Derby day key for out of form Rovers (From Lancashire Telegraph)

It really is a flip of a coin and to be honest, i'd rather that to the trash served up by Rovers this season....I know Burnley are no better and it has got a 0-0 draw written all over it, but you can shove the 'bragging' rights on this occasion, I want BRFC back to playing decent football and winning games for now, simple!!

While Rovers were struggling to an inevitable defeat against Millwall I chose to watch the Papal annuncio on television. As Pope Francis walked onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square looking slightly startled at a turn of events he had not perhaps expected I was struck by the many parallels with the appointment of Michael Appleton, our father down at Ewood Park.
MA was also appointed by an opaque procedure and for reasons that will never be made public.
Prior to the Pope's appointment no one had ever heard of him and commentators were left to say only that he came from an obscure place that had collapsed financially.
No one knows what his game plan is and when he spoke to his followers it was all a foreign language to them.
Both men are expected to spend a great deal of time going down on their knees to pray for a miracle, although rather more often in MA's case.
The Pope wears a very silly hat. MA would be much improved by wearing a hat no matter how silly.
Of course, the parallels come to an end. The Pope's boss is God, MA's boss only thinks he is God. The Pope being an Argentinian likes passing football and would never just hoof long balls down the pitch all day long hoping for favours from above.
Above all the new Pope is expected to be in office for years to come whereas MA will be lucky to still be clinging on come Pentecost (19 May).

I sat watching the match last night in the Jack walker stand. I could not believe what was happening. Football played in the SKY. The second half was an exhibition of please don't give me the ball.It was the worst thing I've seen in 40 years, MA stood there looking blank. With all due respect he could not teach Frogs to jump. Time to say goodbye.

I am sick of hearing MA saying after yet another defeat that the team have got to dust themselves down for the next game and that he expects a reaction- we have seen the reaction he gets a **** poor one with defeat after defeat. He showed last nigt that he is technically inept, was he the only one in the ground not to see that pumping long high balls for the giant centre halves to mop up was never going to bear fruit- either that or his players did not listen to him which is equally worrying. I am also ****** off with the internal politics at the club that have dogged us over the last couple of years and for whatever reason have prevented us putting our best available team on the park. This needs to be sorted out for Sunday as we need to put out our strongest team-if we get beat by Burnley not only will we be in a relegation battle but the crowd will turn (if they haven't already) and I see no way back for the manager and the majority of the current crop of players.

Not sure how much more we can watch. As fans we have had an absolute nightmare over the past few years and there has been a rapid decline. Managers have come and gone and now we are left with Appleton. Is he the right man for the job??? Well I was willing to give him time but things have become so bad now you feel another change could be necessary unless he can turn things around starting now. Last night should have been an easy victory against a very poor Millwall side. When you look at the team we started with on paper it was way superior than Millwalls, but yet again we were served absolute rubbish on the pitch and Appleton is starting to appear out of his depth. We played long ball quite successfully under Allardyce but we had the players to do this. Last night was clueless and heading practice for a very mediocre Shittu. We made him look like Messi in defence. Were do we now go from here???? god only knows but there is one thing for certain I can't personally watch much more of this and next years season ticket will not be purchased as I can't watch that rubbish no more!!!!

After watching the last 2 displays against Milwall, I'd be amazed if we get anything against the Dingles. This is by far their best chance in years to put one over on us so they'll be right up for it.

If we lose on Sunday, I think he needs to go. That will be no wins in 8 matches - that's relegation form and we all know it.

Gary Bowyer actually brought back some pride, optimism and a sense of identity back to the club and certainly seemed to get the best out of the players. Sack the clueless idiot and get Gary back in for the remainder.

Appleton seems to talk a good game and many of us found his comments refreshing and honest, especially when he talked of the mess that Kean had created. However, since then, he's been found out with regards to being tactically inept, he is motionless on the touchline and doesn't seem to have anything about him really. He is uninspiring so how can he motivate his players?

Get rid now or it's league 1 next season and that will see the few quality players leave and we'll be left with Bradley Orr, Jason Lowe and Marcus Olson. The end is nigh!

I thought that this morning I might be reading that Appleton had resigned. Seems like I'll have to wait until Monday for that!

'Defeat is unthinkable for Rovers' well you had better start thinking about it.

It is about to happen and we will extend our 3 year unbeaten record against you and watch you all cry into your sisters.

Shaw - League 1 Chairman
Appleton - League 1 Manager
Venky's - Rich owners who have put alot of money into the club but still continue to take advise from the wrong people i.e Shaw

Millwall's highest transfer fee 750,000 our's 8million
Millwalls highest earner around 10.000 our's around 45,000

We have the players and the money to walk this league what we dont have anymore is a good experienced manager with a good boardroom above him.

Only Venks can change this, but im not convinced they know how to or who to take advise from!!

So disgusted by last night. Miserable miserable display. Worst I've seen since Tottenham away last season. In all honesty we didn't deserve to play at Wembley - Millwall played with far more heart in both games and took their chance eventually. Fair play to them. Only Blackburn could have made the worst form team in the Championship look so invincible. Kevin Gallagher talked so much sense when he was interviewed on Radio Rovers and told it how it was - a truly insipid and pathetic performance considering there was a place at Wembley and a decent path to the final up for grabs. Didn't hide behind injuries - the players out there tonight were good enough to put on a better display than that.

