When have we won a game that had everything riding on it under the Chicken Chokers ? Just name me one big game were we were under pressure for a result and we didn’t just lie down and die ?  Just one. 
 

The club is rotten from top to bottom. 

2 hours ago, K-Hod said:

So people can’t just prefer different things to you, nah?

I can’t get excited about any of the Premier League teams. To me it’s like the reply Eisenhower reputedly got when he asked his leading scientific adviser how the Russians had managed to launch a satellite before the USA. “ The thing is Mr President - their Germans are better than our Germans “.

There’s not much local allegiance going on. It’s not like when we had four Blackburn born lads in the front five of the team in the old first division back in the day.

I was reading an article in my paper by Jonathan Wilson today -  

“  When the authorities introduced the maximum wage for players in 1901, the aim was less to protect the profits of club owners ( although by time the maximum wage was abolished in 1961, that had certainly been the effect ), who were restricted in the dividends they could draw, than to prevent wealthier clubs offering higher salaries to lure the best players, upsetting the competitive balance that made the league viable.

The two factors that have done most to destabilise existing league structures - the inflationary soaring of players wages and the ever growing gulf between rich and poor  - were foreseen and addressed by the Victorians who established the football league “.

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Come on, they need to win far more than we do. A draw isn’t a bad result at all 

A draw would be a decent result but it’s essential we don’t try to play for one 

The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved

36 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

Pen all day long. Clear handball. 

 

I see pep is moaning about the scheduling like he doesn't have two starting 11s that could beat any team outside of Liverpool and Arsenal with ease. 

We’ve all seen those given.

39 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Jackson has all the ingredients to be a world class striker but has no footballing brain or composure 

He never looked like scoring with any of the chances he had tonight.

Jackson could have easily had a hat trick. As for that Mudryk ! Two chance to put the ball into the mixer at the death and he put both balls out beyond the far post. Unbelievable, How much did the pay for him.

It reminded me of MGP at the end of our relegation game against Wigan. Free kick with 30 seconds to go, everybody comes up for the ball into the mixer. And he put the ball into Row Z !

On 18/04/2024 at 05:47, oldjamfan1 said:

It was the same style top that John Lennon wore in the ‘Help’ video. 
 

I had my trusty Adidas Japan trainers on mate, Bruno Maglis too good for gigs 😉

You’ll have to describe the top. 

On 18/04/2024 at 10:56, Upside Down said:

Not into them Japan ones tbh. Spezials or Munchens for me. I'm also partial to diadora, maybe because I grew up in the 90s.

They had some proper nice clobber in the mid 60s. The tunes weren't bad either.

People wear trainers for everything now. I remember getting my first pair in about 1966. Light Blue “ Adidas “ leather ones , I can’t recall the name. I must have been the first in Rochdale. I had to order them specially from our local sports shop. Pre season we’d been training on our local pitch and we went to the pub after for a shandy. I didn’t bother taking them off and when we walked into the pub it was like I had two heads ! All the old blokes were staring at them and muttering into their pints of mild.

Remember when you could actually ask a shop owner to order something for you and they would ? 
 

I was looking through some of my mums old photos the other day and I came across one I’d had taken by one of those freelance photographs that lurked around main streets in the day and pubs at night. They’d take your photo for a small fee, take your name and address, and post the photo on to you later.
 

Oliver Reed plays one in the film “ The System “ which is all about similar guys at a seaside resort. It’s on YouTube if you ever have a spare 90 minutes.

I’d be about 19, I think I’d just been for an interview, and I was wearing my Sunday Best. Navy blue 3 button mohair suit, a sort of paisley tie and a light blue silk pocket hanky. Made to measure at “ Mr Senior “. Everybody my age dressed like that then. Casual clothes were only just emerging on the scene. You’d wear a suit to go to the football !

The Earls -Remember Then

Lou Johnson - Always Something There To Remind Me

Love - Alone Again Or

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

The Rolling Stones - The Singer Not The Song

James Brown And The Famous Flames - I’ll Go Crazy

2 hours ago, Upside Down said:

What top was that?

Were you rocking a nice pair of Bruno Maglis?

Out of his league.

13 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

The one he wrote with Noel Gallagher (called Jumble Queen) is an absolute banger!

Not sure about Soul Wanderings but the other slow new one, Nothing, sounds lovely. 
 

I have also heard three others from ‘66’ played acoustically at a charity show in December. There’s one called Ship of Fools, a co-write with Suggs, that sounds amazing.

Im glad he dropped Town Called Malice from the set last night.

Highlight for me was a song called Rockets from the On Sunset album. Nailed it! Also, as a mod I was delighted when his bass player came up to me before the gig in the Drummers Arms and asked me about the top I was wearing 😎😉✊🏻🍻

I see he was playing a “ Burns “ bass.

The Crystals - He’s Sure The Boy I Love

1 minute ago, arbitro said:

One of the caveats around the cheaper season tickets was that the income from filling the Darwen End with away fans four or five times a season would offset the losses from the cheaper prices we paid. It worked really well and the initiative served two purposes. I really don't buy the argument about having lots of away fans and giving our opponents some kind of advantage. I'm sure it works the other way whereby any player worth his salt would want to play in a real atmospheric surrounding irrespective of where the noise comes from. 

Plus the point that big followings only help if you’re doing ok. If you’re losing they can soon get restive.

11 minutes ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Since Eustace took over we're 20th. Fair to say it's probably going to be another rough season next if we manage to survive this one

Look where Leicester are ! Then I saw where Sheff Wed are !

Robert Knight - Everlasting Love

55 minutes ago, 47er said:

Apparently there is a sell-on clause re Wharton.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/blackburn-rovers-adam-wharton-sell-on-clause-detail-crystal-palace/

I should think so. Selling him without one would have been madness. Even the Chicken Chokers aren’t that stupid.

29 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Did we ever really do that?

I can't remember any point where we've really put up a great fight to keep players. Duff went fairly easily. Bellamy, Santa Cruz, Bentley, Jones...

It's not really anything new. 

I think the difference is, to a greater or lesser extent, they all wanted to leave. I don’t think Wharton did.

55 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

He could also pick it up in those days.

True. I’ve still seen back passes end up in the goals though.