Who can save Blackburn from long term League One drift? – Oppo Profile Thu 12th Feb 2026 A series of managerial miracles from the likes of Jon Dahl Tomasson and John Eustace have kept Blackburn competitive despite malignant ownership, and it’ll need similar from whoever replaces Valerian Ismael as Venky’s chickens come home to roost at Ewood Park - Ian Herbert (@ianherbert95.bsky.social). |
Familiar faces lie in wait – Oppo Profile Thu 05th Feb 2026 QPR are riding high after Saturday’s win against Coventry but now face a Nathan Jones Charlton team being led from the front by Lyndon Dykes and Charlie Kelman - Louis Mendez (@LouisMend @CharltonLive) takes us through the Addicks’ bid for Championship survival so far. |
Blackburn’s magical mystery ride under Venky’s continues apace – Oppo Profile Tue 25th Nov 2025 Blackburn responded to last season’s surprise play-off push by selling and releasing all the players that got them there, now as another hectic Championship winter sets in squad depth is – shockingly - proving an issue. Ian Herbert (@ianherbert95.bsky.social) is our oppo fan… |
The spectre of Kelman (and Jones) – Oppo Profile Thu 28th Aug 2025 The last thing QPR need right now is Charlie Kelman and Nathan Jones turning up at Loftus Road and having a lovely time – so how afraid should we be of the 1-1-1 Addicks? We spoke to Louis Mendez (@LouisMend @CharltonLive). |
Season Preview 25/26 – Strugglers Thu 07th Aug 2025 The final part of our annual Championship season preview focuses on the bookies’ favourites for the drop where there’s a couple of standard Championship ownership meltdowns, a couple of low-budget teams recently up from League One, and a manager who wants to blow his squad to smithereens. |
Stop me if you've heard any of this before - Report Sun 22nd Oct 2023 QPR sunk deeper into the Championship mire with an incompetent opening and 2-1 defeat to fellow strugglers Huddersfield on Saturday - both opposition strikes looking awfully like goals this team concedes all the bloody time. |
Each goal more farcical and easier to score than the last - Report Mon 09th Oct 2023 Gareth Ainsworth's promise of sunlit uplands and big things to come from his team look mightily stupid this morning after Blackburn Rovers ran a sword four goals thick through a QPR rabble at Loftus Road on Saturday - now one home win in a year for the R's. |
End of Term Report 22/23 — "Defence" Fri 19th May 2023 Part two of our annual examination and grading of the QPR squad focuses on a defence which collapsed completely amidst a raft of muscle injuries to multiple players. |
Ainsworth's homecoming barely moves the needle - Report Sun 26th Feb 2023 There was to be no fairy tale homecoming for Gareth Ainsworth in his first game in charge of QPR on Saturday, as the R's shipped three goals again and extended their abysmal run of form to one win from 19 with a comfortable home loss to Blackburn Rovers. |
Unique set of numbers place Rovers fourth — Interview Thu 23rd Feb 2023 With the same number of defeats as fifth bottom Rotherham, and an xG figure that makes QPR look like an effective attacking unit, Blackburn Rovers sit fourth in the table — we asked Ian Herbert what’s going on. |
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