TimmyJimmy

I think my misreading of: "The Aynsley Pears depreciation thread" as: "The Aynsley Pears deprecation thread" roughly sums up my opinion. To save you looking it up if you're not into software development its the term used for something that is still available, but it’s no longer recommended and will be removed in the future. Happy with him as #2 but given we're cash strapped and have to save the pennies his wages probably mean he needs to move one with VI getting his end of year bonus for bringing another Academy grad through to the bench. So yes, “It’s old, it still works for now, but please stop using it because it’s going away soon.”

Hate the club under this Gestede/Pasha stewardship but strangely encouraged by some of the new players. A team with Cantwell, Baradji, Gudjohnsen, Mori, Ohashi and Tronstad is a team should be exciting - yet it's not ('ish). The problem as I see it is that we have made a wall of good bricks but no cement, we're far too easy to push over. Yet getting these guys on the ball fills me with more optimism than say the Gallaghers and Dolans of this world that we had in previous seasons (yes I know Dolans doing OK this year). Things clearly haven't clicked and I'm getting tired of "mañana, mañana, always mañana". The cement was thrown out in the close season (now doing its work in Derby and Wrexham) to be replaced by flour and water paste. Stupid, hubristic, amateurish arrogance by you know who. Keeping the likes of Travis, Baath and Hyam and ADDING the new guys - I think we'd be in a totally different place by now. After 15 years I shouldn't be surprised by the arrogant incompetence but I still am. What could have been. We're going to be lucky to stay up.

Got my wish, black screen again. Goodnight all.

Skys back. Prefer the black screen to be honest.

Obviously some water got into the Sky TV circuitry. Silence is golden here staring at a black screen. Things just keep on getting better.

Game goes ahead and Oxford win - I can feel the pain now. Postpone it and get the injured players sorted instead.

Heavy ground plus too many games in too short a period = hamstrings. Good job we have a huge squad of top players (not). Balancing all considerations a 14:00 postponement is the best outcome for us. The rest day won't come amiss for tired legs. Live to fight another day.

Not a hope in Hell that it'll be completed even if it's played.

Agree totally that the drainage system needs updating. It's a close season job. Right now we need an intermediate solution and it's surely not rocket science. The pitch is only a 105 x 69 meter surface FFS. The Problem. Turf and soil have capacity for holding water beyond which the ground is 'waterlogged' and new rainfall sits on top. The Solution. Stop it from being waterlogged. No dry turf is going to get beyond its capacity with 90 minutes of match time rainfall no matter how hard it rains. Cover the playing surface days before and move the water falling on the covers. The pitch is raised and water falls downwards (are you sitting comfortably children). Wherever it pools buy a small made in China pump and move somewhere, anywhere, away from the pitch. It'll find its own way to natural drainage (witness Nuttall St isn't under water). It's like you need to talk to these 'directors' like 6 year olds. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE PASHA/GESTEDE!! A 105 x 69 meter surface to look after and we piss 6 points up the wall because we hadn't realised rain in Blackburn could be an issue. Give me strength. Oxford, stay at home, it's goning to rain hard and we're f'ing clueless.

I used to love match days now I just think what's the f'ing point. Team sold, average unknowns bought, awful ownership, no money, decaying ground, abandoned game after abandoned game, directors who couldn't organise a bunk up in a brothel. We used to be Blackburn Rovers FFS. I'm embarrassed to say that out loud these days, I keep it secret. Win lose or draw this match will have no impact on anything, we'll survive this season by the skin of our teeth and then the whole circus starts again next year. Plus ca change and all that. Rovers 1:0 but game abandoned due to Venky/Padha/Gestede mismanagement .

In cricket, if it rains, they bring the covers on to protect the pitch. How much do tarpaulins cost? Covering just the centre of the pitch where most play occurs would help even if you can't afford more than one for the wings. Rain is forecastable days ahead. Covering the ground beforehand to stop the turf being totally saturated gives it the capacity to soak up 90 minutes worth of rain on the day. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE! Organisation and a bit of forethought is all that's required n'est pas. Oh, wait a minute, this is Venky Rovers, I forgot, my bad.

