7 minutes ago, windymiller7 said:

The bad thing with this now, personally, is that I'm going to spend all day tomorrow on here in the desperate hope that we get the news he's going/gone! Aaaarrrrggggh! 

It's the hope that kills you. 

Count me in too

2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Let's not talk about the merits or otherwise of a US talking head on a match thread, eh lads?

Yeah, stick to the tea cakes for God's sakes... 

2 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Jesus Christ, apologies if it was mentioned in the last few days, but Pasha’s last two likes on Twitter are:

Bayes praising Mowbray’s Reading pre-match interview and Lancs’ Sports tweet where it quotes Mowbray not fearing for his job. 

FFS.

🤮😑

I know it's the hope that kills, but... Just imagine if the Pune dopes just said 'to hell with it' and forked out for a top class manager on a bumper contract... 

OK, I'll wake up now. 

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

I am intrigued about how exactly Venkys are going to find and negotiate with a new manager. The whole setup the club is so mental. 

As someone on here pointed out we got Mowbray through Paul Senior. Then Mowbray effectively appointed Waggot (lol) . So they don't know if they can really trust him to find a new manager. 

So they've got to go via an agency (but presumably will be wary of that after being rinsed by Kentaro). Or go for something mad like the Shebby Singh thing where thye get someone they trust to do it, even if they know nothing about football. 

We could be in a bit of weird situation where 

• Mowbray wants to go (his interview sounded like he does...)
• The owners want him out
• But the owners actually don't know how to do it.

How mad is that?

In that context I reckon maybe the rumours about Hughes could be true as he is well known enough for them to just pick up the phone to him directly. But I imagine Hughes won't be particularly impressed with the level of dysfunction at the club.

Rumours about Hughes? Do tell... God, what a lift that would be... 

6 minutes ago, booth said:

Whilst I agree there’s some wild exaggeration going on, I can’t believe that’s the thing you’re choosing to remark upon.

1 point in 20. Only going one way. Manager just said he couldn’t care less with a smile on his face. You can’t  blame people for making the comparisons. TM doesn’t help himself.

 

That was an extremely weird and wildly inappropriate thing to say. Who does he think he is? And why wouldn't he, at the very least, pretend a defeat bothers him? 

Is it the petulant statement of a man about to be booted out? Or the spite of the unsackable ? 

Tony is right.

Us working-class fans of working-class football will have toe-bogging and 50 yard wellies a-plenty, thank you very much. 

Our socio-economic background precludes appreciation of anything else, and - oh - to think how we suffered through all those seasons in the Premier League watching show-ponies like Tugay, Duff and Bellamy... 

Good God he talks some bollocks! 

Working class hero claptrap! 

The journey... 

Going in the right direction... 

3 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

In my case, I am starting from such a position of non-trust, I don't believe anything...Everytime I read a Waggott quotation, I just think Mandy Rice-Davies....

Not sure I needed that mental image!

Any beverage recommendations for tonight?

In the same way that one pairs superb steamed whiting with a nice chilled Fleurie, what would be a suitable accompaniment to tonight's Tony Mowbray early bird?

Just now, tomphil said:

One of them can't though they've all got to agree and big sis has to sign it off.

June meeting scheduled.

They potted Berg, Bowyer and Coyle (relatively) quickly though, didn't they?

Forget Steve Waggott, why can't one of those chumps in Pune  just do the right thing by us for ONCE, pick up the phone tonight, sack him and seek to appoint a decent - hell, Half-decent - manager to try and take the club forward?

I mean in the name of God, why won't they just do what is patently necessary?? They might even enjoy seeing the team striving to win a few matches! 

Is this garbage never going to end from Venky's? 

Cracking point! Stopped the rot! 

"I said to them young fellers in that dressing room, sometimes life 'ands yer a point agin Coventry and ye take it and ye learn from it zzzzzzz z zzzzzzz zzz (picks ear)" 

Abysmal.

Mowbray Out

Waggott Out

Venky's Out

I'm confident of a hard-earned point today.

TMBWA !!!!

2 minutes ago, JoeH said:

There's plenty of that kind of rhetoric and over-the-top comments from both sides. It's simply unrealistic to brand an entire group of people with one brush and ignore completely the other.

And the bit in bold couldn't be further from the truth for me.

"There are some very fine people... on both sides."

33 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Just seen an interview with Mowbray on Andy Bayes's twitter. Suddenly he's gone all Mr Motivator, passionate about the club, bigging us up as world famous Blackburn Rovers and how he's proud to manage us.

A complete u turn from the disrespectful shite he was peddling a couple of weeks ago. Looks like this is his Plan B to keep his job, he knows he's losing (lost) the fans and is on a charm offensive to woo back the weak and gullible (of which there are plenty). 

Shame he's got no Plan B on the pitch.

I would wager good money that Mowbray, Waggott et al are very aware of the chatter on this board. A few posters, myself included, used the very phrase about Blackburn Rovers being famous all over the world, and now he suddenly says that out of nowhere in a speech to Bayes that could be set to a melodramatic 'inspirational' Hollywood blockbuster soundtrack. 

Very odd. Whatever he may say, he clearly is worried about losing his job. 

44 minutes ago, Mercer said:

If I could find a bet on Mowbray NOT being in charge on Saturday then I would wager.

I think there is something brewing - as I posted earlier, 80% confidence in that.

Any updates from contacts Mercer? 

3 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Vinecrafter Merlot - stocked by Whalley wines, about £7/bottle.

Not a Merlot fan but wife keeps a couple of bottles handy for cooking purposes - very fruity nose and palate.  Always handy for the 'quaffers'!

That'll do it! 

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

FFS - have you never walked into either a domestic or work situation and not sensed an atmosphere or tension about the place!

They don't crayon pictures on walls!

Well I think I could've told you the atmosphere would've been tense without your insider's hushed communique, riveting as it was. 

Now can you please recommend a bog-standard, overpriced, sulphite laden, paint-stripping merlot - screw cap, no uncorking necessary - that I can degrade myself with in salute to ten years of Venky's? 

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

I don't pretend to.

Told by someone in the ground it all felt about strange after the match.  Fantasy, no, bullsh1t, no, someone's (whose judgement I trust) perception, yes.

No I don't.

But if Waggott is at his desk at 9.00 am tomorrow, it will be 3.00pm in Pune!

It felt strange. No offence but what in the name of God is that supposed to mean? 

5 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

Unfortunately this is about to end sourly for a man that did some great work for Rovers. He should have been fired before now. It's become very uncomfortable.

Who says it is going to end though? Steve Waggott? 

3 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

LET interview. As I said, he’s still here: http://bit.ly/2ZK2eJ8

🤪

It's all so mealy mouthed and pathetic. 

Like a guest who long outstays their welcome, after getting a strong hint that they're not wanted, doing a hush puppy routine. 'Well, I don't want to be a burden...' 

Just now, Mercer said:

He just might have gone.....................

Told local journos in a tizzy!

Pretty please

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Absolute rubbish imo.

Don't fall for Mowbray's spin. That squad would be capable of beating anyone in the Division under a decent manager.

Exactly. Dumb down dumb down dumb down. 

We're Blackburn Rovers for heavens sake, known all over the globe!