BBC Sport
Are 10 matches the first benchmark to judge a football team, and what might unfold for the remaining 36?
In modern times, 10 games is perhaps a little late to be making that first forecast.
Blackburn Rovers’ seventh defeat in those 10 matches represents great cause for concern. No matter how you dress it up, the results speak for themselves. A situation head coach Valerien Ismael says he’s never experienced during his 32 years in football.
One point from a possible 15 at Ewood Park on the face of it couldn’t be much more disappointing. The manner of those defeats has made matters worse.
On three occasions they have taken the lead and been left with nothing. A first-half sending-off was…
