Old Codger

Maybe limited, ability wise, but a big influence on a game, and when he isn't in the side we do seem to struggle. Perhaps it is time for a new broom though...and a new style of play to emerge from the chaos around the club.

Telewag reporting that Pears and Buckley are on their way out, having been omitted from VI's squad that went to Nijmegen yesterday. Anyone know where they are going? Have there been enquiries?

Yup - moronic little turds, playing fantasy football on their PCs and taking the algorithmic outcomes as gospel. Wankers!

Yes, that's clear, but unless Mill Hill St Peters come in with an offer, he's going nowhere. Same for any of our other (alleged) 'high earners', which is probably a recipe for disaster, as having someone on the team who is regarded as surplus to requirements is hardly going to be good for morale. Someone get those blasted VENKYS OUT!!

Who has Travis been linked with? I think his influence on the pitch is much greater than the NLPB* acknowledge, and without his leadership and shithousery we will be much diminished.

Some folk get quite myopic when reading the facts about Blackburn Rovers over these past umpteen years the morons of Pune have held the title deeds to Ewood Park....Other folk just don't pay attention. Some of us are so inured to the drivel that is drip fed from the local press, the dwindling number of ITK and the remaining faithful who just hope the nightmare ends soon, that we take everything with a pinch of salt until there is an actual picture of someone holding the shirt in front of the Senior training facility (although even that has been an unreliable indicator of an actual signing in recent years..). Let the Facts speak for themselves. I'm not anticipating any kind of long list of facts to pore over, to be fair... VENKYS OUT!! CLUB WRECKING MORONS!

I hope you let their tyres down as an appropriate gesture on your way out, to give them an exciting journey home. It is high time some of these nuovo lumpen petit bourgoisie pillocks were instructed to stuff socks in their mouths before uttering any simpering drivel like that to good folk like you.

A lot of pages have been written since the Brittain to Boro / Derby / wherever story bubbled up, and pretty much every perspective on him going or staying has been voiced on the forum. Despite this, the reality is that we will be losing a senior player, experienced at this level and capable of contributing known value to the side. And for what? No realistic chance of the transfer fee being reinvested in any meaningful way. A significant downgrade in our attacking threat. A cut-price leg up to a team usually considered a direct rival. In the days of Jim Smith, Bobby Saxton, Gordon Lee the need to trade players to balance the books was accepted as part of the reality of being a third tier club, lacking the resources to blaze a trail or flash the cash. Unfortunately I don't see any of the guile, commitment, inside knowledge, passion, connections or strategic thinking from the arseholes running our club, that were the hallmark of Blackburn Rovers back in the day. All I see is a bunch of chancers running the resources down, without a plan, with no pride in what Blackburn Rovers should mean (and could still be) and with no regard whatsoever for the people without whom the club would have no meaning (yes - I mean YOU and me, friend - the fans). It's an outrage. Rudy, You SLAAAAGG! VENKYS OUT!

CCL. Gone. End of. Time to move on, even if he does rock up on our 150th birthday celebration game and piss on our chips.

Was looking at what you'd written there, and trying to work out if it was some kind of acronym. But nope. I don't think it is. Then I was thinking, is it a riddle, or some kind of cryptic clue to a deeper underlying meaning? But then I thought, naahh, it's 4.12 am in Blackburn, and approaching bedtime in Allentown, so BBD has probably just been on the pop and wrote something random to see who is awake this side of the pond. I do hope you wear the Blue and White colours with pride around those East side US heathens! I used to do so, 30 years ago, when I was working for AT&T. Keep the faith. VENKYS OUT!

Yup. The once mighty Blackburn Rovers, Mighty Blackburn Rovers, Mighty Blackburn Rovers, Mighty Blackburn Rovers, Mighty Blackburn Rovers.....

Can someone remind me how to put folk on ignore - I can't see how to do it on the dashboard.. Mods...? Help!!

The Championship is a slog and clog from the outset, and what tends to determine altitude is attitude, and as we know, football players' attitude is determined by confidence and confidence itself comes from results. So, following that logic, we desperately need to get some decent results on the board early on in the season, and build from there. As others have eloquently (and empirically) pointed out above, we are certainly somewhat diminished in terms of personnel (numbers, proven quality, experience etc) and are therefore approaching the new season as something of an unknown. Except, of course, we know that some sides have taken steps to strengthen their playing staff (Derby for one will be an interesting watch this coming campaign). Your attitude determines your altitude. Buckle up, and buckle in. But don't Buckle!! Bottle!! VENKYS OUT

Blackburn isn't Manchester, and we are certainly not England's 10th city! Friend of mine (Chelsea fan) says Man City have offered £149 million for one player (Palmer), which they have rejected, but they will take £250 million. The game is corrupted beyond any semblance of decency or morality. So I suppose a player moving from a well supported team in the relative backwaters of the Polish leagues to a second tier shambles for a few Zlotys more is easily explained... And it will, of course, only be a few Zlotys. But as you rightly point out, there is the opportunity to join a far more lucrative gravy train as a result of being in a better shop window. Money. Its a gas.

