Apart from two chances he created?

Bit of a strange half, this. Thought they were well on top until we scored, then that really deflated them until pretty much when they hit the bar. We have definitely been a lot better than Boxing Day though thankfully. I’d expect a big improvement from them second half though, they won’t be that poor again.

Why wouldn’t he say something like ‘we’re ahead of where I thought we’d be, but I’m happy with that and of course I’d love us to get promoted this season’. The negative attitude of him writing us off can’t be good to hear as a player….

I’ll tell you why. JDT said himself ‘we aren’t in the promotion picture this season’ the other day. Almost like us being third is an inconvenience. Is the project more important than our league position? Is adding value to players more important than winning matches? I support Blackburn Rovers football club, not our balance sheet… If promotion isn’t the aim, when we are sitting in third, I start to question what the point of us being a professional football club is, I’ll be honest.

So did the whole team, unfair to single just him out.

Finally stopped stewing after that shower on Boxing Day. I started thinking, if Hirst was first choice, who the hell was second choice? Imagine how bad they must be!

You seen any of the matches or results recently? We are third for now, but the season finishes in May…

Performance over results, yet they’re both shite at the minute….

What a way to run a club. Chance of promotion, which is the point of being in the competition in the first place- ‘no thanks mate’.

It doesn’t have to be a transition just because the manager says so though. We could actually show some ambition as club for once and say ‘we are third and the aim is promotion’. Instead of dismissing defeats due to us being a young side and saying it’s a project. Where’s the ambition at? What’s the point of football if we are just in transition all the time and not aiming to actually go up. It’s always tomorrow with this lot.

Playing with Hirst is like playing with ten men, he’s had four months now and he’s still absolutely useless. Send him back. All this talk of a ‘project’ and just batting away another limp performance where we have loads of the ball, but never really do anything with it bar the goal, it’s awful. If we aren’t even bothered about getting promotion, but we are more bothered about a ‘project’ or adding value to players, you start to wonder, what’s the point?

There goes the voice of someone that didn’t travel 2 and a half hours to get there and has a 2 and a half hour journey home.

No point turning up to away games as the players don’t bother either. Useless pricks.

What a shower of shite that was. Thanks for ruining my Boxing Day JDT and those useless pricks in blue and white.

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you have a cracking day!

First time at Stadium of Light for me here! 7am minibus pick up, long day for me!

Everyone gets a clean slate when they start here from me, no point calling myself a supporter if I write someone off before they’ve kicked a ball for us….

I know that after a match is never a place for reasonable debate, as people are in a bad mood owing to the result (and that most definitely includes me!), but if it’s JDT’s fault when we lose, it’s also his fault if he win….

Course there is, we won games he managed in.

There are absolutely concerns about a lot of things with us right now and they’re concerns that I share and have highlighted. That said, he’s not even been here six months.

It’s to give people a break from the bickering for two days, to give people a chance to see their families. You’ve two days to not give each other some stick, I’m sure you can cope. Tis the season and all that.

I’ll be honest, I struggle to take anything on that site seriously, but it’s no surprise ‘one of our own’ has just slagged off the fans to such an extent. What anyone hopes to gain by doing so is beyond me. Self-hating behaviour is so bizarre.

I don’t think anyone taught that poster the gift of humility. Either way, any more of that and he won’t be around any more, just to clarify.

I’m glad the last two posters can see the light thankfully. People were absolutely fuming about two consecutive no-shows and put the blame on the manager for forcing us to play a certain way, as it costs us goals. To be fair, there were maybe a handful of posters questioning the gospel according to JDT and his position. But ironically, it was an over reaction to an over reaction and people decided fans were jumping the gun in wanting the manager gone. When barely anyone called for his head, more they were fuming that we played so badly and avoidably against two of our most local rivals….

Terry Hall from The Specials has died, aged 63. One of my favourite bands, so this one hits a bit different. I’m blessed to have been able to see them live a few years ago with the full line up.