17 minutes ago, A Northern Horde... said:

Expected result..Right lets get on with the real stuff on Saturday.

I suggest we wait until Sunday.

3 hours ago, davulsukur said:

I dunno about it being miles off, the team against West Ham had Edun, Vale, Markanday and Mola all starting. Hirst came off the bench:

 

That side represented 11 changes from the previous league game (as did West Ham's).

4 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

The BBE did have a few more gaps than normal, maybe a few ST holders gave it a miss. 

It’s half term.

2 hours ago, Mercer said:

Home banker - Rovers in a canter by 2 or 3 clear goals.

We need to string a few wins together in order to be threatening the top 6 by Christmas.

Injuries clearing up so some good options.

Four recent big plusses for us:

Leo in goal portrays calmness and assurance - anyone still pining for Pears really does need to give their head a wobble.

Very much like Hill at rb - we look much more solid and can see him weighing in with a handful of goals with that shot he has in his locker.

Been advocating Brittain as rwb for weeks - think he's going to be some player there for us.

Now that Tronstad is up to speed, looks very good in that holding role and would now like to see Wharton pushed a bit further forward where his vision and passing can really hurt the opposition..

Onwards and upwards and upwards!

Oh well........

10 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Was JDT in that side in that way?

No. He had been dropped as a result of his poor form at Newcastle.

Both Luton and Cockfosters will work but you're looking at up to 90 minutes travel in from there. If you use the M40 you could look at Hillingdon - it's right on the A40 just after passing the M25, has 280 spaces and you can get to Stamford Bridge in just over an hour. Ive never use dit but it looks a good bet. There will be other tube stations along that corridor you could use as well.

As it's inside the M25 is your car OK to enter the ULEZ zone? If not it's a £12.50 fee.

5 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

Is that counting the Harrogate goals? i'm not saying we shouldn't count them but i'd class it as a slight anomaly. Yes we score goals but by god do we miss the majority of clear cut chances.

I think it's a bit more than a slight anomaly. We've scored 20 in 8 games but 12 of those were in two league cup games. So it's 8 in 6 league games, which is somewhat less impressive.

12 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

I'm amazed people still trust the Met office to get the weather bang on.......

I don't expect that the Met Office or any other weather forecaster, will get the forecast bang on. I do believe that the majority of the time the forecast will be broadly correct 24/48 hours ahead. It's been spot on here in Preston this morning.

1 hour ago, TheKitGuy said:

Going to be a horrible game to play tonight under the lights in pouring rain. let's see what they're made of. 

I don't know where the idea has come from that the weather is going to be terrible at Ewood tonight. There has certainly been a lot of rain and there is likely to be some more this afternoon but by 6pm the Met Office is forecasting sunshine with a 40% chance of a little light rain during the game.

13 minutes ago, DE. said:

Plymouth's recent struggles continued as they were given a bit of a hiding from Bristol City at Ashton Gate. The home side won 4-1, thoroughly dominating the match. City have had a quietly solid start to the season, having only lost one of their first seven matches, and now find themselves in 5th, having won two and drawn two of their last four matches. They've also only conceded six goals, making their defence one of the tightest in the division thus far. Plymouth meanwhile have lost four of their last five matches. No prizes for guessing who was the one win in their last five matches. They drop to 17th, with their GD having taken a bit of a battering 

Are there any clues as to why Schumacher made 7 changes to the team who played on Saturday, including most of his forwards? They were by all accounts a bit unfortunate to lose at Preston.

15 minutes ago, rigger said:

I have tried this, but cannot get the latest minutes

They are definitely there rigger - I just checked.

1 hour ago, booth said:

Still having nightmares about that offside goal… 

The thing that relaxes me is that in the end it didn't affect the result, apart from goal difference. Think how much more frustrating it would have been had Boro scored again.

We will get crap decisions by referees again soon, both against us and for us. The real frustration is when that decision goes on to change the result of a game.

Now second on goal difference with 3 wins out of 4.

I’ll ask again to get the thread changed to Rovers Women?

27 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Spot on. He was pointing to a Rovers player, but I think he knew he'd fucked up and was trying to justify it. And he did give offside soon after against their guy who was on the RS side of the pitch who was clearly on!

