Paul Lambert had the same, I felt at the time he was better than we could have hoped for (Under a transfer embargo due to FFP) with the the money the club was offering to pay prospective managers and the shit show they're coming into. Lambert soon realised that the club was a mess, the owners refused to engage on contract renewals, the transfer budget was slashed to nothing when we came out of FFP, the project he presented in his interview wasn't achievable and he walked away. Mowbray is just another symptom, Venkys are the disease.

The clubs already in the abyss booth, a new manager, even a lucky one, can't work with no footballing people to support him, no scouting network, staff leaving for glamour clubs like Salford City, no funding to pay contracts, not money for even the poorest loan signings, a refusal to engage, the place is a dysfunctional cabal. Venkys out.

Bang on Parson. Its not as if the fans have been inpatient, we've tried new CEO's, we've supported new managers and coaches for the last 11yrs. The latest one is the fans are talking to the club, things are improving, but no mention of selling the club to some dodgy company 6months after trying to sell to Mcalpine for houses.....its already a sham. This club doesn't improve until Venkys leave, spot on.

If posters do a quick 'find and replace' on Revs post above - find Mowbray and replace with Venkys we'll be somewhere near the real reason the clubs in the shit. If we brought in Pep Guardiola and his coaching staff tomorrow, we'd still have: No club structure No scouting network No footballing people running the club Out of contract players No transfer budget Youth team players filling gaps in the senior squad Wages way beyond our income (They've been here for 11yrs FFS, time enough to get books under control) The ground would still be dump The commercial dept still wouldn't pick up the phone from local business offering sponsorship. Dodgy deals with training ground The list just goes on and on..... Yes the product on the pitch isn't great, yes the manager isn't great, but don't be fooled by this narrative that Venkys are keeping us afloat, pumping millions in, they're killing this club and will continue to do so whilst posters like Rev look the other way.

The bastards can't take away our memories 47er and what memories! Who would have ever dreamed of the success this club has had, from a small deprived Lancashire cotton, becoming the kings of England. We'll come again, no doubt about that.

I think the football league had banned away fans at Chelsea and closed the terracing for a period of time after the play off game with Boro at the end of the previous season, it was like a battle ground for most of the game I seem to recall.

He'd probably tell us he was a revelation, they all piss in the same pot. Anderson was never off sky telling them lies about sleeping on the floor at Brockhall, they lapped it up 😤

oh yes and RoverDom 😉

One of the best previews I've seen on here rog, superb stuff, thanks for taking the time and effort.

Rovers fan in the crowd looking delighted at Butlers brilliance for the run out. Looks like England’s game now.

England lose 3 quick wickets against Sri Lanka, now we'll see what this side is really made of. Time for Morgan to step up.

Must admit I really fancied India to win the tournament at the start, especially after beating England convincingly in the warm up game. What an absolute shambles, no idea whats happened to them, messing around with the batting order yesterday and practically giving up against New Zealand after the defeat to Pakistan. England are the best team by a country mile, we should win this easily.

Trick or Treat

2-1 Rovers

Mowbray walked away from Coventry, handed in his resignation and waved goodbye to any further pension contributions or future earnings, he did the same at Boro too. This nonsense often written on here about him maximising his pension isn't born out by the facts. I also take exception to people throwing out that lazy narrative. How many posters resign from jobs due to bad management with no job to go to? Very few I’d wager…. I think he's genuinely trying to do a good job against a backdrop of chaos and absent owners. Its also interesting talking to opposition fans who think he's doing a really good job, with an exciting young team as one Brum fan said to me recently.

Just after the Rovers goal someone receives a message on a mobile phone, must be the first one in U.K. 1984 😀

😂 😂 Its Halloween not April fools day, what utter garbage. Fancy doing my accounts this year Sparks?

Nope, I’d have sacked him 12 months ago, but that doesn’t take away from the facts regarding his transfer dealings and probably the reason why he’s still here.

With Ben Brereton flying and now showing the talent the club saw he had, I use the term club as it was strongly rumoured at the time that this wasn't a Mowbray signing at all, but I'm sure he'll take the credit for it now! Its worth pointing out that when given a few quid, Mowbray seems more than capable of finding a fantastic return on investment, no wonder the owners keep him around. Bradley Dack (750k) probably would have been sold by now if he'd managed to stay fit, £15m+ Adam Armstrong (1.8m) was sold £15-£20m Joe Rothwell (300k) sadly it doesn't look like we're going to get much of a fee, but he would have gone for millions had he been on a decent contract. Ben Brereton (5/6m) similar money to Armstrong if he keeps this up - New contract please. Gallagher(5m) needs more goals, but could make that step up. Kaminsky (400k) a £10m keeper in the making, more than paid back his fee if we sold him today - New contract please. Tyrhys Dolan (free) this lad could go far, still young, still learning, could be a star in the making - New contract please. Thats some return on investment, the owners need to take the heads from up the arses and get new contracts signed and sealed as soon as possible, or pour more money down the drain.

I disagree 47er. He wasn't at his best yesterday, he's had a long string of injures which rules him out of test cricket, but when he's on song he's the fastest bowler we have and if he can get his radar right he's worth his place. Great performance yesterday as ojf says, good to see the Aussies on the back foot.

Game set and match chaddy.

Superb stuff Herbie, look forward to seeing the end product.

3-1 Rovers

After a failed attempt to sell off half the training ground, 6 months later we now find the facility moved to a bogus company for creative accounting and nobody was aware of the move until it happened? The true test of everything that these bonkers owners do is, would John Williams and Jack Walker have done the same, I don't need to answer that for anyone I'm sure. I just hope that the lack of investment in the team, the lack of contract offers to key players and the general downgrading of everything that is Blackburn Rovers, signals some sort of shift in the Venky position, a shift towards the exit door and pronto. Before anyone asks how will we survive, I couldn't care less, we die as a club with this lot at the top, I'd roll that dice today If I could. Venkys out.

We were under a transfer embargo due to FFP in 2015, Mowbray and Waggot were nowhere near the club. The buck stops with the owners. I'd be interested to know if this new era that yourself and others have alluded to over recent months had wind of this sell off?