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Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Stonehouse » Fri Feb 21, 2025 7:47 pm

Their nightmare scenario is that they need to beat Sheff Utd to get in the play offs and if that happens we get promoted.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Spike » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:03 am

Rovers will finish 9th there annual fight against Promotion will pick up pace tomorrow
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by BurnleyFC » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:05 am

I keep expecting Bastards to drop out of the playoff places, but those below them are absolute bobbins and can’t string a run of wins together.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:07 am

They're always in bloody turmoil, it's the horse in them, you know. :D

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:09 am

BurnleyFC wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:05 am
I keep expecting Bastards to drop out of the playoff places, but those below them are absolute bobbins and can’t string a run of wins together.
Actually, if we do end up in the playoffs, I've no doubt we will come through it and win.
Really can't see anyone to touch us, including Venkys.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:20 am

Yes it's a funny predicament, because we all already know, no matter what, that Sheff United will comfortably beat them. However if a Blades victory results in us finishing 3rd they will sell at as they some how had a say in the outcome.

Lets hope it doesn't come to that, because I am pretty confident they won't be in the hunt shortly.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:22 am

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:20 am
Yes it's a funny predicament, because we all already know, no matter what, that Sheff United will comfortably beat them. However if a Blades victory results in us finishing 3rd they will sell at as they some how had a say in the outcome.

Lets hope it doesn't come to that, because I am pretty confident they won't be in the hunt shortly.
Sorry to quote myself..... but if we had to settle for the playoffs I would have no problem meeting and thrashing them at Wembley. In every single metric we are miles ahead of them.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by bfcmik » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:24 am

I feel so desperately sad for them ... oh, wait, no I don't! I feel genuinely amused by their delusions of their meanfulness
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by AmbleClaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 11:43 am

Any news on a new manager? RVN possibly?
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Funkydrummer » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:30 pm

Turmoil, turmoil ? I'll give you turmoil.

Some of my partner's family are horses, and they reckon that they've been
looking at Gerrard :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Bosscat » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:34 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:30 pm
Turmoil, turmoil ? I'll give you turmoil.

Some of my partner's family are horses, and they reckon that they've been
looking at Gerrard :lol: :lol: :lol:
More like Brigadier Gerard
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Vincent'sCap » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:36 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:09 am
Actually, if we do end up in the playoffs, I've no doubt we will come through it and win.
Really can't see anyone to touch us, including Venkys.
Sunderland? Beat us at there place should of beat us at ours b*****s to the play offs we are going up automatically
I fear for us if we are in the play offs with Sunderland.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Tricky Trevor » Sat Feb 22, 2025 1:05 pm

Vincent'sCap wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:36 pm
Sunderland? Beat us at there place should of beat us at ours b*****s to the play offs we are going up automatically
I fear for us if we are in the play offs with Sunderland.
I said earlier in the season we have a terrible record against the NE clubs. I wouldn’t want us even playing Boro, who we also didn’t beat this season.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by nil_desperandum » Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:33 pm

Stonehouse wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2025 7:47 pm
Their nightmare scenario is that they need to beat Sheff Utd to get in the play offs and if that happens we get promoted.
I fear you've called that totally wrong. My suspicion is that we'll need Sheff Utd to drop at least a point for us to have a chance of 2nd place, and Rovers (who will have nothing significant to play for) will simply roll over to ensure that we don't go up automatically.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Muric Leggings » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:26 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:34 pm
More like Brigadier Gerard Screenshot_20250222_123310_Chrome.jpg
Absolutely hilarious!

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Zom Zom » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:30 pm

Rovers will be nowhere near a play off spot come the end of the season. And as for them rolling over for the Blades, it will be academic as our own results will see us clear.

There. I said it.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Juan Tanamera » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:22 pm

I've seen the rovers fan on bookface today and he said he would gladly sacrifice a a playoff spot if it meant us missing out on automatic promotion.
Their level of ambition these days, how sad.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by ISpeds00 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:30 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:22 pm
I've seen the rovers fan on bookface today and he said he would gladly sacrifice a a playoff spot if it meant us missing out on automatic promotion.
Their level of ambition these days, how sad.
Probably had Lonsdale trackies on, with a spider fringe

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Taffy on the wing » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:40 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:34 pm
More like Brigadier Gerard Screenshot_20250222_123310_Chrome.jpg
What a horse that was!
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Colburn_Claret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:31 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:07 am
They're always in bloody turmoil, it's the horse in them, you know. :D
I thought they were the ones in the horse.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:36 pm

Whatever the situation, we won't need a favour off Rovers.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Sat Feb 22, 2025 8:00 pm

Was watching their game today. First goal was hilarious- through keepers legs

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 9:10 pm

Vincent'sCap wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:36 pm
Sunderland? Beat us at there place should of beat us at ours b*****s to the play offs we are going up automatically
I fear for us if we are in the play offs with Sunderland.
Ease up VC... we literally went up to Sunlan decimated after that terrible two weeks, where the whole squad left.

