If we were playing say Burnley and they were given 5,000 tickets, if they put 3k upstairs and the rest downstairs, I get it, it splits up their support and dilutes what would otherwise be a raucous packed bottom tier. If you are playing Cardiff in a run of the mill Championship game, does Waggott really believe it will make one iota of difference where their 6/700 fans are? It just makes Ewood look desolate.

I’m no fan of Bell, but he has to play for the balance of the side. It’s only for one game, and who knows Cunningham coming in might be the rocket up his arse it often looks like he needs.

Sorry, my mistake

Wasn’t that Myles?

Mercer posts everything tongue in cheek and to be a contrarian, doesn’t he? I remember when he first joined and he spent his first weeks going on about what a great club Burnley are! He’s often quite good at it, but he gets sloppy sometimes and makes it too obvious he’s on the wind up - like the other week when he said ‘if you are looking to bounce back Fulham away is the ideal game’

And for that very reason (second instance too) they should have a substantial points deduction imposed, I mean the EFL wouldn’t want to see the ‘integrity of the league’ being questioned, would they?

‘Marginal gains’, just like Team Sky, don’t you know...

Fixture organisers, nothing more. They are akin to the Blackburn & Darwen dominos league.

Heard an interview with the EFL acting Chief Exec on Five Live earlier, thought she came across very poorly. Bury ‘are an isolated incident’, ‘what about Bolton!?’ ‘Totally different issue’ ’Our fit and proper test is sound’ ‘strong governance’ ‘more popular than ever with fans’, ‘no chance any other club gets into trouble this season’. Appalling organisation.

Is offering suggestions on how they could improve things ‘negative’ now? How Orwellian.

Well there pretty much wasn’t until you brought this one back!

Maybe they were still ‘naive’.

The spit and sawdust pub is finished. But there is still a place for pubs. Blackburn is not a normal market. 6 pubs on Livesey Branch Road. Now 0 on Four Lane Ends/Revidge Road, as an example, when there were also 6 on that ‘run’ 15 years ago tells you that.

They are ALL closing? Depends where, surely? Blackburn for many reasons is in a bad state. Rural areas many pubs are heaving. Micro pubs are popping up in every town.

He’s talked about ‘chemistry’ between the two Irishmen and how important it is at centre half, so presumably Tosin is out the side for the foreseeable...

I’d say it was the other way round. The shite pub selling crap beer and little else are closing rapidly, whilst your quality pub with a good selection of beer and food are growing.

And the BB signing will help us get there? Not sure what you are talking about, to be honest.

Dack was quoted at £20 million in January, bet we don’t get £10 million... we can all play this game!

Small beer? Which other clubs are spending £7 million on forwards that aren’t getting a sniff of a start?

I’m talking about game plans and generally teams plan to be more on the front foot at home. Ergo he’ll pick Graham, obviously doesn’t mean the match will unfold that way.

Graham will play most home games when we are largely on the front foot with more possession in advanced areas and we can play off him. Will be on the bench for a lot of away games.

Always had a soft spot for Paul Gallagher being a Blackburn lad and sharing an alma mater. Still full of class.

Obviously an attitude issue. A fair few big time Charlie’s there. We know all too well how that can work out in this league...

They must hate having a BB2 postcode and 01254 number then...

I imagine a lot of kids do...