OldEwoodBlue

Amen

Blackburn was booming when we were in the PL. Many local businesses have gone as a direct result of our self inflicted decline. Clubs who hit the PL instantly find themselves on the global map. With it brings investment and opportunities to the wider community. Can anyone point to a single Venky investment into the local area. No because there is none. All they have done is fuck up the club and fuck up the town. And I don't advocate going out with a begging bowl to the wider areas. This is basically looking for "not fans" with surplus income, to put bums on expensive seats. Will turn up in their 4x4 and immediately scurry off back to their rural village spending no money in the local economy. No atmosphere. Oh yes we had a box at Turf Moor last season but we decided to give this a try. No thanks. The Venky legacy is 100% a negative one.

So in true Venky style, we are not buying a Rovers central defender. 4th season in a row we are sniffing at PL kids who will go on to be out of our reach. Treading water until we can get one season out of our home grown central defenders, before they also move on and become out of our financial reach. We have become an eager slave to the PL boys, whom Jack had us beating down here on a regular basis.

So no defenders then.

Yes Tony threw the important games which would have seen us Champions.

Be interesting how Edun plays. After JDT brought him on at Swansea it suggests he sees far more in him than we saw under Mowbray. Could even be a player?

Doom monger

We were lucky Summerfest got cancelled.

Back to Josh's (poor attempt at) storytelling.... a good way to explain it would be Manure incentivising Phil Jones to go back to Rovers on far less money....

Round and round and down and down. Have they left yet ?

Are we still talking about the football ?

Just catching up. Defenders not coming as yet.

Jon Dahl Tomasson, all about the team. Backed by Venkys, they once met the Queen. Jon Dahl Tomasson, has a project plan. Blue & White, whether a boy or a man. Jon Dahl Tomasson, the Blackburn legion. We Are Rovers, the Best in our region. Jon Dahl Tomasson replaced Alan Shearer. We're going up and it couldn't be clearer.

Russell Martin will be the first Championship manager to get sacked if he stubbornly keeps playing the same crap, talking the same crap and not getting enough points. Only Mowbray was exempt from that fate.

If we go to market we need Transfer fee + Sign on fee + Wages (within structure). He is already ours so give him a good sign on fee and nice release clause say £18 million. That should protect everyones interests.

Do we have to break the wage structure though ? Don't we just offer a lucrative sign on fee ? We get that back when we either go up or sell him on under contract.

Or new contract. We can't make teams come in for him.

Fairly certain Ben will be staying. Just can't see any PL side gambling their PL survival on an untested at that level player. Especially in that he plays in a sort of niche role. Look how Arma turned out. Can't get a game (or a goal) and hauled off at HT yesterday. Nobody was even taking a gamble on Mitrovic last season. Nothing to suggest anybody is seriously looking at Ben imo.

Sunday morning, Top of the league 🎶 Feels so good, makes me wanna sing Jon Dahl Tomasson, All about the Team Blackburn Rovers, Best you've ever seen Lewis Travis, Captain Lean & Mean Ben B Diaz, Our Goal Machine Jon Dahl Tomasson, All about the Team Blackburn Rovers, Best you've ever seen Ryan Hedges, Assists from the Wing Super Bucko, Our Midfield King Jon Dahl Tomasson, All about the Team Blackburn Rovers, Best you've ever seen Sammie Szmodics and Bradley Dack Fuck off Burnley, Rovers are Back Blue Army Blue Army Blue Army

Yes in the bbc lancs interview chaddy posted on the previous page

JDT - If you are good enough, you play. Age not important. At last....common sense returns.

First Rovers tactical display since Sam left. Loved it.

BBD laughing and smiling all game. Enjoying his football that lad. Good strength as well. Total opposite to his first season here. He ain't going anywhere.

He would hate us lot.

Ayala thinks that game was easier than training.