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It really does look like Venkys are unwilling to let TM spend any more money (and who could blame them?), he is not going to resign, so everything is on hold until his contract runs down. I hope that's the explanation anyway.

Ha! I wish---in some ways! We had the best team and the best squad in the League in our Championship season We has been building up to it in the previous 2 seasons. We were outright favourites.It was no surprise. In no way do I wish to belittle that achievement but it doesn't compare with what ER has done. Good one though!

The most astonishing sporting achievement in my lifetime.

There's a fair few venting on the LT as well. Outrage from the regulars!!

We've spent £12M on our 2 strikers and sold another for £15M but we haven't got a decent striker in the squad. Mowbray and Venkys are unacceptably inadequate.

I think most of us want him to play in the middle because, despite what TM thinks, he absolutely can't play anywhere else! Its really an argument that we should never have signed him at all, especially at that price. TM totally stuffed up there and with Brereton, I always knew it would come back to bite us. We are going to see a lot of these games I'm afraid where we just can't put the opposition away for lack of ability in that key area. Poor manager.

He scored some great goals, nobody in our squad has that level of ability now, sadly. Theses old clips eh? They manage to make you proud of what we were and distraught at what we have become---at the same time!

You certainly can throw money away in football Gav but you can't do much without it.

Spot the new signing?

https://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/morten-gamst-pedersen-i-cried-when-i-left-blackburn-i-rejected-big-offers/

It looks as if Ewood has been plonked in the middle of the countryside!

A follow up to this thread. Amazingly, an article on East Lancs Cricket Club in today's Guardian! https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/07/inclusion-revolution-how-east-lancs-cc-have-revived-asian-involvement

Brings a lump to the throat, will we ever see scenes like that at Ewood again?

If true what on earth is the point? What hope do we have?

Yet when United were ahead by a goal, Fergie would dance up and down the touchline frantically pointing to his watch and demanding the ref end the game!

Yep! Good crosser of the ball was Shearer!

It all depends on what level we're talking about. Fans alone would probably see us in Div 2 or non League. I've always thought the job of the fans if Venkys walked, would be to keep the club going until a new owner or consortium came forward. There's nearly always someone waiting in the wings. We would then hope to gradually rebuild. If we were successful the fans would come, not necessarily "come back" but by then we could attract new ones. Other clubs have died (or almost) and returned, Bolton and Blackpool most recently. So, one way or another, there will always be a Blackburn Rovers but whether the owners are Venkys in perpetuity, the fans or a new owner, time will tell.

Mowbray's astatements are not about Phillips so much as himself.

Exactly what I thought. That and bigging himself up as the manager who's developed him (ie more bullshit!) Interestingly there a "debate" in on the LT about whether Mowbray should take any credit for the lad's signing and development. Most on there think he should of course. Its "on his watch". Personally I want him to shut up about him till he's signed professional forms!

Me neither! He's getting above himself there!

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/would-be-incredibly-harsh-update-on-tony-mowbrays-future-at-blackburn-the-verdict/

Re the rumour about 4 managers turning us down a few months ago. Was one of them Neil? Just wondering because there were people absolutely convinced he was coming here.

We're halfway in the League aren't we? Galvanised enough to stay up probably. We can go either way from here but I know where I'd put my money. If Venky's are fed up with him, I say "good". Get on with it.

He's talking about playing for England! If he does, his fee will look pretty miserly.

Aren't Wrexham owned by 2 famous Hollywood stars (whom I've never heard of!)?