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That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Spot on. Amazingly, some supporters still can’t see it for what it is. -
£15 on a Monday night when it’s readily available on BBC Wales = oh dear!
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That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
That is an odd way of looking at it when, as a minimum, Ipswich are already virtually guaranteed a Play Off place. How many times have we achieved that in the last decade or so? Makes the division they were in last season irrelevant. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I know there are a raft of opinions about Travis, but something is definitely wrong at our end when he can walk straight into a team chasing automatic promotion. On a lower scale, it reminds me of when Sherwood left to join Tottenham. That pretty much sealed our fate. We have allowed our captain and one of the few senior players we had left to walk away, whilst we are in free fall. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
martonrover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He certainly wouldn’t fancy working under a chancer of a Director of football as head coach. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
martonrover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I doubt very much it was Waggott’s decision to appoint a Director of Football, and it does make me laugh that any criticism of Broughton gets interpreted as support of Waggott. They are both symptoms, and Venkys are the cause of our misery. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
martonrover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
How much did Luton spend last season? Broughton is not the main villain, we all know that, and he didn’t appoint himself. However, especially given the current circumstances, I think he’s way out of his depth. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
martonrover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You might be right , but that would put Broughton in a very strange position. I think it’s more likely it would be a young head coach, who would be happy to tow the line. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
This is the whole crux of him being head coach and not manager. He is powerless re - transfers. That’s Broughton’s remit, but in reality it’s completely up to our magnificent owners. Hooray! -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I’d even settle for being competitive in the Championship, with a genuine ambition for promotion, and where the primary aim is to win matches. Anyway, back on topic, wonder where Gregg is with his bag of lollipops today? -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We lost. The end. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
……somehow. (‘Life in One Day’, by the poptabulous Howard Jones). -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
martonrover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I feel very sorry for JDT. Unfortunately, his stock falls with each defeat. He’s been badly let down by the club. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Thanks for posting this. The stats as compiled by someone watching without red rose tinted glasses on. Of course, even if they had been more favourable to Rovers, the only stat that really counts is the score line. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
1/ I didn’t make the original point about no plan B. 2/ The significant thing I witnessed was a combination of our keeper and a very weak bench costing us the game. 3/ Before you ask, no, I couldn’t have done any better in goal or coming off the bench. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Only two of those were signed this season, and it’s clearly not enough to mitigate for the departure of senior players. We are a development club. I don’t agree with everything Chris Sutton says, but he called it earlier this season. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
In proportion with more experienced players, one or two youngsters on loan is fine, as long as the primary aim of the club is to win games. People can try and defend it all they like, but the fact is we have quite blatantly been reduced to no more than a development club with zero ambition. The argument that we are having to do it is neither here nor there in my book. It’s the final season I am going to tolerate it. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
"Got a young player who's nowhere near ready for your first team but don't want to bung him in the U21's? No problem - Send him to the Blackburn Rovers young player development service. Young players are our obsession, no matter what the results". -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
and one of the reasons there is no Plan B is because player development and adding value are seen as more important than winning games. -
That *was* the January Window
martonrover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Agreed, but the point is that he was already contributing to the team in the most important way, (and he's not even a striker).