It’s a bit glum at Ewood

Carwin261 · Post by **Carwin261** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:05 pm

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Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:12 pm

We’ve now lost as many as they have this season in 2.5 championship seasons and they’re still 3rd and half way through… wow

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:12 pm

Delusional for all their failings they will still be 3rd in the league tonight, don't they recall what happened when they potted Steve Kean when sat 3rd in the Championship.

I actually do hope they sack JDT because they ain't gonna attract a big name manager whatever they think.

Swizzlestick · Post by **Swizzlestick** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:19 pm

What on earth are they expecting? He’s (somehow) managed to get them third in the league with a very ordinary squad. I can’t see any other manager doing better than that.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:25 pm

They must surely be the worst ever team to be in third position after 25 games .. even have a negative goal difference - truly extraordinary.

Andingle · Post by **Andingle** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:31 pm

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:12 pm
We’ve now lost as many as they have this season in 2.5 championship seasons and they’re still 3rd and half way through… wow

We've only lost as many league games this season as they've lost this week

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SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:32 pm

You have to go down to 22nd place til you find a team that's lost as many games.

boyyanno · Post by **boyyanno** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:33 pm

Some of them were saying they weren't happy with him when they were 2nd. To the outsider he looks to have done a decent job imo, they are just deluded.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:33 pm

The peasants are revolting on the Lancashire Blackburnegraph

its JDT out

Swizzlestick · Post by **Swizzlestick** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:45 pm

They wanted a perfectly decent manager in Mowbray out as well and look at the job he’s doing with the Mackems.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:45 pm

They're a dreadful football team. Crazy they're so high up the league.

AmbleClaret · Post by **AmbleClaret** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:49 pm

Lost 4 of the last 5 league games, negative goal difference, lost more games than nearly every other team in the division, yet still 3rd. Got to be the most bizarre set of statistics ever.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:50 pm

They’ve lost just as many games as Blackpool - who are in the relegation zone

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:50 pm

A lot of them are still living in the Lala land, Uncle Jack bought them.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:53 pm

BBD playing like he wants out and they have very little else up front.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:54 pm

Once they started moaning about teams "buying the league" you knew that any chance of objectivity had long gone

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:56 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:54 pm
Once they started moaning about teams "buying the league" you knew that any chance of objectivity had long gone

And they've started piping up with that as soon as the results have turned, funny isn't it.

Billyblah · Post by **Billyblah** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:27 pm

Still don't understand why they allowed Mowbrays contract to rundown/show him the door. He was quietly doing a steady rebuild job despite minimal resources.

Longsidelenny1882 · Post by **Longsidelenny1882** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:41 pm

L L t v utc

steve1264b · Post by **steve1264b** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:46 pm

What is the record for games played without a draw?

They have lost 4 out of the last five but still third!!

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:01 am

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:12 pm
We’ve now lost as many as they have this season in 2.5 championship seasons and they’re still 3rd and half way through… wow

Not for much longer. The slide is on.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:10 am

given how tight the league is there is every chance they finish in the bottom 10

It Is What It Is · Post by **It Is What It Is** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:40 am

I cannot believe that Darwen Rovers are still 3rd losing practically half their games with negative GD.
Just shows the crap standard of this league I suppose.

AGENT_CLARET · Post by **AGENT_CLARET** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:35 am

They'd be happy with 3rd if it wasn't the fact we was sitting pretty in 1st place

FulledgeClaret · Post by **FulledgeClaret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:39 am

On current form by the end of January they could be looking nervously over their shoulder. there's always one early pace setter who drops off and a team who come from nowhere into the play offs.

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:52 am

AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:35 am
They'd be happy with 3rd if it wasn't the fact we was sitting pretty in 1st place

That's pretty much nailed on tbh.
If we were further down the league and floundering then 3rd place would be great for them.
That we're smashing the league, and them, is what's bothering them

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:59 am

They have gone full us

More bothered about how well we are doing rather than themselves

The circle is complete

AGENT_CLARET · Post by **AGENT_CLARET** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:11 am

FulledgeClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:39 am
On current form by the end of January they could be looking nervously over their shoulder. there's always one early pace setter who drops off and a team who come from nowhere into the play offs.

