Mattyblue

Very testy thread this for a side 3rd in the table 😁. Imagine if we were down the bottom…

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They’ve lost 2 in 26, some stretch to see a side that is obviously the best in the league suddenly lose 7 in 20. See Sympathetic Claret had picked up some of Longers’ “we are ever so ‘umble” routine…

The Sage of Brfcs sure knows how to pick ‘em 🤦‍♂️

This fella won’t be protected at all costs, he’s getting more grumbles at Ewood in a few months than Mr Teflon got in five years (though it’s still mild, as you would expect). TM was a one off on that score, JDT will be treated like every other manager by the fans if the results are crap.

1) You mustn’t spend much time at Ewood/in the local area as a handful of posters on this obscure place in no way represents the general thoughts re JDT. 2) You mustn’t spend much time on other forms as they are *all* like this.

A lot of it is psychological. If we’d have drawn a few of those bad defeats, and some of the wins too - so still on pretty much the same points we are on now, I bet the general feeling around the club would be much better. Unlike the charge up the table last November/December, we’ve not put any kind of run together since August, so never really feeling like we are getting some momentum behind us. Every win feeling like it’s followed by a stinking defeat, especially the two shockers to local rivals bookending a mid season break. It’s certainly true that draws don’t really do a lot for your league position, but a nice unbeaten run does a lot of the mood!

But, but don’t they know he just needs a run of games!?

Hyam is already in the side, so obviously not back up, Carter is injured. Ayala is far too important to the side, with the leadership he offers in an inexperienced group to risk an injury in a 3rd round cup tie.

We’ve got an out of form S Wharton and a 17 year old as centre half back up, so yeah cotton wool for Ayala please, JDT.

From me! 👋 First ever ITK-edge! A bid was initially rejected earlier in the summer, but they came back to us asking if we were still interested at the back end of the window as they were desperate for some cash flow.

No the Keano line was when he tried to sign him on loan from us (for Sunderland)… “Sparky gave me permission to give him a call. So I got Robbie’s mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: ‘Hi, it’s Robbie – whazzup!’ like the Budweiser ad. “I never called him back. I thought, ‘I can’t be f***ing signing that’.” 😁

Oh what times we’ve had since…

They can go for it for me, but surely the likes of injury prone Ayala are left up here in bubble wrap?

I’ve no particular issue with actual Scousers supporting their local club (though obviously Everton fans are far more bearable), my issue are the millions of plastic ‘fans’, as per Man Utd. Usually pretty sad people needing some reflective glory in their lives, I’ve found.

How’s that working out?

Morton in the Liverpool team as a deep lying playmaker next season. 🤦‍♂️ Yep, like I said the other day you really don’t understand the game.

Well they used to until TM suddenly decided last season that he didn’t like the indoor pitches… and now JDT has carried it on. Crazy, and Ewood is now a cabbage patch as a result.

Yep, I thought it was TM that suddenly decided he liked to do that. We never trained on Ewood repeatedly until last season. Now it seems to be the default every cold snap. Crazy when we have a poor pitch to start with.

It hasn’t had a full replacement for 30 years.

Why are we training on an already poor pitch repeatedly in bad weather when we have indoor pitches at Brockhall?

Swag putting out the Chad-Signal from the Jack Walker roof…

Why are you ‘baffled’ about a good pitch mattering to a football team?

Will he buggery! 😁

Microclimate in the Ribble Valley, obviously…