And my goodness we've well and truly ruined Rhodes. When will Appleton realise that he won't win a header from an aerial ball unless its against defenders who are about 4ft tall. Ridiculous tactics tonight and it didn't change one bit after half time. No different questions posed to the Millwall defence, no kitchen sink no nothing. On the bright side I can't see any serious bids from Premier League clubs for Rhodes in the summer. He looks completely lost at the moment. 'Rhodes scores when he wants' - hmm?. Pedersen looks finished, Lowe isn't advancing for me and Martin Olsson looks half the player he was in the Premier League (granted he wasn't fully fit tonight). You always think he's going to take on a full back and then 9 times out of 10 backs out of it. Badly missed Formica and/or Rochina tonight. What a mess getting rid of those two. Only positive tonight was Dunn's passion and possibly Leon Best's efforts. But, most of the time Dann and Hanley just cut Dunn out of the equation and launched it in hope. No hope.

I'm always one to give managers time, but I'm seriously worried that Appleton is out of his depth. His comments after the Leicester match when he said he told the players at half time not to go out and lose 5-0 concern me greatly. Not positive management - it was only 2-0 with always that opportunity to get something out of a game no matter how woeful a first half you perform. And the performance on Sunday was not 'absolutely outstanding'. He obviously has very low standards. And which bright spark at the club decided to let Simon Vuckevic go without even gaining so much as a fee? Another player we could have done with tonight.

I dread to think what will happen on Sunday. If we don't get our act together we'll find ourselves in League One next year. And trust me I watched lots of League One games at Charlton in the last two years before they were promoted and it's a dreadful, dreadful league for a club of any stature to be part of. But, if that's what it takes to rebuild the club without the Venky's and Shebby Singh then so be it. Can't believe it's come to this.

why does appleton keep saying that the players gave there all , it was rubbish it was a 1 off game to get to wembley and we was awful no effort , how was pederson still on pitch , were getting worse and its heartbreaking. bunch of wa....s the lot of em they dnt care about our club ,, i really cannot believe how bad we was . we didnt even get stuk i

just for the record we deserved exacly what we got last night , millwall are **** but we was worse ang got we we deserved no passion whatso ever,

Ian Ladyman-Daily Mail- who is usually fair with his comments towards us-
"Rarely has the competition seen a night as underwhelming as this."
"Rarely has it seemed to matter so little."
"For much of the night you could have heard yourself snore."
"It looked for all the world that the FA Cup was a competition that meant little to ...the club."
Is this why venkys destroyed everything that was in place when they took over? Is this the entertaining football they wanted?Why don't they just go away like a bad smell?
Enough said.

Heard a whisper that Dunn asked to be left out Sunday could not face to be beaten by Burnley.

submin01 wrote:
I sat watching the match last night in the Jack walker stand. I could not believe what was happening. Football played in the SKY. The second half was an exhibition of please don't give me the ball.It was the worst thing I've seen in 40 years, MA stood there looking blank. With all due respect he could not teach Frogs to jump. Time to say goodbye.

Yes we lost that game purely on tactics, still feel he has to be given a chance though but I must admit that I am now worried why he decided set up a game like that and just don't understand it, he doesn't seem to change anything when it isn't working. More Life in Madame Tussauds than on MA's touchline during a game. The man is obviously still learning.

I had a chat with Happy Appy in the Shajan Indian Restaurant. He ordered scampi and chips. That summed it up for me.

i fear the worst, the absolute dreaded defeat is on the horizon,DIngle defeat doesnt bear thinking about - Venkys must go immeadiatly if we get beat

Agnew & Shaw - the scarlet pimpernels. Show some balls and come out and tell us what is going on. I'd like to see what they are planning for next years season ticket prices. The value might be rapidly declining.

From our best chance of an FA Cup Final appearance in half a century (with guaranteed Europe League status just for beating Wigan in the semi-final), to the near-certainty of a relegation battle - win, lose or draw against Burnley. It's the 1960s all over again with everyone willing the club to fall ever lower. Just 8,000 fans last night tells its own story. The glory days are over. And, for the few who remain, it's unlikely they will ever come back. Has the pitch soil got the right pH value for potatoes - just about the only thing that would be capable of reaching for the stars right now.

simongarnerswindowcl
eaner wrote:
From our best chance of an FA Cup Final appearance in half a century (with guaranteed Europe League status just for beating Wigan in the semi-final), to the near-certainty of a relegation battle - win, lose or draw against Burnley. It's the 1960s all over again with everyone willing the club to fall ever lower. Just 8,000 fans last night tells its own story. The glory days are over. And, for the few who remain, it's unlikely they will ever come back. Has the pitch soil got the right pH value for potatoes - just about the only thing that would be capable of reaching for the stars right now.

does anyone know how may chickens will fit on a football pitch ,, maybe Mrs Desia has the answer

What a biased story,a win against Burnley more important than a trip to wembley ??? Ha Ha Ha you having a laff ??? It is now

don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

With Dyche in charge we have zero chance of winning even against the dross at Ewood. Rhodes will score ( he always does against us) and Olsson will dive his way to a late pen.
To be honest we could not make a decent team from the 22 who will start on Sunday. Too much money paid to inferior players with no heart or passion. As much as I hate the fat one, at least he has passion for his club.

