Ghost7

Kids are cheaper, on and off the field and are likely to have never seen it done properly before. Therefore can look up to the likes of Gestede and he can say whatever he wants.

Brittain's exit was telling on the manager front, had worked with him previously and was still desperate to join Rob Edward's side after a phone call. He absolutely has to start getting more wins but I'm not sure it's what he's being measured on. In fact I'm not sure he's being measured on anything at this moment in time.

My comment wasn't to do with the manager or results. It was in regard to the board and the rumours about the bad treatment of people. The statements and the personal attack on Jackson is the closest we've seen to that being backed up publicly. Really poor and concerning way of handling business from the club.

Pickering's looked off it for about 5 years so was never going to be a step up on Ribiero yesterday. Think that will be the same whenever you throw him in.

I feel like a new low has been hit over the weekend and there must be some very rotten and incompetent people in charge at Ewood. They've pretty much proved all the rumours right. 😔

The issue is Tavares and Kargbo are what has been provided through the "significant investment" of the owners. Who is to blame if owners aren't funding serious wages, transfers and board members? The ambition comes from them. We're in the middle of another spectacular downfall and it's on our absent owners every time.

Looks to already be drinking the kool aid to me. Not many managers would have played down Hyam leaving so nonchalantly. It made me question his motives and ambition for the club.

This is exactly what happens when you have no competent carefully appointed leadership (with football results in mind).

The reality is we don't even have enough leadership to even attempt to fix or improve our drainage. Structurally off the field the club is arguably in the worst position it's been in since Venky's took over. There is no one with the clubs best interests at heart, who knows what they're doing, in any position of power .... typically that leads to relegation.

Probably why he never made a name for himself....... at any of his former clubs........🤔💡

It doesn't make any sense. It is in no way fair on Rovers and is completely bias towards Ipswich given the circumstances.

Ipswich wouldn't accept it. In a game they were going to get zero points in, they know they've a high chance of 3 in the replay. No way they'd agree to 1 point. They will be desperate for a replay because they were going to lose that game and now 3 points is on offer with a replay. It's part of the reason they pushed for it to be abandoned, the 3 points had got away from them. They know what they're doing and will get their way but the ref had no choice.

The frustrating part is with how the club is ran there are potentially simple solutions to this that have NOT been explored. Would that surprise anyone? The consensus will have been..... "how often does it stop a game going ahead? No." That's the level of excellence now riddled inside Ewood. No pride or passion for the club to be the best it can be. Who would even have the authority to make a call on a ground improvement like that. The imaginary CEO or the intern one? These kind of fixes are significant but not an issue for our owners if they were present.

The club should have spent the money by now on a better solution.

I don't see how you can replay a game that made it to the 80th minute... That's surely too late in the day to abandon and replay it. It should be abandoned and the result at the time of postponement stands.

I need to stop reading this thread. Madness.

The penalty give away is Sunday league stuff. He wasn't even on the ball.... I had no idea La Liga was this poor. 9 mins in for those that want to see.

I think it's safe to say Lewis Miller is a right back, who can play centre back, which in reality isn't what we needed to replace Hyam. At this level, I'd rather my centre backs were centre backs... Particularly given how often the ball is in the air. The problem will be visible in about 10 - 15 games time, despite what Rudy Gestede thinks.

Watched the Gestede interview... Arrogant and out of his depth. We are in trouble.

Has anyone established what the situation is with Moussa Baradji??? When will he be able to train? Bizarre communication.

I can't believe we haven't gone all out for a free agent centre back. We are insanely short.

pretty poor when you're struggling to put a defence together at the very beginning of the season.... and injuries will come. We will be down there come Christmas.

Never been more disengaged with the club. Reckless transfer business in defence... going into an extremely physical 46 game Championship season. The only conclusion you can make is they don't care where we are in the league come January 1, and perhaps the beginning of May too. Selling Hyam without a replacement felt like a slap in the face to paying fans. A better centre back partner for him with quality is what was needed but we didn't take that seriously either.

Unplayable against West Brom last year. I've haven't seen Yuki look unplayable in almost a year....... or ever.

Well none of us wanted George Hirst to start and he did fine in the Prem, so I'll give this guy a full season or two before judging... Good luck to him!