I thought I'd start a thread for Reading on Wednesday as there isn't one yet but surprisingly there is one with three pages for the game after this. I hope the players and staff aren't looking at that game before Wednesday. I hope we batter them senseless for a few reasons. Our performance at their place this season was a shocker after an excellent start to the season as we made them look like world beaters. Then Paul Ince who is in the Coyle and Kean category for bullshit and bluff. And then Andy Carroll, a player who has moved around for millions, made millions and couldn't trap a bag of cement. A one trick pony. But mostly I want to beat them to get three points, rubbing their noses in it would be the icing on the cake. Thomason has selection issues after the Stoke no show and also a couple of injuries. Hopefully we revert to the style of play that had us on a great run recently and we get back to playing to our strengths rather than allowing Reading to negate them.

Is there any interest in this match, a six pointer perhaps

This one has me worried! Stoke are starting to turn a corner as their recent results show. They are a dangerous side with some very good forwards. Regardless, the players should go into this fully confident of a result. I'll go 1-1. Pickering to score with a Roberto Carlos style free kick from 30 yards.

The JDT bandwagon rolls into Leicester on Tuesday night for what should be an exciting prospect for Rovers fans, a rare trip into FA Cup 6th round for the winners! The last time we made it that far into the cup was the Liverpool game under Bowyer, which we had every chance to win, but blew the replay at Ewood against an extremely poor Liverpool side over the 2 games. Leicester's league form has been indifferent of late, but they can still lay claim to hammering both Villa and Spurs in February after sneaking past Walsall in the last round of the FA Cup. If Leicester play the full strength side this could be a bridge to far for Rovers, but if Rodgers decides to shuffles his pack its very much game on. How many tickets have we sold?

Well, as one who's (one of?) this Board's Sandgrown 'Uns, I thought that, as I couldn't motivate myself to take my place in the Riverside this afternoon, I'd prepare this thread ahead of our midweek game against the team from my birthplace. When I looked at the stats over the years and across various competitions including: the F.A. Cup (going back to the 1880s); nearly fifty years before our first meeting in the Football League; one season in the Premier League; and a few meetings in the easily-forgotten Anglo Scottish Cup in the 1970s, I found that there was very little difference between the two clubs. We've won 24 games; 'Pool have won 22; with 17 draws. Many of us will approach next week's game with deep reservations about our abilities to see off a team in the Seasiders' position. Especially when, as today, they've had a "New Manager Bounce" off the bottom place in the Championship, I could imagine Mick McCarthy motivating them to give us a much closer game than our present positions in the Championship table would indicate. So I reckon that we'll do very well to take the three points we need to keep our hopes of a play-off place alive. I'll leave selection of the actual team to those of you who had more 'stamina' than me this afternoon.

Never mind singing hymns & arias...will we send 'em packing & complete a league double ?

I think we will win this one. My team would be Pears JRC Carter Wharton Pickering Travis Buckley Thomas Dack Hedges Dolan Subs:- Hilton Hyam Brittain Morton BBD Szmodics Leonard

I will be making the trip down to Hertfordshire as my Wife's family live near the ground. Won’t be an easy game, but I predict a score draw (1-1).

Rovers return to Ewood triumphant from their emphatic battering of Big Club in the FA Cup, no doubt buoyed by the encouraging flow of new talent into the senior squad, after an amazing month of wheeling, dealing and squealing at the cold hands of the expert management team specially hired to take the club forward into new and bedazzling heights, on and off the pitch. In the 30 or so meetings between Rovers and 't Latics, the pride of Lancashire hold the upper hand overall, having won 13 games, with 10 won by those consuming greater calories in pastry and pork, and 7 ending in satisfied large burps from both sides of Irlam baths. Recent form has bugger all to do with trying to predict what will happen on Monday evening, other than to say the Pie Eating brethren appear somewhat starved of pointage and on the downward trajectory to their true level, leagues below the beloved Blackburn Rovers, proud founder members of the Football League. Having employed staff with a modicum of education in all key areas, Latics were able to secure the additional services of eight players during the recent transfer window, including: Jan 31 2023. Omar Rekik. From Arsenal. on loan. ... Jan 30 2023. CB. Martin Kelly. From West Bromwich Albion. ... Jan 13 2023. CDM. Christ Tiehi. From Slovan Liberec. ... Jan 11 2023. CB. Steven Caulker. ... Jan 10 2023. CM. Miguel Azeez. ... Sep 02 2022. LW. Anthony Scully. ... Sep 02 2022. CB. Rarmani Edmonds-Green. ... Aug 13 2022. CF. Ashley Fletcher It isn't clear at this stage whether any of these players might feature in Monday's game, but there are likely to be so few in attendance at Ewood Park that even the usual shouts of 'Who?' will be lost to the winds howling around empty terracing, as the boys in Blue and White halves / quarters grace the stage with their superior but diminishing brand of association football. For gawds sake don't do the tippy tappy out from the backy shite that invariably presents solid gold goal scoring opportunities to our opposition. Just roll your sleeves up, accept that the management team behind you are incompetent almost to the point of criminal culpability and lets send the pie eaters and their minging singing mini-hordes back down the M6 with their tails firmly between their legs. Come on Rovers. After this week's shower of shite, that IS THE LEAST YOU CAN DO. COYB!

Hard to get enthused after a diabolical second half against Rotherham.... humiliation so complete I think there may be quite a few changes come Saturday - I imagine Dolan will come in, Vale dropped, can actually see Morton being benched if we are allowed to... and after really struggling to get up the pitch all game at the New York stadium I could see Ayala being rested so we can play higher up. All assuming Hyam is fit and BBD available to come back in. Kaminski JRC Hyam S Wharton Pickering Buckley A Wharton Dolan Dack BBD Gallagher No idea the score.

