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Oh god please don't tell me the word "hoofball" is back. I've spent the last 15 years sarcastically using that word to describe the worst thing that's ever happened to Rovers. You do know every "hoofball" criticism of Big Sam was responsible for the Aqueduct closing, the Ewood Arms closing, our...

Our wage bill is about 16th in the league. So that means we should finish 16th. By Championship standards, our squad is poor. Thats the economic reality that Rovers fans need to accept. Sod promotion to the Premier League, thats utterly ridiculous at this point. We're a poor Championship side...

Well I don't go to about 60% of home games and 90% of away games these days, but when I do go I sing from start to finish. Started about 10 songs, joined in with everything for 90 mins to help join up the middle with the left side (facing the pitch) of the stand, and what do ya know the players...

Bowyer took 17 points from 16 games the season he was sacked (1.06 points per game) Lambert then took 38 points from the remaining 30 games (1.27 points per game). Not much better, and certainly not as good as we hoped, but he was better than Bowyer with the same players. Bowyer was better the...

Reminds me of Lambert's first game in charge, I'm sure that was away at Preston and we won 2-1, here's hoping for the same again! But back in the real world I expect our dire away form to continue unfortunately, 3-1 to them.

To me thats what can go wrong when you try to merge 2 styles. Eustace said he wants to keep the slick passing JDT embedded into the players, but mix it up with some long ball. That doesn't work for me at the professional level. Players need total mental clarity in what they should be doing in...

Well christ we were diabolical tonight. Very early days obviously but I do worry that we might end up in a situation where we've sacked (or as good as) Mowbray and ended up with someone worse in JDT, then sacked JDT and ended up with someone worse in Eustace. Just shows the value of not getting...

I agree, but I do also think there's only so much an academy can do. I think the end of JDT's reign showed how poor a team can become when it's mostly young players. Losing the experience of Kaminski, Brereton (still young, but 7 Championship seasons under his belt), Ayala and Dack (not regular...

Personally I don't care if we pass it or long-ball it, I just care if it works. I used to hear the Big Sam critics claim they'd rather watch good football even if we don't win as many. Well I think we can safely say by now that that's a load of rubbish, given the criticism of Mowbray and JDT...

I think it’s a good appointment. Spent 2001-2015 playing in the Championship so will know it very well from that perspective. Was unlucky not to promote Kidderminster, getting them in the National League South play-offs twice. Obviously Birmingham was a massive step up and he struggled in his...

I’ve always liked Travis because of his attitude, and I do think it’s tough on defensive midfielders expecting them to be good at both sides of the game when their primary job is to protect the defence. But seeing Rothwell come on for Southampton yesterday and be the best player on the park by...

Well I said it to Drog but I think that's harsh. We finished 7th last season, and we were 7th 40% of the way into this season. The last 2 months has been the exception to the rule with JDT's reign and I think he could have turned it round given time.

Well it's in W01 of the Jack Walker but yeah not many left to be fair. But as I say I do think there's just something missing with Rovers fans atmosphere-wise. My dad always tells me its been this way since the 70s, back in the 60s Rovers fans were brilliant so not sure what happened. Whatever...

From what I've heard about that meeting, the discussion on the atmosphere is by far the most depressing thing to me. Players apparently saying that playing at Ewood feels like being the away team. I only go to about half the matches now, so do feel bad criticising those that go every week. But...

Outside of the Premier League, contract offers matter a lot more than transfer fees IMO. So I'm not saying JDT should have been given the transfer funds to replace them (after all Mowbray didn't spend much on Kaminski and Rothwell), but he should have been given the wages funds. And given their...

Yeah fair enough, probably am being a bit generous on this one having thought about it. I still think its likely that Venkys said don't pull the trigger with McGuire until you get Wharton over the line, and that probably made it difficult, but still the Rovers upper management are well paid to...

Venkys aren't pocketing any cash when it comes to Rovers. They lose Wharton's transfer fee every single season just maintaining our player wage bill. Venkys situation with Rovers is like someone donating a large amount of money to a charity every year, and then saying actually can I have that...

Isn’t a lot of the reason for this that signing McGuire depended on selling Wharton, and that happened so late that it made it difficult? If so I’m not sure it’s anyone’s fault really. We had to negotiate hard on Wharton, getting an extra £4m or whatever out of Palace is a lot of money for...

I think that's harsh personally. He lost Kaminski, Lenihan, Rothwell and Brereton from the Mowbray era. That's the entire spine of the team, even if some of them were severely under-rated by fans. And he wasn't given funds to replace them with players of a similar calibre. I also think this is...

One other thing I'd say about Venkys is that ever since 1995 I don't think Rovers fans have been very good at being grateful for what we've got. 1. Souness/Hughes era - It's easy to forget now, but I remember the vitriolic criticism the likes of Pedersen, Yorke, Emerton, Matteo, Savage in his...