Tom

I wasn’t going to make a thread on this as I didn’t think it warranted it but just wondered if anyone has had the same and conquered it? Does anyone else just feel utterly fed up, maybe not even that maybe it’s just absolute apathy. I read the transfer thread to try and get a bit of a spark of interest but there’s not much to get hyped about. I don’t know if it’s just me but for the first time I recall I haven’t got a season ticket, despite being able to afford and being a 30 minute stroll away, I’ve been to two games all season (West Brom and Brum home so very enjoyable occasions) and watched 10 or so on TV but even then it’s hard to really take much interest as you just know as soon as we concede it’s game over. I don’t blame the manager (solely) for this as the rot had set in for me already but after a lifetime of going to Ewood, and over a decade moderating on here I just don’t know if it’s passing me by now! Anyone had a similar rut and come out the other side?

See the Everton owners were advised to stay away today due to a realistic threat on their safety - imagine Jim White and co will be blasting Everton fans, won’t they? And that decision to allow the Fernandes goal today to stand is ludicrous, Rashford literally runs towards and then along the path of the ball, you can’t be more interfering with play without touching it if you tried so will be interesting to see if this is a precedent or just a mistake

Fair one - let me have one ‘see I was kind of right’ chadster moment here

This is what a friend told me when first linked - maybe not so far off now

Markanday man of the match for us, based on the fact there’s at least a glimmer there Diabolical this though

Fittingly embarrassing

Shocking stuff, great strike but awful from Morton and others. JDT to blame there though the subs had to be at half time, and now he leaves Vale on By the way I did say when JDT was first linked that a lad I know from Sweden said he was ‘drab and dull’ I’m seeing that now

Definitely throw Markanday on, nothing to lose

I rate Gallagher more than most do…..but that was awful. It’s basic

Oh my God, Kilkenny? You bastards!

Morton is decent enough, about 3.6 Roetgen, not great, not terrible. On the Dortmund ‘links’ I recall Adam Henley being monitored by Real Madrid, he ended up at Real Salt Lake - then Chorley

Blimey I watched some of the game on Friday night and ITV were doing their best promotional work for Lampard trotting out every excuse under the sun Blimey

That decision in the Liverpool Wolves game just now, one of the worst offside calls you’ll ever see (after West Ham at Ewood) not even close to offside and VAR fails to correct it

I’m yet to be convinced by the championship manager approach to scouting but certainly see some merit in the data approach

And gets subbed at half time as they are getting battered

But he should have been sent off and was, we appealed the length of the ban and failed there too Bucko at fault - move on! Inconsistency is rife, it’s petty to dwell on decisions though, you also don’t like VAR so it’s something you just need to accept I see we’ve now tweeted again ‘how to tackle v how not to tackle’ showing Garretts tackle vs the one on him (no mention of his booking), it’s just weird, if we have an issue it should be taken up via the proper channels not like a moany teenager on twitter looking for likes

Can’t be doing with all the ‘WADMIN’ stuff maybe I’m just old!

Decent goal from our mate Amari’i Bell today, not sure what position he’s been playing but he’s done well there, fans seem to rate him, pleased for the lad, limited full back with some decent attacking potential and always put a shift in

Wharton has to do better there and it’s 2-0

He’s not as good as I want him to be or think he could be but he’s a competent middling championship player he’s not awful in my opinion

He should bury that every day but he’s nowhere near as bad as you want to believe

Get in, slight deflection but we’ll take it, now shave your head Dacky!

Common surname in some countries, Vietnam I think

Red all day long

Pitch looks very heavy someone just won a defensive header and the ball didn’t bounce just landed then rolled Just makes the defensive risks all the more dangerous