Tomphil2

Doesn't the DoE still have seized labels on a number of Venky properties ?

A post on twitter. Blackburn Rovers would sell the hoover then talk up how much better the dust pan and brush is. And half the twits still fall for it...

Fist pumps go a long way in this era.

I've not always been his biggest fan but being consistently average with the odd great/bad day is better than being consistently shite. And we've seen plenty of the latter. I think as one or two mentioned when he joined Miller could well be earmarked as a cheap replacement in the centre. We've been conned again this was a plan all along we should see it coming because he is literally the only one left that would fetch north of 2 million. Always on the cards.

If they sell Hyam i'm all but done with this lot.

Sign a truck load of mostly obscure international players then give then Championship appearances and exposure to instantly improve value and stats. Hope that one or two really hit the mark and become worth a big fee whilst the rest should remain of interest to lower teams abroad again through your agency network. Pray your head coach keeps you in the Championship, collect a nice wage and possible commissions whilst doing this. Promotion/play pffs/league position ? You're having a laugh, not your problem. 'The Model' ladies and gents.

More direct football in lge 1 more physical stuff in the box so he'd need a very good defence in front of him. Everything else i agree he should be fine though i'd never rate him as good in the Champ he's bang average but a good number 2. If he stays he should be put back on the bench it makes no sense having a rookie on there whilst paying Pears probably 5 times as much for nothing. As others have said if he goes and we find ourselves in a relegation scrap with only the rookie as cover it's one of the stupidest things that's gone on at this club and that really is saying something.

Remember when we gave Sheff U 1 million for a lad named Slew with the intention to loan him back but i think he ended up somewhere else but on a very good Rovers contract. Hmmm....

Along the lines of St Andrews pre that takeover. Hadn't that place suffered from chronic under investment as well or something.

Knowing this lot they'll shut the BBE and send everybody to the riverside. They seem to be actively trying to reduce people buying tickets in there anyway.

After an horrific start which could partly be put down to some players sulking he turned it round and did well, with Eustaces team. He is now being judged on his own team which is perfectly normal and he does have the excuse of needing to gel however they gelled alright last week then the same side looked shite for 45 mins 7 days later. So he's being judged accordingly imo and to be fair he hooked the worst of the lot at half time. It;'s where we go now that matters does he revert back to that starting line up again or shake it up. And how does he integrate the new attackers ? His biggest test is just beginning.

Tony Mowbray earned several million quid off the owners and their puppet and was allowed to plod along till the end of that contract. Along the way bringing in some of his mates players, employing his mates both above and below him and generally just doing what he wanted within reason. He's unlikely to say anything other than how nice they were - to him personally.

With the length of contract he has and the people who brought him in running the whole show he could well be similarly un removable and he knows it.

Diaz is a good signing for that lot he'll fit well into Eustaces style imo hitting on the break after sitting back all the time. He's a quality threat when he has a purple patch and it's now more evident than ever why Eustace wanted to go there.

Not a chance on Dennis he has Leon Best written all over him he'll be injured pulling his socks up.

Yep same script but different policy in terms of age and wages. Horrific thing is Brown was way better at ball control and hold up than Gueye although he couldn't score or be as athletic but he was a better all round player. Hoban - McCloughlan similar i'd say. Derek and Ribero different types but overall not much difference defence wise. Akpan - Useless footballer at that level but better in the tackle than Sid. Wes Brown and Gordon Greer i have no words. I suppose a few of this lot can and will develop whereas virtually all that lot were eeking their last paydays here foisted on us by parasitic agents. Doesn't help us in the short to medium term though where we are striking an unwanted resemblance to that team of misfits.

This filling the squad with your own cheap buys and youth is fine if most of them cut the mustard but if they don'y you are stuck with them. If you get relegated they are then mostly worth less than what minimal fees you are paying for them. I suspect should that happen the ones who brought them in will be long gone though with a few years wages and commission in their pockets.

Because when he came he showed some glimpses and plundered a few goals but since then, from the back end of last season he's gone alarmingly backwards. Certainly hasn't looked comfortable at all under this coach and his offside antics are ridiculous for a pro footballer. So i think we've got another big lad in so it's best all round to move Maktar on and get some money back or at least let him get some regular action somewhere. I think if you plonked him in lge 1 or 2 under the right system he'd get a bag full.

I'd stake my last quid that another 2 or 3 years of penny wise pound foolish Suhail in charge things on and off the pitch will be worse than they ever have.

I expect he has very little say in anything other than taking training and taking charge of the matchday team. Nor that he particularly cares.

Add to the first game that's at least another 3k paying customers they've managed to lose over the two games combined. Never mind, the prices rises covered that !

Well we've had Telovic, now Gueye so maybe 3rd time lucky.

Hes been brought in to go along with it, nod at everything they do and play the hand they give him without complaining. That is why he is here that's why he was selected from the jobless pile by whoever controls things at Ewood. At best he is a bang average journeyman coach who comes across every since he set foot in the place as someone who is just going through the motions. Stick is a huge part of the job and he knows this so he'll have to lump it, seven days ago he was praised, today deserves some questions.

Gudjohnsen could be the marquee signing. That means there's a fine chance it'll fall through....

Yup Transition has just replaced the project which replaced the journey which followed on from a 'reset' after a deep audit. The one and only description is Managed Decline which has ebbed and flowed between overnight to death by a thousand cuts over the last 15 years.