Aye, the man was a clown: 2 European Cup Wins (now Champions' League) 2 First Division Titles (now Premier League) with different clubs A handful of League Cup Wins Numerous other trophies

Not enamoured by some of the flowery guff Eustace is coming out with. Never recall the likes of Fergie, Big Sam etc delivering such utterances. Jury's out for me - let's see what the 'precious little ones' get up to tomorrow.

Feck me, was Gallagher auditioning for a son in law role!? An absurd comment. Think Cloughie would have said he wanted his c/f to be a hard, aggressive b@stard who terrifies the opposition and scores feckin goals!

It's laughable isn't it!? Even at my age, I would back myself to have buried that 94th minute header at Brum - unbelievable miss.

You don't get it Chaddy do you? He is Director of Football which means the responsibility rests with him for ALL FOOTBALL OPERATIONS. If there is an issue with the recruitment team, it is his responsibility, if there is an issue with the fitness/medical department, it is his responsibility, if there is an issue with the administration of transfer transactions, it is his responsibility. After last year's shambles with O'Brien and Brierley, Broughton said it wouldn't happen again. Well it feckin well has and the buck stops with him. How the feck can you be a Director of Football Operations and not take responsibility for all things football!?!? I've had roles where folk didn't deliver and they were feckin fired because the buck stopped with me. If you think signings like Mola, Leo, Hirst, Ennis, Telalovic, Koumetio, Fleck, Chrisene and Ayari, to name but a few, are 'decent enough' then I don't know what football planet you live on. IMO, Broughton has made one stand out signing (SS), three or four average ones (Hyam, Tronstad, Siggy) and the rest have been virtually useless. Is it any wonder Broughton has gone into hiding after another shambolic window? If matters are 'out of his control' he should feckin 'man up' and walk and there would be more respect for him.

Awful full stop. That man Broughton has much to be sorry for - I think his signings on the whole are minging, SS clearly good, Hyam average and the rest a crock of the proverbial. Indefensible. Factor in the feck ups with O'Brien, Brierley and Macguire and there is no case whatsoever, IMO, for his defence.

A Mike Ferguson or an El Hadji Diouf would have destroyed Brittain for good - metaphorically eaten him, chewed him and then spat out the remains. Our, IMO, big mouth and coward of a full back must consider himself most fortunate not to have encountered a Fergie or a Dioufy!

Would be no surprise to me if correct - said for years that Ewood is a nous free zone. The calibre of club employee from top to bottom has, IMO, been dumbed down alarmingly over the years and the results are plain to see. This is operational bollocks. If it was anything to do with me, it would be a basic requirement that all key employees lived permanently within a one hour commute of Ewood Park and if it was not acceptable to that individual then tough and you move on. Over the years, I've done my share of travel and living out of hotels, short term rentals etc whilst working on assignments etc and it's feckin hard work even in the short term but to do it for years (Mowbray, Waggott etc), in my experience, it's bound to impact adversely on job effectiveness.

Jury is out for me. Only had one previous football league managerial appointment (Birmingham) where he was in charge for some 60 games - steady/solid rather than spectacular. For a 44 year old football manager his experience is limited. Hope he proves to be a good appointment but the niggle in mind is that this seems to be a Waggott appointment and my faith in that guy is zero.

Not a chance. Preston have a tough match tonight and barring any injuries or suspensions they incur, I will be lumping big time on Preston at 6/4.

Wishful thinking! IMO, Broughton's recruitment stinks bar the odd exception. Speaking of Broughton, where the feck is our DOF hiding. IMO, Broughton is that bad Rovers may as well make you DOF Chaddy.

My goodness, we could have conceded 5 or 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you look at our league form across Dec/Jan/Feb, the last 13 matches have yielded just 8 points! Given we have 15 matches to go and probably need another 15 points to be safe, then I would say the alarm bells are well and truly ringing.

Dire and hopeless. If that is a new manager bounce then we do have major feckin problems. I think relegation this season is now inevitable and PNE on Saturday will rip us apart to win by 3 or 4. When you have, IMO, imbeciles like Brittain in your team then you are doomed. IMO, too many feckin spineless cowards who don't give a sh1t.

Good luck John, think you'll feckin need it. Solid job at Brum but jury out. Hope he doesn't turn out to be a John 'Eusless'.

God help us. IMO, we have the 'three tossers' with Lowe, Benson and Johnson and they need feckin firing. So do I. I think Broughton is weak, inefficient and way out off his depth. IMO, just another with his snout stuck in the gravy trough

Indeed! Rovers now focusing their scouting efforts on Blacksnape and Pleasington.

Chaddy my friend, ultimate responsibility for ALL football matters resides with Broughton. He is DOF and therefore responsible for all football operations including transfers / transactions. If there are breakages in the chain of actions required to complete a transaction then it's his feckin responsibility to fix them. If he doesn't or can't then he should feck off. Simple as. Consecutive January windows where we seem to have fecked up.

GB is DOF and responsible for all football matters. If we can't complete deals responsibility rests with him. It's his feckin job to ensure all the cogs in the wheel are well oiled. It's that simple. IMO, a bullsh1tter well and truly out of his depth.

Watching and listening on holiday far away. Desperate shenanigans and very, very sad. Think we are well and truly fecked. Think last rites soon to be administered.

Away from home with limited WiFi. Can someone please summarise the ins and outs without me having to trawl through 100+ pages.

So it it seems Palace have had encouragement from the Wharton family / agent to make a play for Adam and Gallagher is 'frustrated' with Rovers turning down Ipswich bids. Suggests to me all is far from well in the Ewood dressing room and 'key' players recognise we are going nowhere and want away. When this happens with a Blackburn born and bred lad like Wharton then alarm bells should be ringing.

It's not unusual with big transfer deals for the pursuing club to first sound out a player through his agent to see if a move to them might be of interest otherwise the whole offer / negotiating process is a waste of time should the player not be interested. If this has happened here, and I'd be surprised if it hasn't, the Whartons have seemingly not discouraged which is worrying. As for a Carter move, any news yet when he, or Pickering, will be fit?

I think there will be better opportunities for Wharton. I'd turn round and say 'I've a new long term contract and going nowhere unless it suits me'. What a feckin state we are in when seemingly we are hawking our prize asset(s). No doubt in my mind, the mess we are in is all down to 14 years of gross mismanagement. We need putting out of our misery.

Canny lad is wee Dougie