If they have 7k tickets it will be pretty close as to who has the bigger crowd on the night. Ewood was low on Saturday in terms of actual people and with this being on a Monday night combined with our home form I doubt many will go. Me included.

I think we will go down if they don’t change the manager. He’s out his depth at this level and other managers have us completely worked out. His defensive approach to football is a joke and our record this season is an embarrassment. All of our defensive players have gone backwards in their development under his management. I am utterly bored of watching us. I have never understood the hype around his style and 95% of the time it’s akin to watching a training match. If Szmodic hadn’t worked miracles this season we would probably be bottom 3 already. Ewood has become so quiet on match days I reckon I could have slept through the second half yesterday.

Terrible performance and result, should have lost if they hadn’t fluffed 2 one on ones. I don’t think I have ever been as bored at Ewood in the last 30 years as I have under JDT. The ground is like a morgue and it feels like the club is dying slowly.

If I could target any position for a signing it would probably be right wing/forward. Someone with blistering pace and some tricks. It’s like playing with 10 men with Moran and Markandy out there.

Must win today, lose this and I think rovers and JDT won’t recover from it. Good to see players coming back and it gives me hope of a turn in fortunes. I’d throw the lot back in from the start. Gally, Pears and JRC lineup and if they tire after an hour then can come off. I really hope JDT has been working on the defence this week. Huddersfield worked us out perfectly away and if we play the same will lose.

The Preston situation is a good example he cant hide from, season ticket prices went down and crowds and revenues went up. Case study shows it works and its down the road with similar size/demographics.

In fairness to Ennis he has only started 3 league games all season, the other 6-7 appearances are 15-20 min runouts in a handful of games we were mainly losing. He hasnt shown anything to get us thinking he will be a world beater but I would defo be keeping him in the squad given the fact he is the only other striker with any experience alongside Gallagher.

The home form has been dreadful all season with 7 losses by Xmas. We have also conceded an incredible 23 goals at Ewood already in 13 matches. Unless the manager changes our approach I see another loss on the cards. He is stubborn and won’t. I think it’s become more about him making a statement than the team now. Huddersfield worked us out completely at their place the other week. Give us the ball till we over commit then bang us on the break. 1-3 Huddersfield.

Huddersfield spanked us 3-0 a few weeks ago so it’s not going to be a picnic on Saturday. If we just carry on with the same tactics and approach what’s going to change?

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24049327.jon-dahl-tomasson-offers-hint-blackburn-rovers-tactics/ For all of us asking him to tighten things up with an extra defensive mid or 3 at the back it seems the answer appears to be 'No' (albeit he doesn't actually say those words). Not sure where we go from here other than hope the players somehow make it work before we end up in the relegation zone?

He said on radio lancs after the Rotherham game “We know we have to take a 2 goal lead to win games” or something to that effect. The commentators were staggered at the admission particularly Kevin Gallacher. He won’t change I don’t think.

Prior to that run we lost 5 out of 6 league games starting from September. But JDT doesn’t mention that in his interviews so it doesn’t get parroted back on here.

if we can’t afford to pay the heating bills then I doubt we can afford to sack him. If we did it would probably mean selling Gallagher just to pay him off. The home form has been shocking all season and over Xmas the away form has gone the same way. I honestly feel like it’s a relegation season. Too many drawn in by JdT’s media skills and ignorant of his failure to get the best out of the players we have.

Based on our current performances how many players do you think he needs to turn it around and in what positions?

Relegation here we come. The most worrying thing about this bad run is nobody at the club seems to really care or acknowledge how bad things are. The manager never takes any responsibility and am sure post match he will blame recruitment rather than his suicidal tactics. The players seem to still think we are playoff candidates. The directors seem more keen to loan or sell players than results on the pitch. The owners seem more bothered about court cases than the club. Where does that leave us fans? None of the above give two hoots about us other than that we all blindly clap along accepting it all.

I would bet that if Gallagher goes it’s purely for financial reasons. In the summer they likely anticipate another 20% budget cut or some nonsense and therefore won’t do his 12 month extension given his high earner status. So they sell him now and get some money rather than nothing. it won’t be reinvested and just offset against the bills, meanwhile his wage is freed up for yet another schoolboy loan for 6 months. eventually there will be nothing left to sell or cut.

Back in the day Jason Roberts did a video for BBC football skills on how to convert a one-on-one. I couldnt think of anyone worse for missing them 🤣

Morton was an enigma to me having watched him at Ewood over a full season. I still believe there was some sort of deal where he had to play. He couldn’t defend or tackle. He didn’t assist or score. Instead he just existed in the middle and recycled possession like it was a hot potato. Wharton and Tronstad are massive upgrades on him in my opinion. Fair play if he makes it in the prem but he showed nothing at rovers to make me think he will.

Agree Moran has been terrible for a while now but seems to keep getting picked, I think when we get everyone back fit he will hardly feature.

Im not really sure what a good striker would look like in a JDT team. The role seems to be more about pressing and creating opportunities for the wide players/Szmodic than getting in the box. Something Dolan did well in his stint there. The cross and headed finish from Leonard on Saturday was the first time I had seen us with some traditional forward play in ages.

I can't realistically see Ennis leaving given how threadbare our forward line is, even when Gallagher comes back its just a matter of time till he gets injured again.

Knew we would get a thumping win if I didn’t go…those that attended, you’re welcome 😉

Fortunately Tronstad has shown to be fairly robust in his first season but knowing our luck will now be ruled out for the season on the 1st Feb. Have the club stated they will replace Travis or is it just accepted that Garrett got a promotion and some other midfielder from the reserves is 3rd in line?

Never mind I can see we are on completely different wave lengths

My point was Travis was given to him and he didn’t use him this season. I never mentioned anyone else other than Kaminski which is the same point. He can’t moan about experience when he overlooks it or moves it on. He should just say I don’t rate them and want somebody else instead. its PR bullshit