Or Plymouth away, Bristol last season away, etc, etc.

That's where the honour comes in. Sometimes you have to do the right thing, rather than you thing you want to do.

I have to say that I haver zero respect for JE, and not least his comments after the game. We all work in tricky jobs from time-to-time and he left us in the lurch and abandoned the players who seem to really like him, and the fans when we were in a great position to get into the play offs. He was no great shakes last season, let's be honest, and nearly got us relegated. Stick if out to the end of the season and move on then would be the honourable thing to do.

I think it's been done for a while. The last few weeks of JE were just as bad.

No

In the first season.

Today's result is part of a pattern over many seasons, so no-one should be surprised. We are a mid table second tier club just about holding our own.

If you can't goad the opposition at a football match.................

Derby......

Picking looks scared to death of VL in the welcome to the squad photos.

What do people want him spending his first day doing? Writing a letter to fans? Get a grip.

You were young then.

It's not true, if the three-year contract is accurate, to say this is a cheap option.

Rovers Latest @LatestRovers · 1m Dean Whitehead is set to join Valerian Ismael at #Rovers. - Alan Nixon

Perez and another nutty fullback.

Post See new posts Conversation Andy Bayes @AndyBayes Valérien Ismaël is to be the next head coach of Blackburn Rovers. The former Barnsley, West Brom and Watford boss is expected to take charge against Norwich on Saturday.

Yes, we need some Valerien steel.

I like that VI looks tough, like a manager should. I always felt that JE looked like he could be picked on at school.

"Rovers interviewed candidates last week before narrowing down their options to a shortlist of around six. Of those, there remain several names that have not been made public and have not even been linked in the betting markets."

Another timely reminder, if reports are accurate, that this is who we are. A zombie club, with few ambitions than keeping the show ticking over and planning for things to get worse.

Just a tease, with some element of truth - who expects us to been the top six. come the end of the season?

I fully expect us to drop down to 10th, and the sooner we do the less the stress will be for all of us.

We need to dust ourselves down.

I can only assume that we are in the negotiations phase, so is it one free John Bull, peas and gravy, or two, a week?