I think anyone would put a bit of timber on when all you can really do is sit around at first. My take on this is if it all heals well he might come back fitter and stronger than he's ever been. This is a ten million quid plus asset here so once he's able they'll be pushing him 6 days a week i reckon.

Like the debt was spiralling out of control because of the tv station that was already there being run mostly by people who are still there. Don't talk so much pap.

New contract needed new found form probably. Glad he's fit, well and playing but i'd be careful before handing him a new deal. Do we want to go over old ground yet again instead of actually going to the trouble of signing a winger or a decent striker. Not for me.

1000% ? And this is why a lot get so frustrated at times. The answer has been there all along.

I'm not expecting anything this season now. Just want to see them try and win every week and not revert to safety first. No point really we'll finish midtable ish so might as well just have a go every week. At least that way you know they've given it a shot.

Great to see that although the pair of them owe the club, manager and fans something. Long may it continue.

It can when it comes to the team and manager. Till next game at least ?

Credit again here when it's due. Very impressive how he's galvanized the troops again with so many missing. I'll say again the lack of wholesale options is at times working in our favour. That's not a criticism he's still making subtle changes but his hand is forced somewhat. Gives them an opportunity to finally gel. Twitter old soak post something positive for a change. Come out of your own 'dark place' for a change and be a man. Only dirty little weasels hide away waiting for opportunities to shed bad light on people.

Cracking performance and win this was a real awkward test. No negatives this week let's have an amnesty ?

Agree on the determined bit its always come across as we'll just keep doing what we do the way i do it and hope something comes off. If not we won't worry we'll just plod on. A very comfortable situation to be in and a very good job for a manager who seems to have found a formula of avoiding real pressure whilst doing just enough to keep everyone quiet. Quite an achievement really given all the circumstances and if he left tomorrow he'd leave us in far better shape than he found us. How long he can work this current formula without making a bold stride to push us on before we inevitably start to go backwards remains to be seen.

Can you imagine the bedding in period these fabled foreign signings are going to get, never mind the fact they have to relocate ? I wouldn't hang your hat on a decent oversees keeper being between our sticks next August.

I had high hopes i thought we had a proper manager at last but it wasn't to be. Not sure how it would have panned out if he'd stayed although i don't think for a min we'd have gone down. Given a few quid he might have made some decent signings but the football would never have been pretty i don't think. Who cares though if it's effective. On the Villa moaning he still does it apparently.

The reality of living around here is a little different i'm afraid.

It's obviously done on the back of them hoping for a good run in. If it's spectacular there'll be a few hundred takers, if not then probably barely a hundred. Waggot can go to his paymasters with the old 'we've tried everything' it's not us it's them line and has a bit of evidence to back it up. Nobody at Rovers will stand up and tell them really why the imagination isn't being caught and rock their own boat.

But they quickly went back on the things they'd promised to get him here by the sounds of it.

Things change but Lambert at the time wasn't seen as such a desperado as the other two his stock was a bit higher. He came and had a look, sought certain assurances that weren't met so moved the goalposts himself by probably being unrealistic. That in turn gave him the excuse to exert his get out clause. If he himself was represented by the same lot as has been said then not sure i'd have been that keen to see him handed 20 million to spend. Same old parasites in the background pushing their clients first to get another slice of the action. Why you'd go anywhere near anyone who was directly connected to Andersons lot i don't know. Why you'd even answer the phone to them after Owen Coyle is beyond conspiracy.

Rather ironic of you.

Another thing other clubs do in this div just to reward the regular support now and again. Yet of course when a few Rovers fans suggest it up go the cries outrage and mock offence. Bad fans, bad fans...

Venkys - Shadowman - Former SEM 'satellite' mob ----- New Blackburn manager I think that's how it works so Steve would have to get used to that if the situation arose, then again he probably has a direct line in there as well !

I think he does it for defencive purposes first and foremost.

Its worked at Wolves in a way it was never going to work here but you can bet that's the idea that was sold. Can only assume that Mendes and co are far better connected and know a lot more about football than the absolute scum that got a foot in the door here. This kind of thing won't go away though with foreign ownership models and when they see one that works it'll only encourage more, Why associates of those people still recruit managers etc here is very odd and very very suspicious still. Might not be so bad if they had decent clients on their books but they seem to be the bargain bin mob. Root cause though is the ownership who seem to get off on this and of course that fella that hides in the middle who also has the old connections.

This has been hinted at for quite some time. Payoffs are something that has been regular under Venkys ownership. If you were advising that's what you'd be angling for knowing how they operate here. Smallwood must be on a very nice contract to be happy to sit it out so long. During what are probably his peak years as a footballer. Not healthy at all these connections but the SEM path keeps getting thrown a bone for some reason.

The way I've heard it is they were all over it for a while then suddenly went cold. That tallied with the same time Downings name first appeared in the press. Then there was the alleged asking for 40k pwk from one side and the other saying you're coming initially as back up. I think it's fair to say negotiations broke down. Rovers 'went down another route' which TM often seems to do.

He can do whatever he wants but ultimately we know.....

I think at full strength our squad is better than that lot to the West. Maybe near on a parr with the other two ? But given the injuries amongst other things I think we'll fall short. Top ten can't be sniffed at though.