12 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I still find it baffling that people believe that the O'Brien deal was ever going to be allowed to go through.

I don't care what Broughton or JDT say or what people have been told, take a step back and look at all the transfer business this club has conducted over the last 3 years.

From all the big wage earners being sold/released (Diaz, Dack, Ayala, soon to be Gallagher), to no new contracts to valuable players because they would cost too much (Lenihan, Rothwell), to Indian authorities blocking funding, to a policy of relying on the academy wherever and whenever possible, to not signing anyone outside of the age parameters and wage budget.

I'm not sure where signing O'Brien on a substantial deal fits among all that or indeed if it was a complete balls up by the people at Ewood why they haven't been sacked, or why the finances for that deal have vanished rather than been allowed back into the kitty.

I think it is safe to say that one needs filing under 'con job'. I don't doubt Broughton did the hard yards and got the deal lined up, I don't doubt the player himself was happy to come and play for a promotion chasing team under an ambitious manager, but as with the Lambert era what was printed on the packaging wasn't what was inside the tin and JDT and Broughton were made to look like fools by people higher up the 'chain'.

I get the Venkys suspicion in general but didn’t the club also fork out to take the case to appeal twice? Why on earth would they then bother blowing money on that if they were already so keen to save the money from the deal? They could have just not bothered…

5 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

But he said the O’Brien deal was his fault - do you think he was lying?

Probably being a martyr to be honest

I’d imagine it will be Brittain LB and JRC RB till one of those two is the next to get injured, again.

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

When's the Indian Court Hearing? Wednesday?

Presumably nothing will happen either way until after that as if we'd sold players by now the Court would probably say we only needed correspondingly less funding.

Don’t think affects transfers whatever and whenever it happens. By all accounts it’s just about the funding of the day to day running of the club. Exciting times nonetheless…

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

I need to date Megan markle I'm more likely to date Angela merkle

I’d say they’re probably both as likely as each other…

1 hour ago, neophox said:

Ayari is just a waste of space....poor signing.... was average at Coventry,...

Bet you didn’t see him play for them more than the minutes he got against us…

3 minutes ago, neophox said:

Can't afford him...if any takers surely Leicester or Leeds.

He was joking about Ipswich buying us…

34 minutes ago, tugayislegend said:

Why have we conceded the most goals in the league? I can't remember the last time we kept a clean sheet.

JDT has got the team playing good football at times, BUT the number of goals conceded is frightening! 

The backline hasn't changed much since last year, except for Leo coming in.

Has our bad form coincided with Leo starting? If it is we need to loan in a GK urgently in this window.

If not JDT MUST figure out what is wrong and sort it out urgently!!

Think this is the salient point. He clearly doesn’t know how to. Good managers adapt, he isn’t doing.

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Window opens officially on 14 June.

Until then its all behind curtains...

Got to be careful with the use of ellipses on here. People see them and think you’re hinting something. There’ll be fans out there googling football player names related to curtains.

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

leeds likely to go for a massive but useless name

are we starting a new rovers manager poll!!!!!!!!!

id`e take the ipswich manager kilkenny,i like the football they play

Do you watch football in a parallel universe? Ipswich’s manager is called Kieran McKenna

16 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

His public persona is quite likely very different to what he's saying and thinking privately. He could have concluded after the January debacle that this isn't what he was sold when he joined the club, that it's being run in an amateurish way by a load of second raters. If he's come to that conclusion, he'll be off sooner than we think. This is all conjecture but if he does leave at the end of the season it's very easy to see possibly why

I’m not disputing that he could go and I wouldn’t blame him if he did. But questioning why that would make us better on the pitch and put in our best performance of the season/recent times. Just can’t see a connection there.

31 minutes ago, goozburger said:

I think JDT made his mind up to move on after January's events. He was clearly annoyed at other staff for failing to do their jobs in the transfer window. He has changed agents. He appears to be visibly less happy than his previous self. Something has definitely changed, although you could also argue that these behaviours are normal.

I wonder if our recent improvements on the pitch, which I'd consider vast and noticeable, are motivated by his next potential move.

What an odd thing to hypothesise, how would that affect it? Surely we’d be playing worse. While he was no doubt annoyed at the January window I haven’t noticed too much of a hangover from it in interviews. Maybe I’m just not looking hard enough, or you’re looking for something that isn’t there

25 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

Have you been to some of the away games? For me the non-performances have been the worst ever - and that's in 55 plus years of watching. At Coventry we had a big following and the away supporters usually enjoy themselves with a good old sing-song but even the lads there were stunned into silence

Only a couple and they were diabolical. Saw the Coventry game online after paying a tenner and wanted my money back after 15 minutes. It’s so obvious when we aren’t going to win games, I’ve said it before that we have won games by accident this season and been slated. I still stand by it. There is no style of play. Whatsoever

I hope it’s one of those like Farke at Norwich where the he 2nd season is a lot better. But league position (at times) aside, this season has been a bag of shite. I think I’ve only really enjoyed the Watford game this season. As a regular season ticket holder that’s shocking. It’s got to the point where I’m not sure I can be arsed going 

22 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-rovers-form-tomasson-critcism-26210665

Apparently we are improving and have created chances. He is in denial.

Mowbrayesque that

He mentions a striker on deadline too, wonder who that was and why that one also failed 

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We're in the 5th round of the FA Cup and got to the Round of 16 for the League Cup.

Granted we're not going to progress any further in either competition, but at least it was nice not to lose to Lincoln or some such. 

While nice to do okay in the cups, we aren’t ever winning them so league is the only success metric for me and we’re worse off than last season in that respect. As I imagine we will be by the end when we finish in the bottom half.

3 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Nixon saying we can appeal.No point though is there really.Fuck up of a club .Feel for 0'Brien

But will we be able to appeal the appeal of the appeal??

Anyone else actually looking forward to seeing how they explain this shit show??

17 minutes ago, rover23 said:

VERY poor from the club not to announce anything tonight. 

I’m sure they’ll apologise to you tomorrow for ruining your bedtime

Just now, Sweaty Gussets said:

In the dark at Brockhall? 

Neon announcement?

2 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Just seen a medical envelope with ‘L Toni’ on the front of it?

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

eden hazard seen in brockhall village,i **** you not

Who has Luca Toni joke and random footballer in Blackburn area joke on deadline day bingo??

6 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Adopt?

That is correct grammar if that’s what you’re questioning…

2 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Think he might be heading for the University Of Bolton Stadium.

Where’s that?