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tomphil

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  1. It's the way he has them playing makes it look worse it's effing painful hopefully they'll do the usual and step it up 2nd half.
  2. The guy tasked with it id blind to it though, willingly it seems.
  3. This times 1000 but it goes for a few others as well. Don't worry though the lads have had a nice time this aft and the boss got the ice creams in.
  4. Standard crap first half stuff usual dozy defending.
  5. Always going to happen Uncle tone is clearly very fond of that lad.
  6. I remember similar talk when they were due to come up once late 80's/early 90's i think when they hadn't been for a while. Police locked down the pubs etc and all the usual palaver. They brought about 125 fans, if that was now Waggot, the stadium manager & the local Plod would want it at 9 am on a Thursday morning. For some places that kind of thing would be a red rag to a bull but Rovers fans tend to go into hiding anyway ? They did say on one of the docus though that they'd been done up at Blackburn so times obviously changed.
  7. Why not pods lol A Blackburn Rovers B&B, the micro brewery making its own ale to sell and bakery in there making grub. Get a couple of wind turbines at each end to generate some energy. Call it the sustainables stand, why not try something pioneering instead of just creating space to farm out to some bland corporate overpriced franchise or other.
  8. There is something in this because he always starts dropping these hints this time of year. A few weeks down the line he usually totally contradicts himself though. Won't stop him retaining his favourite under achievers either. Some clues in there as to how he operates and how this set up is that boil my piss a bit 'It's not about us it's about them'. The guy needs to go and replace Gordon Taylor he's so concerned about keeping every footballer in wages regardless of whether they are any use whatsoever to this clubs aspirations. "I spend owners money wisely" - but i'll keep on all sorts of not up to the job bodies because we like them and don't want them left out in the big wide world but they can go if they've sorted themselves a better deal elsewhere. Honestly - f### ### !!! He talks of trying to improve but will not ruthlessly use all his resources for the alleged common goal. Then we'll be a few quid short again when it comes to wages for a decent goalie or defender because Uncle Tony prefers to share the pot around his lesser lights.
  9. The only thing that makes any sense there is a smaller capacity stand closer to the pitch with better facilities and some things incorporated that could help income. Micro brewery, museum, match day cafe, fast food outlet, hotel or b&b facilities, hell even a car showroom !
  10. Been here before, nice lad, fits in with the group, right agent... we'll find a position for him. On the other side of the coin had we got him the summer before we probably wouldn't have signed Brereton so the next 5 million might have gone on the defense..... Then again ?
  11. Crappleton football is the worst iv'e seen in the last 10 years i don't care what anyone says. I understood what he was trying to do but it was all wrong for the personnel we had. Millwall 2 Rovers 2
  12. Just a learning curve for him at least he's recently shown a bit of passion for it.
  13. I'd definitely say those two had finesse especially Garner but yeah they had persistence as well. Number of goals they got through just hustling, hassling or taking a gamble. That's another lost art.
  14. Sounds like something Waggot has been drawing up to keep himself busy, Chances of it actually getting signed off ? As for traffic i remember my mates dad making us leave 5 mins early every game when gates were 5k. Still queued all the way down LBR !
  15. Dickov, Kevin Davies even Mike Newell spring to mind, graft then graft some more and you'll get your fair share of goals even if you lack finesse.
  16. Agree and although most of them have a cock up in them now and again at this level other decent sides seem to find them without spending a fortune. It's quite ridiculous we have to keep rolling the keeper dice it's a risky strategy and Walton for all his ups and downs leaving it so late in the window it could have been worse.
  17. It'll be a another last minute scramble probably better to look at who's on HSH books and their associated pals.
  18. I'd have no problem with one season in the Prem as painful as it would be it has the potential to properly reset the clock for this club. It really really needs that but there seems no genuine hurry or desire from above to grasp the mettle sooner rather than later. Probably because these owners personally don't need the money and loosing 10/15 mill per year through the books of VLL & BRFC seems to suit their purpose. It's a strange set up because surely they themselves or at least their money men will know how important to the actual club accounts a Prem season and following parachutes are.
  19. Now imagine that team with the right ethics drilled into them over time and the right back up players to cover. That's what is missing here Mowbray reminds me so much of the bread and butter version of Hodgson. Constantly trying to make simple things unsimple allegedly to fox the opposition.
  20. As Blue blood mentions above it's a concern about the 3 or 4 year cycle managers tend to have. Come in, asses, sort out, push on then peak. We are or should be near peaking point now. If you look at Souness, Hughes and the like similar happened to them one went backwards alarmingly whilst the other got poached. Different times yes but more recently Bowyer, add in that those cycles at Rovers often end when the good players who've shone through in those periods begin to be sold and re-investment is wafer thin. He'll have to buck that trend if we are to make a genuine stride forwards. It's a big task.
  21. He'd be more suited to Allardyce's style than Niko was.
  22. They would give themselves more kudos and balance the debate a bit if they came on after the regular poor runs. Offering their explanations and defenses of some of the head scratching selections etc. Popping up just basically slagging off regulars most of who are hardcore attenders not excused for living somewhere else only makes them look the bitter ones really. In truth most Rovers fans sit middle ground with Mowbray and it's a reflection on him and his team. Have to say iv'e seen more anger and frustration on other usually pro TM platforms since resumption though. More and more question his methods and signings but for balance to get two good back to back efforts recently after looking dead in the water shows he still has the players and can motivate them. Still that illuminates the question why it goes missing too often when it matters.
  23. Facts my friend seeing as you bring that up... Armstrong 1.75 plus add ons rising to c 3 million, 4 year deal c 15k pwk Steve Waggot himself has pointed out we are sailing close to the FFP wind and piss so i don't know where you get the guessing from. If we have nothing to spend next season the 12 million on BB & Gallagher looks even worse business. Only if they have good seasons and it starts looking recoupable if needed can it be called - not bad. A 14 million strike force in this lge should have you knocking on the door it should even cope with the loss of one of them. I do agree some of the TM bashing goes overboard one or two of us try to balance it a bit....sometimes.
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