Lowe started for Big Club against Norwich today. Big Club conceded on 6 mins. Lowe subbed on 78 mins. Big Club lose. Big Club outside the relegation zone on goal difference. Would love it, absolutely love it, if Lowe took Big Club down and 'Arry with him. J's big moments...

Fans just aren't that interested. You've read yourself - if something happens or doesn't happen it's because they aren't good enough. Even worse when a derisory contract (or even a reasonable one) is put in front of them and they don't fancy two more years of the same lack of progression they'll be labelled mercenaries who "were never really that good anyway". I genuinely blame agents though. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some players that we do want come with a "yeah, but you'll need to take this other player on loan too". I'm convinced that it's more importabt to put an agencies stable players in the shop window than academy lads with the wrong agent. I can't believe NONE of our current lads at the top of PL2 are good enough. All that said, there's not much point in bringing through players to pay them a bonus and stick them on the bench, never to get game time. Sadly, it will take an injury crisis for the next player to get through.

Chelsea a big club? Millwall with money.

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Bolton humbled by the mighty Hull last night. It just shows how much damage is done by the drop to League One due a lack of owner investment and small fanbase. If we are ever promoted out of this division it's going to be really difficult to compete even with the likes of Hull, Boro, West Brom, even Bumley. What Venkys did was to drop us out of a lottery syndicate having already been given the winning numbers for a future mega jackpot, and our ugly cousin took our place - with our numbers! Then they set about alienating the only other group of people who could help rebuild: the fans! Our best 'hope' now long term is to be a yo-yo club between the Championship and League One and just wait for football to implode around us, while Venkys continue to fund their mistake by the least annual amount possible. With transfers netting themselves off. For any normal big club in this situation (sneer away but I still feel that we have a pedigree that puts us in the top 40 teams in this country) they acclimatise and regroup, or see a change in ownership, and the fans get behind another upward push. Venkys still being here prevents us ever having a united fanbase. Almost every club which has turned a corner have done so through ownership change: Leeds, Forest, Man City, Portsmouth, Sheffield United. The two who haven't are Rovers and Coventry - and just look at us. Curiously Blackpool are the only exception to the trend and managed to gain promotion despite being eerily similar to Rovers - except that their owners are based here and do take an interest in the club.

I refuse to believe McGrath didn't talk. He must have developed telepathy otherwise. Communication is key on a football field.

More super advice from the consultants. Charge the @#/?s for everything.

I actually think a Bumley match is the last thing we need and could be really bad for fan morale and bring a lot of pressure on the players and manager. The thought of another bad season and a thumping by 'that lot' is pretty misery-inducing. Where is Mercer with his special brand of 'optimism'?

There is always a danger when cost cutting impacts on your core values...

Played four at the back tonight. But the full backs looked to get forward.

Looking like it could be the same contrasting experience again. Didn't recognise young Scott on the touchline. Blimey, he's let himself go! Looked proper rough and could do with a shave.

A bit over enthusiastic really. Not sure if he was trying to impress Mowbray. Couple of wincing challenges.

Now that was how football should be played. Energetic, tenacious, quick, high pressing, attack-minded. A thoroughly enjoyable evening. Mols really impressed me, despite an early booking when the ref deemed a foul to be a dive, and with Nuttall having an excellent contribution, and looking strong, and Hardcastle dictating. The Doyle full backs impressed as well. A simple 4-4-2 formation was in such contrast to the over elaborate first team effort. It seemed like men against boys, with a young looking Wolves side who were quite indisciplined. Their manager must have got the fired up with a half time rollicking because they were fired up and their manager was even sent to the stands for swearing at the referee. Bit embarrassing really. Mowbray who was watching from the directors box (inside) will have a decision to make about whether Nuttall deserves a first team substitute appearance some time soon. But with his lack of attacking ambition and signing of Antonsson, he might need to go on loan to get more of a test.

