I can’t see on the list being an improvement on what we have. They will be younger managers or coaches.

The only way we would end up with the likes of Rowett is if Broughton leaves. Wouldn’t want Rowett, and the DOF model makes a young coach more likely. Given our circumstances (skint) that might not end well.

I guess we would only find out if someone else took over.

I think anyone would struggle under the current circumstances. The die has been cast for the season, and I can’t see the owners changing course anytime soon. That means more of the same in the January Window, (eg the young Crewe defender), and we just have to hope things improve on the injury front. That would at least mean a stronger bench, and that is so important in modern football. The folly of “the project” is being exposed. If you’re skint you need a manager with good connections to keep you competitive. We have Broughton drip feeding a head coach with hopeful punts.

JDT isn’t perfect, and I don’t think a head coach is the right fit for our circumstances in any case. However, I think it’s remarkable that it’s taken this long for the wheels to come off this season, and that’s to his credit. The squad has a relegation look about it. It’s too young and weak, mentally and physically.

I'd happily take him, but this is the point. Warnock is an old school MANAGER. There is no chance we would go for him as head coach, and no chance he would come in that capacity.

We do not have a manager. We have a head coach who selects players bought by a very iffy director of football. There is a big difference.

A lot of people seem to overlook the fact that we don’t have a manager. Even if JDT leaves or is sacked (no chance), whoever comes in has to cope with the same ridiculous set of circumstances and is essentially Broughton’s underling. We are not going to attract a “proper” manager, who could wheel and deal in the market. We would end up with another young head coach, who will face an impossible set of circumstances. We are b*ggered.

Well I did say after Southampton that I feared a Christmas horror show. We have crap owners who re-arranged the deck chairs on the Titanic in the Summer of 2022, but who will not / cannot provide an adequate level of funding, with a totally futile model of allowing only young players to be signed. We still have a useless CEO, with an inexperienced DOF (a constituency somewhere is missing a crap MP), and a struggling Head Coach, who I still believe would succeed given a half decent set up above him. It’s no surprise that it’s all caught up on us in the end, and we could well end up in a relegation struggle, with a squad of players wholly unsuitable for that scenario.

Probably prior to Venkys turning the taps off?

JDT is only still here because no other club has yet been convinced enough to take him on. I wonder if he might have resigned anyway, had he not relocated his family in England during the close season? A poor January Window , coupled with a sustained run of poor results might yet change his mind.

I agree, but he really needs taking out of the firing line for his own good, and that of his team mates, Until Chaddy mentioned him, I d forgotten about Hilton. Clearly, JDT must not rate him, as otherwise he surely would’ve been given an opportunity by now. He’s the same age as Wahlstedt,(24). The defence will start the match at Hull in a very nervous frame of mind. As per usual, it’s imperative we score first.

Correction : People not just blindly believing every word uttered by someone at Blackburn Rovers, (particularly after thirteen years of bitter experience).

We have turned down offers for players when the logic would’ve been to accept an offer. This has ended up in players walking away at the end of their contracts, and has cost us millions. We needed a sale, and I have already agreed that it is difficult to keep a player once a Premier League club is interested. We don’t all take everything said by the likes of Broughton as gospel. I expect you held Paul Senior in similar esteem. Walhstedt has played one match for Sweden, and on current form that will be his last. I didn’t even mention Hilton. Watford’s keeper had an absolute blinder on Saturday, but had he made the mistakes that Wahlstedt did, all those saves would’ve been forgotten. Good saves do not mitigate for catastrophic errors. For whatever reason, Wahlstedt hasn’t been reliable and would’ve been dropped at most other Championship clubs. Granted, the injury to Pears has meant that hasn’t been possible.

I agree that it is difficult to keep a player once a Premier League club becomes interested. However, we know from previous experience than Venkys can be stubborn b*ggers when they want to be, (which has been more of a hindrance than a help). It was widely reported at the time that we needed a sale to balance the books. There were a few possible candidates, but Luton met our valuation, so Kaminski ended up being the one. Whether or not Wahlstedt was our first choice we will never know, but he met the model of trying to “add value “ (sigh). I think the plan was probably to have Pears as first choice for a good while, but you need two decent, oven ready keepers at this level of football. Being generous, like a few of players who have played for the first team this season, Wahlstedt isn’t ready, should’ve been a work in progress and third choice, at best.

Kaninski was sold because we needed to bring money in, (useless owners). Unfortunately, our DOF brought in a young replacement ,based on this fantasy of selling every player for a profit. Not worked out well, has it.

We had a few no - nonsense old bruisers back then. If we didn’t have a decent cushion from the bottom three I would be seriously worried, because this squad is so physically and mentally weak, (add to that a dodgy keeper). Still need to pick the likes of Rotherham off, or otherwise we could still get sucked in. It’s a long season.

It’s a smokescreen for having zero ambition - keep promising jam tomorrow. JDT believed it when he joined, but now knows it’s bullshit. I suspect Broughton knew it from the get - go, but it’s a nice little earner. Any supporter who has witnessed the last thirteen years at Blackburn Rovers, (other than the incurably naive), knows it’s bullshit.

Maybe so, but I have major doubts about Broughton and his ability to do the job. He’s another typical Venkys appointment. We don’t have a manager, and that’s not splitting hairs, it’s a fact. I like JDT, and in different, more favourable circumstances, he would thrive. I have stated that I don’t blame him, but fear “the project” is on a permanent downward trajectory, which is not his fault.

Said it before, whilst I certainly don’t blame him for our current situ, Tomasson probably isn’t the right man for the circumstances. The lack of finances lend themselves to a wheeler dealer in an orthodox set up of a manager, rather than a Head Coach under Bodo Glimt’s former youth guy bringing in lightweight, young players in this pretence that we are building for the future. Being linked with a failed loan for a 22 year old from the MLS says it all. We are trying to play fantasy football on a few bob. It’s going to end in failure to some degree or other. To be fair to Tomasson, he asked for experienced players in the Summer and after the game yesterday, again stated that the squad is too young. We need a few wise, older heads who are men, not boys. We all know that it’s not going to happen.

There’s a spare seat between myself and another season ticket holder. It’s usually empty, but yesterday a guy sat there who admitted to only really having a passing interest these days. He was fully engaged in the game and didn’t have unrealistic expectations. To get him, (and other folk who don’t usually attend), to return anytime soon, we could really have done to hold on for the win, or at least a draw. It was great to look across to the Riverside and see it well populated for a change. Fair play to all the people who helped set up the day off the pitch. As for the current state of play, I really fear for us in the next couple of games. I think this is the most lightweight squad, physically and mentally, that I’ve ever seen at Rovers, and a dodgy keeper just adds to the problems. Hopefully, the flat track bullies will ride again soon, but this could get pretty grim.

It's beyond fantasy that the goal wasn't his fault. He punches when he could just as easily catch. Yesterday was an accident waiting to happen.

A loan move for a young player in America = more pointless nonsense.

Suggestion for the Mods - insert "tits" between "going" and "up".

A tale of two keepers and a much stronger bench. It's futile until these owners leave. Happy Christmas.