I think what unnerved the lino was the guy who, after the Crooks goal, ran out from the section of singers near the DE, and followed the lino all the way back to the Halfway line giving him shit! 

I think the linesman thought that Pickering's slide to try to intercept the cross, had played Crooks on. You can see that on the Sky highlights. Pickering clearly wasn't playing him on but you can see why the linesman was pointing to a player. At the time Crooks put the ball in Pickering's legs were level but nowhere near when the cross was played.

29 minutes ago, JHRover said:

So in the absence of Waggott there was no owner, representative or board member at the meeting?

In which case this does not qualify as a 'consultation meeting' with fans under league rules, which must be attended by at least one of the above.

Mike Cheston was there.

3 hours ago, only2garners said:

Gregg came to the Fans Forum on Monday night. He spoke about the feeling that the squad had one too many midfielders in. Alongside that John Buckley had fallen down the pecking order a bit and was keen for a loan move to get some game time. So effectively I think it was a bit of both.

I have just had the agreed minutes for Monday's Forum. I wasn't clear when I typed the above that this was going to get in them but it has: -

ND asked about the decision to let John Buckley go out on loan to Sheffield Wednesday. GB replied that John had been keen to go out on loan to get more game time. He had fallen behind Jake Garrett in the manager’s view and that it was unanimous that the players development was the priority knowing the cover that the club had in this position.

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I disagree with that, 5 for 2 spots over 46 games and cup games seems reasonable. 

Do you know when the minutes are out and did Waggott touch on the stupid decision to close the Darwen End for the Cardiff game.

I have just received the approved minutes, so they should be on the website in the next day or two.

Steve Waggott wasn't at the meeting. He has been on holiday and I think is back tomorrow.

We did of course raise the issue of the Cardiff game (I think you might mean Blackburn End!) - everyone was unanimous in their opposition to the stand closure.

8 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

2. He suggest Buckley exit was to play games, which is the opposite to what JDT said. JDT stated it was to free up wages for another signing and he wanted to keep him. (So one ain't telling the facts?)

 

 

Gregg came to the Fans Forum on Monday night. He spoke about the feeling that the squad had one too many midfielders in. Alongside that John Buckley had fallen down the pecking order a bit and was keen for a loan move to get some game time. So effectively I think it was a bit of both.

There is a long-standing Academy and under 21s thread a bit further down the front page.

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You’d know if Pele was playing.

I certainly remember seeing him play for Santos in a friendly against Sheffield Wednesday in the mid 70s. It was during the 3 day week and the game was played on a Wednesday afternoon - the ground was still full.

On 28/08/2023 at 13:13, Sweaty Gussets said:

Weird seeing our lot sing YNWA! It seems nearly every club sung it back then. 

I know a few names from that era but never seen them play. I liked our LW. 

edit: my old man goes on about Tony Field (and Waggy). That was a sublime chip by Field. 

I saw Tony Field play for 4 different clubs. I used to watch Southport play in the old 4th Division regularly on a Friday night with mates from school, and he stood out head and shoulders at that level. Than at Rovers. Then I went to university and watched him at Sheffield United. Finally my now wife and I went to see he brother in New York 8n the late 70s and saw him play for New York Cosmos. Pele was a team mate although I can’t remember whether he was playing in the game I saw.

39 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Dont know what else Gilsenen has to do to get a place on the bench. 

Be fit? I don’t know now but he did have an injury.

Can a mod rename this thread to reflect the new name?

4 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Gilsenan not playing for U21s tonight and obviously didn’t feature at the weekend? Surely we need to be giving him game time?? Is he injured? 

He was injured in the Walsall game and he hasn’t played since.

9 hours ago, unleaded said:

Blackburn Rovers U18s Michalski, Murphy-Worrall, Powell, Litherland (Houghton 65), Doherty, Finneran, Bell, Stritch Nsangou (Boggan 81), Shaw (Shorrocks 65), Dlamini (Mullarkey Matthews 73).

Stitch Scored …Ended 1-1 with Wolves getting a late goal .. Nice to see Finneran getting fast tracked ….Under 18s is looking very young these days…

They get younger every year unleaded........