Aren’t they owed a points deduction for failing to fulfil a fixture last year?

22 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I bet Young Boys are relieved to have been drawn against Rangers and not Celtic.......

Ooooh I see what you did there ?

9 hours ago, philipl said:

Worth remembering even Jack Walker and Kenny Dalglish couldn't click their fingers and be certain of getting their first choice players at Rovers.

Craig Short and Kevin Kilbane?

2 hours ago, @UKLightCreation said:

Good read as always, interesting that you made note of Downing not making a pass to Travis as I have a theory here that I think we might start to see come into place over the next month or two that could be part of this.

Johnson not Downing pal. Tell us your theory?

There’s a bit of a cracking team assembling in heaven ?

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Quick get out before the Police walk in!

Another legend gone RIP big fella. I never saw you play but my mum did, she loved you. 

I’m not replying purely because the game is an over hyped load of American crap.....

oh hang on I just did ?

8 minutes ago, rigger said:

Until we actually lose matches because of the injury, yes it is.

When Raya got injured at West Brom last season , that could have been a catastrophe, but it wasn’t because we took a point.

It’s not as if he just got injured accidentally though and that’s what annoyed me. He was assaulted by that dingle in a sneaky dirty way to soften him up. 

53 minutes ago, SkipDonoghue said:

Some young players need a kick up the arse, professional football can be a brutal workplace, no one hands you anything on a plate and young players need to understand your only as good as your last game, forget what you've done in the past it counts for nothing

But I would add with regards to the senior players the above isn't the case as they have earned the respect of Mowbray as they have carved a career at the highest level of the sport, and he trust them, Bennett, Graham, Johnson, Downing etc have seen it all, and they maintain a level of performance due to their experiance

there is nothing Mowbray can say to these players that will phase them and he knows it, so why would he risk losing the dressing room by trying to teach old dogs new tricks, he would lose his job

But I recon If he feels any of the senior players are starting to let him down he will bomb them out of the club as quickly as possible

It's obvious his approach to young and older players is different and in my opinion is right

by digging out the young players he's looking for a response, it's up to the player to provide it or be left behind

Brilliant post. Not a thing wrong with that. 

48 minutes ago, Parsonblue said:

I don't read it that way myself, although can understand that it could be interpreted like that.  Personally, I think he's merely pointing out that supporters will always blame the manager if a particularly player is not in the team who they think should be.  However, if that player is not performing - and Chapman certainly hasn't been - then the manager is quite right to point out that the player needs to up his game.  Mowbray is certainly not the first manager at Ewood to do so publicly.

I agree I think some are misreading the comment. 

35 minutes ago, SkipDonoghue said:

We don't know what has gone on previously with Chapman but from what we know he was injured while in Austria how seriously only the club know this, but it happened early in the trip which by all accounts was a tough pre season meaning from the off he's behind the rest of the squad, he's played for the 23s and done OK but OK won't get you in the 1st team, it looks to me that Mowbray has had a word with him in private and its not working, then he has been asked a question by a reporter and he has given an honest answer, he isn't slagging Chapman off he is looking for a response from the lad, the ball is now in Chapmans Court, starting with u23s game at Brighton tonight

Again fully agree. 

For those confused, if I picked a song now with save in it then that’s against the rules as it’s the third time quoted. 

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Elton John - Your Song

On repeated again last post

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor

3 minutes ago, arbitro said:

There is a petition to try and get the EFL to overturn their decision. Please share if possible.

https://www.change.org/p/debbie-jevans-efl-efl-bring-back-bury-fc

Signed and tweeted. 

9 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

Don't go blaming us!

The whole ownership structure and regulation in this country needs an overhaul with something akin to the German model coming in.

Bugger off and stop talking sense.

6 hours ago, Alex Rover said:

The 92 League clubs ranked in order of profitability
Accounts for the 2018-19 season show 52 of the 72 EFL clubs losing money.

