RevidgeBlue

That hoary old chestnut "who could we possibly get in that's better than him?" raises its' ugly head yet again and it's no more compelling an argument than it ever was in the past. For me it's quite simple. If a manager clearly isnt working out, he has to go - at least at a normal Club. I liken it to a situation with a broken light bulb, you can come in every day hoping that bulb will suddenly start to work, but it won't. The only alternative is to change the bulb and hope that the new one doesn't go wrong before you expected. We had this for years when Mowbray was here, "Who could we possibly get in better than him? Errr......predictably as it turned out, the next two guys who came in immediately after him and with Gary Bowyer after which I think most people would say Lambert was an upgrade. I didn't want VI when he was appointed and I think we're going down if he stays. For me he has no appealing features whatsoever and at a normal Club I think the powers that be would be rolling the dice and taking a chance on someone else. Unfortunately we know we're not a normal Club and we know results on the pitch are secondary to cutting costs so I suppose he'll be completely safe for the foreseeable. Maybe a token gesture will be made to replace him when it's too late to try and deflect some blame away from the 2 stooges. Happy Days.

As someone who is normally one of the best posters on the Forum, I think you're way off the mark blaming the fans in any way, shape or form. This season is it one win, one draw and six defeats at home in the League plus a defeat at home in the League Cup this season? (The latter of which we were told doesn't count) I actually feel desperately sorry for anyone who's forked out good money for a season ticket this season. Where's the attraction in trailing down to Ewood every game to see us get beaten? The players need to give the fans something, anything, to latch on to. But they're not doing. To rub salt in the wound, this fraud of a Head Coach who has been complicit in the destruction of the squad and Miller (who imo is playing several levels above his actual ability) have had the gall to infer its the atmosphere in the stadium which is to blame. Finally, if you can't see the reason why more people turned up for a one off game to celebrate our 150th anniversary on a Saturday (against a former manager a few could cast as the pantomime villain) than for a midweek night fixture on the red button at the end of November I despair. As a side issue, was the £17 offer in the Riversjde even publicised? Im on this site every day and wasn't aware of it.

I've also seen us fold countless times under the weight of expectation of playing in front of a bigger than normal home crowd over the years. I dont think it should make any difference either way. They shouldn't bottle it in front of a big crowd and they shouldnt be demotivated by playing in front of smaller crowds. At the very least if it does happen, hold your hands up after a poor performance and don't use it as an excuse! We obviously dont agree on this and that's fine. No point going back and forward all night.

If you accept the above then Im not really sure what point you're trying to make in the first place. They're paid to do a job. It's irrelevant whether there's 10 people, 1000, 10,000 or 30,000 in the stadium. Or the underlying reason behind it. We all know it's the owners and management's fault but that's a different argument altogether.

We are worse at home, but that's because the limited talents we do have are better suited to counter attacking than unlocking teams at home. The crowds or atmosphere or lack thereof at Ewood should have no bearing on performances whatsoever. What if we went into lockdown tomorrow? Should we just give up and concede the remainder of our games?

Sorry, not having that for one minute. If there were 1000 in, or we were back in lockdown conditions and playing behind closed doors, thats still no excuse whatsoever for not performing.

This is a major problem under Ismael. Why are we so flat and lethargic in the first half of games at Ewood? We're not brilliant in the second half either but usually better than the first.

Good to see you posting Blue Blood, I'm amazed you think we look "comfortable" though. Wednesday obviously look like they'll take up one of the relegation spots. You might argue the same about Oxford to a lesser degree. After that Id expect Sheff Utd to finish above us and it wouldnt take much for Norwich to suddenly click either. Are we significantly better than either Swansea or Portsmouth? Our home form will be crucial. If we can't sort that out I still think we'll go down.

Barnes is kissing the Club's arse.

This excuse of blaming the home crowd/atmosphere for shite displays at home has to stop and needs calling out if Ismael or any of the players allude to it in future.

Weren't even that for the first ten games!

I thought the other way round. The first was absolutely unforgiveable for a professional footballer. The second was very good goalkeeping although he probably shouldnt have given him the chance.

Id add Hickman, Miller and Kargbo to that.

And the Christmas kitty down the Swannee!

Don't know where to start with that. They should to a man be embarrassed with that shit show tonight apart from Pratt and maybe Pears. What worries me is, that whilst there's no obvious sign we're any nearer to solving our problems at home, we surely won't carry on winning nearly all our away games.

As commendable as we've been away from home I think Ismael has produced the worst set of home performances I've ever seen from us. Chucking bodies on in desperation now. Let's hope we get lucky.

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I use it as a term of endearment in a joking context obviously.

Cos he's been crap.

Crystal meth man looked like he was coming on 5-10 mins ago. .......Here he comes. Not Gudjohnssen's night by any stretch.

No real quality but getting very frenetic now. I think one side will score - no idea which one.

Fortunate there. Weren't playing to the whistle.

Poor from Hedges there after the keeper gifted it to him.

Bit harsh, great anticipation and save by their keeper. Ideally AG should maybe have had a quick look and picked his spot but then he'd be worth in the tens of millions.

You dont come out of Paserelli's looking like that...... Lucky if you've any hair left!