You only have to look around around the Premier League and Championship to see the clowns owning clubs making knee jerk reactions. Some do it for the love and are out of their depth. Some are convicted money launderers, and some try and do it for the money and get a rude awakening. I believe Venkys were naive and listened to the wrong advisors. That won’t be the last time that happens in the World. I have been as angry as most over the years, but as my angst ridden Wednesday mate reminds me “You have tasted success in your lifetime.” Time is now. They, like us, want stability, logic and success and the Venkys are still here putting money into a club with 12k attendances. Tell that to the long suffering and passionate Newcastle fans who have been bled dry by their owner and 50K still turn up in hope Lets be thankful for the moment. A team that is adjusting well to one of the toughest leagues in the World where give or take 9 teams were playing Premier League football in the last three years. Enormous investments have been by other clubs in this league with huge expectations. Welcome Venkys. We all learned some harsh lessons and had bad times with bad managers and bad players, but now is the time to collectively enjoy what has been achieved with Arte et Labore et Mowbre.

Very strange. I was looking for a Downing thread this week and couldn’t find one. The forgotten man returns with a vengeance. That combined with the passion of Conway and Reed feeding the beasts. Great to see Graham score a hat trick. Wearing my shirt with pride at Fresh Markets.

Weird string of moaning. We are 8th. Above Swansea, Villla, Brentford, Wednesday and Stoke. I am relishing it. Everyone else is playing Ketchup.

Tony makes head scratching team selection bold moves. God bless him. Away point is a great result. We are mere mortals.

No ifs and buts. Massive massive result. Lucky shirt and bracelet glowing with pride.

He didn’t when he was playing ?

Excellent post.

Glass half full kind of guy. Saw the game and we rode our luck a bit. Still three points against a local team away from home feels like an enormous gift. A bit like a home made pork pie hand delivered to America Lucky Rovers shirt and bracelet working great after a wobble mid week

Job done, not pretty but winning these games away is crucial. Good way to start the break.

On paper that us a very good team. Good place to try them all out. It is Premier league opposition but a chance to play Football. A chance for Rodwell to become an instant hero.

In Tony we trust. Got a fancy do tonight. The shirt and lucky bracelet stay on.

I am surprised that part of their contract does not include penalties for unnecessary risks that they take that could impact their ability to play Football. If Dack or Rodwell had been banged away I wonder what they would have been paid. More importantly they would leave slots in the team that could not be filled until transfer time.

Interestingly Villa fans are uptight about playing Elmohamady on the wing rather than right back. https://thisisfutbol.com/2018/09/twitter/villa-fans-rip-into-elmohamady-v-blackburn/ Managers want to give their “best players” game time but the wings appear to be places that they put players whether they are no 9’s or right backs. Armstrong and Brereton are not wingers but they can do a job cutting in. Not sure that is better than putting on an out and out winger like Conway later on who can cross a ball to a target man. Then perm 1 out of 3 number 9’s to be in the target position.

On the plus side, Bell looked very dangerous when he was pushed up and there was plenty of urgency’s for fluency all around. . I thought Lenihan looked very shaky. Mind you so would I if I had Roy Keane looking at me.

Brereton is going to learn quickly that pointing at things v doing things is not popular here.

Hmm

Problem is clubs do character checks on their purchases. This little episode is hardly a resume builder. Maybe 15 million wasn’t too bad to cash in our chips, before the luck runs out.

How about a Rovers top, tracksuit bottom and Adidas retros? At least I feel half smart with that. ?. I would have liked Chapman. Hopefully he will be pitching a tent outside Ewood on January 1st.

If they have turned down 15 million for Dack I think we really should respect them for supporting the manager and indeed the club. 750k to 15 million quid with add ons is a very tempting offer. There is no guarantee that form may not dip or injuries happen. That is a risky decision and they should be applauded for taking it. I hope he continues to play like a 15 million pound player.

Tony must be missing an angel.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6097839/Nottingham-Forest-striker-Ben-Brereton-agrees-join-Blackburn-Rovers-6million-transfer.html

The table position might make the difference in some of the loan discussions next week. Momentum is an aphrodisiac.

This looks sooooo good. I will take that at season end. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/table

0-2 was the resounding echo. In Mowbray and my lucky 5 buck Rovers bracelet we trust. Fine fine squad win against a good side. Arte et Labore. Saturday night’s alright for.....

Anyway new shirt and lucky bracelet donned. Game on.