A Rover 45 years and over wrote:

submin01 wrote:
I sat watching the match last night in the Jack walker stand. I could not believe what was happening. Football played in the SKY. The second half was an exhibition of please don't give me the ball.It was the worst thing I've seen in 40 years, MA stood there looking blank. With all due respect he could not teach Frogs to jump. Time to say goodbye.

Yes we lost that game purely on tactics, still feel he has to be given a chance though but I must admit that I am now worried why he decided set up a game like that and just don't understand it, he doesn't seem to change anything when it isn't working. More Life in Madame Tussauds than on MA's touchline during a game. The man is obviously still learning.

so Mr nean man FINKS we gave everyting, that says it all will the last one out of ewood switch off the lights NO DONT venkys are paying the lecky bill !!!!!!

I just pray the V***** pack up shop and bugger off.

They remind me Of the Bhatti brothers, the Indian brothers who took wolves from a top 10 division one club to division four, in just 4 years !!

Heartbreaking not just for the fans but the Sponsors, local businesses and the Borough.

They ought to be ashamed of themselves destroying the very fabric of a 137 year old football club, in just 52 months!!

Incompetent owners, incompetent boardroom, incompetent out of depth manager, and the worst team in 30 years adds up to one thing - DISASTER.

When will you optimists and dreamers out there realise that OUR Blackburn Rovers is no more. It died the day Venkys took over!

SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW!!!!

Oh I nearly forgot

VENKY'S OUT !!!

smell the coffee...!!
Poor
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again

MA.... the problem with....!!

'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.

As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''

Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!

& MA is quite thick.....
no brain cells in big head...!!

'' MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!

but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....! ''

I doubt it.....!!!

thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!

MA is an expert at draws..!
check the stats....! sh...te..!
we cant have this at BRFC,
sorry see this season out
or let him go....!! & start afresh...!
and we need a new proper manager
and new midfielders...!!!

get rid of the elderly OAPs
its a young mans game...!!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.

what do you think...?????

2 great servants will have to Retire.
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn played well tonight but def in his last season and well be lucky if he plays a couple of games.
sorry is just mostly unfit...PLZ retire..!
but Dunny should play v burnley.
cos hes a local lad with pride.
this will be his - DD- Cup final
and ours of course...!!!
The Burnley game will define our season.....!!

Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
but not good enough for long term.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.

Lowe is slow but tries his utmost
& should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.

Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls

Past it players ...plz Just GO...!!!
Murthy, Etuhu, Orr, Givet, Robinson
and any other causing BRFC issues should leave asap...PLZ
so we can buy players who will play for the BRFC badge....!
not just here for money....!!

Dann is not the ideal captain
In fact we have no captain at BRFC
hence we need to find a strong central defensive partner for Dann
who should be a capable central defender & hopefully be a potential captain.
and
a midfield general or 2 who we need as leaders in the middle as that's our problem area and a capable ball winning captain in the center should sort things out.....for sure...!!

what do you think...!!!!

I think V****** need to pi55 off

That's what I think :)

submin01 wrote:
I sat watching the match last night in the Jack walker stand. I could not believe what was happening. Football played in the SKY. The second half was an exhibition of please don't give me the ball.It was the worst thing I've seen in 40 years, MA stood there looking blank. With all due respect he could not teach Frogs to jump. Time to say goodbye.

You pay your money you take your chance. If just over 8,000 turned up then the owners/ management must be wondering why. Sunday will be an exception, but the gates are falling fast and next season may be back to gate levels, last experience in the early 80's. For those not around back then 4,000 to 5,000 was not unusual.

How has it come to this?

Venkys, how about admitting your original mistakes and go cap-in-hand back to John Williams and Tom Finn and offer them their old jobs back. Yes, they were on high salaries, but surely now you can see that their considerable experience meant that they were delivering value for money. If you pay peanuts then you get monkeys like Vineeth Rao, Shebby Singh, Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw.

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

As somebody stated a few weeks ago - ABOUT TIME WE GOT A MANAGER WITH SOME HAIR! We have now had 3 people managing the club whose footballing brains fell out with their hair! Look at all the successful managers - lets have Big Sam, Souness, Adkins, Curbishley, Robins - I'll even take KEN DODD! At least he could stand in the centre circle and provide some entertainment half-time! It's the only thing thats likely to make us smile down at Ewood for the rest of the season!
At least I hae something to smie about - backed Rovers to be relegated at beginning of season at 25-1! Bet Venkys did too!

I see that idiot Modan has come on with his long list of Indian achievements. When he finally emerges from under a rock he can add two further achievements to his pointless inventory: an ignominious exit from the FA cup at the hands of a very poor Millwall side and after the week end the loss of the 34 year record against the Dingles. VENKYs OUT! APPLETON OUT! COAR OUT! THE GLOBAL ADVISER OUT!

