Stoke, isn't that where everyone is 'duck' ? Odd place but oakcakes are nice.

Will the tombola throw out brave Tony or timid Tony when the players numbers drop out ? Tricky one this and coming out of an Int break we are usually sluggish so i expect he'll go similar to at QPR looking for a draw and hoping to nab something. The defensive availability and selection holds the key for me. City 1 Rovers 1

To me it just smacks of no planning and no grasp on the situation as usual. We've arrived at this point again and they've been alerted to it, looked around and seen no other players to sell other than Arma. He wasn't sold in time so it's a case of what do we do put some more in via share issue ? No you can't that'll end up in punishment from FFP ! Oh ok what can we sell quickly ? Well there's fixed assets but we need buyers and to get around the issues fans will raise over a sale. Right we'll set up another company and buy it the decided what to do with it later on. Job sorted for another year, we'll speak again next summer. I think that is more close to how things roll between here and India.

I think you're trying to make an issue of something hes probably put behind him himself now. He's had a real connection with fans at games this season so i'd say that's a positive enough experience. He'll know he wasn't very good and he'll know why he got some stick and hes been big enough to turn it around. So much so he's something of a cult hero now and obviously enjoys it. Nothing to see, move on like Ben.

Ah .. the old wage bill debate again, always allowed to spiral under Vs, always underwritten supposedly by them through their corporation via VLL. Always spiraling despite lower paid players, academy graduates and loans. Always suspicious who's on it and where it all goes.

Even more crazy considering Nyambe is an actual right back and a decent one on his day. He'd be even better imo if he was able to concentrate on being a right back instead of a wing back just because he can move a bit.

But at ONE game a handful hurl a few boos barely heard beyond those in immediate earshot, then it makes it to twitter and is blown way over what it actually was. Then months later geezers who probably never attend an away match further than Preston are still carping on about it.

Brereton suffered being messed around badly by the manager when he first arrived. He carried a huge price tag which didn't help as it naturally created expectation. Not his fault and certainly not fans fault who after seeing the biggest money splashed since Jordan Rhodes were entitled to expect a little bit of bang for the bucks. The player himself though wasn't putting enough effort in on the pitch, nothing like he does now. He looked poor and lacking confidence but in the eyes of fans effort can cover over for that. There wasn't enough and that led to what was nothing more than a few grumbles and moans on matchday. Not the first of last player to get that at any club but all this 'booing' accusations is utter nonsense. Please point us to any really loud examples of this at Ewood or away apart from the one game where the patience of a few pissheads snapped ? That was an abject effort by both player and team at the time and if it actually gave him a kick up the backside then it did more good than harm. In truth it took a break from Ewood, a new manager putting faith in him and playing in a different approach to really set him alight. There is nothing more fickle than people trying to play both sides, people who've moaned themselves at times how poor hes been. If you want an example of real shameful treatment of a player look no further that Villa fans treatment of Gestede. The two scenarios don't remotely compare.

If he's involved in a club then there'll be more to it than meets the eye. He's not been involved in domestic academy football for how long ? So what makes him the ideal candidate for that job ? He's a middleman arriving for the wheeling and dealing one way or another.

Academy site then Ewood, then end up paying about 2 mill a year to lease them back. It'll be ok though it's all just still owned by the same lot really......

Sadly i just caught that segment on Kean earlier and White's selling job of him was embarrassing. No surprise him and talkshite would be all over this though it's one pished up jock obsessed with another. Just which young player has this rat ever produced, mentored or polished up ? Non, yet these lot now pitching him as some sort of revolutionary Academy coach. He didn't even talk any sense during that interview, it was almost like he didn't really know what he was on about so just reverted to stating a few obvious soundbites. Fraud.

Yet another with no pay on the day !!! 😒

He was out of work when Allardyce gave him a gig wasn't he ? Not sure where this super youth coach tag comes from, maybe his time at Fulham. Where best pal and drinking buddy happened to be manager. Really though just what has he done on the game at any level ?

It's all being set up nicely again up there wee Stevie comes in innocently to run the kids. Suddenly the manager leaves and in goes coco to the rescue to hold the fort because he was asked to. We know what happens next. Who owns/runs Hibs ? Clowns, Agents or Scottish underworld ? It has to be one of them it can't be a sane set of people.

No he should leave on a high.

He'll only have one agenda in mind and that'll be to weasel his way back into a managers job. Jim White will be doing a talksport special on his pal very soon no doubt.

I used to help out a friend occasionally who'd started a van dealership and i delivered a fridge van to a company in Dundee. The boss there offered to drop me at the train station when i was making my way back and we got chatting and the conversation turned to football. Once he heard i was a Rovers fan he said he played golf regularly with some of the Walker offspring 'they turn up in a helicopter just for a knock, they are crazily wealthy' This would be around 03/4 ish, so post Jack and i think it kind of sums them up. Living the high life off someone else's graft.

When someone goes beyond their sell by date and starts talking tripe on a regular basis these things happen. That's football it's no different at most other clubs.

And rake in his own 300k.

In the current climate 4791 isn't a poor do at all i'd say it was a success. In truth there'd have been barely a thousand walk on home tickets sold at the normal price bracket for a game like this. Knocking off hand outs, compli's etc. Lets not leave out the heaviest home defeat in history a few days earlier either. Always going to be some sort of reaction that by some.

No a lot of our lot like to preach to other fans about getting behind the lads ffs, how great Mowbray is and how we ought to prostrate to Vs. All whilst not or hardly managing to get to Ewood themselves (sooperfans excluded of course) Doesn't matter if you go or not you must not find fault with anything and heap praise on at all times.

And now he bemoans not having him around. Goal posts moved yet again to suit the whining and martyrdom of number 1 victim Mr M.

The 50 million transfer pot, Derek Shaw allegedly coming out with similar spiel about 'in the background' years ago, defenders are coming, top 6 is the aim, we need to play possession football, journey etc etc It's all blah blah blah i'm afraid The big things that happen go under the radar until they've happened, training ground to new company - exhibit A The rest is just lip service to fob people off because those saying it have zero power to execute what they are saying.

It's the most passionate footballing town in England though ?

We are sub 10 ST holders now by some way. The alarm bells should have been ringing loud and clear in head office some while ago. No though, their answer keep putting prices up to plug the shortfall. A normal ownership and board of directors would've been onto this ages ago but not this lot. Hide behind covid and sh#te fans line whilst drawing their own wages which presumably go up a % every year not down. The aim needs to be get to 10/12k again as soon as possible that's probably the best they can hope for at the moment. It still means a big improvement on now and better takings and atmosphere around the ground. They probably just don't think it's worth it for that though and can't be arsed. Easier to just try and cut costs for the downgrading mentality. They really do not know this club or town.