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I enjoyed watching Gally play for us. He wasn't the biggest or the quickest, but even at that young age you could see that he had the technical quality to make a contribution. He was surrounded by experienced heads who could help him out and advise when needed. That's how it should be. Not making them central figures allowing all the pressure to be placed on them. I remember it was Gally who played a superb through ball to Jon Stead for the winner against United in 2004. He played his part alongside Stead in the second half of that season, to steer us away from trouble, and that's how I mostly remember his time here. A goal of his that often comes to mind when I see his name mentioned, is the late equaliser against Chelsea at Ewood in Feb 2004. Narrow angle, he somehow clipped it past Cudicini (I think it was). Clever finish. I was sat right behind it in the Riverside. Of course, in typical Rovers fashion, we went and lost the game in injury time. He wasn't quite good enough to be a Premier League regular, in a side that was trying to achieve top 10 and more, but had a good career in the Divisions below. Oh and just on that clip. Good link up by Gally, but what a ball from Coley for the first goal. Superb! Niall Ennis? F.O!! We know what strikers look like at this club. That joker and Telalovic are not it.

The bastards will be gone one day. It feels to me like this is all gearing up towards their exit. As a side note, their favourite agency officially dissolves in March 2025. Wishful thinking, maybe. But I don't think GTA 6 is going to be the biggest sale of 2025.

True, it is an old article. There are a couple of key pointers in there though that need to be picked up on, imo. I was initially for the Gelhardt signing when he was first linked with us, as he looked like a player in the short time that I saw him at Leeds. However, he didn't do much in a Sunderland shirt. Would he be worth bringing here? We are that short on options and quality and we need fresh ideas up there, so maybe. I don't think he would be a Gallagher replacement though. I think it's likely to be Ennis out on loan, replaced by Gelhardt on loan. The buffoons are sure to have a silly valuation in mind for Gallagher, like they did with Brereton, and if it isn't met, he's probably going nowhere.

Same. A bit of research shows that Ennis shares the same agent as Harry Pickering, Patrick Gamble and Luke Brennan (former Rovers youth player). I didn't know until yesterday, but a transfer target of ours, who we have been linked with a few times previously, including just last week, also has the same agent. Joe Gelhardt. What transfer rumour was going around the other day. Was it Ennis going out on loan? Anyway, here's an article containing rave reviews about Gelhardt: https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/agent-reveals-lofty-joe-gelhardt-23881447

I think he would be too demanding for them. He was apparently expecting 12 signing to come in at Big club. Good luck with that here, Wayne. My gut feeling is Lee Bowyer coming out of the wilderness in Montserrat.

Just a hunch based on the summer...but it would not surprise me to see these clowns bring Lee Bowyer out of the wilderness in Montserrat to replace JDT. His mate, "Woody", might also be looking to get back into management after spending time as an assistant at Boro. The shortlist for JDT's replacement is going to be telling, imo. I do not share the same belief as some that Broughton will find us a decent coach/manager.

Very reminiscent of the Scott Dann signing. He played like he didn't want to be here, was shite most of the time, apart from a few games here and there. As soon as I saw that Blackburn End moment from Hyam, I was done with him. Never in the class of Nelsen, Short, Berg etc as a player or leader.

Agreed. He showed at the business end of last season that he hasn't got what it takes. Crumbled when the pressure was on. Trying to calm the Blackburn End down as he couldn't handle a bit of stick. Captain material? Not a chance. We've looked even worse at the back since his return to the side.

Their roster also includes Wahlstedt, Telalovic and former Rovers players in Zeefuik, Trybull, Harlock, plus Morton and Kaminski, as previously mentioned. JDT and Remy too. Not related to Rovers, but still an interesting read: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25228207/erik-ten-hag-agent-man-utd-academy-transfer/

It might take us falling into the bottom three before the MSM pay attention, I feel. Relegation almost certainly would. The more JDT highlights what he is having to deal with, the better, in my view. As the belief on the outside appears to be that "Venky's are doing ok now" and that they "pump money into the club" therefore they aren't that bad. It's still an absolute shit show as most of us know, it's just that there isn't visible discontent in the stands or issues highlighted by the press for outsiders to pick up on. JDT is, hopefully, painting a picture with these honest interviews. Of the local journos, I think Andy Bayes is our best hope of putting some pressure on. He has started to be more direct with his questions to JDT and Swag. He is a Rovers fan at the end of the day and I'm guessing there's only so much he can put up with too, even as a professional. There's another interviewer that I've been impressed with lately. I think he's called Adam Cottier. Direct and not afraid to ask questions. We need him and Bayes to stick it on Waggott and Broughton, in a journalistic sense, of course. There are many questions for that pair, in my view.

Real excitement in the air back then. I can remember feeling that buzz ahead of most games. Some special away performances/results that season. Dingles, Watford, Bolton, Birmingham, Grimsby, Nobbers. A particular favourite of mine was at Pride Park in the FA Cup. Drawn to face Premier League Derby and we go and smash 5 past them! What a squad and time that was. A lot of it comes down to intent. Back then, there was a clear intent from the top. We want promotion. Everybody was on board with it and the manager was backed to that end. The players wanted to do it for Uncle Jack too. Today? Only one man in the building has shown the right intent and he won't be hanging around for long.

