Must be nice to have a squad where you can rest players. What a luxury!

This post should also be framed and put in the boardroom. My thoughts exactly. If only anyone at the club with influence truly cared like the fans do. The board will be happy life has got easier because standards were being driven, often through the media by Tomasson - a man with intelligence, charm and charisma; traits you could say the club and certainly the CEO lacks. He wasn't perfect but we hadn't seen expectations like it at Rovers in over a decade and JDT brought them back for a season and a half... but with the people above him and the owners it was never going to last. I called it the moment he joined but it was "Brilliant" off the pitch, while it lasted.

Bonkers isn't it. Absolutely no issue when we're comfortably drifting to mid table finishes which has often been the case, fine take the cash (we're usually major underdogs anyway against teams that bring that size of crowd)... however, it was complete stupidity to give a relegation rival that kind of backing in such a massive fixture and it predictably backfired. It will haunt Pears a bit more too knowing his error was in front of them. Waggott helped the opposition more than us. Was it even a coincidence the mistake happened down that end? It was a pressure fixture, with an intimidating crowd - the Newcastle game was not this. Wednesday took full advantage of the allocation, they were never going to stop buying because they knew the fixture was huge, (bigger for them than us) and they knew they could impact it. If anyone thinks differently I can only assume you've never played competitive football at any level. The crowd at Ewood can be a weakness, largely due to the owners (the CEO must have his head up his arse if he isn't receptive of this) and it was criminal to give them that many tickets. The fixture became neutral. It will have felt like a home game to them and what a feeling to get during a season like they're having. Confidence is key and when you're in the relegation zone it's low. As an opponent you've got to do everything possible to capitalise on that on and off the pitch in this kind of fixture, yes we didn't do enough on it but giving them a fan backing of that size was one way to level the playing field a bit more. Most clubs would take any advantage they can to help their players at home, - it should mean everything... but not ours. I can't wait for the season to end, I'm not renewing - the decision making behind the scenes isn't anything I'd ever want to be part of. Absolutely criminal stuff.

Could someone help me understand what the consequences would have been if Pears had clawed the ball away with his hands after the miss kick. Is it a yellow card and an indirect freekick or would he have walked?

Suspect our GD will look a lot worse after the final day. It is likely to be worse than Birmingham's. -6 between Bristol and Wednesday absolutely blew it. 5 or 6 individual errors too. After yesterday I'm fully expecting 2 more losses and a relegation, which is everything the board, owners and to some extent the players deserve.

Shocker of results. Plenty of winnable home fixtures now and we'd be safe if he could have pulled off one "expected" result. Poor manager IMO, suspected it from the off.

For next season, absolutely. Guy just hasn't got it.

Great post. When this season is over I won't be buying a season ticket again until Waggott is gone and good luck to the club trying to sell them to others while this man is here.

The goalkeepers deserve their own thread... Pears and Wahlstedt... The level and sheer volume of mistakes this season has been an utter disgrace to every paying fan.

Any respectable CEO wouldn't have allowed this to happen in the first place. The man is an inept clown.

When did Sam Gallagher last have an attempt on goal? He needs to step up.

Everyone still think it was a good idea giving Wednesday a Wembley final at Ewood? think Waggott missed a trick there not selling a few thousand more Wednesday tickets in the Jack Walker. The club contributed to a great occasion for them. On and off the field. Encouraged nerves and bottled it. Our CEO is a scumbag, has been for years in football.

You might have a shock tomorrow if you think we're safe now! 😆

The reality is the players around Szmodics aren't good enough. We need a new attack in the summer otherwise we won't get the goals next season - if we are still in the Championship. Gallagher has to be moved on either way, enough is enough there. We also need some midfielders that can strike a ball. Travis isn't the answer. Money will need to be spent this time.

Yes, we absolutely should. Focus on making up your numbers with home fans.

Let's not pretend the grounds with the biggest crowds are the easiest places to play. It might not work because Wednesday are shit but 7,000 fans should spur them on and Waggott couldn't care less. It's a bonus we didn't need to give them.

Because Waggott spread his legs and encouraged every Sheffield Wednesday fan to come to Blackburn by extending the allocation until their was no more room in the stand. Consequence is more of them want in for their special day, as always.

I disagree, sell out away ends are expected against "the big boys" and in theory is should give them an added advantage, most of the time they don't need it... and the fixture isn't crucial. Sheffield need it. It helped Preston and Lowe confirmed that. It can make a team talk very easy when there's 7,000 fans in the away end. A sensible CEO would avoid it in this type of fixture on the off chance it inspired the opponent to a win.

As GK coach I presume? 😂

I'll never understand what's negative about making realistic predictions based on the ability of two teams. Leicester should have comfortably beaten QPR, Millwall and Plymouth, they are leaps and bounds ahead of us and them. They are shock results and the chances of a Leicester win in each was much more likely, as it will be against us. If I were to put my money on us or Leeds, I'd go with Leeds. That's not negativity it's just an educated football prediction. Same applies to the Leicester fixture.

Our lot just don't like turning up for football games 😂

Where do you go from a 5-0 defeat to Bristol in such a crucial period/ fixture. Bottle jobs. Relegation and a big shake up of the club is needed. We'll have to go right back to the bones as a club to make any kind of long term progress - and under new owners. Plenty of decent people will lose jobs but that is what happens in football under bad ownership. Waggott is doing a great job of making life more difficult too, selling huge allocations to away teams in 6 pointers. Keep it up Steve! 👍

It's absolutely crazy and totally counter productive - not a care in the world for results on the field. That man is a cretin.

A happy clappers dream!

Agree, it's Rovers and Huddersfield. We've ran out of "kind" games.