2017-18 Net profit and loss
1 Tottenham £113m
2 Liverpool £106m
3 Chelsea £62m
4 Arsenal £57m
5 Burnley £37m
6 Southampton £29m
7 Newcastle £19m
8 Hull £19m
9 West Ham £17m
10 Norwich £15m
11 Barnsley £13m
12 Huddersfield £11m
13 Brighton £11m
14 Manchester City £10m
15 Exeter £2.4m
16 Leicester £1m
17 Preston £1m
18 Port Vale £1m
19 Stevenage £0.8m
20 Luton £0.6m
21 Peterborough £0.5m
22 Forest Green £0.4m
23 Accrington £0.4m
24 Fleetwood £0.4m
25 Burton £0.3m
26 Shrewsbury £0.3m
27 Gillingham £0.1m
28 Plymouth £0.1m
29 Newport £0.1m
30 Yeovil £0.1m
31 Walsall no profit/loss
32 Barnet no profit/loss
33 Grimsby -£0.04m
34 Cheltenham -£0.1m
35 Carlisle -£0.1m
36 Mansfield -£0.1m
37 Bradford -£0.3m
38 Rochdale -£0.3m
39 Crawley -£0.3m
40 Morecambe -£0.4m
41 Oldham -£0.5m
42 Rotherham -£0.5m
43 Wimbledon -£0.5m
44 Wycombe -£0.7m
45 Crewe -£0.8m
46 Cambridge -£0.8m
47 Chesterfield -£1.1m
48 Lincoln -£1.1m
49 Derby -£1.1m
50 Portsmouth -£1.4m
51 Notts County -£1.5m
52 Swindon -£1.8m
53 Sheffield Utd -£1.9m
54 Northampton -£2m
55 Oxford -£2m
56 Blackpool -£2.1m
57 Coventry -£2.5m
58 Doncaster -£2.8m
59 Bury -£2.8m
60 Swansea -£3m
61 Southend -£3.1m
62 Colchester -£3m
63 Bristol Rovers -£3m
64 Scunthorpe -£3.6m
65 Brentford -£3.9m
66 Leeds -£4.3m
67 MK Dons -£4.6m
68 Millwall -£4.6m
69 Ipswich -£5.2m
70 Bolton -£5.4m
71 Nottingham Forest -£5.6m
72 West Brom -£6m
73 Middlesbrough -£6.6m
74 Wigan -£7.7m
75 Sunderland -£10.2m
76 Charlton -£10.4m
77 Bournemouth -£11m
78 Everton -£13m
79 Blackburn -£16.8m
80 Reading -£21m
81 Sheffield Wed -£21m
82 Bristol City -£25m
83 Watford -£31m
84 Stoke -£32m
85 Aston Villa -£35m
86 Cardiff -£36m
87 Crystal Palace -£36m
88 Manchester Utd -£37m
89 Birmingham -£37m
90 QPR -£38m
91 Fulham -£45m
92 Wolves -£57m

All hail the venkys, they were only misguided at the beginning. 

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9 hours ago, arbitro said:

The playing side has hugely regressed and the Academy was already there producing International footballers.

Under them we have been in our lowest ever league position, had two relegations, been run by conmen and shysters, lost millions upon millions of pounds, lost ten thousand plus supporters........need I say more?

 

I think a few on here Tony should look up the word "Quisling."

7 hours ago, Harry The Bass said:

But LV - we are seemingly not going to the wall and/or completely neglecting the youth/first team. 

At times with these owners those outcomes had been the scenario.

I agree with all the criticism they deserve, they’ve completely downgraded the club, whether it’s an neglectful accident or somewhat nefarious decision - the only real relevance is the future.

At least we have one. Utterly gutted for Bury, and even though I sat through 2500 Bolton fans sing “long live the Venkys” - I still would hate it if they suffered the same plight.

I wouldn't. 

6 hours ago, arbitro said:

The academy is just about the only aspect of Jack Walkers legacy that they have not ruined. Remember this from Desai when they acquired Rovers:

"We plan to focus on leveraging the global influence in establishing Blackburn Rovers as a truly global brand," Desai said today. "We will absolutely respect the Jack Walker legacy and will be actively supporting the organisation to ensure that Blackburn Rovers remain one of the best-run clubs within the Premier League."