Let's get straight back to the Premier League through automatic promotion ... OK, so we won't get promoted automatically, let's do it via the play-offs ... OK, so we won't make the play-offs, let's get to Wembley for that FA Cup semi-final againsta Wigan... OK, so we didn't make the semi-finals, let's hammer Burnley on Sunday ... OK, so we didn't hammer Burnley, let's avoid relegation to League One ... OK, so ...

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Not the managers fault that there's no ball winner in midfield and no attacking wide players available. That problem has never been addressed Cant win with those deficiencies

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Really? Your fellow inbreds don't seem to share your optismism Frog Rover

Gammon Flap wrote:
'Defeat is unthinkable for Rovers' well you had better start thinking about it.

It is about to happen and we will extend our 3 year unbeaten record against you and watch you all cry into your sisters.

3 year unbeaten record? You've played us once because we was in a hgher league than you!

M A,you clearly stated on sky sports news yesterday that YOU had planned to take advantage of BRFC having a bigger,wider pitch than millwalls, it would be a completely different game to the game at the den and a different outcome and that we would play a more attractive game of football playing down the wings and we will see a far different blackburn rovers team last night. WHAT HAPPENED?Was 100%behind you Mr appleton or is it Simpleton but after last night its now time to take stock and its clear your not the one for BRFC.Venkys yet again have failed but as usual keep ducking and diving leaving all the SH*T for their staff to take.Ultimatley Venkys are to blame and always will be.

Apple's thoughts ahead of the Derby.
1.If Burnley don't score, we can't lose.
2 If Burnley score, try to hold the score down to 1-0.
3 We need to score to win, so get the ball to Rhodes in a way that he can use - hold on, that's a bit beyond Apple's tactical abilties.
So it looks like 1 and 2 are the only options for Apple.
Apple's master plan is to hope we have enough points to stay up on goal difference.

1riversider wrote:
Incompetent owners, incompetent boardroom, incompetent out of depth manager, and the worst team in 30 years adds up to one thing - DISASTER.

When will you optimists and dreamers out there realise that OUR Blackburn Rovers is no more. It died the day Venkys took over!

SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW!!!!

OPtIMISTS and DREAMERS out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!1

submin01 wrote:
I sat watching the match last night in the Jack walker stand. I could not believe what was happening. Football played in the SKY. The second half was an exhibition of please don't give me the ball.It was the worst thing I've seen in 40 years, MA stood there looking blank. With all due respect he could not teach Frogs to jump. Time to say goodbye.

the sooner he goes the better,,if appleton is left in charge l for 1 will not be renewing my season ticket,,,on that you can rely,,,,,get shut of agnew shaw and appleton asap,l never wanted this clown in charge in the first place,look at billy davis at forest,,why did we end up with another complete clown and a very negative one at that ?,get nigel atkins in for next season,,,,if we can stay in the this division,,,otherwise its curtains,

I think 99.9% of fans will admit we arn't going to beat Burnley on Sunday. Even if we do, it will be a cheap tap in from a scrappy corner or a mistake from a defender and we will sit on the 1 goal advantage for the rest of the game.

I would actually go as far as to say we are one of the worst teams in all the football league. MA has destroyed our attack force to the extent where we are having between 0-2 shots on target per game. I've watched Oldham, Bradford, Luton town playing teams WAY out of thier league and they create a threat every now and then and get some shots on target, we have NO THREAT WHATSOEVER.

The football has declined to the point at which now, it is becoming a chore to go and sit and watch the team defend for 90 mins. Appleton must go and LET needs to back the fans this time around. If we need to start with the annoying protests again and boycott games so be it.

Frankly I bought an ST this year in the hope of a bit of a turn around, I wont be as willing to part with my cash for next seasons tickets. I really do hope that we can have an empty stadium next year if MA carries on in charge and Venkys continue to strip the club of any talent.

Gammon Flap wrote:

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Really? Your fellow inbreds don't seem to share your optismism Frog Rover

they no nowt gammon flap....it is all a cunning plan to lull you empty heads into believing we are a poor team.

I admit that we had to lose a few matches to do this and we had to forgoe a Wembley appearance - and that hurt a bit - but hey it is all well worth the pain of all that just to seee you weep on sunday as we send you claret monkeys home with your tails between your legs. Again!

Honestly French? With you're win prediction ratio :)

I'm happy with a draw, but after only seeing two goals in seven games, preferably not a 0-0.

Allez les bleus

Sherwoodforest wrote:
Honestly French? With you're win prediction ratio :)

I'm happy with a draw, but after only seeing two goals in seven games, preferably not a 0-0.

Allez les bleus

I will have you know my prediction rate is the envy of many.....Joe Coral bought me the house in France to stop me taking money off him....but I know what you mean Sherwood.

As for only 2 goals in 7 games - well I can only believe that we have been saving them up for this game against the claret monkeys....the smart money is on Best and Rhodes getting two goals apiece in a 4-0 win.

i bet corals bought you the flat above one of there shops so you would keep betting with them easy money !!!!!!!!!!!!!

French Rover wrote:

Sherwoodforest wrote:
Honestly French? With you're win prediction ratio :)

I'm happy with a draw, but after only seeing two goals in seven games, preferably not a 0-0.