Blackburn Rovers fans at Bristol City this weekend https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfe/1/16/1f44f.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfe/1/16/1f44f.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfe/1/16/1f44f.png See all this weekends away days pictures and videos https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f447.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f447.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f447.png https://footballawaydays.net/?p=1766

We never win at Rotherham do we ? They're on a terrible run...what could possibly go wrong ? https://www.football365.com/news/rotherham-united-mid-season-rebuild-another-championship-relegation-warne-taylor

Good evening, I am just after some advice as never been to a Rovers away game before. We’re flying to Bristol from Jersey for the weekend on the 20th, the main reason for the trip is to attend the away game against Bristol City. I have noticed on the website that tickets are only available for season ticket holders or 1875 members, this is even the case for next weekends game away to Rotherham. Will tickets go on sale to the general public? I’m not a season ticket holder obviously as live in Jersey, however do have a Rovers account on the website and attended a home game last season, funnily enough also against Bristol City. I can’t see it selling out due to the travel distance and time of the year, if all else fails though will have to get tickets in the home end!

Another away trip to Norwich in short order. Another Sunday game. Another changed kick off time. Another reshuffled cup line up ? Will it being another away victory that is the question..? Let’s be ‘avin you with your thoughts… “WHERE ARE YOU?”

The last football of 2022 will see Boro travel to Ewood and will of course include Darragh Lenihan in their ranks. The current form table doesn’t make for pretty reading and places Boro as favourites. Will Rovers have any fit strikers ? Will we have any actual shots ? Another gripping Live On Sky evening in prospect…

As Vera Lynn once nearly said, there'll be Bluebirds over the Blue 'n' White shirts of Rovers.... We desperately need a win or we are officially in a Mowbray death spiral territory. Cardiff have drawn their last 4 and haven't won in 6. Rovers 2 Cardiff 0 COYB'sssssssssssssss

Which Rovers will turn up…Jekyll or Hyde ? Another Sky game but perhaps that jinx has been laid low after Norwich City ? Will Tony show Dack & Buckley round the home dressing room ?

massive respect to anyone travelling all the way down there,stupid kick off time,spending their hard earned money close to christmas to watch most likely another weak capitulation in an away match against a v good side my prediction,f******g pain,more walking football against arguably the best side in the division who are getting real momentum

Well after England's inevitable early exit from the World Cup and that totally disgraceful display at t' turd, the only way is up! I'm going to be optimistic about this one. Our winter break will have done us the world of good and JDT has the team running like a well oiled machine. 3-0 to the Rovers.

In peace as ever .... After our bruising loss as Bramhall Lane, followed by an afternoon at Blackburn Rugby Club, with old friends, supping Hen Harrier and watching them battle out a 26-13 win over Rossendale, here is my preview ... Sunday sees the 103rd renewal of one of the oldest " derbies " in World professional football, when Blackburn Rovers travel to Turf Moor to take on Burnley. The first meeting, 134 years ago ago, ended in a 1-7 away win for t'Rovers, a repeat of which would suit most of those reading my scribbling just fine ! Both Clubs have illustrious histories. Blackburn who dominated the early years of the FA Cup and have had their more recent success, under the " Jack Walker " regime, winning the Premier League and a League Cup. Burnley won both the FA Cup & League Championship either side of the " Great War ", and another League title in 1959-60. The " Head to Head " is virtually tied, with Burnley having 42 wins, Blackburn 41 wins with 19 draws. With all that said this game is about the present. I suspect both sets of fans will be pleasantly surprised by their current League standings, with Burnley atop the table with Blackburn two points behind. Rovers have tended to be either feast or famine with 12 wins & 8 defeats, whereas Burnley have picked up 8 draws to add to their 10 wins and only two reversals. I can't help but think that Rovers will have learnt from the frailties exposed by Sheffield United. Burnley's two full backs lack height at set-pieces, and frankly, Dracula reacts better to crosses than Muric ! His place must be in question now, with Northern Irish goalkeeper, Bailey Peacock-Farrell waiting in the wings. Those of a Claret persuasion will hope that Josh Brownhill, Jack Cork and local boy, Jay Rodrigues will return for Sunday. From our point of view, the enigma that is Bradley Dack is one to be feared, as is Brereton Diaz. Young Bradley will be remembered on the Clarets' forum for one of the better thread titles, after his court appearance some time ago, " Dick Dack in Dock ! " 😎 Whatever happens, one set of fans will have a rather cheerier World Cup break than the other, as this is the last game until fixtures restart on 10th December ... unless or course, it's a draw, which I think would be the Chief Constable of Lancashire's favoured outcome. Hope you've enjoyed this, and enjoy/endure the game, wherever you may be watching !!

Huge shame this wasn't advertised further in advance. Tickets available to fans however. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/november/29/ticket-news--rovers-v-ajax/ Return flights are around £99. It's about 3 hours to Malaga.

Let's face it, this is just a warm up game before we play the proper claret and blue scum in the biggest derby game in the world. Optimistically going for a 3-0 win for a second strength Rovers side to cruise to the next round.

Pun-tastic weekend match reports incoming as Rovers take on the Terriers at Ewood… ”Up in smoke”, “Bonfire of the vanities”, “a display (un)worthy of Bonfire Night”, “There were rockets at half-time as well as…”, “fireworks in the penalty area”, “xxx is the Guy”….you get the idea…😉 https://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/15-fire-cracking-bonfire-night-711295

Apologies if this had been posted before Match might not go ahead or could be played at a different venue While Saturday's match will proceed as planned, other options are being considered for the Sky Blues' next home game against Blackburn on Tuesday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63427703?fbclid=IwAR2tepz27s4EaStrbICXtZ6EP8xF2ihN0D2dQHvIBPU6oFKxyFeMPvJRQXQ