And the full article:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/19/venkys-completes-takeover-blackburn-rovers

 

Lies from the very beginning and some are still falling for it. 

11 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Walton

Bennett Lenihan Williams Cunningham

Travis Johnson

Rothwell Dack Downing

Gallagher

Subs: Leutwiler (sadly), Nyambe, Evans, Chapman, Armstrong, Graham, Rankin - Costello

Gallagher and Bennett wouldnt have been in, but for me Gallagher has to start centrally after his goal yesterday and as much as I think Nyambe is better than Bennett, it would be harsh to drop the latter after 3 clean sheets.

 

Wait, three clean sheets with Benno as a defender, I thought he was the worst defender in the world from postings on here?

2 hours ago, 47er said:

Long gone now of course but I wonder what would have happened had Jack Walker gone ahead with plans to build a new stadium in the Salmsbury area just off the M6?

I was opposed to it at the time but we were flying in the Premiership and we would presumably have attracted new fans from the west/central Lancashire area.

Might have been better off in the long-run? Just a thought.

My understanding was that he threatened to build it at Rishton where the Euro Garage services now are?

5 hours ago, JoeHarvey said:

If anyone does have any parking recommendations let me know, don't fancy street parking in an area I don't know. Sure there'll be something like the one up Livesey Branch Road that's £3 at Rovers.

Sent you a message pal. 

3 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Great photo and lovely reading this thread. Is there anywhere on these forums where local/amateur footie stories are shared?

One of my personal favourite football stories happened at Mill Hill St Peters. I was playing for Sunnyhurst in the Blackburn Combination in a midweek game and we needed a point to take the title. We had brought a fair following from Darwen that night and they were all packed into that little stand at MHSP ground, behind the dug outs. Four of our team (myself included) arrived at the very last minute due to various work commitments and we were 2-0 down within the first 10 minutes or so. Anyway gradually we clawed our way back into the game, but every time I touched the ball a voice from that stand shouted "Number 10 you fooking donkey" or "You couldn't control a fart", that sort of stuff. Anyway I rattled the post from about 25 yards and Graeme 'Smutly' Smith (RIP) tapped in the rebound to make it 2-1. The voice from the stand boomed "How did you miss that number 10, you fat useless bald w@nker?"

He was utterly relentless with his abuse, but the more this bloke shouted, the more determined I was to shut him up. Finally, with about 15 minutes to go, I scored from all of 2 yards to make it 2-2. It was the simplest of simple tap-ins but I celebrated like I had just scored from the half way line, ran over to the stand and bellowed "Where are you now you gobby fooker, you're not shouting now are you? Come on, show your face you fooking coward, let's see you!", at which point my dad, who I had thought was driving a lorry in the south of England that night, and was only about 5' tall, pushed his way to the front of the crowd and said "That's no way to talk to your dad, is it?" to howls of laughter from all the assembled Darreners. 

(MHSP scored a late winner in that game to delay our title celebrations by a week, and they also beat us 3-2 in the cup final, but I always loved playing them, especially at their place).  

 

And that my friends is how to motivate a player. A practice historically common on the Riverside. 

2 hours ago, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

Be careful what you wish for.

A bit like those fans that want Venkys to go - and leave us like Bury or Bolton.

I wish folk would cease perpetuating this myth. There are and have been potential buyers in the past, the venkys won't sell. I wonder why?

There appears to be an ever increasing number of this type of post to apparently try and soften the anger against these clowns, never forgive, never forget. 

"Reacting to news of the Shakers' expulsion, Bury North MP James Frith was critical of the EFL and claimed there was a lack of consistency in how it has treated the situations at Bury and Bolton - allowing Bolton to play games but not Bury, for example."

That comment from their local MP sums up exactly what I have been saying for weeks. 

Just seen it on sky, the pen was crap and Smallwoods follow up attempt equally bad.