Do you actually attend Ewood presently , or are you some Venky acolyte ?

Quite rightly with regard to some players but I think Tony’s reporting from Ashton Gate, was to a chap who actually wore the shirt and that to me, is much more fitting.

Genuinely never thought he got a chance here. He must have looked shite in training.

Whatever you want to call it, you are certainly a loan wolf and totally out of kilter with everyone else on this messageboard.

Clubs award these things to descendants of the players. It's something that seems to be growing within football - a recognition of past players who have all made a contribution to the history of a football club.

Trouble is, and very sadly given the timing of the Anniversary, any initiatives like these or flags or the Fans Forum or Rovers Trust even agreeing to sit down with the Club on an amicable basis, legitimise the current actions of the owners, Waggott and Pasha. Fiddling while Rome burns.

There's absolutely no way they know who Adam Wharton is.

all together now rovers rovers ra ra ra

We will be doing really well to be awarding caps to players from that season, and many thereafter.

All sign NDA's

This is something that the club are working on at the moment. A number of clubs are now doing this - some award a special shirt, others framed certificates. These are awarded to players who have featured in a competitive first team fixture. In our case it would start with the 1879-80 season with the first F.A. Cup games.

He might have known there was a chance that the same thing might happen but if you're told something different upon your appointment and then obviously again in advance of the January transfer window then to an extent you're entitled to rely on it. What happened before he got to the Club is indicative of what might happen but largely irrelevant. He can only judge it on how he himself is treated. I'm sick of this "He knew what he was getting into before he came" narrative.

Goodness me that’s some stretch MP and adds nothing to this debate in 2025.

Might as well just let those in charge at the club continue to ride roughshod over the fanbase then, eh? Nowt to see here…..

Have checked and it appears so.

About 2.50 pm yesterday the Bristol City stadium announcer introduced and gave a brief biography about an ex Bristol City player called Dariusz Dziekanowski who was then welcomed on to the pitch. He was there to receive his legacy cap for playing for them. It was in a frame and just like an international cap. He then walked around the pitch to receive warm applause and there was even a banner on display bearing his name. It got me thinking about what we actually do on match days for ex players and apart from the half time draw (when most are on the concourse) with some banile questions. Could something like legacy caps for ex players be brought up at the next Fans Forum and the possibility of them being awarded.

Was that Jordi Gomez? Levels above Fordhaw and Buckley.

Was that the season we wasted £7 million of it on Brererton. ?

It's not an agenda to see that the club does not benefit if hotheads start doing stupid things.

Tbf and Graham and the midfielder who everyone initially rated and raved about whose name escapes me.

It seemed to me that Lambert came in with a very lofty reputation but was a very poor man manager. All went swimmingly for the first five games, after that he seemed to lose the players and it was all downhill after that. From his point of view I think he viewed it purely as a short term stepping stone, if he got us promoted all well and good, looks like a genius, if he didn't, doesn't really affect his reputation and he can quickly switch to another Club rather than having to apply for jobs from a position of having been out of work for a while. I don't doubt he may have been brought in as someone with gravitas to cushion the blow of a Rhodes sale but I doubt he gave two shiny shites about whether any of the money was reinvested or not. Incidentally I was told at the time that Lambert never met or even spoke to the owners, all negotiations etc were handed by Suhail. I thought at the time it was a one off brainwave of his to try and bring in a higher profile manager to try and achieve promotion but knowing what we know know it tends to confirm he's always been the power behind the scenes.

Telalovic hatrick today, he's on't fire is lad - Get him in!

It's a familiar story isn't it? Lambert clearly agreed to the Rhodes sale and made plans of what he was going to do with the money. Then they sold him and pocketed the dosh and left him with loans like Simeon Jackson and signing Elliott Ward. Then 8 years later, similar situation this time the sale of Adam Wharton, JDT was clearly expecting or hoping to get some of that windfall to reinvest and got nowt. Leopards don't change their spots, they're as untrustworthy and vile as they were the day they arrived. All this 'bad advice, naïve' stuff a work of fiction created in people's heads to try and convince themselves that the evil has gone and all is fine, when it hasn't and won't be fine until they are gone.

Unrelated to the Venkys conversations going but currently watching Dundee Rangers. I asked in the SPL chat to no response. Liverpool have a lad on loan here called Stephenson who plays right back and centre mid. If anyone watched him, is he any good? 7+ rating this season, may be next year's Beck.

Oh absolutely yeah, I don’t mean we should target Suhail exclusively by any means. Suhail is the king rat, he has it far too easy.