They usually have around 20,000+ empty seats every week, that just doesn’t fit the narrative of the ‘passionate north east’ (three league clubs in a whole region and we are supposed to marvel at the fact decent numbers go to those 3).

As you say Tom, a lot of the crowd shots were at a totally different match than the game they were showing. I.e they’d be away at Bolton, but it would show fans at the Stadium of Light. Though I suppose, only nerds like us would notice such things!

It’s also the complete opposite of an Allardyce. He delegated a lot of the sessions at the training ground to his coaching staff. But matchday was his domain.

He doesn’t. He’s said before that the senior players ‘run the dressing room’. I can’t say it’s something I ever hear other managers say. ‘I always say to them this is their dressing room, their team, I rarely go in their dressing room’ https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/16980319.tony-mowbray-feels-rovers-have-reason-to-be-optimistic/

The QPR win was a poor performance and our ‘levels’ haven’t recovered since.

It’s simple. A good percentage of those players aren’t good enough if the club wants to progress. The ‘loyalty to those that got us here’ was a laudable approach, though a little over sentimental for my taste, but the upgrades need to now begin in earnest.

1500 seems more realistic.

Thought they weren’t allowed to show red button in pubs anymore? Unless they’ve just bought an ifolllow match pass?

2,500 going according to LT. Personally think they’ve got wrong end of the stick with regards to ‘no tickets being available’, as that was the entire allocation. Some following at that price if true...

Jason Steele was interesting. I heard when he was here that he had a few issues and had regular sessions with a sports psychologist. Seeing him on this shows that he’s a very fragile lad. But christ he makes some ricks.

Fair enough. I can imagine a few local businesses will have taken up a few of the table for 10s

Are you sure? The club, or Kevin Gallagher and the former player association that are putting it on haven’t tweeted that?

The guy obviously has something, some Forest fans were upset he went, England youth caps etc. However, young players sometimes just don’t develop, or a la Davies at Rovers, players with a price tag never live up to it at that club. As I said, let’s hope that isn’t the case here, but it’s not been an auspicious start.

For his and certainly the club’s sake I hope you’re right. But people can only comment on what they see, nobody expects a finished article, but it is the lack of any kind of spark, any glimpse of potential that is worrying.

So as is tradition I receive the 2019 calendar, and as is tradition I look straight to Mr January to see who’ll be leaving this next month, and they aren’t even making it subtle ?

That was the chadster? The scoundrel!

Bit of a Graham or bust strategy that...

Bell is debatable and Rothwell can’t be classed as a hit currently as he doesn’t play.

Watching it at the minute. What makes me laugh is the constant: ‘Best fans in the country in the north east. So much passion’ Their fans are always parroting it, as are the players and staff. Just shows if the media repeats something enough, it becomes gospel. They get decent numbers through the gate because there’s only 3 league clubs in the whole north east of England. As a contrast, there’s 6 league clubs (including Rovers) in just a 15 mile radius of Blackburn alone!

They brought him in from Brondby. A league where they pay a pittance in comparison to the Championship. We signed Mulgrew who had been playing for a Champions League club for years. So Rovers should be in the market for such players. I.e free transfers from Denmark and Scotland.

Totally get the geography thing. One of the lads that played yesterday was from York, as an example. So a vast area to draw from. Just find it striking that it seems to be all about young English players as signings, yet we haven’t blooded any of our own this season...

You reckon Brondby pay wages in excess to what we can afford? https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.caughtoffside.com/2014/11/14/top-20-leagues-in-world-football-based-on-average-player-wages-englands-43717-bpl-way-ahead-of-la-liga/amp/

Why aren’t we, in your opinion?

In the spirit of the season I take that back then, as I read it as you STILL thought it was exceptional even as the new signings all spent months sat on the bench...

Laboured point? You wrapping a black water heating appliance? You have repeatedly said 7 million isn’t a lot of money these days, so by default BB was worth a punt due to this ‘flex’. I (and many others) think it is and he wasn’t. You keep saying daft things like it was ‘an exceptional summer of transfer business’ when the reality is slapping you in the face and when you get pulled up on it you post gifs of goalposts and say you are being selectively quoted or taken out of context!