Fantastic post Vinjay, you and JAL, should buy a house together, perhaps share a season ticket.

Those two bets I had on Germany to win the thing and Timo Timmy Timbo Werner to be top scorer might be in a bit of jeopardy. Oh well!

Good grief. You really are an utter embarrassment.

I’ll take a guess at that lad who ended up at Bolton, oztumer. I think a signing was close last week reading between the lines and all that, but fell through. We’ve had enough wrong un’s through the door in recent years. Fair play to TM on that. Only takes one or two bad apples, as we well know.

Since he hasn’t asked yet you’ve got to presume it’s JAL.

Blimey. 92/93 was it! I think they had the Darwen end enclosure and didn’t stop singing. Good luck to them anyway.

Goal. Game over.

Thanks for the updates.

Unfortunately that’s what I thought. Having watched Hibs last season I don’t hold out much hope. Hopefully Aberdeen will give them a good running up there though. Anyone remember the pre season match against them down here? Late 80s I think. They fetched a few then. Should be an interesting couple of games if nothing else.

Are Aberdeen any good?

Something's gone wrong there. Just the one game on TV for Leeds in the first six announced - v Stoke at home. The guys at Sky will be nervously waiting for that phone to ring any minute now. It won't be pretty.

The correct term for that colour has and always will be “Greenyblue”. Turquoise? Ceramic?!? Turbo Green!!?! Is someone trying to be funny?? This isn’t the Home Counties you know, what next “sandwiches on the settee”? “Henvelopes”? It’s yet another massive own goal by the club, hot on the heels of the last one, probably yesterday. I for one won’t be buying a season ticket until they introduce a northern naming convention for their colours. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no marketing expert but surely “Frigging White” “Dark Bloody Blue” and “Bastard Red” is the way to go if they want to connect with the man in the street and fill the ground?

And there you go.

I’d take Messi over Ronaldo. Better team player. He’d get the most out of Dack I reckon. Plus Charlie can teach him how to score pens. All in all, it’s a no brainer for the little fella. Both have been unbelievable for years. Truly brilliant. Stick them both in any league you like. They’d stand out. The very definition of World Class.

Good post. I think Samuel can do a job for us. Not a massive concern for me that one yet. I’ve seen zero from Hart though unfortunately in the 2 or 3 games I’ve seen him play. Great point you make about the turnover / clearout of players by the way. Never easy. Couple that with promotion, record points haul, most away wins ever in a season. If it wasn’t for the fact that the transfer window slams shut at midnight tonight I’d be relatively optimistic. Briefly, obviously. Until the next post.

The Blinders. Excellent stuff.

And who his agent is of course. Get the wrong agent and clearly, for some, ability won’t come into it. They’ll be lambasted regularly on here. Case in point Example 356.

JAL will only be happy when we’re back in the Premier League and getting beat more often than not. It’s a shame he doesn’t go to a lot of matches. It’s also a shame that so many people worry about what he thinks. Same with everyone’s fascination with Chaddy. Same with the artist formally known as MGPensioner, or whatever he’s called this week, who proudly states he hasn’t been to a game in years. Everything’s great, or everything’s rubbish. When there’s no light or shade. No reasoned analysis or, in some cases, first hand objectivity. What’s the point.

No way jack. Just no way. This new fella joined relatively recently and has made two posts shortly after that Susan fella was banned. No way is anyone that stupid.

Do you reckon? He’s a silly billy as well isn’t he? Desperately sad.

Oh look everyone! A dingle. One, sadly, without a life.

I agree. Absolutely zero confidence in them. When we lose a few next season no doubt the knives will be out and the whispering will begin - roll the dice on a new manager and absolutely anything could happen. I’d have more confidence in a pub full of drunk dingles on lsd picking the right man for Rovers than the Raos. We just have to hope that there is patience (there’s bound to be on here ? ), that it looks promising and that he’s allowed time to build.

You’d think so wouldn’t you. I keep recalling that, and apologies for not remembering the exact figures, that Desai looks after / runs 42 companies within the group. They put a manager in situ and he / she reports to Desai. How on Earth that works I’ve no idea, but looking at their share price it must do. Breaking that down further, and assuming each organisation gets equal focus, she’ll spend a day on BRFC once every month and 10 days or so. Then again she might just quickly look at the league table or log on to BRFCS for ten minutes before locking herself in a dark room listening to The Smiths for a few hours. That’ll be enough. If the Group is doing well then maybe it’s not an issue. Getting those two “accountancy” firms in last summer surely shows the (blindingly obvious to you and I) way to recouping their loses, promotion back to the Premier League. If they sell now then they’ll lose millions, all of it. Philipl mentions £250m with £100m secured against the State Bank of India, I’m totally with him here, that money will surely be secured against Venkys assets. BRFC itself has minimal. Can’t build on Brockhall, no value in selling Ewood. Selling all the players, plus Dacks Beard, will get you what? For arguments sake let’s say £30m. In the scheme of things, next to nowt. Bought as a marketing tool? Possibly. A way of making money? They’ve taken the word gullible out of the dictionary you know? It was a complete no brainer buying the club at the time though. If we’d had the money (BRFCS) we should have. Then sell Phil Jones, a couple of others, money back. We wouldn’t have had to work with that Agent either. Enough is enough? Who knows what they’ll do, they’re perfectly capable of shutting the place down by the time I’ve finished typing. But if they want to save face, get their (some / most) money back and leave with some semblance of brand credibility, then we need to return to the Premier League. Either for them to then sell as we’ll look a good investment, or stay up there for a few years on minimum outlay.

Cause they’re loaded. It’s the only plausible explanation. The losses (financial and football) simply don’t hurt them. If they did they’d have bailed out a long time ago.

Really? We’re reigning world champions at it! With good reason in recent times and all that. I’d be amazed if the club release any statement at all and someone doesn’t find a negative. Slightly off topic. What was it that the late Jimmy Armfield once said? Something like “They don’t have a support - they have a jury”