Everyone has their own opinion. Mine is that Bennet is a better cover at right-back, than Buckley. This does not mean that I think he is good in that position.

Especially if Pike could fill in there. Mowbray is the person to blame.

For me it's only 51 years, but those are my sentiments exactly.

Other players mistakes do not make Buckley a reasonable full-back.

Lets wait and see.

It doesn't matter who Stoke have, anybody will be dangerous against our defence

I always remember O'Mara's comment. "The people of Blackburn have not seen the best of me yet". The problem was, that we had and it wasn't good.

I don't know what future ticket prices will be, but you should only compare them to other clubs prices at the time, not our historical prices . I have a simple solution if I am not happy with the price of tickets, or the quality of football on display. I will not go.

A player confident in his abilities won't. How is Bucko playing at full-back for the good of the team ?

Ah! Bucafrates.

Right-back or midfield ?

If he had that much confidence he would say to the manager. I am a midfielder not a full-back. Play me in midfield. It is upto the player to then justify his confidence.

I'll be listening on radio Lancs. Although Kevin Gallagher talks some drivel at times.

I say this yet again I will leave judgement of the player until he has actually played a few games for us. I hope he works out for us, for the good of Blackburn Rovers, not the manager.

Make sure no-one can see

Let's just stop bickering, would be a good start!

At the moment our toothless defence is being usurped by our toothless attack. And worst of the lot is our toothless manager

Then take the ball the player and launch them

True. The only thing I am going on, is our past record with these sort of things.

Are you speculating that the Rovers are doing the same as Stoke, or do you know that for a fact ?

What is noticeable is that Stoke have looked elsewhere straightaway. We will be hanging on to faint hope till the bitter end, when it will be too late, or we will go for a panic buy/loan.

I certainly don't miss watching the shit The Rovers are producing at the moment. I am just glad I never renewed my season ticket. If we improve I will retune the radio on Saturday afternoons. Tier 7, vaccine sometime in the future. Still Alive and Kicking.

So would I.

I have to be fair. When he signed I thought it was a good deal, so I will not put Mowbray down for that. Mowbray has plenty of other black marks to have a go at.

I am not a great one for judging a footballer by data. I revert to my original question. Can Pickering defend? PS. A bargain can only be judged in hindsight.