It doesn't help tough that we have so many of them and Mowbray seems to want to give them all a go! A settled partnership would help us enormously. Find your best side and stick to it. I accept that injuries play a part in this but that's another story.

I'm not sure I do! 😂

The fee would be bigger than that I think but Newcastle get 30% of it! I wouldn't mind selling him for a big fee if a good manager were allowed to spend all the proceeds on players that would take us up. But that's just a dream.

Yeah but we wouldn't!

Well you did ask!

What? We do really want to go up?!!!! 😄

A good place to stop! 😂

I've just looked it up on my Jackmans--our lowest-ever average gate was 5000 in 1891-2! Gates in the 70's/80's were poor but not down as far as 5000. Between 1970-71 and 1990-91 gates were often in the single thousands rather than over 10000. !5 times in fact. The lowest average in the modern era was in 1985-6 at 5826. Lowest crowd in that season was 3587. Our lowest ever gate was 300! In 1899-00! What sticks our like a sore thumb is the aftermath of the Cup Final in 1960. Average crowds in that season----27299. Following season---down to 19344 and 15906 the season after. People don't take kindly to being treated as fools. Thanks again Mike for a book I never tire of dipping into!

Because, as normal human beings, we try to make sense of the world.

Wigan won it recently. Beat City. We haven't won it since 1928! I've been waiting all my life for Rovers to win a 7th FA Cup. We haven't gone past Round 3 since 2016! AND SINCE THE LEAGUE IS OUR PRIORITY WE'RE NOT DOING WELL THERE EITHER ARE WE?

Mowbray and the owners sucking the life-blood out of us. If you lived in Accrington, say, why would you drive past to get to Ewood? Nailed on fans will but new fans won't be attracted. Time is not on our side. That's why promotion for us is urgent, not some long-drawn out saga to suit Tony. Our crowds will wither away and the Club with it.

Its simply really, make some good signings in key positions or stagnate for yet another year. Can't see why anyone thinks differently!

Its potential till it happens!

That's the one! Always next season. By which time we'll potentially lose players who gave us something to believe in in the first place.

They were great days. Ewood packed every game even though we were in Div 2. You're right about the A Stand too--I remember being jealous of their seats. I was at the Darwen End!

My Dad and I had a season ticket for years in the Nuttall St Stand. From the early 50's on the seats were benches. At some point later in the later 50's they replaced them with individtual seats. But they were never painted, just plain wood.

And think Bury as well and don't allow these historical clubs to fade away.

On the other hand, if he arrives last minute Mowbray won't have had time to get to him and he might just play his normal game!

Oh you're right there. Not even once in a generation----once in a lifetime. I've never seen the rumoured potential loanees play so I have no comment on them but I do feel we've gone from being England's champions to being a nursery for big clubs we used to beat regularly. And it hurts!

Ok! I've had another look! Hedidn't beat 3 defenders, he beat 2!! Then he got a lucky break off the shin of the third. Still great play though, and it still means he created the chance for Dack.

In that case I'm off to get some new specs!

He had dribbled past 3 players though----almost a lost art!

The best ever Rovers centre-back made his first-team debut at 17----Mike England! Wikipedia purports to list his career but never mentions Rovers at all, yet he played 180 times for us! Only Spurs! 😂 I've no idea if he made his debut in that position though, he started off as a wing-half for a while. One for Parson that---said he, craftily tempting him back!

Your sense of urgency is keenly felt---on here! But not where it matters I presume. A left-back! That alone makes me drool!

I thought he was about to regain the ball when he saw Dack was in a better position. He stood back and let Dack smash it. Surely no argument that Dolan made that goal from nothing with tremendous skill? I think he's the most exciting prospect at this age I've seen at Rovers since Jones, though I'm not yet predicting the same future for him------yet!