I get the “ high risk “ but where’s the “ high reward “ ?

Most of the time I find it boring. Football should be about goal mouth incident, , shots at goal, attacking play etc. it should be getting you out of your seat. If it’s not doing that it’s just tedious.

Not at Ewood but the Leicester FA Cup last season I suppose. The Sheff Utd FA Cup game was a good game but ultimately disappointing. They’re the last time I was really buzzing after a game and I thought we were on the right track. Then summer comes along and we know the rest. No significant investment, best keeper we’ve had for a long while given away, ditto Phillips etc.

I found myself at one point in the Watford game thinking “ If football was like this back when I first started watching as a child would I have got involved in the game ? “. This was after several passages of walking football , just passing it around aimlessly in our own half before we eventually lost the ball.

The “ when the teacher leaves the room “ syndrome.

Players can lose managers their jobs also.

Irrespective who we select there should be no training tomorrow. The whole squad should be sat down and made to watch a replay of today’s game. After that the floor should be thrown open for every player to comment on what they see is going wrong. Every player should have to comment - no comebacks- let’s have it out straight from the shoulder.

Shocking.

I think I’d rather have Garrett than Travis to be honest, I can’t see how Moran is worthy of a place to be honest. He’s a “ last 20 minutes off the bench “ player for me.

That’s the problem. It’s hard to decide where our strengths lie at the moment. Until we try another way of playing we’ll never know. Unfortunately we’ve signed too many good but small “ five a side “ players who struggle to compete when the going gets tough. I would have thought making us much harder to score against would be a good starting point.

He’s asking the current squad of players to play in a way that highlights their weaknesses and not their strengths. The buck stops at his door I’m afraid.

When did we last sign a player that you thought - “ Bloody helll, he’s a rough handful, I wouldn’t fancy my chances going up against him ! “ ?

When my rugby league team plays like that the rumours are - “ Have they been paid ? “

When we have the ball - of course.

4-3-1-2, playing with 2 strikers might add up to a goal threat. Hill or Carter, Hyam, Wharton Pickering Travis, Tronstad, Wharton Sammi Ennis, Siggy. And get the ball in their half a bit quicker.

He’s boxed himself into a corner with his signings, most of them are lightweight and can only play in a tip tappy system.

No consolation for me after today.

I’d have made them walk it !

Play like today again - who are we going to beat ? Hull and Rotherham will be licking their lips tonight. The lads we have out are hardly match winners.

I didn’t go to the game but it just topped off a shit Xmas. My central heating boiler packed in yesterday morning as well.

The Burnley away game last season marked my card. That was the worst performance against Burnley in my lifetime.

That’s how you end up getting relegated.

Watford, who ran us ragged in the second half on Saturday, got banged at home by Bristol City. Rotherham beating Boro. Merry Xmas Rovers.

Anybody still thinking we’re not in a relegation battle - think again !

Johnny Rivers - Poor Side Of Town