All heart, you!

The gulf in quality is enormous.

On balance though, it is helping a lot of people get off smoking too.

Obviously I hope he does, I’m a Rovers fan! Technically, he could change my opinion by not regularly costing us points….

Been in Milan this weekend, so I managed to catch the AC Milan and Lazio match at The San Siro. Very good experience indeed, I shall be back! That Curva Sud created a brilliant atmosphere! A few good players for Milan and it was good to see the English players getting involved, though Loftus Cheek went off injured after about half an hour, Tomori was excellent throughout. Far better than his central defensive partner Kjaer, who looked a bit dodgy at times! Pulisic scored and they clearly think highly of him, given how much they passed to him!!

I’d be incredibly surprised if Pears had a good game, tbf.

Can guarantee what will happen with that bundle. We’ll lose to Cardiff at home on the Saturday, then nobody will bother coming for the Swansea game, which we will then win. Waggott will point to the attendance as a reason why they’ve done all they can, rinse and repeat.

Funding us so we can be competitive? Not cutting the budget by 15% in the middle of the transfer window? Not selling off our training ground for more new builds? Not seeing key players leave on frees?

They’re keeping the club going? Low bar, that. Shambles after shambles, reduction in budgets, players leaving on frees, but yeah, they’re keeping us going….

Under their ownership we have: Been in more debt than any time I can remember, been under transfer embargoes, been down to the third division for the first time in years, gone from the model of good ownership to the model for bad and many more besides. But yeah, it’s not quite as disastrous as some are suggesting 🥴.

Of course it’s relevant- it’s an explanation for why they have to do the funding we should all be so grateful for. I’ll never be grateful to owners for only doing the bare minimum tbf. It’s like all this FFP business in the news today. If key players hadn’t left on free transfers, it wouldn’t even be a discussion point. As ever, all roads lead back to Pune.

Probably because we’ve been over it numerous times over the years. I think it’s more like £20 Million a year and that’s only the case because of their own mistakes.

Is it entitlement though? Or is it just fans expecting higher standards from the owners of their clubs? I think this is an awful take from you Eddie, I’ll be honest.

That man’s voice completely vindicates my decision not to get on Twitter. Christ.

It’s not got Pears in it, so that’s a start.

As has been already advised numerous times already- the FF and WATR raised the issue of the BBE closure at their last meetings!

One hell of a save from Raya just then, jeez!

I’m not interested in us being ‘unlucky’ yet again. I just want us to score goals and win a match. Hard luck stories are for losers. I think already, we’re ‘enjoying’ the fruits of our Labour from the January window…

Can’t speak for other meetings, but at the FF, there was plenty of push back on the BBE closure. It’s bullshit and I vehemently disagree with it and I’m obviously not on my own. But ultimately, if SW wants to close a stand, he’ll do it. I’m probably crossing the line here as a member of the FF, but he’s previously shown he’s out to feather his own nest and to hell with anyone else, tbh.

Worried about this one now. Not to worry though, we’ve only got Leicester after that. If that ends up being three successive defeats, it will not do the players heads any good.

Venky’s reduced the budget by 15%, but I guess that’s not their fault either? It’s absolutely incredible to me that you’ve got 20/20 vision for the mistakes of the staff at Ewood, but see like Ray Charles when it comes to their bosses.

Looked offside, Mowbray booked for his protests. Superb.

Commentator on Rovers TV ‘we were wondering if Rovers would be made to pay for those missed chances’. Find it hard to believe he watches us every week, asking that question!

Oh FFS.

Good players but not a good manager. If they get a new manager they’ll be there or thereabouts IMO.