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Will be more like the fateful 'Charge of the Light Brigade' at Balaklava! A game we failed to win simply through not taking our chances and abysmal game management. IMO, Ismael should take the blame - he manages the game, makes the tactical changes and instructs those players coming on as substitutes. Think it's crystal clear De Neve has very, very limited football intelligence and introducing him when you need to close a game down is akin to pouring petrol on to smouldering embers. As for Hedges, a diabolical challenge given all his experience. Think Ismael, again, failed miserably with his game management - a very poor head coach. Can anyone articulate we are a serious football club and merely not a p1ss take? The Cantwell saga stinks to high heaven in my eyes whilst the continuing non use of Pickering and Ribeiro is I think unbelievably mystifying and somewhat sinister. God help us both on Tuesday, when Ipswich roll into town, and for the rest of the season. I think we are in deep trouble and heading for the drop.

Can only see a Wrexham win. A well drilled outfit with squad depth and more than finding their Championship feet. Think Keiffre Moore will terrorise us. This could end up a 3 or 4 goal defeat for, IMO, our largely unproven, thrown together band of relatively cheap mercenaries.

Think Montgomery is seriously out of his depth. We cannot start with him in our midfield.

So should we sack Ismael? His home record is woeful. Little wonder Ewood is less than a third full.

Utter and complete garbage. Feckin awful football - League 2 standard.

Has been progressing since his kick on the knee !!! Wouldn't wager a penny on him wearing the blue and white shirt again.

TBH, with our medical department's track record on diagnosis and prognosis, I would be surprised to see Tronstad back before 2026!!!

It would help if we had a half decent Sports Science department!!!

I don't think our sports science staff even know what day it is. Fifth raters in my opinion.

The Bonny Inn!! Was Jim the landlord when you frequented? A larger than life character - enjoyed a couple of 'lock-ins' with Jim and a couple of well known Rovers' players who lived just down the road.

Some fine pubs in there - downed a few in all of them. Did the 'Revidge run' 3 or 4 times and on one occasion we foolishly called taxis fron The Woodlands and ended up at Trader Jack's in Blackpool and blagged a couple of rooms at The Imperial. Sadly, pubs are dead now unless there's a good food offering.

Whitbread acquired Duttons in the 1960's but, if my memory is correct, stopped their brewing operation in High Street (Blackburn town centre) in the late 1970's - Samlesbury was one of Whitbread's 'super' breweries and came into operation the the early 1970's. Whitbread sold their beer business to the Belgian owners of Stella Artois about 25 years ago and that business is now part of the biggest brewer in the world (Anheuser-Busch InBev) - from little acorns...!!! Lion Brewery was taken over by Matthew Brown about 100 years ago who in turn were taken over by Scottish & Newcastle in the 1990's - S & N closed the site at Little Harwood within 2 or 3 years of their acquisition. Thwaites was Blackburn's oldest brewer with its iconic Christmas Star on its roof. Sadly, Thwaites' beer business declined pretty rapidly and a number of its brands were sold to Marstons Brewery about 10 years ago who in turn are now part of Carlsberg. All that remains of the Thwaites brewing operation is a craft brewery at Mellor Brook but Thwaites still do have a number of hotels and pubs. Talking of pubs and pub runs, I would think there are a good number on here who will remember the 'Revidge run' starting at Bulls Head, Wilpshire, up Pleckgate Road, along Revidge Road and finishing at Woodlands (top of Preston New Road). Of those 10 / 12 pubs, sadly I think there are only 3 / 4 still open. A blurry blast it was!!!

Couldn't choose a better fixture to get the home form monkey off our back! The southern softies will be like lambs being led to slaughter. Pile in on Rovers' win at 5/4 and have yourself a very Merry Christmas!

A decent night - in pocket and Rovers' win! PNE are shite - frightening to think they would have gone second with a win. Just how poor and open is this league!? Reality is we are a bottom eight side. Some decent performances but a few concerns with a number of ours either not good enough for the Championship or physically not suited to it. As for Baradji - looked like he'd come on for a little knock about with his mates. So laid back. Big question mark there.

Montgomery embarrassingly way out of his depth. Keep saying it but one of the most over-hyped players to come through the academy. Needs hooking at half time.