Allez les bleus

I will have you know my prediction rate is the envy of many.....Joe Coral bought me the house in France to stop me taking money off him....but I know what you mean Sherwood.

As for only 2 goals in 7 games - well I can only believe that we have been saving them up for this game against the claret monkeys....the smart money is on Best and Rhodes getting two goals apiece in a 4-0 win.

that should have gone with my post frenchy !!!!!!!!!!!

0-0 written all over it!!! Get ya bets on!

Mr Appleton do not, I repeat DO NOT get beaten by our despised rivals on our own patch.

Gammon Flap: "Really? Your fellow inbreds don't seem to share your optismism Frog Rover."

French Toad: "They no now't, Gammon Flap. It is all a cunning plan to lull you empty-heads into believing we are a poor team."

"Lalalalala...I can't hear you, got my fingers in my ears!" There's nothing more sad or tragic than someone who just simply chooses to ignore inevitability. My dear, Toad...the game is already lost for Rovers. Do try to temper your expectation of the team in blue and white, it will allow you to grieve with more dignity.

Up The Clarets!

M.Fletcher.BRFC wrote:

Gammon Flap wrote:
'Defeat is unthinkable for Rovers' well you had better start thinking about it.

It is about to happen and we will extend our 3 year unbeaten record against you and watch you all cry into your sisters.

3 year unbeaten record? You've played us once because we was in a hgher league than you!

Doesn't stop you numpties adding a 17 year stretch between 1983 and 2000 into your 34 years when we didn't play you either though!

3 years

Get your bets on Rovers going down ,Dont think it wont happen.just look back at bigger clubs than us, .Leeds Shefield Wens .etc.

lve had a bellyfull of appletons non-managerial skills and the whole **** Ewood Park regime, and we need a complete clear out and a complete rebuild,,the sooner we achieve these two targets the better for everyone,because if this lot get any longer at the helm,we will be in league 1,,make no mistake ,,

noddy57 wrote:
lve had a bellyfull of appletons non-managerial skills and the whole **** Ewood Park regime, and we need a complete clear out and a complete rebuild,,the sooner we achieve these two targets the better for everyone,because if this lot get any longer at the helm,we will be in league 1,,make no mistake ,,

hear hear

To be perfectly honest I am dreading the game on Sunday.

I always want to give a new manager a chance and I still don't blame Appleton for what is going on down at Ewood but enough is enough, but after last night I am starting to question his capability to turn things around, especially with so many good managers, experienced at this level out on the market.

The majority of the fans booing at the end of last nights game were not the BRAG bully boys, they were the hard core Rovers fans who will stand by the club through thick and thin, and when they start showing dissent to that level then I suspect the limit has finally been reached.

Burnley are a poor team, nothing short of a win is acceptable.

any 1 know what sort of attendance were looking at vs them scum

Please just DO NOT lose on sunday. I couldn't care less how you do it, just don't lose. Things will turn very, very ugly for MA if we do happen to lose.

FCBurnley wrote:
With Dyche in charge we have zero chance of winning even against the dross at Ewood. Rhodes will score ( he always does against us) and Olsson will dive his way to a late pen.
To be honest we could not make a decent team from the 22 who will start on Sunday. Too much money paid to inferior players with no heart or passion. As much as I hate the fat one, at least he has passion for his club.

It seems both sets of fans have little optimism. Did you see our lot last night? How could you not expect to win? We've a sweep stake going at work and I've got a 0-1 win to Burnley. Can't believe it but most of us aren't deluded. Worst still, I'm now more concerned about the actual results than the Burnley factor. Every dog has his day and I reckon it will be your day

Elysiumfire wrote:
Gammon Flap: "Really? Your fellow inbreds don't seem to share your optismism Frog Rover."

French Toad: "They no now't, Gammon Flap. It is all a cunning plan to lull you empty-heads into believing we are a poor team."

"Lalalalala...I can't hear you, got my fingers in my ears!" There's nothing more sad or tragic than someone who just simply chooses to ignore inevitability. My dear, Toad...the game is already lost for Rovers. Do try to temper your expectation of the team in blue and white, it will allow you to grieve with more dignity.

Up The Clarets!

Yep, right up them, for the last 34 years......

leitchy wrote:
Shaw - League 1 Chairman Appleton - League 1 Manager Venky's - Rich owners who have put alot of money into the club but still continue to take advise from the wrong people i.e Shaw Millwall's highest transfer fee 750,000 our's 8million Millwalls highest earner around 10.000 our's around 45,000 We have the players and the money to walk this league what we dont have anymore is a good experienced manager with a good boardroom above him. Only Venks can change this, but im not convinced they know how to or who to take advise from!!

They could start by taking advice from me. Sack Shaw, Sack Appleton, pay whatever it takes to get John Williams back and prise Graeme Souness away from that nice warm TV studio.

upholland rover wrote:
Not the managers fault that there's no ball winner in midfield and no attacking wide players available. That problem has never been addressed Cant win with those deficiencies

There are no attacking wide players because this clown sent them out ours out loan and replaced them with pub team reserves.

well said SF....it is yet another dingle troll posting some silly words which will come back to bite them and echo inside their empty heads come Sunday as they get on the buses to take them home (with no points) to the land where the sun has not shone for 34/35 years now...

