You could bring Guardiola in and we'd not get promoted... The clubs got a bit of stability back under Waggot and Mowbray, but we're going nowhere under Venkys, thats the reality of our situation. Someone has just suggested Chris Hughton and Mark Robins, Ainsworth or Johnson, if thats the market we'd be aiming for and i doubt Hughton would come here, I'll stick with Mowbray thanks very much. All that said........ Give Mark Hughes £15m to spend on players and a big bonus to get us up, job done We'd not be coasting through games thats for sure.

Lambert left because the money he was promised to rebuild the side never materialised. He gave Venkys the option, give him the money promised when he signed, or he'd walk, they didn't deliver and he walked, fair play to the man I say.

Thats an honest assessment from an honest manger, he understands and feels the frustration the same as the rest of us do. We haven't had honesty since those ******* took us over, its always been about self preservation from Agnew to Shaw, from Coyle to ***t to Singh. What he's doing here is calling himself and the players out, we're not good enough to make the play offs, thats been clear for 2 seasons and he has to improve us or leave. But in the clamber to replace Mowbray, have a think about the possible replacements - Can you find 1 manager willing to come who can build a Championship promotion side with no money? Warnock was the man, we had him and then lost him, another catastrophic decision, but you'll not find many more out there. The last decision before Mowbray and Waggot relegated us, be careful what you wish for.

Sounds good to me, all good here pal, thanks for asking.

Wee Dougie was the same, absolutely useless and a racist, need I go on? How the hell are you by the way? Long time no speak

Like your mate Coyle you mean? Who used to jump around and wave his arms about, doughnuts used to motivate the players. He was as useless as your tips Mercer.

You should never stop harping back to promotion winning seasons JH, we're a small mill town club, promotion doesn't happen very often for clubs like ours. Look at the dross before Mowbray came in, he's brought a bit of success to a basket case of a club, we should never forget that. But as I said in my original post, that only takes you so far in this game, we need to see progress in the early part of next season or you could argue his times up.

I'll give you K**n OJF, but I'm not having any of the others above Coyle, he was absolutely useless and a bullshitter.

Football fans have short memories, you're only as good as your last game, even the Utd fans started to turn on Ferguson towards the end, its the nature of the beautiful game. Tony Mowbray arrived here taking over from probably the worst manager in Blackburn Rovers history and we've had some cr@p under Venkys. He inherited a squad on easy street, unfit, uninterested and not fit for purpose, we went down, not his fault. Behind the scenes we had a bean counter running the show, Mowbray helped bring Waggot to the club, a man that at the very least has experience of running a football club, exactly what we needed. The following season was a good season for the fans, new grounds, full terraces, big fish in a small pond and promotion won away at Doncaster, great night for all concerned, will live long in the memory, back up at the first attempt, job done. We are now coming to the end of his second season in the Championship, our league position tells us we are probably going to finish higher than last season, so progress is being made, but not as fast as some would like, me included. His star striker buys have been a disaster, some believe he was forced into the purchase of Brereton, I think he wilfully bought Gallagher, both have flopped so far and he will pay the price is they don't improve, no doubt about that. Looking towards next season, he needs to be given a chance until October/November time for me, see if he can't pull this Championship seasoned squad into shape. We have a decent first 11, but they're not good enough to make a sustained challenge for the playoffs, he needs to add some steel, some more experience that will complement the likes of Lenihan, Dack and dare I say it Gallagher. You look at the football league as it stands, I'd much rather be in Blackburn Rovers shoes than Sunderland, Bolton, Sheff Weds and Wigan, so its not all doom and gloom, is it?

I'm with Tyrone, I'll be staying well clear, but I do appreciate the need to support these businesses. Just because Johnson has eased the lock down doesn't mean this is over, far from it. The safe bet is to continue to self isolate as much as possible and stop the increase in infection rates, which we all know is are going up across the North of England.

Obviously I hope the club survives, but as a side note I hope Paul Cook loses his job, the mans a complete ****.

We dominated that game tonight for large parts but the end product was missing as usual. The owners have given him time and money, the sides experienced in this league now which is extremely important, he needs to produce the goods. I'd give Mowbray until November and if we don't look like making that next step up to play off contenders he's got to go.

Is anyone else watching this set from Bowie at Glastonbury recorded in 2000? Legendary stuff and sadly missed.

It’s a very good point, but listening to the cows moo from 4am every morning for the past few weeks has softened the blow somewhat

Just bringing the thread back to food, I’m going here for the next birthday/occasion, comes highly recommend: https://www.3acres.com/menus/ As a side note I bought steaks, sausages and Lamb from my new local butcher on Saturday, all of which roam/roamed freely in the fields across from my house. Now that’s buying local.

Superb stuff

You don't need a facebook login to view this superb collection of photos from the area, some real crackers, most I've never seen before: https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/blackburnnowandthen/?ref=group_header

Another superb picture from bygone times, look at the work thats gone into the advert, I think thats @jim mk2 queuing in the background.

The Full Members Cup win in 87 was probably the best day I've ever had supporting the club, I still get goose bumps watching the footage, superb. Found this picture earlier today, thanks to Blackburn now and then, what a great pic:

Yes Horden Rake. Big pub up the road was The Beechwood, then changed to The Oak Tree.

Terrible news for the town, I know lots of people that travelled for the seafood option. But you make a great point about the food, started off superb, ended up average, menu had less and less seafood the more I went. I hope that staff find alternative work, tough times are coming.

The Band - The night they drive old Dixie down

Watched the original trial and the Netflix series, loved them both to be honest, a great watch. He murdered them both, no doubt about it, but the defence team played a blinder led by Johnnie Cochran, just goes to show money can buy freedom.

It was mainly down to the DNA evidence, the fact it was on her top had him bang to rights because of the way it was presented by the jury. The fact, as you mention above, that it was a tiny amount that simply didn't fit with her account of the attack was glossed over. Be interesting to see if he gets another trial, I think they've grounds for that at least.

Very strange goings on with that case TS. I thought the actual program was poor, never really went anywhere. But I guess the case is the case, you can only report the facts as they are presented. I think he deserves a retrial