Blackburn (FA Cup 4th Round) 9/2, Build Up & Match Thread

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Edit: deleted.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I actually think Doc was no better or worse than anyone else v Forest - but the issue is, he had that one moment where he got dragged out to the right back position and was made to look like a 90 year old man. He is what he is, but I think it's a tad harsh to say "1/10". Santi was an absolute wet lettuce next to him, IIRC, but doesn't get the "1/10" treatment.

They're both shit. Bueno doesn't have the excuse of being 33 I suppose.

You cannot pretend Matt Doherty is an acceptable option there, any more than Ethan Ebanks-Landell was in 2015/16. He had the odd reasonable game here and there too, in the long run he was miles off the quality required.

If we offered Doherty out on a free transfer last month then not a single other Premier League club would have even considered signing him. I mean they didn't 18 months ago, we took the plunge thanks to Golf Club Hobbs and his gold membership at Perton, before that he was literally unemployed and had been for a while. And his previous Premier League employers happily cancelled his contract way before it was due to end.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Still baffles me, and forever will, that Simeone signed him got Atleti.

 

[1986]

Still baffles me, and forever will, that Simeone signed him got Atleti.

He soon saw through him though .

 

[Banjo]

Still baffles me, and forever will, that Simeone signed him got Atleti.

I don't think Simeone wanted him. It was someone higher up with a relationship with Mendes.

 

[Mel Evo]

He soon saw through him though .

I’d be surprised if he ever saw him at all.

 

[AmandaJ]

Looks like there’s Thousands of home seats still available , anyone chancing it in the home end ?

 

[Jolemai]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887937580643303501

 

[Dire Wolf]

I'm assuming this one isn't easily watchable anywhere tomorrow?

 

[Kenny]

I'm assuming this one isn't easily watchable anywhere tomorrow?

BBC iPlayer

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I'm assuming this one isn't easily watchable anywhere tomorrow?

BBC iPlayer

 

[Kenny]

( Who will be the first to post the "I've heard a rumour it's on iplayer" style reply...)

 

[Jinky]

I'm assuming this one isn't easily watchable anywhere tomorrow?

I’ve heard a rumour it’s on BBC iPlayer, mate.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Great, thanks folks.

 

[Del Woppio]

The thread title needs changing btw, because of this thread I thought the game was today

 

[The Bear]

The thread title needs changing btw, because of this thread I thought the game was today

So did I!

I meant to change it earlier and forgot.

 

[jd1981]

The highlight of my 6 year old life! Great to see highlights from the final that don't show 20 mins of Dave 'he broke my leg' Whelan rolling about on the floor. Though watching the full game years later, Blackburn were definitely the better side until they went down to 10 men and had to drop Ally McLeod (yes him!) back to full back. Then again we did have the ball in the net five or six times!

Wasn’t there footage that clearly shows that it was Whelan who was more reckless in the tackle anyway?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

And Whelan said:

Writing in his autobiography - Dave Whelan: Playing to Win in 2009, the Wigan chairman, who went on to build a successful business empire after retiring from playing, admits he was intent on intimidating Deeley from the off, and “After about twenty minutes I got him a tackle and I really hurt him. He was getting away from me, so I just clogged him, perhaps a little unfairly but not by the standards of the day. ‘He’s finished for the rest of the game, he won’t bother me now,’ I thought.

“In the 42nd minute a 50:50 ball came in between me and Norman Deeley. I thought he would still be trying to get there ahead of me, even after the crunch I’d just given him. He was that type of player. So I set off, determined to win the ball.

“And I did. I got there seconds before Deeley. But that was when I realised he had no intention at all of racing me for that ball. He was going for me. As I was running I heard a loud crack and felt my knee suddenly burn with pain. ……I was in agony and I knew I was out of the game. Norman Deeley had got me good and proper. ”

Lying hound.

 

[Bertiewolf]

Wasn’t there footage that clearly shows that it was Whelan who was more reckless in the tackle anyway?

Yeah sorry my sarcasm and hatred of Whelan doesn’t really come across!!

 

[Lupo]

So did I!

I meant to change it earlier and forgot.

Yeah but Del Wop is sat on the car park at Ewood Park