Gary Owen was the former City player on there. I enjoyed listening to his views and he came across as a nice guy. Would often give Rovers a bit of airtime. I thought Alan Kennedy was ok too. Sharpey was just bothered about Everton. It was great to see us frustrate each of them in turn during those years.

Yeah, I remember that. On the 'Legends Football Phone in'. There was one particular Rovers visit to Old Trafford, where Thomas and a few of their fans were getting giddy beforehand on the Friday. Acting like it was a foregone conclusion for United. It took one of their wiser fans (Webby) to tell Thomas "don't take these (Rovers) lightly tomorrow, Sparky's got them playing, they are coming to attack and we have to be on it, otherwise we will get beat". Morten scored twice... Not a peep from Thomas on the Monday.

Another Duff clip. Gary Neville up against a young Duffer. Neville has no chance:

Keep on shining a light on the shit show, Jon. We're right behind you. Any neutrals reading that will be wondering what the heck is going on. Good! We need people to start asking questions.

Andy Moran, eh? @gazza1981 No thank you, there are levels to this. This is what a real Blackburn Rovers player looks like:

Yeah, he also said that even though Hanley and Duffy were sold for good fees, he was told he would only have one of their wages available to replace the pair of them with. Ridiculous. We had addressed the frontline, but managed to decimate the defence in the same breath. That's the Venky way. It looks like no lessons have been learnt either as a similar thing seems to be happening again now. I.e use one of the departing wages to cover three signings. It's a recipe for relegation, when those players are lower league standard and not of the calibre for this club. As is the case with Ennis and Telalovic.

Oh, I don't disagree. He would have most likely lumbered us with shite. It's more the idea that he didn't get the money, but the spin being put out was that he chose not to spend. Spin via itk's etc, which takes the blame away from Venky's. Something which appears to have repeated itself with Mowbray. One thing about Coyle, despite being a crap manager, he didn't have trouble finding us a striker with little money to play with. We needed strikers and he goes and gets Gallagher, Graham, Emnes and Joao. Just on that aspect alone, he puts Broughton to shame.

I don't think the Hollywood boys will have encountered a circus quite like ours before. The thought of Waggott rolling out the red carpet for them and their entourage. Yuck. Good draw on paper, there will be plenty of interest/intrigue, but I feel this has got upset all over it.

22. Steven Reid

Relegation, doesn't get you the sack here. Costing the owners £2m by acting without their authority, doesn't get you the sack here. Cocking up transfers, doesn't get you the sack here. Spiralling down the table, doesn't get you the sack here. Poor results and performances, doesn't get you the sack here. Speaking the truth though... That's a problem.

We'll probably never know the truth, Rev, but what I think is clear is that there are two narratives that have been put out regarding previous budgets. One of those narratives is a lie. Why? Well... 1) Coyle (yeah, I know) has openly said on 'Under The Cosh' that he had signings lined up in January 2017, but that the owners wouldn't give him the funds to complete the deals. At the same time, it was being said that Coyle had money to spend but that he was choosing not to spend it (sounds familiar). According to Coyle, the owners were happy for him to take the flak for a lack of signings. When he tried to correct the (in his view) false narrative about him choosing not to spend, he got the sack. 2) We have heard similar in relation to Mowbray. Two or three posters with contacts saying he had Dembele, Wallace and a couple of others lined up, but no funds were given for him to sign them. One poster even alleging that this came from the horse's mouth. Notice how, at the same time as these targets supposedly being lined up, the whispers and narrative started going around that Mowbray had money to spend but that he was choosing not to spend it? Same as the Coyle situation. Not helped by Mowbray admitting he chose not to loan a Premier League striker, of course. However, there's a difference between making that type of signing and receiving funds for four signings who could significantly strengthen the squad in January. The way I see it, we have, on one side, two managers saying they didn't receive funds for signings in those particular windows. (This shifts the blame on to the owners, making the owners look bad) Then, on the other side, we have itk's/contacts saying the managers chose not to spend (This shifts the blame on to the managers, making the managers look bad and the owners look good) One of those sides is lying. There are signs of this still happening today. JDT openly questioned the ambition of the club, the words of Swag, he was batting for the fans saying we shouldn't be kept in the dark. He shone a light on the shit ownership. What did we then start to see? So called itk's and people with contacts trying to pin everything on JDT instead. It's clear to me how this might be unfolding. These itk's are getting this info from somewhere. I am of the view that duff info is given to some at times, and for a particular reason. I don't mean that you or your contact are lying, nor anybody else on here. I'm talking about where the leak originally comes from, much further up the chain. I personally believe there is an agenda to protect the owners, to deflect blame away from them, and to make out as though these oh so generous folk are being held back by x, y and z. If only it wasn't for FFP, Parachute Payments and now the Indian Government. I have never bought it and never will.

Ah, yes. The open goal, an incredible miss. I had forgot about that. Could have been 8.

Much better second half. Could have scored 7 with one hitting the post and Arnor missing a good chance. The cups bring something different, even though the overall situation doesn't look good at the minute. United away in the next round, hopefully. That's the game for me.

I would say unbelievable. But it's not.