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote: don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

I'm happy to have a little wager on that with you Mon Ami

How many crowd will turn up at Ewood Park on derby day ? Might only be 8,000 Rovers fans and Venkys might as well sell tickets to Dingles rest.
Rovers have lost the plot to win games now it might be another relgation battle now.
A first division manager who hasn't got a clues about any tactics .
Owners Venkys are just Billionaire businessmen from India where they only understand cricket ad yoga.
Shaw and Agnew the worst management team in football league like tweedle dee an tweedle dum .
Many players in current Rover's squad are just not good enough to wear Blue and White Shirt.
BRFC need an experience manager and clear out the dead woods and bring in quality players .We are going end up like Leeds.

One wonders if MA knows the heartache it will bring to the Rovers fans if they lose to the Dingles ?? Got the noose ready...............

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote: don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

I'm happy to have a little wager on that with you Mon Ami

Bon Soir CM - save your money or better still go make some by backing Rovers to win.....my euros are on us keeping a clean sheet and three or four goals for the Rovers!

Bit worried about your comments though - I always thought you were a Rovers fan Carlmc - but not quite sure now as I have never ever met or known a Rovers fan who would want to back the scum to beat us?

Angry From Accrington wrote:

leitchy wrote:
Shaw - League 1 Chairman Appleton - League 1 Manager Venky's - Rich owners who have put alot of money into the club but still continue to take advise from the wrong people i.e Shaw Millwall's highest transfer fee 750,000 our's 8million Millwalls highest earner around 10.000 our's around 45,000 We have the players and the money to walk this league what we dont have anymore is a good experienced manager with a good boardroom above him. Only Venks can change this, but im not convinced they know how to or who to take advise from!!

They could start by taking advice from me. Sack Shaw, Sack Appleton, pay whatever it takes to get John Williams back and prise Graeme Souness away from that nice warm TV studio.

Exactly right. Every time I see Souness he looks more and more classy. And yes the Appleton clown sent more decent midfielders packing

Tatts wrote:
Venkys, how about admitting your original mistakes and go cap-in-hand back to John Williams and Tom Finn and offer them their old jobs back. Yes, they were on high salaries, but surely now you can see that their considerable experience meant that they were delivering value for money. If you pay peanuts then you get monkeys like Vineeth Rao, Shebby Singh, Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw.

Oh yeah like John Williams would want to go anywhere near Ewood. Get real

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Wake up and smell the coffee. We are worse than Burnley, off and on the pitch. Win lose or draw on Sunday doesn't detract from the BIG picture, we are headed for Div 1.

Eeeh, the Negative Troll poster is having a party on this result,
Getting stuck in to the Manager, not had this much fun since SK quit have you
Granted we were s**t last night and I was as sipped off as anyone on Ewood, freezing my bits off to watch that dross but
To those that say Appy is tactically inept and negative then how come we started 442 . Most posts have slagged off 451 and said Rhodes needed support but when Appy does that he is a clown.
Then in the second half he throws on Gomez and goes 433 but you say he didnt change anything...oh and conspiracy days Gomez out for non football reasons
I dont say it went well, but the players have to take responsibilty for keep knocking it long
Appy picked the best he had available and because of real injuries and a lack of support in the Jan window from our super owners
The witch hunting on here is driven as usual by the Negative dingle agenda
Usual suspects on the post
To the numptys (2 of you) who were giving Grant Hanley grief and obscene gestures at full time, hang your heads in shame. Hanley was one of the ones who tried and had a good game. It is fans like you that give us Rovers a bad name. Supporter means for life, not just when we win
Dont bother with all Venkys have ruined our club rhetoric, yes they have but it is all just an excuse for wimping out !
Bring on the Dingles,

Eeeh, the Negative Troll poster is having a party on this result,
Getting stuck in to the Manager, not had this much fun since SK quit have you
Granted we were s**t last night and I was as sipped off as anyone on Ewood, freezing my bits off to watch that dross but
To those that say Appy is tactically inept and negative then how come we started 442 . Most posts have slagged off 451 and said Rhodes needed support but when Appy does that he is a clown.
Then in the second half he throws on Gomez and goes 433 but you say he didnt change anything...oh and conspiracy days Gomez out for non football reasons
I dont say it went well, but the players have to take responsibilty for keep knocking it long
Appy picked the best he had available and because of real injuries and a lack of support in the Jan window from our super owners
The witch hunting on here is driven as usual by the Negative dingle agenda
Usual suspects on the post
To the numptys (2 of you) who were giving Grant Hanley grief and obscene gestures at full time, hang your heads in shame. Hanley was one of the ones who tried and had a good game. It is fans like you that give us Rovers a bad name. Supporter means for life, not just when we win
Dont bother with all Venkys have ruined our club rhetoric, yes they have but it is all just an excuse for wimping out !
Bring on the Dingles, no cup tied players for this game..

omg... blackburn is going down... TAKE A HINT VENKY'S YOUR NOT WELCOME.... time to sell... someone is desperate to salvage whats left of the club... no1 wanna work 4 ya... if they did they would play like they use to.... rest in peace rovers

leitchy wrote:
Shaw - League 1 Chairman Appleton - League 1 Manager Venky's - Rich owners who have put alot of money into the club but still continue to take advise from the wrong people i.e Shaw Millwall's highest transfer fee 750,000 our's 8million Millwalls highest earner around 10.000 our's around 45,000 We have the players and the money to walk this league what we dont have anymore is a good experienced manager with a good boardroom above him. Only Venks can change this, but im not convinced they know how to or who to take advise from!!

