Interested why Eastham is now backup GK? What’s happened to Pears and the Greek lad?

19 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

And then choose a formation to play based on these players who will sod off a year later. Beyond short-sighted 

I’ve bought loads of dvds off one chap I found online - he is A Rovers fan as well. Even ones that weren’t officially released he has made with copies of MOTD etc.  I could dig out his email address for anyone interested - send me a DM

Anyone in the least bit excited?

‘meh’ would sum my emotions up.

Tony’s not interested in goals against. 1, 3, 5, it doesn’t matter to him.

If an embargo is true, will be time for some of the promising u23s to finally step up.

Not necessarily a bad thing. Cleanse the club, start again and build a young team to be proud of. No more money-thieves like Corry Evans.

on a side note, the daily mail website is horrendous, just like its  journalism.

Living in Shropshire with 3 youngsters I could never get one anyway, but I will not attend any more games with him in charge or watch any on tv.

complete waste of 90 minutes of my life and totally apathetic to it all.  

next managerial appointment, whenever that may be is the breaking point for me Rovers-wise.  Can’t imagine even saying that for a club which has been such a huge part of my life but it’s true. If it’s some one who I can get behind then I will be at the first game I can.

if it’s the opposite than sadly it would be much easier, and more fun, just to walk over to the New Meadow and just watch a game of football, sadly one I would not be overly invested, but be able to leave all feelings about it there and just get on with the weekend.

10 hours ago, SuperBrfc said:

I really enjoyed the Michael Gray one. He spoke very fondly about his time at Rovers. You could tell how much he enjoyed playing for us and how gutted he was to leave in that way. We had a squad full of captains back then, players who could take the game to anybody. Hughes going to Old Trafford, playing a 4-4-2 when everybody played 1 up top there, and beating them showed that.

Friedel recently said that his 8 years at Rovers were the best times of his life, not just his career.

Chris Samba has said his best time was at Rovers and that Rovers is his club. He mentioned that Drogba and Anelka would tell him how much they weren't looking forward to coming to Ewood as they knew they would have to fight for 90 minutes. He wanted to sign for us again in 2017 but a deal couldn't be done and Villa signed him instead. He left in 11/12 because he didn't like the direction the club was going in and that "all the best players and people were being taken out".

I've heard Ryan Nelsen on another platform say how much he loved his time at Rovers. He was baffled and shocked by how he was pushed out of the door at the end. He mentioned how somebody who had influence at the club (who he wouldn't name, but we can guess who) approached him at the training ground one day and said 'Tottenham want to sign you and we are cancelling your contract as we can't afford to keep you here'. He signed for Tottenham two days later. He was gutted at how he was ushered out and by the fact he didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to his teammates.

It's good to hear old players speak fondly about the club. We had some great times before those pillocks turned up in 2010.

 

Oh to have a team full of these men again; one to be proud of. The Hughes years were golden. We could give anyone a run for their money.

3 hours ago, desrover said:

Surely this would set alarm bells ringing if this was emailed to Rovers?

Who’d it be emailed to? There’s no-one left. Gone are the days when John Williams would read it and invite you in for a chat.  
 

No doubt this would now fall under the remit of the part time staff in the club shop when they aren’t trying to sell the remaining XXXL training gear which is the only stock that they have had since October.

38 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Tony Mowbray: "I don't sit here in fear fighting for my job" | Lancashire Telegraph

What a load of drivel. The comments of a coward. Trying to blame the fans for upsetting the young lads. Shameful. Try winning some games ya useless lump and then YOU wouldn't get criticised.

But don't worry, we'll get to the Prem next year. Or the year after. Or the year after. Er..one day. Look don't pressure me, you'll upset the kids.

Mowbray Out.

🤢🤮🤢🤮

what a horrible article. Horrible that it was even printed.

boo hoo Tone, pass the tissues.

doing what you’ve always done is clearly the problem so please don’t continue to do so. It just doesn’t work.

We need someone else to do exactly what you don’t do. 

i used to love football like you claim to. Sadly that real love is long gone following The last ten years, and is hanging on by the smallest of threads. What happens next is the defining moment for me if there is any chance of that being rekindled.

I don’t necessarily blame you, it’s just that you’ve run your course. How strange it is to feel literally nothing when an inevitable goal in conceded; to feel only slightly more when we actually score.

My son is 1 and I’ve got about 5 years before he will get football for this team to once again be one that we can be proud of. If this stagnation and boredom continues, why would I try to get him to follow the rovers? In its current guise, it would put him off the game for life. It simply is numbingly not enjoyable.

the time for change is now, was 5 games ago, was 2 years ago.  Someone for the love of god take some responsibility and make it happen.

Clearly we can’t beat ‘anyone’ or we wouldn’t be 15th.

we are nowhere near playing like Brentford or Swansea. 

journey to mundane insignificance continues.

got news for you Tone...you’ve been a burden for too long. Long past time to go.

5 hours ago, JHRover said:

I can only assume that the 19000  figure should be square metres rather than acres. Thats the only explanation that makes any sense.

Not off to a good start with this exciting project are they?

News leaked from fans and forced to hastily release a statement

Nobody putting their name to it

Manager denying any involvement

Inadequate site to accommodate what is needed.

