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If that “ tackle “ is at the home end of any ground 100% of the time it’s a given penalty. Who’d take it and whether we’d score from it is another story. My money would be on Ohashi.

We haven’t got a player who’ll put a real foot in. Travis is the only one that is even near and yesterday he wasn’t at it. They gave him a quietener early on after the ball had gone that they got away with. That was one of the things I liked about Beck, he’d meet fire with fire and he didn’t take a backward step.

Ohashi isn’t a no 10. It’s like if we played Rhodes there. Neither of them had the tools to play that role. They’re finishers not play makers. If we are going to play both of them go to an all out 4-4-2 and play them as a pair. Or play Kargbo up there with Gueye.

We got bullied yesterday with all our big lads on display.

Regarding Henrikson he seems to have caught the “ let’s get pointless yellow cards “ bug from Buckley. You could see the ref saying - “ I can see you’re new to this game but that’s three strikes, next time - you’re out “.

It seems like they’re only taking him along to keep him sweet. He should get some game time against Bradford or what is the point ?

The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White

That worked well yesterday.

It’s never been about size, it’s all about what’s beating under the badge. Speedie had more aggression than all those wrapped up together and he wasn’t the biggest player on the pitch. The big lads on the pitch never worried me, it was little nasty bastards you had to look out for.

We’ve both seen relegation teams before. The signs are there if you care to look closely. Having most of the ball and doing nothing with it doesn’t bode well.

I agree. Regarding Miller - he didn’t do much wrong but I couldn’t escape the feeling that he is a centre half playing fullback. The same feeling I get when Carter plays right back.

If we’ve learnt one thing from yesterday’s game it is the Gueye and Ohashi aren’t on the same wavelength. I could see that when we tried it the last time against Millwall last season. Ohashi is a penalty box player, pure and simple.

I thought they bullied us to a great extent and the ref did next to nothing about it. We need to man up

I wouldn’t exactly say that. But I thought he did well enough, as did Miller.

What about him pulling Ohashi back by the shoulder before the “ tackle “ ? Even the WBA comms team said it was a clear pen.

It didn’t look like it today. It was all “ hit and hope “.

“ we were surprised with the long throw “. Really !

We wouldn’t have scored if we’d have played whilst this time tomorrow. First half was a continuation of last weekends game. We just weren’t at it, the midfield got played through and around. Trav and Tron looked like they were running in treacle. In possession they can’t run away from opponents with the ball at their feet so why try ? How many times did they get caught in possession ? if we had an option that wasn’t Tavares I’d advocate dropping either of them. The new midfielder looked like Robby Savage without Robby’s scintillating ball playing ability. Definitely he has his ability to commit pointless fouls thought. I thought the ref was really kind to him. I thought the back four did OK, the new centre half can pass a nice left sided ball. The two lads who played at right back looked OK, each in their own way. Up front we had next to nothing. Hedges gave his normal Lord Lucan impersonation and DeNeve looked like a really keen fan who’d won first prize to play in a charity game. I like Ohashi but he’s a penalty box player, pure and simple, he comes alive then. Asking him to hold the ball up isn’t his game. Gueye, came on but got refereed out of the game. Kargbo, I’m starting to get worried about this lad. He’s all pace and no brains. He massively over hit every cross, not by a bit, but by yards and yards. Apart from nearly gifting the a goal with a daft pass I though Toth did well. He’s definitely an improvement on Pears if not a massive one. We have all that height in the team now and nobody can hit them with a cross. I thought we got bullied today. Kargbo for one spent more time lying on the grass than actually running on it.

I’m not so sure. People will say “ What do you expect at Blackburn, it’s a shambles “.

Hedges and DeNeve. Have we ever started a game with a less inspiring pair of “ wingers “ ?

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He was a bit lightweight in the days of killer fullbacks. He’d have done much better under today’s refereeing attitudes.

That’s ok as long as it works. We’ve needed a culture change down at Ewood for years. The stats regarding games lost once we’ve gone behind speak for themselves. As do the stats regarding mid week away games lost. We’ve developed a losing mentality than needs driving out of the club.

When I first started watching we’d 4 out of the 5 starting forwards that were born in Blackburn. Ratcliffe, Pickering, Byrom and Dougie. Now the way we are going we’ll be struggling to have 4 English players in the team !

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