Mattyblue

? That was the point I was making! There are these diamonds out there, blowing £7 million on ‘potential’ is a crazy way to operate for a club like us, Preston’s ‘model’ seems to be working much better from where I’m standing.

Bullied by Stockley, brought in from Exeter. Barkhuisen scores two... from Morecambe. Shows what proper management can achieve at this level...

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Very simple, that year in League 1 has lowered expectations to such an extent that 18th in the Championship is good enough for plucky little Rovers. Relegation was a godsend for TM.

Just like with the players, it shows the folly of giving mediocre pros long contracts.

Still didn’t get the impression at the game today that he’s lost the majority of match going fans, and that’s a passionate away support that you’d expect to turn first, not the largely docile Ewood crowd. When one guy near me came out with a few brfcs-esque comments along the lines of time for a change , he was rounded upon by a dozen or so, ‘get behind ‘em’, ‘he got us out of League 1’ ‘who we gonna get?’ Etc.

The wheels are coming off. As it wasn’t just him sat on his arse. He chose to make no subs until the last few minutes, ok that’s a manager’s prerogative in a tight game, but our subs weren’t even warming up throughout the second half, something I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed before.

Anyone tell the difference between our ‘technical’, ‘athletic’ or ‘tactical’ team? ?‍♂️

He did, very positive, talking about winning game after game, not accepting failure and being a ‘champion team’. This is Fleetwood, spent most of their existence well down the non league pyramid, they still attract less than 3,000 home fans a week in a league with Sunderland; Ipswich Town et al. Yet their manager wants to go toe to toe with everyone. Quite a contrast...

BigDogg wasn’t it? What’s he known as now?

Doesn’t matter that it’s complete nonsense, it will be part of their mythology now. File it with ‘plastics’ and all the rest of it.

Ian Herbert of this parish doing the preview show on Radio Lancs as we speak...

Wasn’t it Ben Summer who used to post on here? @Ben-2000 I think was his forum name.

To be fair, he has them top of League 1 now with one of the smallest budgets (obviously it’s still October).

And to make it worse we haven’t actually SOLD 4,000+ tickets. The club has been handing them out free in Blackburn town centre, wish I’d have known, would have saved us a few quid. https://www.pne-online.net/forum/index.php?threads/and-they-say-we-are-obsessed-with-them.3429092/page-11

No, but I could imagine Bowyer saying it, which seem apt at the moment.

Churchillian... “I’m sure on Saturday, we might get beat and they might be better than us, but we’ll be there competing.”

‘Option’ being ‘I ain’t going back unless Mowbray’s sacked.’

Then we stay as we are, a club in suspended animation for evermore, as these owners don’t look to be going anytime soon.

‘Management Consultant’, whet else!

Yet nowhere to be seen on here, still a very shadowy character... https://www.rovers.co.uk/club/whos-who/

Of course, 11 years ago were a normal football club with an empowered main man like John Williams making decisions. We lose 3-0 on Saturday, then what, at this empty shell of a club?

Not a chance I’ll watch it and I’m not the only one thinking the same going off social media. Record crowds for the T20 blast this year, all they needed to do to build further was to get some matches on free to air TV and ride the World Cup momentum. Instead they’ve ripped up 150 years of history and regional identities, for what? 20 less balls? Do me a favour! #boycottthe100

Over 4,000 sold so far the club has tweeted. We should be selling those kind of figures for our only daytime local game, but I’m still pleasantly surprised.

Thought we’d gained a 100? 8,600 from 8,500? https://www.rovers.co.uk/contentassets/d47edf0f19cd47dea3a73e898f8da69c/ff-minutes-9.9.19.docx