When you start with a weaker team than last season and don't strengthen in the transfer window this is what you get

Back to earth with a bump after the training session game at Harrogate. And we should be leading but the usual culprits in attack just don't have the extra bit of quality. It's the little things that make the difference

What’s he done now? I suppose he’s to blame for the cost of living crisis too

It is a failure

That’s not like you to criticise Travis

Speedie was an absolute gem for Rovers. So many players in the modern game should watch him and learn. Some terrible mistakes by Shilton in that clip too - way past his best

Good scoreline from a Rovers point of view but it amounted to little more than a training game and Harrogate were pitiful and their manager insulted the competition and embarrassed the club's fans by fielding such a weak team. It's about time clubs were sanctioned for doing it

Andy Rankin, started his career at Everton. Died about a week ago, aged 79 ☹️

A leaky defence, an at times sub standard goalkeeper and a toothless attack that struggles to score goals suggests only one outcome today. Watford 2 Rovers 0

So injury-prone new signing is out injured while we struggled on with kids and players who aren't good enough. And some folk continue to insist we aren't weaker than last season

FYI the UK media is predominantly London based , especially since the 1990s when the national newspapers began shutting their Manchester production facilities and a press already tilted towards the south outside of the “ big clubs” became even more biased in its coverage of football and news generally Rovers in our glory years were never given the credit we deserved because we were seen as a small town club that had risen above our status and were dismissed as “moneybags Blackburn” and other disparaging comments by the London based press. That indifference has continued to this day as there has never been a real investigation at national media level over Venkys and their destruction of our club. And we’ve sunk so far out of their consciousness that now they even failed to mention that Brad Friedel spent most of his career at Ewood Park and was is apparently a former Liverpool and Tottenham player Sorry about the long post but I felt I needed to clear up what appeared to be a misunderstanding on your part

And your point is?

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Yes, it's annoying. London media bias

It's a bit like the Bazball (cricket) ideology as applied to football. It doesn't always work and there are times when you have to grind out a point. A few more of those away from home last season and we might have been in the play-offs.

I wouldn't, I really wouldn't. Unattractive ground and town, and we're going to get tonked. Save your money

More football disappointment on the international stage Have to say beaten by the better team

They’ve learnt a lot from their Spanish male counterparts

Object lesson by Spain here in keeping the ball and playing out time

Foul on James then was clearer than the penalty

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It really is That’s part of the “charm” No need to be condescending

Few charms? It’s more watchable than a lot the dross in the Premier League and Championship

Spain could be 3 up You can see Barcelona philosophy in the way they play, mastery of the ball, strong in possession, pressing high and the 7 second rule of trying to get the ball back when they lose it

Brilliantly worked by Spain made the most of gap left by Bronze Much the better team at the moments