Well said my fried, you certainly know what your talking about. Its the worst football I can ever remember at Ewood!

Wild Rover wrote:
Eeeh, the Negative Troll poster is having a party on this result,
Getting stuck in to the Manager, not had this much fun since SK quit have you
Granted we were s**t last night and I was as sipped off as anyone on Ewood, freezing my bits off to watch that dross but
To those that say Appy is tactically inept and negative then how come we started 442 . Most posts have slagged off 451 and said Rhodes needed support but when Appy does that he is a clown.
Then in the second half he throws on Gomez and goes 433 but you say he didnt change anything...oh and conspiracy days Gomez out for non football reasons
I dont say it went well, but the players have to take responsibilty for keep knocking it long
Appy picked the best he had available and because of real injuries and a lack of support in the Jan window from our super owners
The witch hunting on here is driven as usual by the Negative dingle agenda
Usual suspects on the post
To the numptys (2 of you) who were giving Grant Hanley grief and obscene gestures at full time, hang your heads in shame. Hanley was one of the ones who tried and had a good game. It is fans like you that give us Rovers a bad name. Supporter means for life, not just when we win
Dont bother with all Venkys have ruined our club rhetoric, yes they have but it is all just an excuse for wimping out !
Bring on the Dingles, no cup tied players for this game..

Couldn't agree more. I don't think Appleton is what we need but he is certainly not to blame for the squad he has. He did everything he could to win last night. At the end of the day it's down to the players to get the result and they looked very 'half-arsed'.

If we can just stay up this season and just hope Appleton has a little bit of money behind him to make big changes to the squad in the summer, then his capabilities should be judged. It's harsh to label him as 'tactically inept' and 'out of his depth' at this point. He's one of the few trying to make things happen here.

My opinion might change out of anger after sunday but my sane opinion is that.

Wild Rover wrote:
Eeeh, the Negative Troll poster is having a party on this result,
Getting stuck in to the Manager, not had this much fun since SK quit have you
Granted we were s**t last night and I was as sipped off as anyone on Ewood, freezing my bits off to watch that dross but
To those that say Appy is tactically inept and negative then how come we started 442 . Most posts have slagged off 451 and said Rhodes needed support but when Appy does that he is a clown.
Then in the second half he throws on Gomez and goes 433 but you say he didnt change anything...oh and conspiracy days Gomez out for non football reasons
I dont say it went well, but the players have to take responsibilty for keep knocking it long
Appy picked the best he had available and because of real injuries and a lack of support in the Jan window from our super owners
The witch hunting on here is driven as usual by the Negative dingle agenda
Usual suspects on the post
To the numptys (2 of you) who were giving Grant Hanley grief and obscene gestures at full time, hang your heads in shame. Hanley was one of the ones who tried and had a good game. It is fans like you that give us Rovers a bad name. Supporter means for life, not just when we win
Dont bother with all Venkys have ruined our club rhetoric, yes they have but it is all just an excuse for wimping out !
Bring on the Dingles, no cup tied players for this game..

Couldn't agree more. I don't think Appleton is what we need but he is certainly not to blame for the squad he has. He did everything he could to win last night. At the end of the day it's down to the players to get the result and they looked very 'half-arsed'.

If we can just stay up this season and just hope Appleton has a little bit of money behind him to make big changes to the squad in the summer, then his capabilities should be judged. It's harsh to label him as 'tactically inept' and 'out of his depth' at this point. He's one of the few trying to make things happen here.

My opinion might change out of anger after sunday but my sane opinion is that.

CheltRover wrote:

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Wake up and smell the coffee. We are worse than Burnley, off and on the pitch. Win lose or draw on Sunday doesn't detract from the BIG picture, we are headed for Div 1.

sod division one mate.....lets hammer the claret monkeys first!

On another world in another galaxy then we may be worse than the scum as you so traitorously claim - but in this world on this planet we will NEVER EVER be worse than the scum. They are even worse than Accy Stanley!

Allez les Bleus!

I hope to see some proper Rovers fans for a change on here today instead of the moaning minnies and whingers that seem to have populated it recently.

This match on Sunday is the defining moment of the season for Rovers, win and we can consolidate our league status and start looking towards building for next season and also - and some would day more importantly - we go to 35 years without a defeat by the claret monkeys.

For over a century now we have fought them on the beaches and on the terraces, we have fought them in the streets and in and outside of the pubs, in the parks and on the trains (and even in Accrington) and we have never, ever surrendered - never!
And we never will.

Rally round the Rovers on Sunday and show some unity and support instead of the derision and division we have seen and heard recently.

Show the scummers off the buses from the dark side that they all had a wasted journey and that contrary to all the many reports of our demise - show them that the Rovers are still very much alive and kicking!