Today there were 44 scheduled professional league matches in England across the four divisions. Two were abandoned. Charlton because of a spectator illness and ONE for a waterlogged pitch. For that club this is the second home fixture abandonment due to a waterlogged pitch. Elsewhere no other Prem/Championship/League2 match in England has been abandoned due to waterlogging THIS SEASON (Bolton's was down to a lights failure). Mr Gestede, please talk your way out of that. "We didn't think there was a problem" - then you're useless and you're fired. "The owners won't fund us" - they're worse than useless - they're fired. "We couldn't generate funds on our own" - Ahem, Wharton, Szmodics, the bus load of players that turned up in Derby and Wrexham - you're fired. Oh, you can't be arsed doing the boring day to day stuff like fixing fax machine, stitching and draining the pitch, cleaning and repairing the stadium - do us a favour, go away. PLEASE, and take that Pasha bloke with you.

If the drainage is shit then why hasn't the pitch been covered all week.

Calked it before kick off. Inevitable. Shocking lack of investment. Go figure. F'ing miserly crooks.

Wednesday players complaining. They'll keep on, eventually they'll get it called off. Inevitable I fear.

I know I'm considered an eternal pessimist but it's slashing down here and my weather app says another full centimeter before 17:00. Given the state of our drainage us this game even going to start never mind finish.

Pratt played very well and I felt no worries when he was on the ball and when defending. Not much more to ask for really. The boy done good. On the wider topic, we don't have a Beckenbauer or a van Dijk at the club, a fact that JDT didn't understand and that cost us big time with the nonsensical passing the ball around in our box. It's good to have the Litherlands and Atchesons coming through but for me someone who is always fit and available and knows where row Z is gets my vote over silky passing out of defence but is a perpetual sick note (Carter/Wharton-esque). Who knows how Pratt will develop but as far as his first team debute is concerned I think the boy can be proud of that performance. Can he get better, sure, but for this week it's pat on the back time from me.

They have a shower in the lounge!? Must be for all the cold sweats they got when they saw how they'd ballsed the last transfer window.

Officials very poor tonight. We all screamed penalty for the hand in the face, how was it not given. As obvious as it comes. There's nothing extra to add to whats already been said about that potentially career ending 'tackle' except it was totally deliberate. Again officials gave nothing. Nob End started shit housing from the off, how many pushes in the back for the ref to actually see one. Shocking display, just pathetic. Good win. The two academy lads did brill. The two japanese lads did brill. Aggression throughout the team. Enjoyable win and well deserved.

<Flame On> They were pulling the shirt off his back which is called a foul last time I checked. You shouldn't have to go down to get the decision but you really do. Thats NOT cheating. In addition there were umpteen legs chopping at him IN THE BOX. We're in the 94 minute and LOSING and it's supposed to be a significant match in our history and against a manager and players who dumped us. We were losing with seconds to go. If I was playing I would go down every single time and then hand my boy scouts good conduct medal back after the match. Cheating. Give me break. They'd already escaped a blatant hand ball in the box, not like they were a team of Sir Galahads. </Flame Off>

Totally. Dion is dragging his shirt off his back too and he still stands up. Useless.

Gueye did everything right in the 94th minute. Hacks the ball through a crowd of players and finds himself in the area surrounded by flailing legs. What does a pro footballer do? Answer find a leg and go over it. He has absolutely no footballing nous or skill. That simple thing. Every other player whose ever played goes down. The ref would give it as turning it down would unleash bedlam from the home team and giving it just ends the game even stevens. He needs potting assp.

Oh my. Totally unexpected. What a great feeling, 2 in 2. Calls for something strong tonight but with a bit of quality. I'm taking about beer by the way before you start making lewd comments!

100% agree sir, a great summary and you've nailed all the main points for me. I'd add that I'm still not sure about this overloading on the right wing tactic. Not having a great striker would be helped if we had more bodies in the middle.

For me this game showed that we do too much on the wings. We need players to be more central affecting the game and pulling oppo players inwards to give cover. We play wing backs so they need midfield cover when they bomb forward but they don't want wingers in front of them getting in their way. That just adds up to tippy tappy triangle play in the corner with the striker checking out his nail manicure waiting for the ball to arrive. Clearly I'm just an average joe from the crowd and not a badge carrying coach but that sounds sensible to me and was my observation yesterday. Trust the player on the ball and find your own space, stop crowding each other just in case shit happens. Creating an overload? Why? You come out with the ball at your feet ready to cross and there's no one there to take it. We don't have an Erling Haaland who can do it on his own, we need several players in there to make something happen. IMO. Anyhow, good 3 points, very welcome.