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7 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

All true at the most basic level. But the real genius lies in understanding that past achievements or successes do not correlate directly to future successes. 

So many successful people failed time and time again before getting it right. If they had been dragged down by past experiences, become cynical and relied on hindsight they could never have eventually succeeded.

People (even Venkys) change because they learn. Their past does not dictate their future performance. 

This is why the glass half empty crew rarely feel the happiness that others do. Or the success.

You’ve missed your calling, must be a book in you 

I’ve no real thoughts about Real Madrid, but you can imagine the place is rife with politics and cliques.

Good for him. 

Reading this, sounds like he just can’t be arsed speaking to his team mates...

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2019/03/02/gareth-bale-criticised-for-speaking-no-spanish-and-not-socialising-after-six-years-at-real-madrid/

Strange character by all accounts. Supposedly not learnt a word of Spanish in 6 years.

As a contrast, Aaron Ramsey turned up for his unveiling at Juventus last week and conducted the press conference in (basic admittedly) Italian.

Just now, Pedro said:

Chins up lads and lasses, Gladwin will be like a new signing for us too ?

Anyone know what actually happened there?

Did he get a short term deal whilst he gets treatment?

Just now, Exiled in Toronto said:

Yes. It was extra to not having it.

Indeed. The way it is after last deadline day’s business...

Just now, neophox said:

Chapman scoring two and Nuttall one for the u23s tonight, not half time yet.

Why do you keep quoting a totally unrelated post of mine when you are posting??

Just now, Exiled in Toronto said:

 

Things clearly didn’t pan out with the new goalie(s), but even a slight upgrade and £3 million extra to spend now gets my vote. Maybe Fisher will be ready next year.

 

Haven’t we already spent it?

I presume when he’s with the players and there’s no microphone under his nose he talks less nonsense.

Just now, neophox said:

Dont give a toss about tosin coming after Seeing this:

https://www.google.se/amp/s/amp.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/04/08/west-bromwich-albion-fans-react-to-tosin-adarabioyo-display-agai/

Fairly unrelated point. But that rubbish actually has an author’s byline.

Modern football journalism, just nick a load of tweets and bang them in an article.

Just now, Angry_Pirate said:

I dunno, I just found this article:

With Lambert's arrival, Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 15 goals this season, which is notable, given the fact that most of the bottom-half teams have allowed 20 or 30 apiece. In other words, Lambert is inheriting a team that is decent defensively.

I think lambert was a "get us promoted" manager, not a "save us from relegation" manager. We already had 17 points from 16 games and Charlton went down in 22nd on 40 points. I think we would have been just fine. Lambert only got 38 points from 30 games.

Plus, Lambert signed Elliott Ward.

We’ll never know will we, but we were only heading one way at that stage. Budget slashed and very poor players were arriving.

Just now, Angry_Pirate said:

Lambert was dreadful too. I remember saying after his first 4 games that it was the worst, most boring and undeserved 10 points I had ever witnessed. What followed the remaining 6 months was worse. I was delighted when he left.

Ironic how excited everyone was (myself too) with Lambert... but he started the ball rolling towards relegation IMO. I've heard from many people in lots of different roles within the club that Lambert was easily the worst "person" to ever manage BRFC.

For what it's worth, does anyone actually think that if we had kept Bowyer, that we would have been relegated 18 months later... or at all. I honestly dont think so.

Bowyer got us to 8th and 9th in two full seasons, yet is lambasted for not getting us promoted with a squad HE mainly built. Mowbray just about gets us past Shrewsbury into 2nd at Easter and had one of the best budgets and teams in L1 history and then comes 15th overseeing the worst period of form in years from Feb - April, and still struggles to get more than 3 of his signings into the XI.

If you are one of the fans so able to criticise Bowyer, I dont see how you also see the sun shining out of TM.

I think there’s every chance we went down under Bowyer in 15/16. The squad had been decimated and he looked completely out of ideas.

Just now, Beanie01289 said:

Why even bother then? 

We need a cb crys the message board we look to be signing one but not this one WA WA WA. Damned if you do dammed if you don't. 

The club will sign who they want anyway, so we might as well not comment on anything!

Once again, this is not Ewood Park, people can WA WA WA all they want if they think we need a more experienced defender for one of the worst defences in England.

(Who may also be coming, by the way).

The Yardley’s own CreaTV which has produced Rovers media output since the 90s. Was Alan, but now looks as if Neil is the main man.

Remember that boring bastard that used to the commentaries before Neil? His League Cup final effort has gone down in history...

Bowyer seems to have got himself a reputation as a fire fighting type. Keeps him in work, I suppose, but he looks as if he’ll be staying in the lower leagues.

Just now, OJRovers said:

In the LT Mowbray saying that Johnson "has some size about him" and that he needs to get him fit enough to play. I'm reading that as he won't be starting games any time soon.

With the lack of a pre-season both Downing and Gallager will be in that category too.

Why do we always seem to sign players that aren't fit enough to play (according to Mowbray)?

 

He played on the play off final on the 27th May. Back in training in June.

I thought modern players had off season diet plans and fitness routines etc to ensure they didn’t come back out of condition?

No it’s Mulgrew. God help us at Fulham.

I was going off West Brom fans.

Fair enough then, let’s hope a young lad with 20 games as a centre half can step up to the plate in what is a very poor defence. Or even better , he’s a back up to an experienced centre back that is being kept under the radar...

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

"being billed as" 

LOL 

To be fair, we haven't even signed him so I don't think he is being billed as anything, by anyone at the club. 

I know the club haven’t. So save your ‘LOLs’  for someone else.

Im talking about posters on here mentioning him as an incoming centre half and his games for West Brom... he was a full back, he’s never played in a first team as a centre half, so expectations of the lad helping to solve our central defence issues need dosing down.

Just now, HowieFive0 said:

Even better with our FB choices !

That’s a different issue.

He’s being billed as a centre half, a position we massively need reinforcing. Yet he’s a teenager that’s never played their professionally. 

Just now, Mellor Rover said:

Hilarious people are unhappy at signing a CB who was pretty much a mainstay in a team that finished 4th. 

Same people probably unhappy with an experienced player like Bradley Johnson signing for free who played most matches post January in a team one game from the Premier League.

I know it’s a message board but can we at least try to lighten the fuck up.

Played full back though, didn’t he? Never centre half.

Don’t think so. Keith. Owns an insurance company.

10 hours ago, JHRover said:

Other rumours doing the rounds that Tom Morris (owner of Home Bargains and absolutely loaded) has got on board with Football Ventures to buy them.

Different Morris, nowhere near as loaded.

Which has dampened their spirits somewhat.

They’ve obviously known about Williams for most of pre season - he’s not featured in a friendly.

So if a couple of centre halves don’t come in then that’s even more of a worry on what’s going through TM’s head as they’ve had ample time to realise we’ve an issue (in an already weak area) and sort.

Good lad, get them brainwashed! You’ve had to suffer, why shouldn’t they!