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Wayne Rooney would be my choice. He has worked wonders at Derby under very difficult circumstances, behaved with dignity throughout and brought through a good number of youth players. He has also instilles a fighting spirit in the squad. But for the points deduction, they would be comfortably mid table, and here he would be starting with a nucleus of better players. The chance to play under Rooney might also persuade players like Lenighan, Rothwell and Nyambe to stay at the club. His persona would attract better calibre players and I think that his appointment might appeal to Balaji's liking for celebreties. An ex ManUtd and England star should be right up his street. I can't see him staying at Derby if they go down, and I cannot see any premiership clubs wanting to take a punt-Everton maybe, but surely they will stick with Lampard unless they go down.

This is the heart of the problem. It is quite obvious that the owners don't care, probably being satisfied with the club providing them with annual losses to set against their tax returns. They also seem to know nothing about football and how clubs are often the hub of their community. It has been said by many on this site previously that no other manager would have survived last season's abysmal run of two wins in 19; many managers would have been sacked after Rovers suffered the worst home defeat in their long history in November; TM has now created another unwanted record with just 3 goals in 2022; he continues to play Sam Gallagher as a winger (in my opinion he has ruined the lad's confidence); he plays other players out of position in the insane belief that he is a tactical genius, and last week he played the most left footed player on the books on the right wing. He moved heaven and earth to sign Ryan Hedges, but has yet to give him a start no doubt because he has yet to learn the way we play. My fear is that Venkys will simply renew TM's contract based on the fact that he made a profit on Armstrong and will no doubt make a profit on the sale of BBD. Having owners who have no interest in football is a desperate situation to be in and until they are gone we will not be able to reclaim our club. I accept that people will say "where would we be without them", but I just cannot see where proper footballing decisions are going to come from. Certainly not from Waggott or Suhail.

Sam Burns scored twice for Scunthorpe tonight. Two goals in four minutes.

Can't comment on the game, as all I saw was Gateway 504 error. A good win, nonetheless. The refund is all well and good, but an explanation would help to soften the blow from my Saturday being ruined. I wonder if the same will happen on Wednesday? makes me wary of paying in advance.

I think I am capable of drafting a small claim, even though I retired three years ago!!

I did manage to get a message which said "technical issues which we are trying to resolve. i have now been trying to log in for 30 minutes. This is F******* ridiculous. How does one claim a refund?

same for me. Rubbish service.

After 60 years of supporting my beloved Rovers, I can say with all honesty that I have never, ever felt so much despair about the future of my club. As Parson has said on another thread, Mowbray is merely a symptom. Any responsible club owner would have sacked the manager during that long winless run last season; he should have been sacked last night straight after the game finished. Venkys quite clearly have no knowledge of how to run a football club. They appear to have no concept of how much the club means to the people of Blackburn (or they simply do not care). They will probably be unaware of last night's debacle because they will be celebrating Diwali. A message fron them, or from Suhail, that they are aware of the problems would at least show that they have an interest, but all we get is silence. I am sure that they treat the Rovers as a means of off setting losses against profits to save on taxes. As for Mowbray himself, I could hardly believe the fact that he failed to apologise to the fans for his own tactical ineptitude in not shutting up shop when it was obvious thet the game was lost at half time. If we as fans can see that, why couldn't he? I don't know where we go from here-like the Numan adverts, all I feel is DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR😭

Not one word of apology to the fans. Dead right, he doesn't give a fuck.

Does anyone know for certain that Mowbray has promised game time to Klopp and Bielsa? Is he contractually bound to do so? If that is true, then it is a shocking indictment of our manager. I feel sorry for Butterworth. He is being overlooked for Poveda/Clarkson neither of whom are worth a place in our under 23s. Poveda was utterly appalling when he came on-every promising situation broke down because of his lethargic attitude. I can forgive Magloire for his errors because he is simply out of his depth and only played because of the injuries, but we must get Wharton and this Brighton lad fit ASAP.

Not easy to get rid of a player who has been given a four year contract. Same goes for Ayala-three year contract and he has only played a handful of games. Does anyone know what his injury is?

That was the same number that called me last week. Told the young lady that I would not be renewing my ST if Mowbray was still in charge next season. If he isn't potted this week, I honestly cannot see us gaining another point and relegation looms.

They are probably making the calls in alphabetical order as my surname begins with B.

