Bringing a knife to a gunfight as usual.

Wether we like it or not there is a culture of failure at Ewood Park. It came in through the door with the Chicken Chokers. We win a few and lose a few and that’s about it. Until that changes any talk of promotion is just pie in the sky. I really wish it wasn’t so but unfortunately that’s the way it is. It doesn’t really matter who is in charge at managerial level, we could have Pep himself, we’d still be treading water.

I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s been more like BB than BBD for lots of this season. The position they are in they need to sign someone who is actually doing the business at the moment. They can’t afford to gamble.

I’m not even thinking about the play offs. That way lies madness.

You could have written that this time last year just as the wheels started dropping off. And look what happened next.

Days off ! They’ve just come back from their holidays in Spain ! I’ll tell you something - “ Keep telling players that they’re tired and they’ll play like it. “

The three things you need as a striker playing up front - Service, service, service. One half chance every game isn’t service. Gally and BBD are struggling for goals for exactly the same reason. Having said that if you’re not getting good ball at least you should be putting yourself about a bit. Leaving the opposition centre halves without a mark on them helps nobody.

Regarding slow play. The best players can normally be counted to make “ the right decisions at speed, under pressure “. But even ordinary opponents can make the right decisions at walking speed under no pressure. High tempo football gives them less time to think.

I was on the Riverside by the wall facing the incident.I got a good view across the pitch. Every time Fergie got the ball Bruck was chopping at the backs of his legs from behind. Eventually he’d had enough and lashed out backwards. A classic example of what was wrong with football then, and now to a certain extent. The guy causing the trouble gets away with it and the retaliator get the earlier bath. That taught me to always be the guy causing the trouble and never retaliate. Bide your time, you always get a chance to get your own back if you’re patient. I also though Bruck made a meal of the incident, that was the first time I’d seen somebody do that. It wasn’t a game for divers in those days. The other abiding memory from the game is Coventry launching a long ball down centre field. Ronnie set off after it with Bobby Gould in the distance behind him. Just as the ball reached the Rovers keeper Gould caught up with Ronnie Clayton and gave him an almighty kick up the arse ! For no obvious reason. He got a booking but stayed on.

It was pretty common knowledge at the time that they were struggling for finance at the time.

I’d only let him go in the unlikely event of us receiving a “ daft “ offer fr him.

Does that say “ Breaking news “ or “ Faking news “ ?

Who was it that described watching Savage play as - “ Like watching a dog chase an empty crisp packet across a pub car park on a windy day “ ?

That’s one good thing about the pitch cutting up. Playing out from the back is a non starter.

It’s like the old story - players come in two types - the ones that play from the start and get you on top in a game and the ones that play when the first group have got you on top. I’ll leave you to decide which group Morton belongs in.

If he was that good Norwich wouldn’t be letting him go.

Really ? Do you live in the Blackburn area ?

That’s another gift the Chicken Chokers have bestowed on us. Since they turned up we seem to get a player out injured after every game. Sometimes more than one player.

No, winning the play off final is what really counts. Anything less and I’d swap to win the other derbies. You get nothing for losing in the play offs.

He sounds like hard work to me. Attitude problems ?

Dolan’s out for a while apparently.

“ Just don’t get involved “. There’s a reason their guy gave him a nudge.

Archer yes, Khadra no. There’s a reason Sheff Utd have seen enough.

The more balls you get into the box the more chances you should create. The more chances you create the more goals you should score. You won’t create many chances knocking it about in your own half.

Andy Todd had a short fuse. I don’t think that is news to anyone who saw him play.