I find it concerning that they've clearly had a good group of supporters and a great representation of the fan base tell them everything explicitly and this is the best they can do. Nice they're a bit less... but they really could't give a f*ck is what I take from it. They must think we're stupid... it feels a more blatant attempt than ever to trap as many supporters in early cause they know a summer of not enough reinvestment is coming. Pass.

Best days behind him? How dare you, he's 37 😆 Rovers need to learn to spend some decent money in key positions, it's as simple as that. 1m+ on a GK, a striker, a CM and a left back. Loan in a winger. Job done but will never happen even though the funds have been generated. Can't be many left in the "Venky's In" brigade now? "Give them the summer!" and so the show continues 🤣

Broughton would probably agree with you. Good luck getting Steve onboard with any good, ambitious manager.

and this is exactly why other clubs are more ruthless with their staff choices. It's called ambition.

Followed by the incompetent Waggott not renewing player contracts and under-monetising everything about the club... How he's still got a job I don't know.

Ruddy looked like he should have retired a year ago when he played at Ewood. Avoid. God it really is going to be a desperate summer of shite brought in and high priced tickets again isn't it. Pass.

and so my subscription cancellations begin... I wonder if they read the messages. Yes, that is a small amount of my money not going to the club each month because the CEO is a plodder. It all adds up.

Yep and I think he's a shite player but it was still completely illogical.

Does this man say anything else other than "connection" and "togetherness". Jesus! We have really dumbed things down with this appointment. Not for me.

Let's not suddenly start thinking Travis is good. He's a mascot for Ipswich. He would have been useful to us in the relegation battle though. A move that happened way too early in the window, as many fans predicted, apart from the "be patient", "the club knows what they're doing", "I'll judge when the window's over" brigade.

The reality is he wasn't in charge at the start of the fixture so it's really kind to give it him as his first win. It's also extremely harsh on Damien Johnson and the people who took training that week, and prepared for the game.

IF we survive and Harry Pickering, Tyrhys Dolan and Sam Gallagher are still in the starting 11 next season we can forget about the Championship - it means we haven't done anything in the window. They are backup players at best at this level. There are plenty of others in the match day squad that aren't good enough too... Markanday, Garrett, Telalovic, Pears, Wahlstedt etc. We need 8 or 9 signings, not kids... Decent quality and it's going to cost money. £10m+ needs spending to make up for previous windows of spending nothing. A good chunk of the Wharton money simply has to be reinvested in players to keep the club afloat or push on and money MUST be spent on a goalkeeper. Good luck getting all of that approved back in India, and the paperwork for each signed off in time. No chance. As a squad we have regressed significantly over the past 3 years. It's the Brentford model in reverse, sell your best players and reinvest poorly or not at all.

Huge amount of plaudits again today. The boy really is special.

All are due a win then 🙂 It can happen.

You reap what you sow. They can stuff it.

Give either of those managers 6 months at Ewood and they'll both want to quit. Then when they start to underperform drastically to the detriment of the players and any league position neither will be fired for a very very long time. ^ The life of a Blackburn Rovers supporter... that many are happy with 🙂

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.