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So he didn't realise he had a family when he took the Job?

He was wonderful for us but never had the same success anywhere else.

They were bargains. When Savage broke his leg and the Board refuse Hughe's request to fund a replacement, that's when he gave up on Rovers. I accept that the situation then was as different as could be from the situation now though, which is dire.

That's another manager the Club failed to back. Not new at Ewood is it?

Dyche is a good shout. Don't know if he'd consider us but he would be ideal in the circumstances we face. Wouldn't be pretty but that's hardly the point right now.

More like a steady descent---though pace could pick up from now on.

Surely some protests today?

Another tragedy in a long list of them. How much more can we take? We'll probably not face relegation this season but next season weill be a sad one I'm thinking--- re crowds and points!

We were linked to many players but nothing came of them, as per usual. As for judging success or otherwise, you wrote that you'd only make that judgement on the transfer window once the window closed. Now you've put it back to the end of the season! We can only judge things when the damage is done according to you.

Of course they should but do you really believe they will? After all we've been through?

Equally you could be overthinking it and he's decided that anywhere is better than staying at soul-destroying Rovers. He's done all he could, the owners/admin have let him down.

Probably not. But I'm looking for improvement, not for our name to be even further muddied.

Its a bad look and it won't go unnoticed among players we might be interested in in future. We were once a tight, friendly family Club, now we're run by a bunch of spivs.

2nd para---that's true, so get on with it Venkys

Have no money at all. Out of the frying pan and all that.

In theory. In realty Venkys will pocket the extra millions to partly off-set their" debts", deny us any chance to stay up and pocket the subsequent parachute money till it runs out. Always back to square 1 with Venkys. (Sorry Biz)

That's interesting because I don't! You've reminded me of Wigan by the way---relegated and won the Cup in the same season!

I think this game will show what a huge gap there is between an ordinary Premier League team and an ordinary Championship team. Based on recent Wolves I think they'll cut through us like a knife through butter. I just hope we come out of this without new injuries. BUT---its the FA Cup so stranger things have happened! (hedging bets there!)

Will never understand why more clubs weren't in for him when he was available cheap. Don't they have scouts? Only Palace interested. Really odd.

Yep. We take you for granted but you guys must have put hours and hours of your own time into this over the last few days. Many thanks to all of you.

That's right---you have!

Again.

Come off it! You disappear for months and come back every now and then just to tell others how negative and boring they are. The over-riding factor at Ewood remains under-funding by an ownership that doesn't care. Whether we take 2 steps forward at times, we always end up 3 backwards so it comes back to the same old problem. If you really can't take any more reality, ignore the site for longer. What sort of contribution is it anyway that discounts the factor that most affects us?

But those "means" have been drastically diminished by the decisions of the owners over more than a decade, so much so that they have long since ceased to be viable.

It may turn out to be a decent window but its definitely a gamble and we won't know till the end of the season. One thing it definitely is not----a coherent, committed attempt by the owners to keep us in the top six. And come the summer, whatever happens, we start all over again.