It's looking that way. We've been utterly shafted and continue to be. Nothing to do with 'part and parcel' or 'ebb and flow'; we've been systematically taken apart. Bumley can't even take any credit for the switch of places. They've not clawed their way above us, they've simply stepped over our warm rotting carcass.

The turnstiles in the JW had also stopped working before the game with huge queues and a steward having to enter the turnstile after each person to use a card to override the system. Crap all round.

Legally?

Heart breaking. Forcing a long-standing fan to switch off his wireless while at the same time allowing overseas fans get to watch every game live on TV for a very reasonable cost indeed: a service which your dad is also excluded from. Really doesn't seem fair. (That's not a pop at our overseas fans by the way). I bloody hate Venkys even more when I read stuff like this.

Anyone seen the back page of today's LT? A grinning Marcus Antonsson in front of the Rovers badge being projected onto a screen. Can we not even afford to print laminates off any more? Do we no longer have the boardroom facilities? There is no class about anything we do any more.

Much like everything else about our decline. By and large, fans have been more than happy to accept our lower grade status at each drop in quality, stature and division. Rovers fans have been so disappointing when it comes to taking any affirmative action and have instead accepted, nay cemented, our fate. The excuses to ease consciences are nearly as galling as the excuses for inaction. But don't confront it any more, because that's just 'willy waving'.

As usual you have completely missed the point. Minority protests only served to get Kean the boot - albeit too late. Who knows what a majority protest could have achieved. Did Gillette and Hicks break any rules? No, but they were pressured out. If you are feeling guilty for not helping, Chris then that's because you should.

Master stroke by the club really. Every criticism of what they now do (or don't do) is tempered by "well, at least we have Mowbray". Wouldn't be surprised if this was the original intent when Kean was brought in: "a nice man that everyone could get behind". Looking at things objectively we still have yet to turn any kind of corner and stop the downward trajectory. Downsizing is a symptom of that decline. Of course, this is now met with a shrug because "a League One team can't afford such luxuries" but it's exactly the reason that many fought against what the were doing for so many years - despite all of the criticism from fellow fans. We reap what we sow - and majority rules with this sort of thing. The majority didn't really care back then that this is where we were headed - or were in denial. Many still think we haven't bottomed yet and still there are folk who go on about negative fans. Case in point... Considering your views this last four years or so, that's a shameless statement. What is very poor is that not enough did the bare minimum to at least try to put pressure on the club to avoid us reaching this point, when there was still a spotlight on Rovers. Nobody outside of Blackburn now cares about anything that happens here. We are just another League One club.

Yep. This is the match to really rub our noses in it.

I'm with you. This match will show just how far the pendulum has swung. Anything can happen in a derby but our squad is pants when compared to theirs and they are going to be up for this like no other fixture.

Objection. Leading. Have to be satisfied with a win in the cup. But all we can say so far is that we have a team capable of competing with League 2 opposition. Let's hope that we can build on this. It's no use us saying that x, y or z team is a tough one. I don't buy this Southend are decent nonsense either. We should be the top dogs in League 1, especially given our wage bill and infrastructure. It's no good scrapping it out and hoping for the play offs. However, we cannot be 'happy' with what we have in these first two games. With a backdrop of an supposed injury to Lenihan (and by 'supposed' I mean I don't believe that he is injured at all, and looking more like trying to engineer a move - Mahoney was leapt on for less) and another injury to the glassware footballer that is Mulgrew - both of whom should be (and were) candidates to lead this ragtag outfit - I'm not convinced that all is well. Trouble is, as we have seen so many times before, the fans simply bag such players off and ultimately call for them to be cashed in on - then as for the players left, it's "well what can you expect they aren't good enough" and the acclimatisation continues. Let's hope our League 2 opposition matches are confined to the Cup for the foreseeable future - the focus must absolutely be on getting out of this division by the top rather than the bottom. If this gives us momentum great but the jury is out.

Don't remember him playing for Wigan.