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speeeeeeedie last won the day on January 7 2021
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v Swansea City (a) - 22/2/25
speeeeeeedie replied to ...'s topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Utterly shambolic defending for Swansea’s goals. Plenty of others have already said what I would about the individuals involved. I will add that Travis gave away yet another stupid free kick Gueye’s magic dust looks to have worn off. He can’t trap a bag of sand today. What does Forshaw bring to the party? 3 subs are on. 3 down as I’m writing this. Game certainly over now. -
😀 I understand where you are coming from. I think that there has to be a decent manager somewhere inside Gerrard. He led Rangers to a title and an unbeaten season. That's not easy, even discounting that it was in Scotland. However, since then he's not been good. Boring at Villa, then an inexplicable move to a Saudi team without the might of PIF money that ended with a shrug. He needs to resurrect himself and what better chance to do that than getting Rovers promoted. My choices; Jurgen Klopp then Alan Shearer. Based on this list I'd take Gary O'Neil. Lee Carsley - 7/4 Gary O'Neil - 6/1 Rob Edwards - 7/1 David Lowe - 10/1 Ryan Lowe - 10/1 Richie Wellens - 12/1 Aitor Karanka - 15/1 Valerien Ismael - 22/1 Carlos Carvalhal - 25/1 Steve Cooper - 25/1
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I'm glad too based on you offering up Gerrard.
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He owns 25% or thereabouts. My theory is that the Glazers are having him do all this in public as he's technically local so they don't feel the wrath. The club is worth north of £5bn. Ratcliffe is a businessman who made his big money flipping companies, he will get a nice windfall if they sell. I'm sure that is hard for him to pass up. If this is not the case Ratcliffe is doing a shambolic job of running the club. I didn't see the game yesterday but not scoring against Spurs is an indictment in itself, never mind the plethora of teenagers on the subs bench.
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Championship 24/25
speeeeeeedie replied to Forever Blue's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think that you are right. Rovers are averaging 1.5 points per game. Carrying that on will have Rovers ending on 69 points. The same as JDT's 7th place finish. On paper Rovers have a decent run in. Games against 6 of the current bottom 8. Have already played 1st and 3rd twice. Play 2nd the last day of the season when they are hopefully in party mode. Plus Sheff Wed, Boro, and Norwich at home. I will caveat this with the fact that this is Blackburn Rovers who are managerless, run by fools, and don't score many goals. -
Leaving Rovers current debacle aside for a minute it seems that Ratcliffe is wielding the axe again at Man U; BBC: more redundancies at Man U Having laid over 250 staff last year Man U may now lay off another 200 to save money. I'm no fortune teller but in the world of Premier League football running a slash and burn cost cutting operation seldom leads to on field success. My cynical take is that he's doing it on purpose again to make the club look favourable to potential buyers. Although I'm sure that there are many oil rich middle eastern princes would buy it tomorrow as is. Either way, the way it looks to me is that Man U won't be winning the league any time soon.
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v WBA (a) - 12/2/2025
speeeeeeedie replied to TheRevAshton's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
What a surreal game. It's been a trying week to be a Rovers fan. I wasn't expecting much from a midweek away game to a team higher in the table, but I am happily proven wrong. The first half was boring with Rovers offering little, but what else from a team reeling from losing their manager? Gueye steps up in the second, bangs 2 in, and was unlucky not to get a third. All whilst West Brom did virtually nothing again. Pears did well in the last 10. 5th. What a strange spot to be in. -
It would be very annoying not having US commentators.
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Superbowl 2025 is on Sunday. It's always a good time over here. Kansas City are going for their 3rd in a row against the Philadelphia Eagles. Taylor Swift will be there. Kendrick Lamar is doing the half time show.
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v QPR (a) - 4/2/2025
speeeeeeedie replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I was only commenting on your Dolan line. I don't lump them together, hence no mention of Hedges. -
v QPR (a) - 4/2/2025
speeeeeeedie replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He was also pressing a lot on his own. He'd run toward the fullback who'd just pass it around him. Looking busy but not actually doing anything productive. -
v QPR (a) - 4/2/2025
speeeeeeedie replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Dolan started the season well, most on here acknowledged that. Since about October he's reverted to type. He was poor last night and overall, it summed up his Rovers career; looked busy, bad decision making, a goal from nothing, then off after 60 minutes. He was at his most frustrating at the start. His foul for the free kick that led to their first goal was amateur hour. Then not 2 minutes later he was driving toward their box, had a great opportunity to put Gueye in on goal but didn't pass it and instead ran into 2 defenders on the edge of the box. As to your "lack of football knowledge" comment, are you saying that you have more than everyone else on here who's watched Dolan over the past few years? He's not good enough, but he'll leave in the summer and will be replaced by an even lesser player. -
v QPR (a) - 4/2/2025
speeeeeeedie replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
That was disappointing. QPR are poor. A long ball team with no pace. Nobody played well but the usual suspects of Dolan, Hedges, and Pears were very poor today. Gueye couldn't trap a bag of sand either. I thought Beck was way off it. The pitch was awful, but no excuse for the loss. -
v Preston (h) - 31/1/2025 - k/o 20:00
speeeeeeedie replied to ...'s topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
A good win. The first 30 minutes were excellent, yet due to a lack of depth Rovers players got tired and PNE came into it the longer the game went on. I thought Rovers penalty was a soft decision, but I'll take it as the opposite usually happens with nothing being given for blatant fouls. I don't rate Dolan. I thought that he was anonymous, then he pops up with a great ball for the first goal. He's not big enough, strong enough, or fast enough, but has moments. He'd be a world beater at 7-a-side or futsal. Gueye played very well. He tried a couple of Hollywood passes that missed but his touch has improved. He had one chest control in the first half that stuck to him like glue. Did anyone else wonder what Rovers were doing at kickoff? 4 players, including Beck, were lined up on the left side of the halfway line. I expected a quick pass back then a knock to the left corner. Instead of that I saw 4 backwards passes ending up with Pears slicing a rushed clearance that barely made it to the centre spot. It was very strange and looked amateurish.