Yeah had it not been for JT being on form they'd have won from the spot. That's it.
I watched them today get beat by Hull. They aren't that good a side.
I also watched a very impressive Edwards make his home debut and the return of the magic boots Benson. If we don't go up automatically, I am not scared of Sunderland or anyone else for that matter.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by fatboy47 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:02 pm

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In the world of the deluded and entitled football fan, it takes something special ,these days, to stand out.

I offer this gem from the brfcs messageboard....informing the world of how the Venkys (now £230m deep) are shafting them.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by The Shire Claret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:06 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:02 pm
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In the world of the deluded and entitled football fan, it takes something special ,these days, to stand out.

I offer this gem from the brfcs messageboard....informing the world of how the Venkys (now £230m deep) are shafting them.
Can not stand it when people state that ‘history’ give a team the right to be above another team in the table

Some fans are completely delusional

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by NottsClaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:14 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:02 pm
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In the world of the deluded and entitled football fan, it takes something special ,these days, to stand out.

I offer this gem from the brfcs messageboard....informing the world of how the Venkys (now £230m deep) are shafting them.
That’s genuinely as funny as it is desperate from them. I take it they didn’t have good ownership either, from like the 1890s until Jack Walker, or they’d have dominated English football?

If it wasn’t for the Venky’s generosity they’d be battling for bragging rights with Rochdale and Oldham instead of getting owned by us every couple of years.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by elwaclaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:16 pm

History…. Play in Darwen because everyone in Blackburn hated the Public schoolboy team and supported the workers team Olympic. Started the league by poaching the entire Darwen squad with high wages, thus preventing Darwen ever being a league team. Had Burnley, Accrington and PNE banned from the FA Cup for having pro’s even though they hid theirs in false jobs at India mill…. And that’s all before 1889… what a proud history, what a worthy club.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:56 pm

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 9:10 pm

I also watched a very impressive Edwards make his home debut and the return of the magic boots Benson. If we don't go up automatically, I am not scared of Sunderland or anyone else for that matter.
This.
F**k Sunderland, we'll cream em if we end up in the playoffs.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Woodleyclaret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:05 am

Coventry are on a roll imo top6 finish

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:19 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:05 am
Coventry are on a roll imo top6 finish
Agreed, Coventry, Norwich and Bristol will all finish above the now dropping like a stone BRFC.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:31 am

fatboy47 wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:02 pm
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In the world of the deluded and entitled football fan, it takes something special ,these days, to stand out.

I offer this gem from the brfcs messageboard....informing the world of how the Venkys (now £230m deep) are shafting them.
I am currently unwell in Royal Blackburn Hospital and other than thoroughly enjoying Friday night's second half it's fair to say I've been quite down in the dumps.

Now it really feels quite cheeky, watching Burnley win in Blackburn twice in one season, but to see the highlights of the Swansea away game yesterday was terrific whilst being accommodated here.

Anyway, I thought I'd take a look at brfcs to cheer me up a little more last night as some of the elders of the ward prefer to sleep all day and shout all night, and I can only thank the inhabitants of brfcs from the very bottom of my heart.

I was absolutely rolling round in stitches laughing at the stuff on there. Still so entitled, still got such an enormous inferiority complex, and still think they are going to play a part in the end of season shake up.
Well they aren't, and we already know they are going to get spanked off the Blades.

The NHS as normal have been absolutely fantastic just to say.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by morninbob » Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:05 am

IMO we need them in and around the playoffs until the last game against Sheffield utd.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by houseboy » Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:51 am

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:22 pm
I've seen the rovers fan on bookface today and he said he would gladly sacrifice a a playoff spot if it meant us missing out on automatic promotion.
Their level of ambition these days, how sad.
Hating another club so much that you wish misfortune on your own to cause them hurt is indeed a high point of madness Mick.
How are you anyway bud?

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Juan Tanamera » Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:36 am

houseboy wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:51 am
Hating another club so much that you wish misfortune on your own to cause them hurt is indeed a high point of madness Mick.
How are you anyway bud?
All good Ian, life in the slow lane and all that.
How is it with you Bud?
And yes, probably the best chance rovers have had in years of making the play offs and someone would forego that just to deny us.
Laughable! :lol: :lol:

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by oswyclaret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:42 am

The Shire Claret wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:06 pm
Can not stand it when people state that ‘history’ give a team the right to be above another team in the table

Some fans are completely delusional

Ha ha,absolutely love it...All history and no future...its today that matters!!!

We have an abundance of both!
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 12:54 pm

wait until they read this:

"Blackburn’s pay deal is putting off many contenders for their new manager.

They’re offering around £12k a week which isn’t enough for some choices that Rovers were interested in.

(Via: @reluctantnicko)"

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by NL Claret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:40 pm

A lad at work is Rovers fan. Nice lad but when it comes to football he’s a tad damp around the ear region.

He was telling me on Wednesday about how confident he was of getting in the play offs and Gary O’Neill would be the next manager, I didn’t say out and left him in dreamland.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Robbie_painter » Sun Feb 23, 2025 5:16 pm

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:31 am
I am currently unwell in Royal Blackburn Hospital and other than thoroughly enjoying Friday night's second half it's fair to say I've been quite down in the dumps.