I think that team will be Coventry, infact I think the season will end like this, we will slightly drop off and Sheff utd will have a very strong end to the season with all the player's they've got coming back from injury

Sheff utd
Burnley

Middlesbrough
Watford
Coventry
West Brom

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:12 am

Strong rumours as well that Brererton wants out.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:41 am

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:59 am
They have gone full us

More bothered about how well we are doing rather than themselves

The circle is complete

Anyone else read that last sentence in a “darth vader” voice?

arise_sir_charge · Post by **arise_sir_charge** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:00 am

Their form is horrific.

When you consider they won their first 3 games of the season they’ve lost 12 of their last 22 games.

It’s truly bizarre that they either win or lose!

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:03 am

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:12 am
Strong rumours as well that Brererton wants out.

Keep him in, is it 5 now without a goal?

And there's no one else who bags with any sort of consistency.

I'd rather they played him who CBA and giving 70% effort than someone hungry and giving 100%

Swizzlestick · Post by **Swizzlestick** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:15 am

I thought he looked lazy against us tbh - certainly wouldn’t be happy if my star forward put in a performance like that in a local derby

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:31 am

Andingle wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:31 pm
We've only lost as many league games this season as they've lost this week UTC

Coffee everwhere - keyboard ruined.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:33 am

Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:15 am
I thought he looked lazy against us tbh - certainly wouldn’t be happy if my star forward put in a performance like that in a local derby

Thought he was really poor against us. Their star man, heard a lot about him, but was a total lump.

Joe14 · Post by **Joe14** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:39 am

Carwin261 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:05 pm
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“Playing with Pace on the break”- I’m a bit surprised in Pace to be honest. Other agents have been slightly more covert

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:40 am

bobinho wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:41 am
Anyone else read that last sentence in a “darth vader” voice?

Yes

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:44 am

It’s all to do with Parachute Payments apparently. That’s why we are doing so well.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:59 am

We've spent £30M apparently...

Cornwallclaret · Post by **Cornwallclaret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:17 pm

It Is What It Is wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:40 am
I cannot believe that Darwen Rovers are still 3rd losing practically half their games with negative GD.
Just shows the crap standard of this league I suppose.

I don’t buy into this crap standard in the championship, it’s the same every year, any team can beat anyone else on the day, it’s always been like it and usually one or two pull away…. Rovers being 3rd though with their stats is weird, I’ll give u that

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:05 pm

It's all down to this slightly perverse rule of 3 points for a win. Under the old 2-points-for-a-win system, and in any other sport, winning half your games and losing the other half would quite rightly leave you in mid-table. Rovers are nowt but a mid-table side really.

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:33 pm

The 25 games without a draw is truly extraordinary.
They started the season turning draws into wins but now they turn draws into defeats.

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:24 pm

Cornwallclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:17 pm
I don’t buy into this crap standard in the championship, it’s the same every year..

Exactly, you hear this all the time. The league is the same level every single year, it’s made up of hundreds of players not quite good enough for the Prem and a few on daft contracts who don’t need to move.

The idea this standard somehow varies drastically from one season to the next is bizarre.

distortiondave · Post by **distortiondave** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:40 pm

The standard is only worse because its us, Watford and Norwich who were relegated. If it was Everton, Leeds and Southampton then it'd be considered a strong championship this season.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:10 pm

distortiondave wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:40 pm
The standard is only worse because its us, Watford and Norwich who were relegated. If it was Everton, Leeds and Southampton then it'd be considered a strong championship this season.

And only one of the relegated sides (us) has been consistently good. We've been brilliant. But it's a poor league with sides regularly trying to pass it about because it's trendy, but without the players capable of doing it. I know we make teams look bad but I've been amazed at the amount of overhit passes straight out of play.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:34 pm

One of the weaker sides we’ve faced ( though not the worst ) this season . They could easily be 14/15th by mid Jan .