https://bobwillisfund.org/ Saving lives and supporting research. Cheers Bob.

Andy Gorman has died of cancer, I read recently that he’d refused treatment. Great keeper for Rangers and Scotland, good cricketer too. RIP Andy.

The football club is skint, that hasn't changed since Mowbray left, he spent nothing of note for 2yrs and I don't expect that promotion busting approach to change anytime soon. The rhetoric coming out of the club, talking about promoting academy players only lends strength to that. You need healthy transfer funds to get out of this league, or hefty wages, we have neither, but even in the face of adversity I'm looking forward to the season ahead. Venkys Out.

India 38/1 having been put into bat by England under grey skies.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61980343 Dame Deborah James - She raised awareness of Bowel cancer and raised over £7m. A real hero. RIP Deborah.

Going to struggle today with the weather, its raining here now and that weather is heading towards Leeds. Looks better after lunch, fingers crossed.

Brilliant, everything comes off the middle of the bat, one of Englands all time greats. Free admission tomorrow, direct service from Preston 🤔

Off to Leeds shortly, weather looks good for the day which is a bonus. Been a great series, thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish and isn't it great to see these players playing with a smile on the face, the mcCullum factor. Come on England.

He just couldn’t get going today Overton, that wicket was coming, but a great knock chaddy, he’s brought us back into the game. Bairstow superb also and Broads knock was worth the admission fee.

Nyambe is replaceable, but this sets the tone, shows the ambition of the club and despite all the fur coat over the appointment of JDT, we're wearing no knickers, its the same old story I'm afraid. The only hope here is, JDT/Broughton can find cheap players from abroad, we're going to need them.

Weather not looking wonderful for the Test Match today, its a glorious morning but the rains coming. Hopefully get an early breakthrough under overcast skies, Ossett brewery beer by the Wharf before then though.

We have to work within the confines of FFP I guess and it takes someone with more nous than Waggott to manoeuvre around those restrictions, it can be done if you have the desire. The bottom line in this league will always be, the biggest wages and the biggest budgets eventually get promoted, its as simple as that, no matter how good the manager is or isn't.

It will remain in place, GB has alluded to that in his interview and is probably the reason why we've lost the club captain.

Superb stuff. John Williams didn't get much wrong during his time at Ewood, but not taking the larger allocation for the cup game away at Celtic was one, it would have easily sold out.

Come on RV, thats doesn't mean anything.....the list of players wrongly released at 18/19yr is endless. I remember one game last season where Dolan ran the show from start to finish, absolutely superb performance from a 20yr old, had the defence in knots, the midfield couldn't cope with him, excellent work rate too. You don't sell your better players if you want to progress, not even for £3m, which is good money in the current climate I agree.

Spot on Tom. The lads 20yrs old, he's still one for the future, how anyone can justify selling him is beyond me...

I certainly don't believe we have the best man for the job, I don't believe this was some sort of coup either, all that said if he's exciting the fanbase and stirring something in the towns across the area that can only be a good thing. He's the Manager of Blackburn Rovers and I'll support him 100%, the only question is, will Venkys......

Do you believe they got the best man possible for the job?

Clubs in the Championship don’t get promoted unless they have significant funds for transfers or wages. We can be optimistic, but the facts still remain the facts…..

I was wondering if you’d gone Matt, how’s the trip? I’ll never forget when Rovers played Feyeonord, what a trip.

Finance. I always attribute season ticket sales to finance rather than bums on seats, at most clubs below Premiership the financial side of season ticket sales is essential for operating moving forward, our lot don't give a toss, they sign a cheque every year for £30m to keep the lights on, its pocket change to them. But yes I agree with you on the numbers part, its much better playing Luton Town at home on a Wednesday night in September with 10,000 season tickets holders than 7000, I see your point, apologies.

You're coming at this purely from a support point of view? Numbers in the ground on a regular basis?

We won't agree on this subject and I'd be firmly in your camp if this was a normal football club, but it isn't. What I will say is if JDT is given a healthy budget, the club is in top 6 come new year, with some decent offers on tickets, crowds will be around15/16/17k down the home straight if we're challenging, season ticket sales are irrelevant in this scenario for me.

Spot on, I assume darrenrover had just come in from the pub 😀 I couldn't really care less about season ticket sales to be honest, Waggott pays them lip service only, his prices show he doesn't care and the owners don't care either. Its always been the case that if the product on the pitch is worth supporting the fans will turn out, been that way since time immemorial at Ewood and will remain so long after we've all gone.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.