"This, to save Blackburn Rovers from relegation."

I don't think we can complain too much about the pen. Yes, Hedges appears to be making it clear his hands aren't going into the players back, but when your hands are at head height you can't really argue it's a natural position. Agree with whoever said we'd be frothing if it went against us. It was unlucky, but unfortunately, football has a way of biting you when you miss numerous sitters like we did today. I'd have like to see us do better with a few of the half chances too (Yukis header, Dolans chance near the end).

I always find it strange that people find this to be a point in his favour. I've worked in places where there was complete nonsense going on above/politically. Within that, there were still people working alongside me who counted on me to do my job, not to mention customers/clients. I know the circumstances around JDT were abject last year, but I will always consider straight up downing tools to be very poor professional behaviour.

Was Gueye really claiming that? Can't for the life of me see anything approaching a touch. Looked like it hit a Swansea player if anything.

A reminder we're not the only club with idiot owners.

There's a lot to like about us atm. Credit to Eustace for where we're at.

Fucking cunt of a thing.

Cantwell being a bit of a knob sounds like a feature, not a defect. How many times have we been frustrated by the soft underbelly of our squad of nice lads? As long as he puts in for the shirt (and I think he will) I'm all for it.

Good to see most business done well before deadline day. Playing Brum in the cup (allegedly) contributed to the calamity that was the 2023 window. Playing that lot at the turd on deadline day could have caused armageddon. Great business really. No matter what you want to say about the level of support we get from India, the recruitment team has done really well with what they've been given. Let's hope it translates on the pitch.

Could do with a miracle worker between the sticks tbh.

What about all the days I didn't dress up in a tutu Bart? No one ever brings those up.

Incredible what's possible with better management.

He joined Karagumruk in Jan 2022.

If he's some sort of football admin savant, he'll be agitating for a move up the pyramid by next Christmas.

That's just like, your opinion man.

Nefarious or incompetent. Doesn't really matter that much.

No, generally he's pretty stable and makes some great stops. He'd be a massive upgrade on Pears. I'm just still a bit cut.

As an Australian I love Matt Ryan, but his cock up against Argentina in the WC was as bad as anything I've seen from Leo and Pears. Was the difference in the end too.

Gotta hand it to a man that commits.

This site needs a vomit emoji. 🤮

I don't buy the idea we'd have been massively better off last season if Pears played over Leo. We weren't better off against Wednesday when he tripped over his own shoelaces, kneed the ball into his own net then berated the bloke who'd given him a 10% overhit backpass.

Not wanting to cut off the hopium supply, but the Bergkamp consortium is looking at League 1/2 clubs aren't they, with the narrative being around pushing into the championship. Or has there been a recent update?

How did Ipswich get promoted as a club that thinks 8m is value for Sam Gallagher?

Leeds had everything to play for when we beat them at Elland Rd. Not saying we were certs against Leicester obv, but the truth is, due to Eustaces tactics and the make-up of our squad, we were comparatively better as rank underdogs than we were favorites. That was true under JDT to some degree too. Also, never like the "if x single event had happened differently the season would have panned out a different way." You could point to loads of examples across the past two seasons that would have swung our points total one way or another. Telalovic missed one I could have scored in the dying moments against Brum that would have made the last match academic. If Hedges hadn't have chipped we might be in the PL. Dozens more we could list. Theres always an element of what if in football. It's not really worth dwelling on too much.

$2m in signing fees being "a lot of money" for us underscores where the problem truly lies.