Now it really feels quite cheeky, watching Burnley win in Blackburn twice in one season, but to see the highlights of the Swansea away game yesterday was terrific whilst being accommodated here.

Anyway, I thought I'd take a look at brfcs to cheer me up a little more last night as some of the elders of the ward prefer to sleep all day and shout all night, and I can only thank the inhabitants of brfcs from the very bottom of my heart.

I was absolutely rolling round in stitches laughing at the stuff on there. Still so entitled, still got such an enormous inferiority complex, and still think they are going to play a part in the end of season shake up.
Well they aren't, and we already know they are going to get spanked off the Blades.

The NHS as normal have been absolutely fantastic just to say.
Hope you get well soon pal and it’s nothing too serious.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by houseboy » Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:50 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:36 am
All good Ian, life in the slow lane and all that.
How is it with you Bud?
And yes, probably the best chance rovers have had in years of making the play offs and someone would forego that just to deny us.
Laughable! :lol: :lol:
I’m good mate. I’m one grandchild short of a football team. Still working out of sheer greed (but only four days).
I don’t think I actually hate another club now…life’s too short.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by JR1882 » Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:23 pm

You can argue that Jack Walker was a bad owner given that he ran the club beyond its means for so long with no plan for what might happen when the money ran out after he had gone.

Surely he had an idea that the family couldn’t be arsed with it and would sell to the highest bidder?

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Hibsclaret » Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:42 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 12:54 pm
wait until they read this:

"Blackburn’s pay deal is putting off many contenders for their new manager.

They’re offering around £12k a week which isn’t enough for some choices that Rovers were interested in.

(Via: @reluctantnicko)"
Old Keano will snap their hands off for that

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by fatboy47 » Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:05 pm

In 1985/6 season....playing in what's now the Championship, and not that long before the coming of Walker, Blackburn, with a reasonably successful team had an average attendance of not much over 5k.

That's how big a club they were before Walker bought them 20,000 prem-only supporters.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Mon Feb 24, 2025 8:06 am

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:31 am
I am currently unwell in Royal Blackburn Hospital and other than thoroughly enjoying Friday night's second half it's fair to say I've been quite down in the dumps.
Get well soon!
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by RicardoMontalban » Mon Feb 24, 2025 8:12 am

fatboy47 wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:05 pm
In 1985/6 season....playing in what's now the Championship, and not that long before the coming of Walker, Blackburn, with a reasonably successful team had an average attendance of not much over 5k.

That's how big a club they were before Walker bought them 20,000 prem-only supporters.
In no way a defence of that lot, but the mid eighties were a time of abject attendances throughout English football.

That season only ten first division clubs had averages above 20k.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by IPAclaret » Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:08 pm

[quote=RicardoMontalban post_
In no way a defence of that lot, but the mid eighties were a time of abject attendances throughout English football.
That season only ten first division clubs had averages above 20k.

But yet they're constantly banging on about us getting 2k whilst rock bottom of the 4th division for a while. When I remind them theirs were shi-te (5k in the old 2nd division and at the same time they were a decent side) they unsurprisingly don't want to know.

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Bosscat » Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:31 pm

IPAclaret wrote:
Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:08 pm
[quote=RicardoMontalban post_
A bit like their crowing about FA Cup wins when most of them were in the Amateur days against School teams and Jocks when it was jumpers for goal posts :lol:

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by RicardoMontalban » Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:46 pm

IPAclaret wrote:
Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:08 pm
[quote=RicardoMontalban post_
The point I was making is everyone’s attendance levels in the mid 80’s were rubbish. The chart I shared was just the first division. Look at Arsenal and Spurs. Villa packing them in at 15k! And the second division was even worse!

Getting into a knob measuring argument over mid-80’s average attendances is one of the most pointless things ever.
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by mybloodisclaret » Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:20 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Sun Feb 23, 2025 12:54 pm
wait until they read this:

"Blackburn’s pay deal is putting off many contenders for their new manager.

They’re offering around £12k a week which isn’t enough for some choices that Rovers were interested in.

(Via: @reluctantnicko)"
48k per month to manage them?? Crikey, I am an FA Qualified coach, all the courses up to date, I might put in for it and say I will do it for 30k a month.

I would gladly continue the excellent work of Coyle, Kean and odd job Michael Appleton.

Race to the bottom......
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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by bumba » Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:36 pm

Just been browsing BRFCS forum at their new manager thread and they really are desperate, no matter what name gets thrown out there it's a negative response they really think a top manager should be jumping at the chance to manage them.
There is also a clear obsession with Dyche on that thread through either people saying to get him to people just using anything to have a dig at Dyche, what he did for us against them has cut through their veins I love it. As if after leaving Everton if they offered him the job on 12k a week he'd go haha I doubt he'd go for 50k a week to be honest

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Re: Rovers fans in turmoil

Post by Vince Fontaine » Mon Feb 24, 2025 3:13 pm

My ideal scenario for the last match of the season is that we need a point for automatic promotion and Millwall need a point to pip Blackburn for the last play off spot.
0-0 anyone??
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