Sig’s on

I'd get Moran off pretty quick, because of that yellow. Otherwise, our lads looking good.

Szmodics giving the magpies a lot to worry about

Clean sheet for a half, brilliant!!

Sammie, good effort

Gally, act like it’s your ball. So easy for him to give it away

Shouldn’t show Newcastle fans on TV, one sticks out his tongue, one shoots the finger

What went wrong there?! Sammie a step too close

Omigosh!!! Sammie

Shaky there

Good tackle, Brittain lad

Hoping to see some signs/banners out

Protest time…

Wharton, nice recovery. cmon, Gally…

I believe the crowd at Ewood (vs Oxford?) when Rovers went up from League 1 was 28,000. Many fans were chanting to the band-wagoners, “where were you when we were “sh!t” was clearly audible on TV.

Ha ha, fair enough! Even though my son graduated from Reading, he’s a Liverpool fan, through & through. he tolerates his old Blackburn Rovers dad, he knows we’re likely not to be any competition to his reds anytime soon. At least we can share our mutual love/admiration of King Kenny Dalglish, Harvey Elliott, et al.

College games aren’t artificial…marching bands, cheers, students, etc. As a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, I detest what jones has done to Cowboys gameday- it’s pretty much as you said, loud blaring music over speakers, etc. Cowboys stadium definitely lacks “atmosphere”. But, when the fans get loud, 90,000+, I don’t think anything in old Trafford or Anfield can top it.

Yeah, we’re going to have to disagree on this. Rabid & disagreeable fans are everywhere, & everybody think their opponents fans are worse than their own. I wore my Rovers shirt all over London & Liverpool, nobody got aggressive with me. People behave differently inside old Trafford or Anfield on a Saturday than they do any other day of the week/ in fact, I’d hazard to guess many Rovers fans in this forum are close friends with those of burnley, Preston, ManC, Bolton, Liverpool, etc.

Bah, you ever been to a Texas/OU game? The Cotton Bowl is half Longhorns, half Sooners, with fans of each sprinkled in everywhere. Or Dallas Cowboys/Washington Redskins?! y’all don’t have a lock on “atmosphere”. As much as I love my adopted sport of English footie, it’s not the ultimate in passionate crowds. Every NFL stadium here, is bigger than every English ground, with the exception of maybe Wembley. In fact, we have a good dozen or so college stadiums larger than EVERY ground in the UK- Texas, Michigan, A&M, Tennessee, Ohio St., Alabama, the Coliseum in Los Angeles., etc. College stadiums are much louder than NFL stadiums, too.

As an American, I’m still somewhat shocked my English cousins cannot integrate crowds. We’ve never had to segregate based on fans support, home/away, etc. Have they always been segregated there?

I wish the club could find sponsors other than gambling or vaping. Hideous stuff

I get it on ESPN+ here in Texas. I will be enjoying a pork tenderloin, bbq beans, potato salad, & beer pregame. I do not expect a win, but I have been looking forward to this one. COYB!!! Oh yes, I look forward to seeing the banners & proud Rovers fans, too!

Not enough, but we’ve got some good chances to get some wins in March. I admit I was content to see a point today.

In March, I count 4 games we can expect points from. Imho, 3 of those need to be wins to insure safety.

It’s not a great result, but 1-1 is so much better than 1-4. Versus a fairly good side, as well.