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Good start from the lads. Thought we would be sharper than against Brum. Wharton for Chrisene is somewhat safer to start. JDT man management was perfectly fine until the muppets above and around him did their thing.

swag,broughton,suhail and silvester basically run the club.. So that's BSSS (bull shit shit shit). So even if Greg goes, we'd have SSS in charge. Treble shit so to speak. 🙂

Pears Hyam McFadz Wharton Brittain Tronstad Fleck Hedges Szmodics Dolan Gally Pears Brittain Hyam McFadz Wharton Dolan Tronstad Fleck Hedges Szmodics Gally Garrett/Chrisene/O'Riordan to come on as needed.

Looks like the new narrative is (apart from nothing to see here, all is well), just survive this year and then we can have a ‘new dawn,’ a reset or even a new project under JE because he will have to have at least 3 windows. And that is indeed logical and fair to give him that chance but there won’t be any new dawn because budgets will be cut further, an already weak team will be weakened, season ticket prices will rise and the Raos will be looking over their shoulders to the courts and the tax person.

Think the team will be sharper than they were yesterday and at least compete more. Let’s be positive (rather than logical). 3-1 Rovers. Sammy penalty, McFadz and Hyam from corners. McFadz sent off late on. 😄

7 league games in December (we won one) No Gallagher, no Dolan, no Hedges, no JRC for all of them. Hyam played in three I think. Relying on Walhstedt, Leonard, Moran, Telalovic, Siggy, Garrett, Markandy January 3 league games (Drew 2, lost 1) Gally played in 2, Pears returned for 1 Still no Dolan, Hedges, JRC came on for 1 Still relying on Walhstedt, Leonard, Moran, Telalovic, Garrett, Markandy Add to the mix the risible management of the hierarchy, a manager who had been lied to and had clearly felt badly short-changed and you have a recipe for what happened. The team looked poor yesterday with all injured players returned and a new centre back.

McFadz got that diagonal going well.

My start would be 'Here's a ball, how well can you look after it.' and 'learn to love this ball.'

Brittain should keep his mouth shut. 3 potential crosses in promising attacks and he hits the defender each time. Crisene stuggling. Shame, thought he looked good on Saturday. Not fit enough for 2 games so close? Tronstad solid. Dolan tidy. Take a draw now.

Sadly, I think you are correct. Such a shame really. But then JDT realised the project he had been sold was a lie, that he was surrounded by shite (I don't mean the players as such) and probably downed tools himself to some extent. More 'utilitarian' it is then. 🙂

This is just some musings. I was thinking about rubber dinghy men (actually occasioned by something on 606 phone-in.) Remember those days when we were relegated 98/99? And I got to thinking of the ins and outs, whys and wherefores. A thread here from 2020 https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34492-9899-relegation/ and a good piece on Hodgson here https://90sfootballparty.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/home-too-soon-hodgson-at-blackburn/ The latter did make me think about JDT and training methods. Hodgson was a real eye opener for English players and his first season here was electric. But then it all went pear shaped. Gallagher talking about double sessions making them knackered was interesting. But then, like a multinational, institution, family saga or soap opera, many factors were at play. Difficult personalities, failed signings (Davies/Peacock) in terms of performance, mistakes by the owner (Jack), injuries and so on all leading to catastrophe. And that was even when we had money!

The new 'project'? 🙂

Who was responsible for that? Certainly not Mowbray.

Player wages -is this accurate? Dolan! https://www.capology.com/club/blackburn/salaries/ And on speculation and a kind of follow on, who will be sold in the summer? High wage earners off the books, those who can command a good fee? Edit There are several online lists -another one -Dolan better off on this one 🙂 https://salarysport.com/football/championship/blackburn-rovers/

Yes indeed.

Incidentally, we don't score that 2nd (?) goal without Hedges at the back post for the knock down. For that matter, we wouldn't have crossed the ball early in the first place with no Gallagher either (ie for a lot of games this season.) Would have been recycled in the er, Barcelona style but you can see logic under JDT without target men to cross to. I think my posts were more about the glee (understandable I guess) that lumping it might be some kind of panacea and a deflection from other shenanigans.

I perhaps overstated the matter for effect. I'd ignore Stoke with Pulis and Wigan. Dyche is different and would agree but his sides can play too cf Everton, certainly not just a lump it style. A pragmatic combination of style. JDT improved all those players and you could still see it in doses -just smaller doses 😉 And game management of course once 2 ahead, long goalkicks for most of second half, 3 at the back all the time marshalled by a good pro. Needs must.

Pragmatically, for the level we are likely to be at and with the shitshow above the manager, you are probably correct. It will keep us at this level or below for ever. JDT offered a glimpse of something better and with the correct backing and a functional club could have achieved it. We will never go up with this kind of pragmatism and if we did would be a laughing stock. JDT's brand would not have been a laughing stock at a higher level.

That's why England were light years behind continental players and have only won the World Cup once (home advantage and a Russian linesman). We couldn't even qualify in 74, 78 and 94.

Plenty to say on tactics, shape, personnel, attitude and so on. But just a couple of things for now:- 1 Always good to win, well done lads. 2 Any idea that the clusterf**k that is the Rao’s, Waggott, Suhail had anything to do with this win or should take any credit for changing the manager is tosh.

‘reset in the summer’ Really?

Such tosh needs deconstruction. At least he understands the challenge that the Championship presents and has demonstrated some degree of competence in dealing with it. He was doing fine last season and the first half of this until the shit show that is SWAG and Rao’s messed up. Hopefully supporters will give him a fair crack of the whip Yes we will, it’s the dross above that needs calling out. ..and then we go again next season. Really? And on what grounds given the last 13 years do you base that?

JDT class. Thanks everyone but his bosses.