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They have now conceded 3 goals in 8 minutes at the start of the second half edit - finished 3-1, Powell with a consolation goal before Rovers went down to 10 when Leatherbarrow was sent off with just over 10 minutes left to play U18s are away to Leeds tomorrow at midday U21s are at home to Leyton Orient on Wednesday

Will point out that this is just a 1 year extension (albeit with an option to take it to an extra year), highly likely to be on the same terms as previous, given his injury history and connection to the club was probably easy enough to get done But it is a rare positive nonetheless

Taken off after 41 minutes, so safe to assume he has broken down and will be out for a while.... again The plan was for him to play 60 mins

U21s play away at Stoke this eve score/updates

Rovers squeezed this little update into the U21 preview The clash comes too soon for the likes of Hayden Carter or Jake Garrett, who remain weeks away from returning to match action, whilst Moussa Baradji is a longer-term absentee. I assume from this that the initial diagnosis of a return for Baradji during either the October or November international break was over optimistic, as it sounds like that will be the timeframe for Carter & Garrett, whilst Baradji will take longer

I find it very strange how there has been no official mention of the U17s win over the dingles, I would have thought they would want some positive news this week, although maybe they have banked it to try and relieve some negativity if there is another loss for the first team this weekend?

I imagine the Rovers job selection criteria is much like a phone in auction, but in reverse, where out of work managers keep undercutting each other until all of the competition has dropped out of the race and we are left with a winner No other consideration unless we just happen to have 2 or more guys who will work for the same low price

I thought the same It all sounds very strange

Somewhere between £25K/week & £30K/week apparently Doesn't change your point, rather emphasises just how much Rovers are kneecapping themselves with this £10K/week hard limit

He may be in time (assuming we still have him in 2/3 years), but isn't now Yes

It could be argued that our best centre back partnership both left the club this summer 😉

almost certainly

LT stating Alebiosu fit and in the squad https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25507241.blackburn-rovers-vs-swansea-city-live/

report from the 3-3 draw last night

Tom Bloxham Interview There is more, click on the link above for the full thing, but I found the below to be interesting When asked about his conversations with senior figures at the club, Bloxham was straightforward. “I wouldn’t say I had many. I must say I was surprised my move to Grasshoppers was made so difficult,” he admitted. RoversXtra understands that Blackburn were firm in negotiations with Grasshoppers, initially pushing for a high sell-on clause while removing the training fee. After a lengthy process, an agreement was finally reached on September 1st, with a 25 percent sell-on clause in place, which allowed the training fee to be waived. When asked about the general feeling among the youth players at Blackburn, Bloxham chose his words carefully. “I don’t want to speak on behalf of others, but a lot has changed during my two-year spell at Blackburn,” he said. When asked for his thoughts on the ownership at Blackburn, Bloxham admitted it wasn’t an area he could give much detail on. Bloxham said “I can’t comment on the ownership, I honestly haven’t got much insight to tell, unfortunately, or I would,” he explained. “Football is a business at the end of the day, and the club is always looking to make and save as much money as possible.” That said, he did open up about frustrations over how his own situation was handled during his move to Grasshoppers. “I would’ve liked my transfer to be dealt with a lot better. What they did was allowed, but morally I feel it was wrong. To release a player and still ask for compensation and sell-on fees, to the point it could have stopped a move happening, was just so frustrating from my end.” He also revealed just how complicated the move became behind the scenes. “It took involvement from the EFL, FA and PFA to speak to Blackburn and help this move to Grasshoppers get over the line, and perhaps without them it wouldn’t have happened. For them, I’m very grateful for their involvement.”

Both of these statements are true, Sheff Weds owner is worse than ours, but their silver lining is that this means he will be gone sooner, enabling a recovery, whilst Rovers are stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of decline

Only takes one to ask, and if BBC get banned for asking a simple question then we get more eyes on us

Fingers crossed that at every press conference, at least one journo asks about Jackson/the LT to keep this issue current, and keeps as many eyes on the LT as possible in case this happens

It's his first game back, almost certainly it was pre-planned that he would come off at half time, presume he will get 60 mins on Friday, and 75 mins next week v Orient

Forshaw taken off at half time with Rovers 3-1 up, Mullarkey-Matthews with the first before Tyjon put away 2 penalties

starts for Michalski, Tyjon, and midfield maestro Forshaw 😉 Why do we keep playing Powell out of position on the wing ahead of Doherty?

The powers that be get to negotiate dates/times fixtures are played on, if they cared a jot for not overloading the players, they could have easily shunted one of those fixtures to a different week, or at least given them a day or so gap between fixtures