Rovers v Birmingham: 29 November 2023

[Drog]

Wasn’t Ben Brereton leading scorer for us in the championship at one point? Don’t tell drog though.

Like Rhodes he was found out after he moved.

 

[Drog]

..... he and Ferguson will be great for Ireland and Bighton.

I don't think Ferguson will be there much longer. Man Utd and others are sniffing around him. Brighton have found a remarkable way to profit from creating a production line of talent. Very much like us but a division higher. As long as we can pick up those that fall out of the big clubs, bandage their mental wounds and set them back on the road to fame and fortune then long may it continue.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

YAAAWN

Doing a lot of yawning Al, did you get up a bit earlier today?

 

[1SimonGarner]

Another good performance and win. I think we'll be a streak team this year, when the confidence is high amongst the young lads I think we'll be almost unstoppable, my worry is the mental toughness that comes with age and experience and how that will affect the young un's when the pressures on. I know I sound like Alan Hansen and I hope I'm wrong like him because I really like this team and of course the manager.

On the fans. People on here know my feelings on the majority that turn up at Ewood week in week out, I think most on here represent the good but sadly vastly outnumbered minority. I was reading a thread on the dark side the other day and one of the misery's was slagging off Broughton and his inability to sign a class forward, basically saying his foray's into the transfer market have been useless. This is a typical miserable glass half full mentality that lots of these people seem to revel in. He mentioned Hirst, Telalovic, Ennis but failed to mention Szmodics, Hyam, Brittain, Moran, Hill etc.

The fact is it has nothing to with the Rovers or anyone connected with them, it's all about the negative miserable mentality of the poster, They'll see the negative in everything so there's little you can do. For some very strange reason we seem to breed more in Blackburn than in other parts of the country. I think we should fund a social study to find out why!

Back to the positives, up to 7th, playing bottom of the league on Saturday - which will be no gimme - and a set of young lads that look genuinely hungry for the club's success and enjoying their football. The Sky's the limit if it continues to click.

JDT's a genius, The Rovers are on the up and everything's rosy in the world. Stick that in your pipe any misery's.

COYB BOYSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Drog]

Probably for the first time in 60 years I've been proud of BRFC and the way they conduct their business practice. Pick up broken talent that have been let go by some local merciless big club, dust them down stick em back together by experienced pro's and convince them that they still have a big future in the game, all conducted in the surroundings of a family club. Well done to all concerned and very well done to the owners who in their ignorance of football matters screwed up royally when they came...... or should that be they were royally screwed? Category A Brockhall should be paying back in spades in the future.

 

[goozburger.]

I was reading a thread on the dark side the other day and one of the misery's was slagging off Broughton and his inability to sign a class forward, basically saying his foray's into the transfer market have been useless. This is a typical miserable glass half full mentality that lots of these people seem to revel in. He mentioned Hirst, Telalovic, Ennis but failed to mention Szmodics, Hyam, Brittain, Moran, Hill etc.

Telalovic all but confirmed in his latest interview that he's still getting up to speed with the intensity of our game. His chance will come, and he's only 23. It might not work out for him, but to write him off as a failure now is just daft. To use Mogga's turn of phrase, we have to buy players young and cheap, and polish them up. That takes time. Meanwhile, the ones that have already developed do the heavy lifting. It seems a sensible thing to do in my opinion.

Moreover, we clearly cannot go out and buy proven goalscorers. It's too expensive. It's amazing that this would have to be explained to anyone. Many choose to ignore it, perhaps because we were spoiled by Jack's money once upon a time. There is no way you could hold any owner to that level because the rules have changed.

This is more about accepting the reality of the situation, which many refuse to do. I wasn't joking about Mason Greenwood the other day. Some were seriously thinking we should go and get him! I can't help but laugh when I see the "we should be all over that" comments when talking about an England international that was on something like £100k per week before his troubles.

A lesser example was Axel Tuanzebe. An injury-prone defender who was on £50k per week at United. "We should be all over that!" I can't imagine we could possibly make an attractive enough offer to him that keeps us in financial sensibility, let alone Mason bloody Greenwood!

