Devon Rover
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4 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:
Bad teams concede at the death regularly. Good team score at the death regularly. How long ago is it since we came from a goal down to win in the last ten minutes ? It must be years ago.
I was thinking this, too. Going into the last 5 mins I felt sure City would have at least one big chance to get something from the game. And when it went to 1-1 with 10 extra minutes to play, I felt no confidence whatsoever that Rovers would strike back. There have been so many of our games that play out like this late in the match - and (virtually) never in our favour. That speaks not to refereeing, or 'luck', but to character, mindset, fitness, confidence, or all the above. The club has become overrun by losers and people who aren't good enough for whatever role they have, at all levels. We are a mess and I defy anyone to say administration and a fresh start would not be preferable to this horrific experience.
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It just gets worse and worse.
Leaving aside very poor refereeing decisions, this is the kind of throwing away we have seen from Rovers over and over in recent seasons. I'm sick of the whole club.
I can't stand to watch. It's like being made to repeatedly watch cctv footage of your grandpa passing his trousers, tripping himself up, then getting mugged.
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It is all pretty depressing and embarrassing, isn't it?
I thought the club had reached the absolute nadir of lack of class and professionalism with the non-transfers back along. Then it got worse with the handling of the Eustace departure, followed now by our own manager touting out our first team players for sale in post-match interviews alongside, wholly unsurprising, suggestions of the occasional contract offer to a player being based on not even an inflationary pay-rise.
We all really need to stop blaming Eustace, out of contract players, Hyam being apparently easy to upgrade on, referees, etc. Smell the coffee - there are no upgrades going on here, on Dolan, Hyam, Travis, anyone. There is no agenda against our club except in our own boardroom and in Pune. Just an accelerating stripping down of our playing squad towards wholly consisting of unprepared academy players and cheap cast-offs from the dwindling pool of "smaller" clubs. This ends in relegation, nothing else.This situation is getting worse and worse and I honestly don't see an end to it. But, for me, my pride in supporting this club is fading away. I just can't align myself with, nor fund in any way, this total shambles of an ownership and their utter lack of competence, respect and class. I'm trying to hold on to what remains of my love for Blackburn Rovers. But I'm struggling to see it, anymore. Venkys have taken it away for me and for my son.
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One shot on target in 100 minutes. Kargbo only got a limited time, in which he caused panic, Miller should be straight in and get Hedges out.
Reasons to feel optimistic: few and far between beyond getting the above into the line up, immediately.
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Well, I hope Dolan does brilliantly over there and looks back fondly on his time at Rovers as being fundamental in his development.
He probably needed to move on to push his career on as his development had probably stalled/was stalling. Was he ever a top class player for us? No, certainly not for any extended period. But have we been a top team packed with quality to bring out the very best in each player, over that same period? Of course not.
Despite some of the things he did on the pitch that frustrated the hell out of me, he has consistently been, for several years, a grafter and someone who seemed to give his all for this club, including keeping himself fit, injury free, and willing to try things (whatever the outcome). I'd thank him for that if I saw him at Ewood some day in the future.
My eight-year-old son is really upset by his departure as Tyrhys was his hero. Partly because of the energy he showed on the pitch whenever we went to watch Rovers, but also because he was so patient and kind with young Rovers fans, like my boy, when he met them.So I'll choose to remember the good parts, of which there were many more with Dolan than with the majority of those who have "represented" the blue and white halves over the last decade or so. I'm encouraging my son to do the same. And to wish Dolan well with his move, which he has earned with his efforts and his perseverance.
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How absolutely awful. A huge tragedy for his family. Monumentally less important, but he was also a superb footballer.
Whoever you are, whatever you achieve, it's all so fragile, isn't it? Very sad.
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24 minutes ago, Ossydave said:
With Scott Carson leaving City, maybe they'll want to fill the void with Pears.....
I've no idea if any of our reserve keepers are remotely good but I can't see Pears wanting a full season playing second fiddle, can't blame him either at 27 he's in his prime.
Loosest ever application of the word "prime", there!
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17 minutes ago, philipl said:
Even more depressing than Rovers.
Great bit of hyperbole, there!
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6 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:
The actual statement announcing that WaTR will be working with the coalition.
It is worth pointing out that the Football Supporters Association (FSA) has already reached out to WaTR to offer support and we also have access to the EFL given the club’s official Supporter Engagement Strategy is purported to be on the back of its relationship with the Trust via the Memorandum of Understanding.I've mocked previous WATR statements but this one is pretty much spot on.
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A club going into a transfer window with identified key targets and seemingly ready to make signings happen. What is this madness?
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1 hour ago, Browjd said:
Champ, PL clubs approach Alalshikh for investment
Championship clubs and at least one Premier League club have approached Saudi Arabian billionaire Turki Alalshikh seeking investment.
