I’d rather we kept MacFad than sign Batth. At least we know what we are getting.

The answer is in all our hands. Just don’t turn up anymore.

Much as I like Sammi and I love his attitude I don’t think Sammi is a Prem Level player. It’s a bit like Rhodes, he’ll score plenty as this level but the step up is big and getting bigger. I thought Armstrong had more of a chance of making it and look what happened there. Having said that it’ll be a big payday for him and there won’t be many more at 28. Hard to turn down.

Even doesn’t even look like scoring a goal.

They’ll all be low bids, they know we’re skint.

It’s not just about the fans though, you can’t afford to alienate the players in the position we found ourselves in last Spring. He may have been thinking “ I’ll sweet talk this lot until Summer and then I’ll be able to bring in some players who fit my idea of what we need “. If he did he obviously underestimated the Chicken Chokers. Of course he just say “ No Comment “ to every question at the press conferences. That’d be a great look.

The power dynamic has changed in pro football. It’s swung from the directors and managers to the players and their agents. You can’t give players the hard word like Cloughie did back in the day any more.

That’s why I can’t understand why anybody works for Rovers these days. One day you’ll be out of a job. Make the move in a time of your choosing, not theirs.

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What do you expect him to say ? “ Jesus Christ, what a load of wasters I’ve walked into here. If I keep this lot up it will be a miracle “ ?

What did you expect with the squad we ended up with ? Take Sammi out of that team and we didn’t have a goal threat anywhere.

“ Cowardly Tactics “ ? What the bollocks does that look like ? I didn’t know the “ Queensbury Rules “ applied to football. You find a way to win, to keep us in the division. End of. That’s it.

You mean you don’t believe Mystic Chaddy ?

We looked mentally tired to me. Too many players not willing to take responsibility and only too keen to pass the buck ( ball ) to others. Usually backwards. How many times did we see a player end up in a difficult situation pass the ball to a player in a worse situation ? I really hate that. Plus all the brainless passing to nobody until the keeper leathered it right down field and back to the Germans. Why can’t the keeper rein it in a bit and drop the ball onto the half way line area and at least give us a chance of winning it ? Our pressing was awful, they played through us with ease most of the time. Any pressing system that relies on Siggy busting a gut is going to fail. I’ve worked at places that were on the skids economically and I know that the situation gets to you in the end no matter how hard you try. I think the economic uncertainty at Ewood Park is getting to the playing staff.

Is there another team in for him besides Rovers ? If there is he won’t be coming here.

Ifwe had we still wouldn’t have scored a goal from open play.

On another point we had two goalies playing for two hours and I don’t recall either one of them making a save.

We looked really off the pace today, collectively and individually. Our body language didn’t look great either.

His attitude isn’t what it should be. If he’d Sammi’s attitude he’d be in the Premier League.

Great free kick but that was about it. We looked lethargic all over the pitch. We haven’t got a goal in us. We wouldn’t have scored a goal from open play if we’d have played all night. At least we know that we can’t play JRC, Travis and Tronstad in the same midfield now.

He might as well have been sat next to me on the sofa. What an awful performance. We passed it back more than we passed it forward. Our discipline was poor as well. Without Sammi there’s no goal threat at all.

They look like a football team, we look like 11 lads who’ve just met up for a kick about on a Sunday morning after a Saturday night on the piss !

Shocking. We’re making them look like Real Madrid. Every player is off the pace. Have we put two passes together yet ?

Ron Holden And The Thunderbirds - Love You So

That was probably the best thing Frandsen did at Rovers, it was certainly the best thing Blake did.