4 hours ago, Ossydave said:

but nothing to worry about against Sheff Weds. 

Our record against lower sides (of which there are not many!) is terrible. No guaranteed points there--as QPR found out).

4 hours ago, NeilInBristol said:

It's all about if Gareth is a fan of the player or not, not about performance or ability. It's ridiculous.

He's probably a Palace fan!

9 minutes ago, rigger said:

Is Szmodic a center-forward ?

Is Telovic?

0-1. Pears error.

20 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

The same as every EFL club?

In theory yes but we are producing more than our share of good young footballers through the good work our Academy. More than we did when we were Premier League!

But we don't see much benefit. Its totally unfair.

On 04/04/2024 at 07:53, 47er said:

We've paid £12M for Brereton and Gallagher and its odds-on we'll receive nothing for both. This is incompetence of the highest order. I can't think of any other club currently making such a balls-up of it.

Add Philips to the list for a miserly £2M and Finneran for nothing (likely) and there's the set.

What have we become?

1 hour ago, RoverDom said:

Agree but it's a low bar. I'd currently be over the moon if the Venkys sold us to a steaming pile of dog poo. 

Walker Trust did that!

6 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

If we're in league 1 and go into administration I imagine he knows enough money to buy us. 

If that outcome, after relegation and administration, were assured, I'd wish it.

15 hours ago, arbitro said:

We've found a buyer. 😄

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/doctor-who-matt-smith-blackburn-32503334

Good on him! He hasn't the brass himself but he must know enough people who have. Not impossible that he could one day head up a consortium.

Like him, I'm dreaming!

6 hours ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Brereton should have been our "meal ticket" really

When you spend £7m on a player the expectation will always be high. That hampered him early doors. The contract should have been renewed though. You can't leave such an asset to within 18 months of his contract before starting to negotiate

I do understand why they didn't sell him for the £8m offered, but really being in that position was criminal. We should have got £20m+ for him during that season. And we would have done, had we offered a contract earlier

We've paid £12M for Brereton and Gallagher and its odds-on we'll receive nothing for both. This is incompetence of the highest order. I can't think of any other club currently making such a balls-up of it.

3 hours ago, alex l said:

Don't disagree he got some good loans but also some absolute duds or players who were quite poor for us:

 

Zeefuik, Giles, Poveda, Clarkson, Douglas, Branthwaite (though started off ok), Palmer, Harper

Branthwaite a strange one. Has kicked on a lot since his spell with us where he looked very ordinary.

Poveda wasn't a dud but he wasn't consistent.

I thought that when Mowbray came, we had a plan to gradually build up the squad over a few years and make it to the Premier League.

Instead we allowed contracts to wind down, couldn't afford to replace those we lost with same quality and have virtually given away half a potential EPL team ( I'm including Ash Philips in this).

The result is we are farther away from promotion than ever, we are struggling to avoid relegation to Div 1, there is no plan, no money and no hope under these owners.

13 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

We look a lot better with four at the back and with Tronstad back in the team. Think McFadzean might not play for us again if we avoid injuries/suspensions for Hyam, Wharton and Carter.

Possibly true but we're not down to the bare bones like we were. That's my point.

That was a stronger starting line-up and a stronger bench than we've had for a while.

Yep, we can add him to the list of players we brought on and another club got the benefit for bugger all.

8 hours ago, Ewood Ace said:

The McFadzean red card was probably the best thing that happened to him. It meant abandoning the 5 at the back which going all the way back to when Mowbray tried it just does not suit us .

We had both McFadzean and Carter on the bench against Sunderland. I think  we're in a better place defensively now.

It makes me sick that he's being described as a" Palace Gem".

They've has fuck all tp do with it. Just handed a cheque over to an impoverished club, (with billionaire owners),

Pretty confident we'll stay up now. Dependent on avoiding injuries to key players with JRC possibly the most valuable to us of all. Sorry Sammi!

We played a blinder and that should vastly up our confidence. No reason why we can't play like that again.

I expect we'll get the points from those remaining fixtures where the other side has nothing to play for.

Points against the likes of Southampton and Leicester would be a bonus.

Be a good time to sell us if we stay up. Its the most you'll ever get Venkys!

Otherwise we stay up and face yet another transfer window farce and the problems kick off all over again.

From the Guardian--enough to make you puke. Palace---a genius at discovering new talent!

As if it wasn't bleeding obvious!

Crystal Palace’s admired recruitment department have unearthed another gem in Adam Wharton, the 19-year-old bought for £18.5m from Blackburn in January. If Eberechi Eze was the outstanding player at the City Ground, his runs dovetailed with Wharton, whose vision and weight of left-foot passes were on point on a number of occasions. To follow Eze and Michael Olise, Wharton is the latest Palace diamond mined from the EFL, where talent abounds if you look in the right places. Daniel Muñoz, the Colombian defender also signed in January, also put in a fine performance at Forest. Little wonder Dougie Freedman, the former Palace striker and manager turned Eagles sporting director, is one of the most respected members of football’s ever-growing class of front-office execs. That Palace are renowned as a talent factory is tribute to the department Freedman heads up. Wharton, capped by England Under-21’s last week, represents the latest proof. John Brewin

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

You'd have to be a bit simple to not realise Eustace has made improvements on the defensive side of things

Its a struggle though when you have 2 keepers like ours. I always feel both have a couple of blunders in their repertoire!

Disgusting that we are lacking in such a key position.

5 hours ago, des said:

Well we won which us great intninkmwe can play better but winning is what count s. Ps we need new goal keepers

We had less possession too---45% as against 55%--seems to indicate we were rather more direct!

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Winning a game gives a great feeling

Its been a while....!

The day Kaminski went to Luton I wrote "this will come back to haunt us"

Relegation looms just to save a measly £2M. It'll cost us way more than that.

56 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

How long until we're having to loan players from Bamber Bridge?

Local Derbys--Rovers v Chorley, Rovers v Bamber Bridge etc

Players won't need the new coach, public transport available.

12 hours ago, 47er said:

Media selling Finneran for us now! Just turned 16 and never kicked a ball for us.

What's the bloody point?

https://the72.co.uk/2024/03/26/elite-european-clubs-set-sights-on-blackburn-rovers-starlet/

And what do you know, he's yet to sign a professional contract! Newc after him now.

We are raising star players with little benefit for us! They don't play for us and we don't get a real fee.

Unsustainable.

Media selling Finneran for us now! Just turned 16 and never kicked a ball for us.

What's the bloody point?

https://the72.co.uk/2024/03/26/elite-european-clubs-set-sights-on-blackburn-rovers-starlet/