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Desperation sometimes drives innovation. Sadly for Rovers, desperation means a never ending race to the bottom of the barrel followed by endless scraping until only shreds of the barrel bottom remain.

Well I'm glad you think all is hunky dory.

Suggests he's lost the dressing room? Not difficult to think we lose at Brum (will JDT go with the team or will he be ensconced in Brockhall trying to close deals on last day of window !?!?!?) and Wigan, fired up by a new management team, do us on our own 'paddy field' next Saturday. Think the sh1t really is about to hit the fan.

So Rovers' replay at Brum on Tuesday (last day of window) which will truly feck Rovers' plans if they had any !!!

If correct, and personally I don't trust Waggott, what self respecting CEO would put up with that cr@p. You should have asked him why he hadn't therefore resigned!

Yes we DO STAND A FECKIN CHANCE. Other teams WITHOUT parachute payments have done in the recent past eg Brentford, Sheffield United. I've said on a number of occasions, IMO, we are SEVERELY UNDERMANAGED from top to bottom. As I've said before Chaddy, stop trying to defend the indefensible - wake up and finally smell the coffee.

Nail on head. If you've a limited budget then you wheel and deal. Broughton should have successfully managed upwards on this issue. If the Venky's said no then he should have fecked off as clearly wasting his time here.

Think the common denominator is we keep appointing outright dollopers.

Sadly, Chaddy, we only seem to land a target if there is no other club in for them! So by definition, we just mop up the 'waifs and strays'! As for Thomas, he might do a trick for us but if he does regain some form, we'll have lost him come season end. Almost pointless.

Unless there are any unexpected rabbits to be pulled out of the hat, think this window is going to be one of the most underwhelming in memory and we've had a few of those. A seeming inability to land even any of our modest targets eg Gelhardt, Porteous, Haikin etc is a damning indictment of the club's functionality.

Have said before on here, I'm not one of the Twitterati and even if I was, if I had any info, why the feck would I just not put it on here like I normally do.

As Souey used to say - 'you wee with the willie you have'! Old managers like Furphy, Lee, Smith, Saxton, Kendall, Mackay etc all had a very limited budgets. They just got on with it and with success!

Understand Big Sam has been in talks with Everton today!!! Given where this has come from, slapped £50 on at 14/1 to be next Everton manager. You could do worse.......................

Wow Gav, I may not post as prodigiously as you but 10k+ posts is a bit more than 'popping up every now and then'! Well until we have a change of ownership, what should we do? Sit on our hands with our mouths closed and pretend all is 'hunky dory'!? We have two actions available to us. One is to vote with our feet and some 10,000+ have done that already and the second is to express ourselves through social media. I actually think part of the existing younger core fan base know nothing better than the situation we find ourselves in - sadly, to them it's the 'norm' and they are easily assuaged by the, IMO, copious streams of bullsh1t emanating from Ewood and Brockhall. To me, one of the final 'convincers' of how rotten I think our management is was the 'secretive' planning of the disposal of Brockhall, or at least part of, to build houses on - to me, that stunk the house out.

Chaddy, stop trying to defend the indefensible. Even the keenest Rovers' fans, and you are probably one of them, should feel able to stand back and make objective judgements - the club and it's employees are not beyond criticism. I think (and I daresay there are many others who think the same) the club's management operation is shambolic and I say that from knowledge and experience accumulated across industry, commerce, sport etc over a number of decades. It deeply pains me what has happened to our club since 2010 and never, ever, in some 60 years or so as a Rovers' supporter have I seen such a disconnect with the fan base. To lose some 12,000 season ticket holders in some 10 years or so is absolutely scandalous and inexcusable. Many, many previous 'diehards' have been lost and I fear they will never return.

I understand Broughton has been meeting both targets and their representatives. If they choose to go elsewhere then he aint doing a feckin good selling job! Bottom line, he's not closing the deal!

Yep, Hirst, Mola, Szmodics, Morton and new contracts for Buckley and Travis were some feckin deals to close! If you have targets and they go elsewhere then your targets were either unrealistic or you have failed. Nonsense, I don't think so - just plain facts which sadly don't sit comfortably with many supporters who would prefer to bury their heads in the sand.

I think many of us recognise they are not the most ideal of owners. However, all successful senior managers are able to manage/lead upwards. Being proactive, having excellent communication skills and being able to persuade/influence are all prerequisites. Not read anywhere that Broughton has even met our owners, if he hasn't then it's time he got off his arse and got to Pune and started to do the job for which he is bloody well paid.

No wind up. Simply factual. Some have mentioned different staff same outcome, some have mentioned budgetary constraints. Two points: Firstly, hire staff who can do the feckin job. Secondly, Broughton knows the budget so he should either fish in the right feckin ponds or wheel and deal. I think indecision and lack of nous and judgement are holding us back. Other clubs with budgetary constraints manage to make signings so why the feck can't we!? There are simply no excuses.

The inability of Broughton and co to close a deal is frightening. There can be no excuses - he is paid a relatively huge amount of money to oil the wheels.

You are absolutely right. Think most fans would take being a 'yo yo' club if over the course of say 5 years the whole club could be put on a more sound footing. Ewood itself is tired and the pitch is totally knackered - putting Ewood and the pitch right (including replacing Riverside Stand) would set you back up to £50million. Additionally, Brockhall needs substantial investment. We've been out of the PL now for 11 years and folk who buy, IMO, Broughton's bullsh1t need to think again. Broughton and JDT's objective on appointment should have been to reach PL THIS SEASON. All this nonsense about objective being to stay there when we get there is total and utter nonsense. Get there first, worry about it when you do - what the fans would give for at least one year back in the PL after, IMO, all the crap, shenanigans and hopelessness of the last 13 years or so.

Firstly, John Williams 'grew' into the role. Initially, I think he made some very questionable decisions/judgements. Waggott is on about £300k pa and I can tell you there would be some queue to take on Waggott's job - there are plenty of sharp and hungry individuals out there who would jump at the chance. I personally know of at least half a dozen individuals with the drive, desire, nous and creativity who would take it on for that sort of money and, IMO, would be a huge, huge improvement on Waggott.

Leeds are certainly right about playing time otherwise what's the point loaning a player out!? Seemingly, Liverpool's stance exactly the same about Morton. Bottom line is we should be fine with that providing we are certain the incoming loanee is far better than anything we have in that position and will substantially improve the team. Elliott did, Morton doesn't, Mola doesn't whilst Hirst, IMO, stunk the place out.

Spot on. I don't mind paying for entertaining and exciting football, feeling we are going somewhere. Will not pay for the dross we are served up and the feeling that that lot out on the grass don't care as much as they should, all ring fenced by, IMO, incessant bullsh1t from first Mowbray and now JDT. Unbelievable we haven't made a single signing yet - other clubs have. IMO, the whole management structure needs feckin sacking.

He is not a young kid. For fecks sake he is 22 in March...................................!!!!! The lad will never, ever make it in Championship. To me League 2 may well be his level.