Don't know if this is the right thread to post this comment, but here goes. I have just had a telephone call from the club, a young lady asking how I was. She said they were contacting all season ticket holders to ask how they were. I told her that I had watched every game this season on iFollow and she asked if I had enjoyed them. Needless to say, I told her that the football was, for the most part, dreadful to watch and that in my opinion this was all down to the manager's tactics. She said that many of the people she had contacted had said the same thing. Although she did not ask if I would be renewing my ST, I volunteered the comment tnat having been a season ticket holder for 58 years, I would not be renewing if Mowbray was still in charge, as I would not be prepared to watch turgid football week in week out. I can only hope that if enough ST holders say the same as I have, maybe the message will get back to the owners. We can only hope, but I am not holding my breath.....interestingly, she said she had not watched any of the games this season which leads me to suspect that she is employed by a PR company to make all the right noises. A desperate throw of the dice by SW?

This sums up exactlyhow I feel. I am in my 70th year, have had a season ticket since 1967 and have supported my club through thick and thin (and believe me there have been some bad times). However, I have never felt more depressed than I do today. I'm not one of those who think the club has a divine right to be in the top division, but as a fan, I feel I do have the right to see my team play with purpose and passion and with definite gameplans. To my mind, the players we have now ought to be good enough to be challenging for a play off spot. The problem is that they are completely lacking in guidance and proper coaching, and as a result, teams like Rotherham, Coventry, Preston and Barnsley can nullify us with little or no effort. Others have commented time and again about the folly of having your centre forward on the wing, your best midfield player (Rothwell) playing out wide when he should patently be in the centre of midfield. I just wish that Mowbray would read this MB and listen to long suffering fans like me, in despair at the current situation. It's no good saying he will go when the owners tell him to, because he is fully aware that the owners know little about football and even less about what the position of manager entails. Managers live and die by results and if Mowbray had an ounceof decency he would resign tomorrow, or at the very least as k for a structured leaving by mutual arrangement like Neil Lennon. If he remains as manager at the start of next season, then for the first time in 54 years I will not renew my season ticket.

Nothing wrong in my opinion with loaning a good quality PL keeper. After all, it worked for Sheffield United didn't it?

Bloody annoying.I've been looking forward to this all week.

Some great memories of SMC in this thread. I was there 61 to 69, Toss Kennedy was my form teacher and a great guy.

I agree with you, Joe. I started using Car Park H two years ago when I began bringing my wheelchair bound brother to the games. To my mind ten minutes should be sufficient to allow most pedestrians to get away from the stadium. The twenty minutes delay causes frustration. I also agree that there should be staff on duty in the carpark and that there should be a one way system in place to avoid the free for all when the gates do eventually open. One further point-it is all very well opening the bus lane to enable right turns, but the guy operating the traffic lights (operating the box opposite the Empire) does not allow more than a few vehicles at a time to exit. I wonder if he knows the amount of cars trying to exit the car park and the effect he can have on traffic flow? Some joined up thinking is required to provide more coordination.?

Same here, 55 years since my first game, time marches on.

This is the problem. The manager is untouchable because of the management structure at the club. Waggott is not going to sack the man who hired him.

A bit unfair on Rothwell and Graham, given that they have only started a couple of games this season. Rothwell in particular needs a run of games, not just twenty minutes every now and then as a sub.

After eleven games last season, we had 15 points. This season we have 14 points after eleven games. Progress? Arguably, we have better players this season, but they are not being used properly or played in their correct positions-or they are not inspired by the manager. As many have said previously, we are grateful to TM for turning the club's fortunes around, but all managers have a shelf life and TM has reached his sell by date.

Apart from the first ten minutes, we completely outplayed and outmuscled a rather lightweight Spurs side. I agree Samuel was impressive, but in my opinion Brad Lyons was the outstanding player-he ran the second half , playing some incisive passes. Davenport was steady if unspectacular, and keeps a cool head in the DM position. Defence was largely untroubled, though when called upon, Hilton made a couple of decent saves. A thoroughly enjoyable performance.

I agree with these sentiments, but how do the EFL weed out the "nefarious" individuals. Ken Anderson probably passed the fit and proper person test which suggests that the problem lies with the depth of investigation carried out by the EFL. Because of the amount of money surrounding football, there will always be chancers willing to take risks, and at the end of the day, it's the fans of the clubs who suffer. Local rivalry aside, it would be a tragedy if Bolton were to be expelled-we are a club of similar size and history and the same could easily happen to us. On the issue of expungement affecting play off positions, the EFL could avoid the problem (if they chose to expel) by making the decision after the season ends, thus taking advantage of Rule 12.2.2 as quoted by Philip above. Their record would not be expunged until the play off positions had been fairly determined. Only two clubs would be relegated to L1