onlyonejackwalker

Here we go again. I'm here. Not excited, not confident, no anticipation, hopes or expectations. No affinity to any player, the manager, club management, or the owners. Not even to the ground, with all its legacy. But i have respect, love and friendship for everyone of you. Truly I do. Because you are also here. And like me, you give everything and can change nothing. WIn, lose, or draw. It doesn't matter. What matters is we are all here and will be forever. That's magical and truly inspirational. I hhope we win for everyone of you.

Gone are the days of 11 regular starters and two regular subs playing all season. With 5 or 6 that rarely get a look in. In fact it's remarkable looking back that you could confidantly pick the same team week in, week out. They are all squad players now. Some are better and play more than others. The ones that play less are back ups to the ones that play more. Our best run of form last year came with a very settled side. Even though our keeper, Hedges, Dolan and the strikers were getting a lot of flak.

5 defeats, then 4 wins on the bounce! This has to be the craziest division in world football. Can we beat Sheff United away? They looked good at Ewood and deserved the win.

Unfortunately it's completely out of our hands so I'm not overly excited. We've shown a lot of courage and determination at times this season. And badly collapsed at others. It's anyone's guess.

I can't remember ever scoring four goals from defence / defensive midfield before! Can anyone else? I don't remember Rathbone and Branagan bagging many! Well done to all involved. Frustrating that's its come so late when the pressure is off, but losing every week wasn't healthy. Along with Batth, Brittain and Travis, Tronstad must be a contender for player of the season. He was superb before his injury and I am pleased for him today. To feel non-plussed about the Rovers is a weird emotion after a lifetimes investment.

It's done and dusted. Shame really, but other than the odd game we have been very poor from mid-December onwards. Too many players overworked, too many injuries, too many individual errors, culminating in too many below par performances and too many dropped points. Easily our best chance for success as the league has been so poor this season. Our biggest problem being the lack of goals we have scored. I can't see it, but i wouldn't mind both Millwall and Bristol City getting in the play offs at the expense of Boro, Coventry, West Brom etc.

Well done. Never easy winning away. Great to get a clean sheet.

There are no words.

I'm seriously thinking about not renewing. My mate and my son also. I enjoyed our organisation and fight under Eustace, but it was turgid stuff at times. Forget Duff and Tugay, it wasn't a patch on watching Scotty Sellars, Garner and Gayle.

The three stooges didn't stop him getting us in the top six all season. They just couldn't give him an extra 10k a week. He's currently doing well at Derby, but that can change. He's gone, you've just got to deal with it. The three stooges did however recruit this total plank and what is astounding is that no one seems to give a toss about how our season has totally disintegrated. Apart from us lot.

I've not seen those comments regarding Lowe. But internal politics, empire building, self protection and straight forward bitchiness are rife in football. More than any other industry I have worked in.

I explained Eustace left for money. Rumoured to be 12k a week more. That was it. I'm not sure why that is confusing you. If he keeps Derby up and a Premier League team comes in for him he will be off like a shot. But that is completely irrelevant to us recruiting Ismael. We still had a brilliant opportunity to attack the rest of the season.

We were in the play offs and had just recruited a striker, two wingers, a midfielder, left back and centre half. For this guy to take what we had, plus the new signings, gain 1 point from 18 (and that was due to a 96th minute goal), take us from 5th to 12th, rarely look like scoring, always look like conceeding, never look like winning, is desperately bad. An appalling appointment. More so, as all of us knew exactly what was needed. A short term motivator, who would instill renewed belief in our jilted, snowflake players. Lowe was in the top ten short term options after Eustace left. Maybe even top five. Get shut and let him see the season out.

I'm hugely disappointed in the players. Even if they dislike this manager conceeding within 5 minutes most weeks is totally unacceptable.

I'm lost for words. Players, management, executives and owners stinking the place out. We are plumbing new depths.