Clarke og on the BBC

George Hirst, who looked like a non-league player in a Rovers shirt. T'was inevitable I suppose.

It's all going Pears shaped. He looked a decent keeper for 6 months last season but has reverted to his previous useless self. Time to bin him - he's costing us more and more points

Well, that didn't take long. soft as a baby's bottom this team

Here we go, and the first goal of the day will be scored by.......... George Hirst! It's the immutable law of the ex.

Maggott has the mindset of an accountant who think he can manage a football club using a spreadsheet. He knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. The only policy tool known to him is to cut. So long as his figures balance, nothing else matters to him. People like Maggott have been the curse of British industry for decades. They don't know how to innovate, or how to invest, or how to grow, and all they can deliver is austerity, in Maggott's case by selling training grounds, closing stands, failing to maintain the Ewood infrastructure. Cut, cut cut. Maggott is dangerous to the long-term survival of BRFC. .

Anyone can cut costs. It's easy to save money in any business. You don't need to have an exec on £300,000 to cut costs. A large part of a CEO's remit is to grow and expand the business, and for instance for the Cardiff game aim to get 10,000 in by going out and selling the game to the East Lancs public, Has he heard of one-match promotions? This is all clearly beyond Maggott, probably because it's too "difficult", and closing the BE is easier. First job for any new owner is to shunt this bloke out of the club

Waggott's making that up to justify his decision. There's no way the crowd will be as low as 2,000 - if it is that low it would possibly be a club record. Did no one challenge it?

Say it like it is and straight to the point. Not much to disagree with.

Shouldn't have to matey If he doesn't know a story when it hits him on the nose then he shouldn't be a journalist Perhaps he doesn't wants to upset his chums at Ewood

The decline of local journalism is very regrettable. People have lost a voice and democracy suffers. The likes of Peter White and Alf Thornton would have given the club and CEO both barrels in days gone by over the Blackburn End closure. It would have been a front page story, 144pt banner headlines Such is progress.

Dodgy goalkeeper, error prone defenders, porous midfield lacking strength and nous, non-existent forwards who can't score. What could possibly go wrong?

I don't see how anyone can "enjoy" a match - any match - that Rovers lose. Last night was a well worn script - we played well for a while, failed to score, then crumbled under the slightest pressure. The second half was awful to watch - so much for "enjoyment". I'm even more pessimistic than usual about the season. We're weaker than last year, we don't have any decent forwards, Pears is always likely to make a mistake and worryingly, the midfield looks a mess too.

How many would Brereton got tonight? The lad wasn't always great but he scored goals and he would surely have notched a couple tonight. The simple fact is he hasn't been replaced properly. The lack of a natural goalscorer is killing us.

Great insight there. It's been bleedin' obvious since the end of last season

Midway through September and the season is already unraveling. It’s obvious the summer transfer window was wasted, the squad is worse than last season and we’ve no hope of getting anywhere near the playoffs.

The club is going nowhere. Another wasted season

Please don't lose to Tony..... not him of all people

Is it a cup game?

I'm sure his family are very happy in the Ribble valley. It's a pleasant area with good schools, and it will probably be their UK base for the foreseeable. But that doesn't mean dad won't find work elsewhere.

Last time I went to Portman Road was our first season down after relegation from the Premier League under the wonderful Steve Keen. The match ended 1-1 but we would have lost if they'd taken their chances. I won't be going this time - it's a long way home after a defeat which Iooks inevitable on current form

No better than East Lancs and the Ribble valley in particular. I think that will be the least of his considerations; more important is the "project" isn't the one he was sold and he's been lied to; he's realised the club is dysfunctional and is run by third grade execs; and most important, he wants success and he's unlikely to achieve it on a shoestring budget

He'll be off as soon as a better club comes along - it won't be long

Do you have the video clip? I'd love to see it. I was a world class player too - in my back garden

Good piece in the Times this week on Bradford City. Struggling for results at the moment in the fourth division under Mark Hughes but crowds are averaging around 18,000, better than many Championship clubs including Rovers, and the place is bubbling with enthusiasm. Their fans have suffered a roller coaster ride even more than us in the past decade or so but the feeling is they’re on the way back. You don’t get that feeling with us