Enjoyed todays game, the under 21's (albeit half were first teamers) certainly didn't play the same boring football that Tomasson is asking the first team to try and play. I am certainly aware of how kids football is inevitably not comparable in competitiveness and therefore any conclusions are limited. Dack however was clearly the stand out player on the pitch, some of his passing was outstanding as was the composure for the goal. It is an outrage that he isn't a regular in the first team, especially when the reason often given is his inability to press when the whole first team doesn't press anyway, but physically he looks the same as he did pre injury. Markanday is an interesting player, he can be quite sloppy at times but in the rare glimpses we have seen him, he really makes things happen and has loads of natural ability. His volley was superb and he also hit the post and won a penalty, I would think Especially Dack but both of these could potentially give us alternative goal threats which we sorely lack. I can't help but feel that neither probably show up well on the data compared to the likes of Szmodics, Gallagher, Hedges, Dolan and Hirst who probably run a bit more and try less risky things in the final third, and perhaps that is the way that football is going, but I would fancy either to score and assist more over a season, especially Dack. Elsewhere, if Kaminski goes to the World Cup and Belgium get far, we are screwed. Garrett impressed me, Buckley was poor and Vale could have played all night and not scored.

I suppose he would say that he was first choice whether he was or wasn't. "George wasn't our first choice but with numerous other targets being unobtainable, we have had to settle for him" perhaps wouldn't have gone down too well!

Imagine what the other targets on the list were like if Hirst and Szmodics were number 1 choice for each positon!

Cutting off our nose to spite our face by rejecting it. As you said, no business planning. £10m is a massive amount of money, especially considering the FFP excuse people love to mention, it gives us much more scope within that and in itself it is a lot of money, a profit on the purchase and it is over double what we spent in the summer which was described as a "healthy" budget.

Assuming that Ayala signed off last night for his winter break: Kaminski Brittain Hyam Wharton Pickering Travis A Wharton Markanday Dack Dolan Brereton Subs: Pears, Carter, Mola, Gallagher, Buckley, Szmodics, Hedges Travis a reluctant pick with our lauded summer recruitment leaving us massively short in central midfield. Markanday deserves a game, Hirst isn't needed in the squad.

Absolutely shocking, embarrassing performance again last night yet again, nothing to cling onto. These stupid tactics of playing it out from the back (we were more direct on Saturday) again lead to numerous ch Hirst is absolute crap, a useless lump, Morton (foul or no foul, he shouldn't run towards his own net like that) and Szmodics was crap, an outrage how Dack can be left on the sidelines with players like that ahead of him. Travis, Scott Wharton and Hedges all had shockers too. Or an alternative outlook is to ignore the various constructive questions regarding the questionable tactics, questionable selections, questionable signings etc and just put your fingers in your ears and repeat "its all part of the journey, time and patience."

Out of interest, what changes have been made as a result of what you said to Waggott? I didn't realise that we are only allowed to complain about things once we have taken the time out to have a meeting with him.

Not worth the time of day. Tells you what you want to hear without making any actual changes.

I think a more obvious conclusion is that managers all tend to come out with the same cliches and soundbites in press conferences and maybe we shouldn't take them so seriously.

I feel like it is too early to say that we are "well led" but even if that is specifically praising Broughton/Tomasson, ultimately a club is led firstly by its owners so we will never be well led until that changes. Regarding the expected push next season, we will be massively set back by the loss for free of Brereton before you consider others.

You could argue that data is similar to VAR in that it is still reliant solely on the people using it.

There seems to be a growing trend of our fans thriving in making the general fanbase seem to be an angry mob. Lots of it on social media in the last week.

Dyche is unfortunate in that he has a perhaps unfair reputation in regards to his style of play which was a case of making the best of what he had at Burnley, and also in this current climate whereby clubs would usually gravitate towards someone who has little say in off the field matters. Bournemouth would seem like a perfect job for him in being a Premier League club that has started well but will likely be very much in a scrap over the course of the season. As it is, I suspect that they will make the common mistake of giving it to the caretaker manager in O'Neil who will then struggle to maintain those standards. In normal circumstances, West Brom would be beneath his standard but with the above factored in, maybe it would be possible.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-rovers-tactics-risk-reward-25222040 Half spaces.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23034033.blackburn-rovers-boss-not-looking-table-just-yet/ Tomasson isn't looking at the league table, similar to the performance over league table claptrap that Mowbray came out with a couple of years ago. Performance first, results will follow, I have no idea where we are in the league etc... Proof not that Tomasson warrants similar fury that Mowbray got when he said it, but that all managers trot out the same cliches and it is probably best not to micro analyse them!

The data about his work rate in training. Deary me.

Waggott would never change pricing strategies based on what one individual fan says in an informal chat over a cup of tea and a few biscuits. That has been proven across his tenure, if indeed he even has final say. He clearly just trots out business talk.

I think pricing is the key but the club ballsed it up again.

I quite like the idea of putting Szmodics into the channel where Gallagher was yesterday and introducing Dack in behind those 2 willing runners. Not convinced by Hedges at wing back though plus Carter for Ayala is an obvious downgrade.

There must be enough colleagues at your work chaddy to cover every team in the football league based on your posts on here!

Incredible naivety.

Even if he is more exposed than he has been in the last year or two, I don't doubt that, but his defensive ability is practically non-existent. Therefore for me, he cannot be considered an elite right back.

The common denominator in all of the bullshit is Venkys.

I understand that there is a big onus on full backs now to attack and he is very good at that but IMO to be an "elite right back" then you have to at least be a competent one on one defender. When it comes to body shape, positioning and concentration, he is very poor.

Do we have regular requests for our players to get injured every week?