1 minute ago, superniko said:

Did you even read what you put you plonker?

I did and I thought I must have missed Toni playing for Birmingham 😄😄

4 minutes ago, Tom said:

I actually think it’s a really kind fixture for us, I wouldn’t fancy us against anyone top middle or bottom but a team out on their feet and exasperated should be there for the taking 

should…

Just now, bazza said:

They've lost 3-2

Well we now know they won’t be playing for the draw on Saturday…

17 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i can only think of carter and maybe tronstadt,the rest of em worth 5 pints of thwaites and a dish of special fried rice

combined?

1 minute ago, Ghost7 said:

Must be nice to have a squad where you can rest players. What a luxury! 

We just rest them during the 90 minutes.

5 minutes ago, rigger said:

The more important consideration is which Rovers team turns up.

Hopefully the ‘95 one.

I appreciate they’re now in their 50s but I’d still have more confidence in them getting the win we all crave. 

27 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

it`ll come the time when we have no one of any value left to sell,thats when the **** will hit the fan,completely illogical and frankly mad way run a football club

I think we’re close to that point already.

Who, other than Sammie, would we be confident of selling for decent money?

Coventry make 5 changes for tonight’s match - they obviously have one eye on their trip to Ewood 😄

4 hours ago, arbitro said:

And the Broughton/Venky model will become increasingly more difficult I believe. The likes of Wharton and Phillips were given a platform by Tomasson and the big clubs began to take notice. But I honestly can't see any young home grown players being given the same opportunity under Eustace who certainly seems to trust the senior players rather than youngsters. A big thing was made of Broughton getting lots of deals done with quite a few youngsters but in reality how many of these would be deemed good enough to break through to the first team. The likes of Gamble, Batty, Vale and others will possibly be released soon. 

The big clubs also keep an eye on youth football and hoover up anything and everything they can get their hands on.

They don’t even need any of them to work out for this method to be successful as the minuscule ‘compensation’ they have to pay for academy players is easily recouped through loaning them out to the lower divisions.

The whole system is set up for the benefit of the big clubs (see also, no more FA cup replays)

15 minutes ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

Fair point but if your entire business model is based on developing youth and selling for profit then your plan is badly flawed and doomed to failure so yes the club is to blame for the situation.

I don’t agree they’re to blame for the Philips situation but I do agree a business model which is difficult/impossible to achieve (due to the current system) is a flawed one.

1 hour ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

Agreeing to such a small a release clause as 2 mill even when Philips signed pro was asking for premiership clubs to plunder. 

 

Surely whether that was a fuck up by us depends on whether he’d have still signed without a clause/if the clause was higher.

As shit as our club is, I think ‘the system’ is the main culprit in this case.

It will probably end up the same with Finneran (if we even manage to keep him until he can sign a pro contract) and may well have happened with Wharton had he not been a Rovers fan.

1 minute ago, Blue blood said:

I think we get at least a point out of Coventry, This is based on: 

- They must be knackered. A cup semi defeat in such a manner, after extra time, and a midweek game? They'll be done physically and mentally. 

- Rovers pull out surprising wins when you least expect it, like the Leeds game. We have it in us, and our form has been... okay the last few weeks. (As in not as crummy as it was previously.) Wins against Sunderland and Leeds, a good point vs Southampton, it's not beyond us to put in an ok performance. 

Personally I think it's a draw and we limp over the finish line. One extra point should be more than enough, and it'll be hailed as an achievement by all involved. All the while the visitors show us what can happen when you get rid of the vermin infesting your club... 

They should put that on the season ticket blurb.

4 minutes ago, J*B said:

I’m astonished anyone thinks Markanday has anything about him. He’s rubbish. 

Give it time and we’ll reach his level.

10 minutes ago, Ianrally said:

I totally agree. Why don’t we go back to being level is deemed to be onside, and when the lines are drawn, if the red line and the green line are touching each other then that is also classed as onside.
There should be a defined distance between the lines before it’s called offside to negate the exact moment the player passing the ball actually touches the ball.
Goal line technology is perfect and immediate, just like Hawkeye at tennis. Why VAR takes so long is a joke and therefore needs to be scrapped until a better solution is found. 

If it takes more than a few seconds to decide whether a clear and obvious error has been made then by definition any error can’t have been clear and obvious.

They’re looking for perfection when (1) that was never the intention of VAR (2) they’re nowhere near capable of achieving this.

1 hour ago, bazza said:

I have been forecasting Rovers to be relegated ever since JDT lost interest. The only consolation for the rest of you is that Rovers very rarely do as I predict.

I think Coventry are one of our bogey sides at Ewood.

Also I thought a few of us wanted Rovers to go down in order to get rid of the owners.

This should be in the pessimism thread.

The last three seasons have all been draws.

1 minute ago, Ianrally said:

It wont apply as his release clause is for Rotherham being relegated which they have been, so why would he come to a League 1 Blackburn Rovers.

I’m not convinced he’d come to a championship Rovers either.

6 hours ago, tomphil said:

Has Waggot filled the upper first ?

If not, why not ?

No, they’ve been given the whole of the lower tier.

Because he’s a twat. 

6 hours ago, Commondore said:

Viktor Johansson, who's been among the best keepers in the league for two seasons running despite playing for a hopeless Rotherham side, has a £750.000 relegation release clause... 

That’s probably £750,000 more than our transfer budget will be. 

6 hours ago, Southside Rover said:

I think Buffon is stretching it even for 1 game a season...

This Buffon perhaps…

7 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

I'm expecting Simms, Wright and O'Hare to have a lot of fun against our defence. If they play like they did in the second half yesterday, it'll be a long day.

Their league position, whilst far better than ours, would suggest they don’t often play like that.

11 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

“We love it when the away team bring a big following. Like Preston and Wrexham. There is really only an atmosphere when the away end is full. We want to play in front of a full house.”

- Aynsley Pears. In that infamous meeting at the start of February.

Gallagher and Hyam were in agreement.

Did anyone suggest to them that there’s  a link between the team’s performances and the ‘atmosphere’ of the home fans?

13 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Pears has that one game in 10 where he looks like prime Buffon, but in the other 9 he ranges from a steady championship keeper to a Sunday League bench player. Unfortunately, the latter almost always comes up in key matches where we're expected to do well, like yesterday.

Was barely qualified to be on the bench when we signed him and should never have been a number 1 at this level. Whoever made the decision to keep him in (JDT or otherwise) last season needs to give their head a wobble.

Buffon one match, Buffoon the next.

Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together 

10 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Good post.

On the highlighted text we won possession, touches and passes whilst also playing more long ball than SW.

I can't locate touches within the opposition area but recall a ridiculously low number for Rovers being mentioned in commentary.

Just to add, and not in reference to the above quoted post, I am not putting any faith into there being any form of reset at the club over the summer. This attitude avoids disappointment and invites delight if I'm wrong, but 13 years of shite teaches something.

 

15 touches in total (you needed to scroll down a bit further…)

1 hour ago, Gav said:

You’ll struggle to find a more 1980’s player picture than this, any guesses who it is?

 

 

I know but only because I cheated 😄😄