Mattyblue

Hit a nerve, obviously. You’ve got a brass neck sagely ‘hear hear’-ing an article that talks about keyboard managers not appreciating the job he’s done, building a club over 3 years and wanting him sacked- when that was literally you two months ago!

That’s a ‘negative’ opinion, not an ‘agenda’.

As have Huddersfield.... and most of the league will have done by March/April. How odd all the other clubs see it as a priority to get them on sale as early as possible each year, but the usual suspects on here have told me that ‘it makes no difference’ and getting them on sale in the close season is fine.

Whatever way, he’s a braver man than me in that timeframe.

But then you’ll need to get the tube to Waterloo and then the train to Brentford, then walk to the ground. Just hope for no delays!

‘Negative agendas’. Like what?

The problem with the modern ‘columnist’ (especially one that as far as I’m aware doesn’t go to Ewood - I stand to be corrected on that), is that they look at things through the prism of social media, which is highly bi-polar and full of loonies and trolls fishing for reactions both ways. In 3 years TM has been supported to the hilt at games, more so than most managers we’ve had, so the whole column is moot to me. *For the 23567th time, the internet is not real life.

He’d never had made the anniversary if it was up to you... you wanted him sacked a couple of months ago!

LT regurgitating stories from elsewhere? Sounds about right, considering one of the main stories in the ‘news’ section is a copy and paste of ‘Blackburn’s top restaurants’ from TripAdvisor.

Wow, surprised to read that from Paul.

Need to get through the rest of this hectic month without anymore injuries. As TM says, players like Downing are wrapped in cotton wool training wise and just playing games. After Feb there is only one midweek game left, plus a two week international break.

Hope no delays for you! Still some travelling to do getting from Euston to Brentford.

In the Newcastle local rag now... and what a surprise they mention who his agent is. Agency planted story yet again. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/adam-armstrong-newcastle-blackburn-transfer-17757648.amp

Shame in a way that it’s on Sky and back to back with another London game that was well attended, as I bet we’d have been close to selling this out otherwise - as it’s the last time at Griffin Park For us (or will it be...)

They opened a beer tent in the DE car park. Think that came and went too...

Not saying they weren’t. But they weren’t posts of someone well in with club staff.

Yet he was hilariously star struck in his posts after he got to meet staff at the consultation meeting... ?

Legends Lounge would be perfect. Few guest ales, couple of hot food options, midday match on the TV. No brainer for any club fetching a few as you are right in the away end. Captive market for those fans that don’t want to be wandering pub to pub seeing if away fans are allowed in etc. I can only think the club doesn’t want to dilute the Blues Bar and Jack’s Kitchen. Yet, they dipped their toes in something similar for about two games last season, but offered nothing apart from a bar serving Fosters and John Smith’s and wondered why it didn’t fill up.

Yes the playoffs are a guarantee of nothing as the 80s testify. But it would be a sign of a club with aspirations again and after a near decade of treading water, its potential to galvanise the club shouldn’t be overlooked. Keeping hold our best talent, selling season tickets and sponsorships etc all becomes easier.

Modest too.

I’m being generous calling it a ‘TV station’. It was on the big screen and concourse teles for a couple of hours. It cost feck all. It wasn’t MUTV! It was a few videos/interviews from the week and highlights from the game.

Well he’s not now, no club is going to take a big money punt on a Championship player with a cruciate.

Right next time I spot the Premier League Years for this season on Sky I’ll record it for you and post it!

Sounds great Joe, but I honestly couldn’t give a feck about playing Burnley. We’ve become as obsessed with them as they always were with us pre the Venky wrecking ball.

All part of a stripped back operation, I’m afraid. Up to about 2016 we had a radio station and an in house TV station. So pre-game there was a variety to what you saw/heard (though Radio Rovers did decline in quality over the years). Now you have Neil Yardley on the pitch reading the teams out, then he’s charging up to the gantry for the first half ifollow commentary, then he’s on the pitch at half time doing the half time raffles, then he’s back to the gantry for the second half. Add it to a shut town centre club shop, a shut Blues Bar, a filthy ground, crap disabled facilities, shoddy programme, piss poor catering that can’t even compare to Accy Stanley’s offering and all the rest of it. It’s a skeleton operation, but remember, they ‘never refuse to sign a cheque’.