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Look its dead simple. When we were doing badly, atrociously even, people called for his head on a plate. And, let's face it, this wasn't over a short period of time that he was dreadful. Now we are doing well those same people have no reason to call for his immediate sacking have they? What's hard to follow there? I suspect that what you are really saying "why won't they all come on here and admit they got it wrong?" Then you can crow. some more. But they're not wrong, they criticised what they saw with their own eyes over a long period. For example last season, after a bright start was a disaster. They'd be wrong to call for his sacking now wouldn't they? But nobody is!! That's why they are quiet! When I say they I include me. I'm happy to enthuse about the success we are having. After all I've waited long enough!!

Well here's something simple, sell those 4 in January and our promotion push will be halted in its tracks and the best group of players we've had in a decade will be dismantled. We'll be back where we started with lower crowds. Is that what you want?

We spent all last season trying to learn "the possession game" and, after a good start, it led to one of the most boring and pointless(in both senses) seasons in our history with 2 wins in 17 at one point and relegation being a distinct possibility. Crowds dwindled and fans voted with their feet at season ticket renewal time, leading to the lowest crowds at Ewood since Jack took over. All pointed out at the time by plenty but not you. He deserved to be sacked at that point and I have no reservations about that. He has turned it around this season, a significant factor being the abandonment of the possession game he wasted all this season on. By way of illustration we won 4-0 and Birmingham had significantly more possession than we did! I'm glad he's turned it around but he should have woken up much earlier, just like he should have played some of the young lads earlier than he did. But he had to justify keeping on the older has-beens he'd lavished contracts on. So, yes I back him now, I want nothing to interrupt the run we are on. But if we are promoted, I'll think again. His record at top level is poor. "we was dismissed as idiots"---classic!

We've waited 10 years to get back to this position, fans in love with the team again, pride in bucketfuls at what we are achieving. If the owners don't back us all the way this time, we have to conclude promotion isn't important to them. The reaction will be savage. Simply no point anymore.

Is he warning us we won't get reinforcements in January or that, if we do, they will be replacements for the "stars" we have to sell? If they have 18 months left on their contracts, why not wait till summer? It seems simple to me but possibly not to Venkys. All they have to do is to keep this going for a few more months and they could get all their losses back in one go , or most of them. Sensible owners would back the manager in January to maximise our chances but that is apparently beyond them.

This is a worry, always has to be one I'm afraid! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59713763

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Why can't it be us? Oh sorry, i get you---you mean compete with us! Yes--agree!

And, for once, Boro did us a favour!

I'm happy with my response thanks. No way did I think that beating Birmingham was beyond Biz's wildest dreams!!

Agree with all that. At some point you ask yourself "is all this real?" last game against Bournemouth convinced me it is! Hope iIhaven't put the mockers on it!

Why? We are in great form, they are not. We've just comfortably beaten Bournemouth away. What have we to fear?Just keep doing what we have been doing and the goals will come.

Of course we can when they reward one lesser player and lose the valuable ones.

and thanks for the blinkers you took from Ben's eyes I thought they were there for good so I never tried!

Get £20M for Diaz and expend £1M on Twatt! Classic Venkys!

My favourite Leonard song!!

News Now (I know!) has a Deepdale-based story putting us and them fighting to sign Tony Watt from Motherwell!. If this is this the replacement for Diaz where's my razor?!!

So these adult, sentient human beings don't have a clue about what's best for them? Extreme arrogance on your part.

I'll leave it there. Rovers fans taking it out on he players? What planet are you on?

But while the owners and senior management don't change, the team can't carry on regardless can they? Example---we lost 12 players last summer, we signed 6---some on loan. Example--we have several players out of contract (or soon will be) and this has been allowed to run on and on. Your attempt to distinguish between the club and the team is disingenuous. Your'e blaming the fans, they didn't relegate us or appoint Coyle or dismantle the squad.

More criticism of our own fans. Sick of it. None of those clubs had Venkys as owners but I know this---if they had they wouldn't have sat back and taken it like our happy clappers. Returning to back the team just gives Venkys assistance to make more disastrous decisions. While they are here many will never come back and nobody should be surprised at that.

So long as he isn't an injury risk. We have enough of them.

It seems more likely to me, that having failed to progress their original plan to sell half of Brockhall, Waggot and Co and presumably the owners, are having another go with a different plan. Cute to use Rovers fans to help spread the "good"news for them.

Ronaldo certainly created his chance!

But keeping our star players and getting into the Premiership should be the priority wouldn't you say?