Never seen so many 'Where's Wallys' in one place at the same time! Perhaps we could play "Where's Rudy' with that crowd? And anyway, if you were that player, why would you swap that set up for ours? Wouldn't make sense in any way shape or form. VENKYS OUT! WHERE'S RUDY?

Yes, I think you are right. Even at 17 or 18, these lads already know what they are about, and want to play football at the highest level possible. A sensible approach is to use them tactically, later on in games where we either need to change things up or are so far in front that to do so poses no threat to the result. I'm sure VI has an eye for a player, and will use his influence to ensure the young bloods are available at the appropriate time and in a way that benefits, not hinders, his plans.

Be like the old days of Garner, Bailey and Hird, with teams constantly on the back foot.. Nowt wrong with that! And yes, Kargbo does seem quite zippy. I hope he is able to get into goal scoring positions very frequently, come the new campaign.

We look like we are hungry for the ball all the time, which is the hallmark of a hard working and likely to get results side. Hard to tell from the stream and the quality of the opposition what that might mean in terms of performance in the Championship, but at least if we have a side that keeps going for 90 minutes and works hard on and off the ball, no-one will be complaining about a lack of Labore. Just need someone to add some Arte and we might have a decent season. Loving the VENKYS OUT banner.

Good. Not going to turn up at Ewood causing irritation and embarrasment to anyone. Good luck to the lad. Moving on. Please can we get a replacement in. VENKYS OUT

Oh for the chutzpah that brought Duncan McKenzie, Ossie Ardiles, Steve Archibald etc to our club... Instead we are desperate to hoover up scraps from clubs who were once well in our shadow.. Oh, the mighty are fallen indeed! McKenzie is still around, mind 😉 VENKYS OUT!

Ooer! Thanks for that delightful internal representation burned into my mind now.. 🤣 I couldn't care less about JE. I think he is a good manager, but I have no idea what he is like as a person. Same for VI - to be fair, certain Scottish historical figures apart, it isn't possible to break into management without having something about you, and a modicum of credibility. Have we made progress this close season? Errrr.... VENKYS OUT!

De rien. Obs.

Thanks, but...Yawn...! Not bothered what the sodding Rams are doing. Just interested in what Rovers are up to (if anything).

Just over 2 and a half weeks now to the start of the new season, away at West Brom. All very quiet on the transfer front, albeit with the players in Spain for a pre-season kickabout and some sun. What is worrying me most as it stands is the prospect of losing any of our key players from here on in, such as Travis, Tronstadt, Brittain (although he has kind of gone already in my mind), or Pickering. Pre-season is important in terms of drilling a playing style and gaining team cohesion, and should we lose anyone key at this point, there will be inevitable impacts on whatever has been achieved during the pre-season run up. That is even before we factor in the challenge of integrating any incoming player(s) into the team. It isn't beyond the wit of our opposition in the league to be delaying their moves in order to derail any momentum we have built up, not withstanding of course that bringing our players into their own set ups would cause similar challenges to those we would face, but hey - maybe they have greater strength in depth and can take the hit, whereas we are paper thin in terms of talent and capacity to accommodate disruption. But don't listen to me - I'm just a crusty old codger, and I worry about all kinds of stuff that younger folk don't even consider real (yet!). I'd rather we got our shopping done, declared ourselves 'complete' and set out our stall accordingly, so that worried old gits like me can look forward to the new campaign, instead of being scared of the shadows that most certainly (to me) appear to stalk our club. COYB! Get ready.

I feel for TD, as it is clear he has been somewhat taken advantage of by our unscrupulous and blinkered so called management, in terms of access to the gravy train that has previously been the de-facto destination for any player capable of consistent performances on the stage we operate from. As I've said previously though, Rovers have decades of experience of allowing those who 'down tools' to exit stage left, without anyone (from Andy Crawford in the early 80s, through Ryan Nyambe and we are led to believe Sammy) actually sinking the ship in the process of jogging on. Granted we made a few quid on Super Sammy, but in the grand scheme of things it didn't mean anything in terms of replacements on the pitch. So, if Mr TD wishes to withdraw his labour, he is entitled to do so, and goes with my thanks for the graft he put in, but also with a little sigh of relied that we will no longer be wondering which TD has turned up each game.. Still apprehensive about our prospects for the coming season. We might well be fitter, but we lack the strength in depth and (crucially) the quality to mount a plausible and sustained campaign. It is going to be very much hand to mouth with the bargain bucket brigade I am afraid. And that says everything we need to know about the state of Blackburn Rovers in our 150th Season as a professional club. Disgraceful! VENKYS OUT! PASHA OUT! RUDY GET YER FINGER OUT!