Mattyblue

Was Nelsen a top 6 player on ability alone? We had Bellamy one season and he missed a third of that. We had the likes of Savage and Andy Todd in there. Our other strikers were Dickov and Kuqi. Of course we had good players, the crap we’ve had this past decade makes us lament such players even more. But that team was far more than the sum of its parts. Is this team?

Every post on here is an opinion, but I believe yours is tripe, as I said. I know who Id want to be in the trenches with and it would be that Hughes side any day of the week. Top pros with an edge. Mogga’s lot don’t come close. Yes Hughes’ team had better players, but we were in the PL - were they a Collection of players that were 6th best in England on paper? No chance, it was the graft that got them there. Is this team achieving more than it should through hard work? I wouldn’t say so, it is a bottom half quality team in the bottom half.

The Hughes team lacked quality in the context of the top 6 of the Premier League, but that’s where they ended up. Through sheer guts and hard work. Dont talk tripe Paul.

Mulgrew starts. First time he’s been on the pitch since going off at half time against Stoke at the start of April.

I often am on Attendance threads...

Why have my and OldEwoodBlue’s posts been deleted? There was nothing remotely antagonistic in them?

This scouting operation has been ‘building up’ for over two years now. Was Bowyer’s dad a one man band or what?

Are they hell! A lot of those fans will go to games up north and the midlands for a day out on the ale. You honestly think they give a shite about the owners either way? They think Ewood is a crap experience in a not much more than third full ground. It’s your Birdy’s that win any ‘commitment’ competitions hands down.

Something we’ve been calling for on here for years. ‘Negative brfcs’ ahead of the curve... again.

Sharpe still parroting the disproved line that it was the police that asked for noon KOs last season... https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17691039.rovers-looking-closely-at-home-and-away-ticket-prices/

Two groundshares in 5 years. Horrible situation. They should never have left Highfield Road.

Is it just me or do you only say negative things about Rovers, but only positive things about England?

December 1994... https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kKoaGR0-cnAC&pg=PA322&lpg=PA322&dq=romario+blackburn+rovers&source=bl&ots=xEdmId8CvN&sig=ACfU3U3k8hFFsnDsaLcO0Ao460vaD5W4cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8kPm2wtXiAhUtSBUIHUEnB6kQ6AEwEHoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=romario blackburn rovers&f=false

Wasn’t in randomly in November or something like that?

Great this benefactor model. Re-laid pitches, scouts with passports, the lot.

Soccer Schools in Whalley, so near enough. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/business/east_lancashire_chamber_of_commerce/16061903.psg-academy-england-easter-camp-at-oakhill-school/

We’ve been here before. ‘The family have received no offers and are committed to the club and it’s return to the Premier League’ END

I’m not getting that feeling this summer anecdotally. I could tell pretty early on when Coyle was appointed that we’d lose sales.

I’m on about our fans. Rangers and Celtic fans can sing whatever shite they want.

That was my point as it will be OUR dickheads singing it.

Aye with all the Dickheads singing ‘Fenian’ this, ‘F*** the Pope’ that.

The brfcs poll means nowt, not representative in any way to the wider fanbase. If we usually sell 4,000 a month into sales then yes, big trouble, but we could’ve sold 1,500 by this stage normally. Without a like for like you can’t read into it either way. But there is even less incentive to buy early this season as they’ve got rid of the early bird and subsequent price rise in July. Doesnt change my view that the club is always too late getting them on sale and doesn’t do enough to market them, by the way.

To be fair the season ticket number at this stage means nothing unless it is significantly down on what is normally is a month before the seat deadline. Really reaching to connect it to no signings at the start of June.

Quarters you mean?

It was total tripe. But blame George Martin for not being able to get the novels finished.