Rafiq’s comments online were obviously awful and he should be punished for them, like every other player has for their historic tweets that have brought them into disrepute. But those tweets in no way equate to the abuse he suffered over a prolonged period of time, that much should be obvious to anyone really.

Working Mens Club are very good, saw them the other week. It’s a good festival is Tramlines, went a few years back.

Well, only one likely to sign him….

An East London club? Well, there’s only one, so you might as well have just said West Ham tbh.

I’ll always maintain that Rovers fans aren’t any more or less prone to a booing than any other set of fans. This self-loathing from within our fan base is baffling to me.

Don’t you remember them beating us 0-0 at the Euros?

That’s literally only ever happened in your head.

Well, both of those things are just lies. There are plenty of people with different views that post regularly. New posters of all views are welcome and always have been, in fact it’s something that is encouraged. What isn’t encouraged is simply slagging off everyone for having a different opinion, which is what you yourself are doing, and are also criticising posters on here for doing? Why spend any time somewhere that you clearly don’t like?

Always nice to see us win, but apart from a nice ego boost by playing against part timers, I’m really not sure what else we gain from these matches.

I’ll never understand why people think criticising players on the internet is equal to not supporting players at matches. It’s the giant leap of all giant leaps, I’ll be honest.

‘Some clueless people about’. Aye, in the reply section.

Max was always a decent enough one in Hyndburn (just next to Blackburn), but I think they’ve lost a lot of drivers since Covid.

Celtic were miles ahead for ages and he not only narrowed that gap, but he overtook them, which was no mean feat! Granted, he’s a lot more to prove as a manage and I do think this job has probably come around a bit too soon tbh.

Lampard didn’t sort the defence out at Chelsea and it cost him his job in the end. That same defence won the Champions League a few months later. Norwich are seemingly planning to trust him with fixing a massively inferior defence that is shipping goals for fun. Strange old logic from Norwich tbh.

I’ve done 7 episodes of the first season of Succession and I’m really enjoying it. There’s this to blast through, then onto Dexter. (Another one that I want to see the end of, but I’m not that bothered about fundamentally).

Ferguson is still lurking in the background and it’s really not healthy for the club at or subsequent managers at all. Re Bobby Charlton though, very sadly, he’s had dementia for a year, so I don’t imagine he’s involved any more.

I’d say Reece James is better overall personally, but TAA’s set pieces are outstanding.

Scott Wharton>Darragh Lenihan. (As far as I’m concerned, anyway). Ayala and Wharton represents our strongest centre half pairing for me.

You’re confusing him with Mercer, I think.

Very happy with that today. Lots of positives, but Khadra’s set piece delivery was excellent. Poveda was amazing for his goal. Brilliant to see.

Apparently we don’t get blatant pens any more. Sound.

I’m a big fan of Luke Shaw, but between him and De Gea, that’s abysmal defending for the second goal.

Off to watch Working Men’s Club at the Electric Church just now! (Former Live Lounge). They supported New Order and were bang on, plus I’d heard them on 6 Music a lot. For £6 and £4.80 train fare, it was a no brainier, tbh.

‘Why the negativity?’ Probs because you just presided over our heaviest home defeat in history?

Nobody in the JW upper was!