not a striker. He does not have it. Graham does. Rhodes did. McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Bellamy, Yak, many others all knew how to score from relatively nothing. Our current lot try hard. Well whoop-de-do. I must admit, I thought Johnson did better than those on Monday. He constantly moved so as to receive a pass and seemed one of the few to wanted to pass it forward. Buckley easily our stand-out player. Willing to beat a man and put his foot in a little. A pity he is still on the flimsy side this season. Overall an average to poor side who look like they're about to go sliding back down the table.

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