Still had PTSD from losing in the 90th minute at Sunderland, having set off at 7am Boxing Day to get there tbh. (That and my mate I usually sit with wasn’t there tonight).

I’m almost a bit ashamed to admit this, but as soon as we went 2-1 down, having gone down to ten men, I walked out and back to my car. I didn’t want to waste any more time in the cold watching the inevitable unfold. I walked out early in the PNE game too. Before this season, I’d always stayed until the end. They’ve finally managed to find a way to break me I think….

Have a day off lad, Christ. That sort of thing happens all the time and I’ve never seen anyone sent off for it before.

Do you not rate him? You never said.

Anyone want to update us on what that red card was for? Couldn’t see anything worthy of a red from here…

‘Keep it tight for the first 35 seconds after half time lads’.

Apart from two chances he created?

Bit of a strange half, this. Thought they were well on top until we scored, then that really deflated them until pretty much when they hit the bar. We have definitely been a lot better than Boxing Day though thankfully. I’d expect a big improvement from them second half though, they won’t be that poor again.

Why wouldn’t he say something like ‘we’re ahead of where I thought we’d be, but I’m happy with that and of course I’d love us to get promoted this season’. The negative attitude of him writing us off can’t be good to hear as a player….

I’ll tell you why. JDT said himself ‘we aren’t in the promotion picture this season’ the other day. Almost like us being third is an inconvenience. Is the project more important than our league position? Is adding value to players more important than winning matches? I support Blackburn Rovers football club, not our balance sheet… If promotion isn’t the aim, when we are sitting in third, I start to question what the point of us being a professional football club is, I’ll be honest.

So did the whole team, unfair to single just him out.

Finally stopped stewing after that shower on Boxing Day. I started thinking, if Hirst was first choice, who the hell was second choice? Imagine how bad they must be!

You seen any of the matches or results recently? We are third for now, but the season finishes in May…

Performance over results, yet they’re both shite at the minute….

What a way to run a club. Chance of promotion, which is the point of being in the competition in the first place- ‘no thanks mate’.

It doesn’t have to be a transition just because the manager says so though. We could actually show some ambition as club for once and say ‘we are third and the aim is promotion’. Instead of dismissing defeats due to us being a young side and saying it’s a project. Where’s the ambition at? What’s the point of football if we are just in transition all the time and not aiming to actually go up. It’s always tomorrow with this lot.

Playing with Hirst is like playing with ten men, he’s had four months now and he’s still absolutely useless. Send him back. All this talk of a ‘project’ and just batting away another limp performance where we have loads of the ball, but never really do anything with it bar the goal, it’s awful. If we aren’t even bothered about getting promotion, but we are more bothered about a ‘project’ or adding value to players, you start to wonder, what’s the point?

There goes the voice of someone that didn’t travel 2 and a half hours to get there and has a 2 and a half hour journey home.

No point turning up to away games as the players don’t bother either. Useless pricks.

What a shower of shite that was. Thanks for ruining my Boxing Day JDT and those useless pricks in blue and white.

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you have a cracking day!

First time at Stadium of Light for me here! 7am minibus pick up, long day for me!

Everyone gets a clean slate when they start here from me, no point calling myself a supporter if I write someone off before they’ve kicked a ball for us….

I know that after a match is never a place for reasonable debate, as people are in a bad mood owing to the result (and that most definitely includes me!), but if it’s JDT’s fault when we lose, it’s also his fault if he win….

Course there is, we won games he managed in.