I try to run a tight ship with my personal income so that the chances of being financially screwed down the line are minimised. My family depends on it. I fully expect a professional outfit such as Blackburn Rovers to be run as such. Because I depend on them - they are my precious leisure activity that cannot be replaced. The club obviously still loses money, yet there is a serious lack of acknowledgement as to what we are able to do financially. Buy cheap, polish, sell for more. The gap could be plugged but for the last bit.

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

Telalovic all but confirmed in his latest interview that he's still getting up to speed with the intensity of our game. His chance will come, and he's only 23. It might not work out for him, but to write him off as a failure now is just daft. To use Mogga's turn of phrase, we have to buy players young and cheap, and polish them up. That takes time. Meanwhile, the ones that have already developed do the heavy lifting. It seems a sensible thing to do in my opinion.

Moreover, we clearly cannot go out and buy proven goalscorers. It's too expensive. It's amazing that this would have to be explained to anyone. Many choose to ignore it, perhaps because we were spoiled by Jack's money once upon a time. There is no way you could hold any owner to that level because the rules have changed.

This is more about accepting the reality of the situation, which many refuse to do. I wasn't joking about Mason Greenwood the other day. Some were seriously thinking we should go and get him! I can't help but laugh when I see the "we should be all over that" comments when talking about an England international that was on something like £100k per week before his troubles.

A lesser example was Axel Tuanzebe. An injury-prone defender who was on £50k per week at United. "We should be all over that!" I can't imagine we could possibly make an attractive enough offer to him that keeps us in financial sensibility, let alone Mason bloody Greenwood!

I try to run a tight ship with my personal income so that the chances of being financially screwed down the line are minimised. My family depends on it. I fully expect a professional outfit such as Blackburn Rovers to be run as such. Because I depend on them - they are my precious leisure activity that cannot be replaced. The club obviously still loses money, yet there is a serious lack of acknowledgement as to what we are able to do financially. Buy cheap, polish, sell for more. The gap could be plugged but for the last bit.

Couldn't agree more. When you ask the relentless critics among our fanbase what they would do, the answers are usually comically unrealistic for the resources we now have.

Just proves many are still living in the Jack Walker/Walker Trust era, with expectation levels to match.

I thought 11 years outside the top flight (including a season in League One) would have got rid of the entitled attitude by now, so I'm at a loss for how long it's gonna take for some.

 

[1SimonGarner]

It's simple really, too many Rovers fans have a very skewed idea of the type of club we are, they are Walker days brain washed.

 

[Barmitzvah Boy]

It's simple really, too many Rovers fans have a very skewed idea of the type of club we are, they are Walker days brain washed.

Sadly nearly 23 years since Jack died. We need to always remember him; we also need to move on.

 

[Alan]

Doing a lot of yawning Al, did you get up a bit earlier today?

No only at repeated boring posts.

 

[1SimonGarner]

This is for you Al

 

[khmerblue]

I was chatting with my mate about what position Sam Szmodics has in the team. I said he was a attacking midfielder whilst my mate claims he is a attacker.What do you lads think.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

No only at repeated boring posts.

In your opinion.
What does it say at the top of the screen?

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

I think he's brilliant at both:

Attacking midfielder - exceptional work-rate, gets stuck in, decent passer.
Striker - increasingly clinical in front of goal and makes good runs.

The only thing I'd say about him as a striker is he can't make long balls stick. Don't know why but personally I've always loved a good target man, so watching Leonard (despite his slight frame) battle centre halves like a warrior at times reminds me that Dolan, Szmodics and Sigurdsson give us nothing in that regard.

But Szmodics is currently on course for 30+ goals this season so its impossible to say he's not a natural striker. Shame there aren't 2 of him!

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

I was chatting with my mate about what position Sam Szmodics has in the team. I said he was a attacking midfielder whilst my mate claims he is a attacker.What do you lads think.

Attacking midfielder. When he played as a forward he described himself as being like a fish out of water. Sammy is like a cut price Frank Lampard and I reckon we will have bids for him in January.

 

[khmerblue]

Yep thats true the Posh chairman said he is worth 10 -12 mill a month ago on Talksport as they have a sell on clause.I think that figure may go up.

 

[Drog]

Attacking midfielder.
He has a great trick of staying onside, timing his runs and passing defenders at speed. Of course that's also down to his teammates timing their passes to him accurately.