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Interesting read, more damning for VI in that he was appointed to a team that was in the playoffs and that he managed to derail it in a quite unbelievable fashion, even by our own standards. That run of defeats to Derby, Stoke and Cardiff when he first came in who I think were 3 of the bottom 4 at time will live long in the memory.

Imagine after when Rudy told us last season that we were in for an exciting summer, he had winked and whispered "I can confirm that by October Adam Forshaw will be crucial to our starting eleven"

But the club are more interested in sacking journalists. I'm a bit indifferent about whether or not Ismael should be sacked at this point, I don't think it makes a huge difference in the grand scheme of things. I feel like we're circling the plughole very slowly. Edit - I assume we wouldn't be able to afford to sack him. Remember though, over 100 applicants and he was the best one, because surely we would only appoint the very best applicant.

I don't think Toth is useless every week, but he did have a stinker today. I slagged him off for the second Charlotn goal in particular, he should have saved it. But others then correctly pointed out that the defending was just as bad before the shot. Tavares stinking the place out so far and the Baradji signing has baffled me. When is he going to be fit? Because we're already playing ourselves into trouble so early in the season, he will basically have to hit the ground running when he is ready for selection. We're already carrying too many passengers in the current squad. Kargbo is so frustrating. Pace of Usain Bolt and the footballing ability of.. Usain Bolt.

6 points from 6 games so far, might have been 9 from 7 after last saturday, but it is pointing towards a relegation scrap, no question. Tuesday feels like a must-win now.

I don't think there's much point in gloating about that, they're playing one of the best teams in the world and we're playing the 3rd best team in league one last season and getting dicked as well. Sadly, we'll never be on an even footing with them until we're rid of these horrific owners.

Our own heavily biased commentary team have just said 'at times it looks like Charlton have had an extra man, with the way they've been able to work the ball about'. Tells you everything. Will they being getting banned from Ewood Park for stating the obvious?

Just checked and according to Livescore we've had one shot on target after 83 mins. Garbage. There will be the usual numpties who go 'well if we had got that penalty everything would have been different'. The performance hasn't passed the eye test. Against a poor, newly promoted side, we've been second best again.

Oh well. Toth clearly at fault for both goals. I would have f***ing saved that.

I know we're not even ten games into his career at Ewood but he has looked really poor so far. Travis was average in this division but did the basics well and fairly consistently. This lad is struggling with the basics every week.

Hedges off for Gueye, I've no idea what the formation is now, other than a bit disjointed.

Wow, what a miss for Charlton.

Have we had a shot on target yet? Can't remember one. Or certainly can't remember a save from the keeper.

I'd have to see that again as I'm not sure how much his hand was sticking out and it was smacked at him at point blank range. Probably would have been given if it was for the home team... Jones arguably shouldn't be on the pitch to be handballing it, could have been sent off in first half.

beat me to it

The club probably only has budget for one hat these days so he's had to lend it Toth for the second half

Quite incredible that we haven't beaten a newly promoted team away from home for 4 years. It goes back to the thing I always bang on about about how mediocrity is acceptable at this football club and we have no ambition. We have a 'bare minimum' mentality to every single aspect of the football club. Most teams who want to get promoted or get into the playoffs go to a newly promoted team and expect to beat them whereas we're timid and hoping for a 'good away point at a tough place to go'.

Why is Harry Pickering taking free kicks now? Do we just do a raffle in the changing rooms before matches now? Came down with snow on it.

Rubbish this so far. Nowhere near the standard we saw against Ipswich and Watford.

First chance they get and it's 1-0 👎 Poor from Toth there

If you follow BBC Lancashire Sport on social media, they usually post there before kickoff, here is today's 👍

I had no idea about this story until about 15 minutes ago, just read through 8 pages of posts and the club/LT's statements. It's another new low for the football club. Plummeted out of the top tier of English football due to gross incompetence from owners and senior staff. 15 years of the least ambitious ownership in English football, perennial also-rans who also had to spend a year in 3rd tier, because of incompetent ownership and appalling staff appointments. Club now run by day-to-day by people with no background and credentials to be operating a prestigious and historic club at this level. Horrible relationship between the fans and owners for 15 years, the owners and directors never once apologising for any of the shite and embarrassment they have forced on the town. Owners must know deep down how problematic it all is as they haven't been back for a decade. Yearly admin cock-ups have the entire country laughing at us Relegated and completely decimated the womens team to the point they're getting beaten by teams we've never heard of in a regional Sunday league. For the cost of a few hundred grand from our billionaire owners who 'love the club'. They then blamed the fans. Last two managers walked out on the club following a moving of goalposts and aforementioned lack of ambition Haven't beaten local rivals the entire time we've been owned by Venkys, they're now miles ahead on and off the pitch and an example of how to show ambition and make progress, while we're the opposite. 15 years of having absolutely no idea why Venkys own us and don't want to sell us. Never explained why they bought us, never explained why they still own us, so very bizarre. Now we've banned the local newspaper for daring to say something that Moscow/Pyongyang didn't like. Whether you think Jackson should get a Pulitzer or whether it should be used for wrapping chips is beside the point. It's pathetic behaviour from a club run by incompetents (I think EJ if anything has been much fairer and more protective of the club than he needed to be, but I don't mind him). EDIT - I forgot to mention that thanks to lack of infrastructure investment from our billionaire owners, we're also no longer able to play home matches if it's raining. I've had a season ticket every season now since 1998 and if I am absolutely honest, with the exception of the season in League One (which it was a disgrace that we were in) I haven't enjoyed it for probably a decade, I can't really explain why I still go.

Wrexham are doing sort of how I expected, I am a bit surprised about BIG CLUB though.

He's guaranteed to score at Ewood in November isn't he? He's reached his peak now as a footballer and his peak is to be a consistent goalscorer at this level, I think it's bizarre that Saints didn't keep him there this season.

Can't see us playing really well 3 matches in a row, luck will run out, law of averages, etc. 1-1. Like several others I would keep the side that started against Ipswich if we can, even though I read Tavares now fit, I don't think he is "a fit" in that midfield. JRC to come on with 5 mins left, equalise at the death and do the goal against former club no-celebration 👀