Company instructed to prepare plans can't even distinguish between square metres and acres.

Maybe that explains why they think they can get it all on one site. They might have measured everything in inches.

I'm sure we are in good hands...

Akin to this. Better to laugh than cry I guess https://youtu.be/Pyh1Va_mYWI

The slow build, journey excuse is also clearly a load of BS. Does he actually believe it? 

1) there is no football identity. It’s dire and pointless. I see some other highlights and get envious at seeing teams shooting or crossing from wide areas. Oh the simple things.

2) lots of players out of contract and multiple loans to go back. That’s not slow build, that’s plugging holes and another needed imminent overhaul in the summer.

Doesn’t ease any concerns here. That is just a reactionary positive spin as the cloaks and daggers application had been discovered.

crux is this anyway: actions speak louder than words.

the last 10 years have provided enough evidence to show that the powers that be fail miserably on this count, regardless of how they try to spin it.

Just now, Stuart said:

He’ll simply block anyone who does but knock yourselves out.

Do you have to follow someone to be blocked? I dont follow him and have managed to tweet him at least 3 times

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

His body language was really weird tonight, utterly passive (even more so than normal). I'm totally guessing but made me feel something is going on behind the scenes.

We can only hope.  Alas, it’s Groundhog Day, no pressure as always.  Carry on in cuckoo land tony

What does he spend the week saying to them? Literally no plan, no identity. Sits in the stands all game - must all be going to plan? 🤷
 

the pitch is shocking, but it’s shocking for both teams. We are just shockingly bad. Why is it just us that sees it?

5 minutes ago, den said:

Keep saying it, we need a centre forward

Technically we have one, but the so called manager sees him as a right back 🤷

A bad, bad team. And an even worse manager.

journey to nowhere but purgatory 
 

Even with a possible lifeline

Bennett is born and bred Telford, and has a new pad outside of it on the Shrewsbury side - we share the same plumber. No need for him to wait until the summer as he isn’t needed at Rovers.

limited player, of which we can do better, but great bloke by the looks of it and will be a miss about the place in terms of character 

Any enjoyment has been sucked out of watching Mowbray’s Rovers over the last two years. Never been less excited about a cup game.

meh. We go again. The nightmare continues

Can anyone use these for £3 postage? As good a place as any

23 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

The Shearer, Ripley, Flowers x 2, Jansen and Sutton shirts instantly fill me with the best memories of all of these. 

I've got the 125th anniversary shirt as well - still labelled, in the bag and the special box they came in. I guess there can't be too many of these around in mint condition nowadays as there were only 1,250 produced and most would have been worn I'd guess.

And me. Brilliant times and I count myself fortunate to be a Rovers fan at these times and to have experienced the success. We had a great team in the Dalglish, Souness and Hughes years.

I managed to get the 125 shirt unworn on eBay, in box with tags. A little more memorable for me as well as I was actually mascot for the game. Was given the normal kappa shirt though. 

4 hours ago, Miller11 said:

Superb post. I know @mheadand the Rovers Trust have been really pushing the idea of a heritage project in conjunction with the club. We touched on something on the Rovers Radio show a few weeks back when some fans were asking for a statue of Mowbray(!!!) to be erected... I know John has proposed we should have one for Bob Crompton. Every one of our fans should know his story.

I used to conduct ground tours at Ewood, and the amount of history there is unreal. Tours were supposed to last an hour to 90 mins. I’d regularly do double that, or more, and always have loads more to show and talk about. It was brilliant when you had young uns on them and they were so engaged and eager. I’d make a really big deal of the Full Members Cup win... English clubs weren’t playing in Europe so it was the equivalent of the Champions League! We’ve got the shield for our three consecutive FA  Cup wins back from the football museum and on display, there’s countless trophies, awards, international caps, pictures... everything! All over the place, tons not even on display.

We’ve got such heritage, we need to celebrate it!

 

I was lucky enough to have two tours around Ewood with Ronnie Clayton to ourselves. He was fantastic, really loved and lived the club. always remember how he stuck the Burnley crest behind the door in the board room. Legend 
 

5 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

This is actually quite an important factor in all this. Particularly IMO when it comes to FB groups & the like. A lot of these are likely to be the younger generation who haven't really known anything other than the Venkys era.

As a good example, although I'd tried over the years to explain to my daughter all about who Jack Walker was & what he did for Rovers, it was only probably 12 months ago, having been watching Rovers for 7 or 8 years, when she started to ask questions about him. Ie taking an interest, rather than it just being white noise coming from her father's mouth! She is now 15.

To also put this into context, as she wants to be a firefighter, I put on a documentary about the firefighters involved in 9:11. I then had to tell her all about 9:11 as she had no idea about it.

To a lot of us, these events were 5mins ago, yet there is a whole generation who this is new to.

It might take some time, but I think us older ones may need to educate the younger generation that we are Blackburn Rovers! And we expect/demand better for our club.

We spent two weeks before end of term teaching about New York and then 9/11 through the hook of Philippe Petit walking the twin towers. Crazy to think it was 20 years ago now. Some kids were aware of it. They handled it brilliantly to be fair considering they are 10/11