All posts tagged Blackburn

A Football League SWOT Analysis: The Strengths

As the three divisions of the Football League steel themselves for life without npower and this website prepares for a month long summer break, we thought it would be appropriate to give the competition as a whole a health check, minus thermometers, but deploying that now established method of the SWOT analysis – beloved of the world of Business but pretty much applicable for any large organisation.

So the …

TTU Awards 2012-13: Young Player of the Season

When we announced the winner of the loan signing of the season on Tuesday, friend of the blog and author of The Long Way, A. E. Greb mischievously commented that Wilfried Zaha could perhaps have been in contention.

As I remarked at the time, the Ivorian born youngster would have been a worthy winner of a number of our awards but as it turned out, he was always …

TTU Awards 2012-13: Crimes against Football

In a less competitive year, that podgy tosser Steve Evans and his nasty-piece-of-work sidekick Paul Raynor might have had this category sewn up, so tiresome is their relentless abuse of officials.

Similarly, Richard Scudamore and the Premier League would have been worthy winners, their blackmail tactics having once again divided the Football League’s clubs over the issue of parachute and solidarity payments.

Elsewhere, surely no one would wish Sisu …

TTU Awards 2012-13: Flop of the Season

It’s been a fine season for flops across the divisions.

Unfair though it may be, many a neutral has taken pleasure at the continued turmoil at Blackburn Rovers over the past 12 months and one of our regulars particularly cited Danny Murphy’s role in their ongoing decline. Having arrived with great expectations, the Rovers captain not only failed to lead the Lancastrians back to the Premier League but also …

Once More Unto the Breach: The Football League Season Draws to a Conclusion

Tonight, Watford travel to Leicester City at the onset of a nail biting weekend of Football League fixtures. With a great many issues still hanging in the balance, our two founding bloggers, Lloyd and Lanterne Rouge convened to discuss the prospects:

Lanterne Rouge: As a Plymouth fan, you’ve mentioned to me that you are still worried about the drop - it’s quite possible mathematically but will take a …