Classic Nixon.

I think Stokes is on record saying he doesn’t want the captaincy. Plus, I think given his personal struggles over the last year, it would be unfair to ask it of him too.

I’ve seen him knocking about in Whalley and Clitheroe a bit, think him and Ian Woan Shared a flat somewhere nearby.

He kept Burnley punching above their weight for years. There are barely any better candidates knocking about. Don’t you remember the season they went up and beat us twice? He would be the ideal Championship manager and won’t be out of work long.

Not surprised by the sacking? He’s been there ten years and completely transformed the club. There haven’t been any whispers or rumours about it at all.

Insanity from their board. As we know, sacking a manager is the easy part, the right replacement is the tough bit. It might end up being a master stroke, but I also think he was the reason things were going so well for them….

We still need to keep him in the side though, nobody else can get any runs! There’s not exactly a long list of candidates to replace Root as captain either!

Sounds like a pretty rubbish Friday tbf.

Atlético Madrid are an absolute disgrace. They were determined to make the beautiful game a very ugly one tonight.

I’ve parked at Infirmary Street, since Bryan Street WMC started charging . Touching Wood, as I know it isn’t the best up there, I’ve had no issues to date….

Was Emnes playing against us?

Think he’s on about the league in 2022.

I saw him at the Eagle at Barrow a few months back. He looked well enough, think he’s doing an apprenticeship and playing for Chorley part time….

Elliott was quite a bit better than okay in that first half of the season….

Burnley’s hopes and dreams being crushed, inject it into my veins.

Sure it’s been mentioned and I’ve not seen it, so apologies if so. But, what was that announcer smoking when he announced the goal scorer as BBD and not Gallagher? Absolutely amateur hour.

As rubbish as Mercer’s pre match tip today. Utterly pathetic.

Against Wigan, we played about as well as I expected tbh. We absolutely never win there and just bottled it. (Not the first or last time, either).

Post unhidden, on reflection. We can’t win with that particular poster. We protect him, it’s apparently pathetic, we let it all slide, then we allow bullies to run wild apparently.

They do it every year, I can’t believe people get excited about them going down, they always scrape it out it at the last minute….

So the real problem is the fans and not Venky’s? Right then.

Local(ish) derby, Blackpool rarely win away, I think we know how this one plays out.

If the players can get more money elsewhere, I wouldn’t blame them tbh. It’s a short career. The example I always use is- if any of us were offered more money to do the same job somewhere, you’d take it. They won’t even have to move house in some cases….

Just because the owners are awful, doesn’t mean Mowbray doesn’t have it in his locker to be awful too….

With the cost of living increase a hot topic at the moment, I imagine attendances will continue to suffer next season if the pricing goes up a fair bit. As much as I don’t think the price should increase, my guess is that it will….