Very good comeback win. The last few games have shown a resilience that was badly lacking in the february-march period. Going into the final game of the season with a chance is nice. Leaving aside the feeling of "what if", I just hope the team selection next weekend speaks of attacking intent from the outset, rather than any sitting in for an hour before hoping to still be level for a last push. 

Ever reliable, Venkys Rovers. Just not for the good things.

Also hope to be proved wrong but Woodrow would be nowhere near the match day squad, for me. I'd have brought in gueye and played ohashi off him. 

Some brilliant signs getting some screen time re venkys and pasha. Lovely.

5 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

The club is imploding. If fans don’t get on the pitch now to protest they never will

It is. But there's hardly anyone there. Anybody doing this will be a sitting duck labelled as an individual trouble maker. It won't make any difference. The players, the coaches, the owners. They are all a total embarrassment. And there's no way of it improving through anything the fans do.

30 minutes ago, Gav said:

Are you a member of the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Trust?

 

 

No, never been convinced it is worth it. My comment was to say that I disagree with the request being made in there. Not that I have any right to influence it, as a non-member. Just that I don't personally think it is helpful. Anyway, probably the wrong thread.

2 hours ago, Gav said:

Shit owners out!

I appreciate the sentiment and the collegiate approach. But "meet with us, talk with us, listen to us, and work with us," doesn't reflect what I want from our owners. If they did the above, which Venkys could suggest they have done on (rare) occasion through the years, I don't believe anything would change. Nothing. It is well beyond that being the required clear message. It comes across as a weak statement, at least in regards to Rovers and Venkys.

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

On the replay of the first. Not sure why JRC felt the need to commit the way he did for their first. Made it easy for Conway.

Because he is a dreadful defender. He has been at fault for several goals this season, a season in which he has rarely played. 

Travis has been OK. Otherwise, every one of the midfield and attack have been absolutely fucking abysmal. 

Play the youth team players. We know all about players like Hedges and Dolan. Their time is very much over. 

What a farce of a football club.

Out of possession we look like (rubbish) boys against men. In possession just like a group of strangers. It's horrific.

I hear our fraud of a manager/coach/chief-hands-in-pockets-officer has been bleating on again about the team's energy and intensity and how that will set the tone of the atmosphere in the stadium. It would take an enormous shift from the team selections, tactics, energy levels and mentality set out in previous matches to do any such thing. He is such a bullshitter, this bloke. 

11 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

Hopefully everyone enjoying the coalition new video,

As we debunk the myth of a minority 

Sorry, I have missed this new one. Please could someone link me to it?

Boom - yet another piece of "significant investment". We, the great unwashed, are so very fortunate.

Glad he has signed, I think he is a decent player. We need much more than this just to 'stay still'. And staying still will actually mean continuing to drop down the league, of course.

The goal all started from Woodrow failing to close down the left back quickly enough. He is offering nothing at all

Made it to Portsmouth. Arrived and saw yet another baffling lineup. Why do I bother?! Let's hope I'm proved very wrong...

The bit that did annoy me in that statement was about the "two way engagement" with fan groups. As an outsider, this looks like a complete backfiring strategy, once again, of some 'fan representatives' holding conversations with Waggott/Suhail. If you keep doing this, you will be used, with your "engagement" held up in propaganda as wonderful positive work by our exec team. Those conversations are clearly doing more harm than good.

Overall, the statement avoids the main (Venkys) issue and is exactly the bland and dismissive response that was always inevitable. Which, I guess, moves us to the next actions that everyone involved in the media push today will have prepared for. 

How do we move forward with this, and how can we all support that?

32 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

Club statement imminent

It's going to be a vomit-inducing "we are all in it together, with you", perhaps with a bit of defensive talk about how Venky's keep us afloat, a sprinkle of "worked with fans groups to put forward a generous season ticket offer" and a dash of "will someone think of the players, they need us all working together to support them, not causing distractions in the media", bullshit. 

3 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

To add some meat the bones,

I've spoken to some other groups today who also endorse this course of action.

We'd like to issue a statement politely requesting that Waggott, Suhail and Gestede do not attend any of our remaining home fixtures , to aid the support of the team.

Their attendance is a distraction due to many supporters desire for the removal of all three and the club to be sold.

At a time where it's mathematically possible to reach the play offs, the manager and players need our support and those mentioned need to play their part by staying away to create a positive environment rather than the toxic environment which may occur given the supporter unrest.

 

Obviously this ain't the statement but it's the cusp of what will be said.

 

This would need a response which the media would seek. Should they refuse, the protest and unrest is purely of their design 

This is an interesting approach and I am genuinely grateful for the proactive effort. 

Assuming any response from those named will be to dismiss the request out of hand, what then? As that assumption is surely almost certain, I expect there is a plan in place for the "protest and unrest" that could have greater impact than previously? I appreciate details won't be shared at this stage but knowing there is a plan beyond the in draft communication feels very important to avoid bluffs being called. Thanks again.

Anyone got any idea how far down the road this cheap and nasty can has been kicked, this time?

Similar to @Herbie6590, I'm going to this one with an old mate who is a Pompey fan. In truth, if I didn't have the rare chance to catch up with my friend there, I wouldn't have bought a ticket. But I am now kind of looking forward to a game where there is (slightly) more hope than expectation of any kind of decent result.

Opening goal is likely of huge importance.

On 14/03/2025 at 19:15, KentExile said:

 

 

Just to say that, in amongst so much crap going on at our club, I really appreciate these updates on our loaned out players. You never know which of them we might become dependent on in the next season or two..! Thank you for taking the time.

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

ACD is absolutely wank.

If we can send him back now, we absolutely should. He is a useless block to any of our actually contracted young players. The loan signings have, almost entirely, been a disaster.

This is fucking abysmal. I think that's me switching off from Rovers, at least until the summer, but perhaps longer. The club is a mess - moreso now than ever before. I can't bear seeing it. The last few matches have been worth sacking this useless manager over. We know, of course, no such thing will be on the cards.

Dennis is a crock. This was known before we signed him. It was a very foolish signing and use of our "significant investment".

I'm still shocked, if not surprised, at how our new manager has managed to take us from the play off places to six points below it in just a matter of weeks. His appointment was just as bad as the January transfer policy (and the one before that, etc etc).