The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority has a wide range of business interests but has never invested in English football.
That could be about to change with a growing number of Championship clubs attempting to attract Saudi investors to help them win promotion to the Premier League.
Alalshikh has become one of the most influential powerbrokers in sport after staging some of boxing's biggest bouts.
Until last week Alalshikh was also the owner of Spanish club Almeria.
He bought the club in a £20m deal in the summer of 2019.
Ownership of the club was transferred to Saudi investment group SMC last Friday.
I would be delighted to upgrade from chickens to turki.
It won't happen.
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26 minutes ago, Hasta said:
https://www.roverstrust.com/news/statement-blackburn-rovers-women
"We had been in dialogue with club executives about the future of our Women’s team as per our memorandum of understanding, but were only given 10 minutes notice prior to the announcement."
We call upon the Board and Owners of Blackburn Rovers to think again and have serious discussions with ourselves as to how the Club (Men’s and Women’s teams) have a viable and competitive future.’
Honestly lads, I'm a WATR member but they clearly don't want to have the relationship with you that you want them to have.
You can call on them to have serious discussions time after time but they won't. They see minimal discussion with you as a box-ticking and appeasement exercise, to be shown as an example of engagement.
This quote from the Rovers website reflect the whole approach of this regime to the club over the last few years. There surely comes a day when you have to draw a line. Join the coalition.
I agree. The WATR statements do come across as "meek" and somewhat like a jilted lover telling their friends about how their cruel and bullying ex doesn't talk to them anymore, whilst pleading with the same ex for better communication and respect in their 'relationship', rather than just calling out the ex for the insufferable shit they are. It feels a bit sad to read and definitely doesn't seem to carry any impact, whatsoever. But I might be missing it so I'm genuinely happy to hear what people think the statements are achieving.
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It makes very little sense, at all. It feels to me like it can only be decisions taken out of spite, now. Certainly not the actions of anyone who cares at all about success, reputation, community etc
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So, what was the outcome of the hearing??
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13 minutes ago, Hannoverover said:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6366991/2025/05/20/blackburn-rovers-women-team-relegated/
Getting worldwide attention
Good. The headline on a couple of sites about this being about the owners refusing to fund is refreshing and encouraging. These are billionaires, with nothing stopping them from covering relatively small costs. If they can't or won't do that, they have no chance at all of keeping this business going eventually. I'm glad they are being shamed in this way and suspect it is our best chance of being rid of them. Obviously awful for all those caught in the crossfire though and make no mistake - this is all on the Raos.
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I just made the mistake of reading some of the comments on the Facebook post. Is it just me, failing to see that this is an inevitable and sound business decision with only positive implications for the men's team? Im really sorry that I'm not quite getting it.
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13 minutes ago, JHRover said:
Can I just check, do Venkys still 'never refuse to sign a cheque' or have we given up on that one at last?
I can only conclude this was always a calculated misdirection based on the literal meaning. Of course they don't refuse to sign a cheque, because they realistically would never be asked to.
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2 minutes ago, superniko said:
Unforgivable to draw really. If we don’t lose the match then we clearly haven’t attacked enough at the end
I know what you are saying but Sheff U would have thrashed us if they were able to shoot. I think we gave just about as much as our limited team could. Close. But so far away.
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1 minute ago, roverandout said:
Bristol City in the play offs makes me sick
They've earnt it through the second half of the season. Had we scraped it on the last day I would have been delighted, of course, but it would have been lucky.
Bristol City have the sheer determination and team hard-work and determination that ours has, at times, really lacked. It made a difference.
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1 minute ago, roverandout said:
Bristol City in the play offs makes me sick
They've earnt it through the second half of the season. Had we scraped it on the last day I would have been delighted, of course, but it would have been lucky.
Bristol City have the sheer determination and team hard-work and determination that ours has, at times, really lacked. It made a difference.
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Our subs have been nowhere near good enough to impact this game in the way we needed. Dennis, Kargbo, Woodrow, Forshaw, Gueye. None of them should be here. I would honestly rather we had academy graduates covering each of those. The wages are a total waste. Kargbo might, just might, offer us something next season. January 'significant investment' has been the (negative) difference. Again.
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Great save and how the actual fuck has Pears played so many games this season?
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Oh, it's fine. Forshaw and Woodrow are on their way.
This is going to feel like a huge missed opportunity to have "had a right good go".
PS Kargo is exciting but, unfortunately, also seems to be brain dead.
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Oh, it's fine. Forshaw and Woodrow are on their way.
This is going to feel like a huge missed opportunity to have "had a right good go".
PS Kargo is exciting but, unfortunately, also seems to be brain dead.
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v Birmingham City (h) - 16/8/25
in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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I'm talking about a recurrent habit of falling away and conceding defeat from the jaws of victory or useful points. It doesn't really matter what the pattern of play was, the result was the same.