French Rover, you call them moaning minnies. I call them honest. Robbie Savage will be there on Sunday cheering the Rovers on. Let's get up for it despite our concerns.

merlinrabbit wrote:
French Rover, you call them moaning minnies. I call them honest. Robbie Savage will be there on Sunday cheering the Rovers on. Let's get up for it despite our concerns.

just wish he was on the pitch....Savvo could probably still do a job compared to some of them we have!

French Rover wrote:

merlinrabbit wrote:
French Rover, you call them moaning minnies. I call them honest. Robbie Savage will be there on Sunday cheering the Rovers on. Let's get up for it despite our concerns.

just wish he was on the pitch....Savvo could probably still do a job compared to some of them we have!

and Salgado. Watching that tripe at Ewood the other day, I had a vision of the wonderful Tugay in slow motion bringing the ball down from the air and turning in his magical way. At least we had the pleasure of watching great players

merlinrabbit wrote:

French Rover wrote:

merlinrabbit wrote:
French Rover, you call them moaning minnies. I call them honest. Robbie Savage will be there on Sunday cheering the Rovers on. Let's get up for it despite our concerns.

just wish he was on the pitch....Savvo could probably still do a job compared to some of them we have!

and Salgado. Watching that tripe at Ewood the other day, I had a vision of the wonderful Tugay in slow motion bringing the ball down from the air and turning in his magical way. At least we had the pleasure of watching great players

We have who we have though and maybe there is no Tugay etc but we still have enough to see this lot off!

under normal cir cumstances the game with burnley would be massive, but these are not normal cicumstances when you consider the pityful state we are in,,there is a real possibility of being relegated from the championship,,due to the total incompetence of the clowns trying to ruin,,,,not run our club,l knew the minute appleton was appointed that it was a backward step,even when we got lucky at the emirates l still felt betrayed by this poor choice of manager,and lm convinced they are destroying our club completely from top to bottom,,why l couldnt say,,,but thats just how it seems to me, its shear criminality what the venkys have done to Blackburn Rovers,,

under normal cir cumstances the game with burnley would be massive, but these are not normal cicumstances when you consider the pityful state we are in,,there is a real possibility of being relegated from the championship,,due to the total incompetence of the clowns trying to ruin,,,,not run our club,l knew the minute appleton was appointed that it was a backward step,even when we got lucky at the emirates l still felt betrayed by this poor choice of manager,and lm convinced they are destroying our club completely from top to bottom,,why l couldnt say,,,but thats just how it seems to me, its shear criminality what the venkys have done to Blackburn Rovers,,

Are Rovers Fans living in the same world as the rest of us?

You spent more last summer than any other team in the league, and your Season Tickets are the cheapest too.

All because of the Evil Venkys?

Claretandtrue wrote:
Are Rovers Fans living in the same world as the rest of us?

You spent more last summer than any other team in the league, and your Season Tickets are the cheapest too.

All because of the Evil Venkys?

nope - you claret monkeys live in the land that time forgot and we live in the real world...

French Rover wrote:

Claretandtrue wrote:
Are Rovers Fans living in the same world as the rest of us?

You spent more last summer than any other team in the league, and your Season Tickets are the cheapest too.

All because of the Evil Venkys?

nope - you claret monkeys live in the land that time forgot and we live in the real world...

And you live in froggy land so you have no opinion.

Claretandtrue wrote:
Are Rovers Fans living in the same world as the rest of us?

You spent more last summer than any other team in the league, and your Season Tickets are the cheapest too.

All because of the Evil Venkys?

yep.

French Rover wrote:

CheltRover wrote:

French Rover wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:

French Rover wrote:
don`t worry lads it will be 35 years and still counting after we see the claret scum off again on sunday....

I admire your optimsm, but believe me, we will lose on Sunday GUARANTEED

The only guarantee in life carlmc1 is that we will NOT lose to the claret monkeys!

Wake up and smell the coffee. We are worse than Burnley, off and on the pitch. Win lose or draw on Sunday doesn't detract from the BIG picture, we are headed for Div 1.

sod division one mate.....lets hammer the claret monkeys first!

On another world in another galaxy then we may be worse than the scum as you so traitorously claim - but in this world on this planet we will NEVER EVER be worse than the scum. They are even worse than Accy Stanley!

Allez les Bleus!

Well I do admire optimism in its place, but your nonsense postings in the face of all the FACTS lead me to the conclusion that you are either permanently drunk or a simpleton. Burnley are above us in the table, and will finish above us; our whole club is a shambles, our current form will put us in Div 1. How can Burnley be worse than Stanley who are bottom of the whole football league?? Meanwhile you spout garbage about fighting them on the beaches, yet you have run off to the country which has a long history of surrendering at the drop of a hat. Very apt! You sir are the traitor, not me

Tatts wrote:
Venkys, how about admitting your original mistakes and go cap-in-hand back to John Williams and Tom Finn and offer them their old jobs back. Yes, they were on high salaries, but surely now you can see that their considerable experience meant that they were delivering value for money. If you pay peanuts then you get monkeys like Vineeth Rao, Shebby Singh, Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw.

I could not agree more!!!!!!!!