The Confession Box - opinions you had which were wrong

[DeeCee]

21 hours ago, ossyian said:

Two big mistakes come to my mind from me.

1. Dave Wagstaff. Why buy that past it player I thought!

2. Duncan McKenzie.  Lazy I thought!

Two of the best I've ever seen at Ewood as it turned out. Unbelievable talent

 

 

Waggy on the wing and "uncle Duncan" probably the most skillfully player I've seen in almost 60 years at Ewood!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, Trinidad Rover said:

I don't think lazy was ever Dwight's issue - Fergie said he trained harder than most. Or ability. I think his problem was his lifestyle and the ensuing crap it came with.

He played CM in the 2006 WC and was an absolute beast,  a real athlete.

Too many off field distractions and I got the feeling he thought Ewood  Park and Blackburn Rovers were beneath him.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Katie Price was a big distraction for Dwight.  

[speeeeeeedie]

Did anyone think that Venkys man from Brazil was going to sort the club out post Allardyce?

I can't remember his name.

[Giant]

The comment that nearly every Rovers fan got/gets wrong is when they sing “ No nae never etc”. It’s been wrong a few times, and hopefully will be again soon!

[Blue blood]

Fun topic.

My biggest one was why do we need that American keeper when we've got Filan and Kelly...

Was disappointed when TM became manager.

 

Also, no matter how for or against or indifferent any Rovers fan was to Kean or Venkys, I'm convinced no one had an idea of how bad for the club they would be. I think their levels of incompetence and underhandedness went beyond what even the gloomiest Rovers fan expected to happen. In a way Kean and Venkys took everyone by surprise.

[philipl]

On 27/08/2018 at 18:13, speeeeeeedie said:

I also said that Burnley would struggle to win another game toward the back end of last season. They promptly won 4 or 5 in a row.

 

Guilty of that too.

OK wanting Coyle as Manager after Ince was sacked.

Writing about the inevitability of life in the National League after we lost to Doncaster Rovers.

 

[Tom]

I thought we’d be lucky to spend £2-£3m this summer and Armstrong would never happen as we couldn’t dream of affording 

[RoverKyle]

- I expected Whittingham to be our stand out player last season and potentially our new captain at the time of signing.

- For one of Gestede's first games with us on loan, I spent the whole 90 minutes calling him a donkey and claiming he wasn't good enough. How wrong I was. What a player; especially in the air. 

 

[Exiled_Rover]

I thought Paul Gallagher was going to be a world beater. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

53 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I thought Paul Gallagher was going to be a world beater. 

He could have been a lot better if he had have had some pace.

[Admiral Nelsen]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I thought Paul Gallagher was going to be a world beater. 

I'll take that, and raise you with I thought that Jon Stead was going to be a mainstay England player for the bulk of his career, and easily our best forward since Shearer!

 

[Dreams of 1995]

I thought Stephen Hendrie was a shrewd loan signing the season before last. He came with a good reputation from Scotland and my West Ham mate recommended him.

He isn't my mate now.

[Lancaster Rover]

As a young lad I thought Graham Fenton would go onto be an all time Rovers great.

[SBlue]

God just remembered I thought Gascoigne would calm down and do a mercurial job as manager of Kettering Town, going on to bigger and better things.

Just say no kids.

[Admiral Nelsen]

1 minute ago, S8 & Blue said:

God just remembered I thought Gascoigne would calm down and do a mercurial job as manager of Kettering Town, going on to bigger and better things.

Just say no kids.

Wasn't he still calling himself G8 around that time?

[philipl]

Oh and Henley was a fantastic prospect

 

[Oldgregg86]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Oh and Henley was a fantastic prospect

 

I would throw Jay mceveley into that pot of disappointment.  I thought he would be a top defender for us

Edited August 30, 2018 by Oldgregg86

[philipl]

OK I will venture into matters financial and business:

- I was wrong or rather did not know how mind blowingly dysfunctional parts of the Walker family are

- backing the guy who bought in Spain eventually for too long

- I was wrong about Venky wealth until I found out how stunningly astute the late father was with the profits he had made and the land deal he cut

- twice ballsed up simple arithmetic. Most recently despite my denials at the time, Venky's have put in £150m+, not £250m+

 

What I am not retracting:

- Glen Mullan is right

- support for the Trustees, John Williams and Tom Finn 

- what I posted about Qatar, Australians and Western Union

- my opinions about Tantric, Kentaro, Kean and Nixon

- my support of Big Sam

- Steve Patrick the best groundsman ever

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I take it the sentence referring to " buying in Spain " isn't football related ? Now is a better time to buy in Spain. A Spanish friend of ours is an estate agent, he has hundreds of apartments for sale that have been repossessed by the banks. Some real bargains there.

[Mattyblue]

Think he means Ali Syed.

Like your thinking though Tyrone, let’s move this on to our own personal confessional! 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Think he means Ali Syed.

Like your thinking though Tyrone, let’s move this on to our own personal confessional! 

 I see, the guy who bought that club out in Spain.

Oh no, I'd be on here all day ! 

Edited August 30, 2018 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Leonard Venkhater]

58 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Think he means Ali Syed.

Like your thinking though Tyrone, let’s move this on to our own personal confessional! 

Haha..and Tyrone's most hideous, embarrassing sin is.....

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

54 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Haha..and Tyrone's most hideous, embarrassing sin is.....

Don't go there. I'm cringing now.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Souness only brought Friedel in because he was his mate and was no better than Filan or Kelly.