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Aside the usual top four and then Spurs I feel its a case of just putting every club on a piece of papaer and seeing where they land as I think it will be all a case of which teams cope with injuries and get some consistency to their play - Except Sheff Utd who I think will finish bottom. Top 4 I feel there will be a shock and Chelsea will come unstuck this season so As for us, I expect us to do worse than last season because Europe could well hinder us but I don't see what other teams could do well enough to be above us . West Ham possibly but again Europe could hinder them, Newcastle if they get 1 maybe two decent strikers Surprise team - Fulham if they can sort their away form out 1. MUTD If they get HARGREAVES -If not read 3rd 2. LIVERPOOL -If UTD don't get Hargreaves 3. CHELSKI 4. ARSENAL - only beacuse there away form will still let them down and the new ground factor 5. SPURS 6. NEWCASTLE -only if they get two decent strikers if not 10th 7. EVERTON 8. ROVERS/WEST HAM 9. W HAM/ROVERS 10 FULHAM 11 A VILLA 12 MBORO 13 BOLTON 14 READING 15 WIGAN 16 WATFORD 17. CHARLTON 18. MAN CITEH 19. PORTSMOUTH 20. SHEFF UTD

Already have done FR - where you been the past two seasons Think I have done it once - because that is the amount of times when I can actually remember him doing anything. Its not a scapegoat scenario and as for judging him I feel us anti Berts have more reason to criticise than those who for the life of me seem to think he is any good. And certainly , if and thats a big IF he does do anything worthy of note on a consistent basis of a Premiership player I will certainly come on here and eat humble pie - however as I have said before and been proved correct thus far...I doubt very much I or anybody else will have to.

I didn't because I know he can't head a ball - and if memory serves me right it was easier to head the ball and he should have scored

Hallelujah!! In agreement here Personally , banning it from the pubs I doubt would make that much difference to our crowds. Pricing tickets at £36 for the Everton game midweek will - maybe we should take a closer look at home. Question is , would the prices be reduced accordingly if there was a ban on it? Free Market ban for fans - What do you reckon Glenn?

God this made me laugh..................... he's been here nearly 3 years and he looks like he still doesn't have any idea of how Rovers are - never mind a new player. Its a BLACK BLACK day

As some of you probably know, its written in the Stars (and history) that whenever I am at an away game - WE NEVER WIN. So , I thought I would let most of you make your predictions (and get your ticket) before I let you all know - I will be there tomorrow. Therefore bearing this in mind , and our not so good opening day performance over the years (especially away) and Portsmouth gave us probably one of the best tonkings without actually winning last season I am going to go for the same scoreline 2 v 2 with us taking the league only to go behind and equalise late on. Hope those who are going have got their Macs

The question has to be - what have we done with his contract? If he has had an increase in wages its a disgrace - at the end of the day its him who was stalling, so whats making him change his mind - if he wanted to stay he would have signed (same with Neill btw) Only hope I have is he still hasn't actually signed - just hope Boro wake up and offer something stupid for him... PLEASE) 3 YEARS we have seen that he is rubbish - and still people are numbed into thinking he is any good because he kicked the ball forwards in the World Cup.

You are joking right...?? So which 'wrong position' would this be - wrong position is in our team Steb - its in the post

Maybe people might want to change their minds on th scorline Have you seen who is reffing OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On that principle are you saying Chelsea play better football than Arsenal? If so I have to disagree. Also one of the best games of last season on Sky was us and Spurs - who would have thought it? Obviously nobody can generalise on which games are going to be entertaining , and so have to select games, however I get fed up of seeing the media loved Utd/Chelsea/Liverpool etc being on every other week and I'm sure their fans are fed up of it also with the varying kick off times (the ones that go anyway not the armchair fans) The league is broke into 4 and 16 - so does need fixing and imo the balance can be improved It may not be boring in one sense but it is in another and has become stagnant (too much on TV) - but thats football in general rather than just the Premier.

Should be somebody who can hit a ball well with precision MGP would be my first choice dependant on what McCarthy is like with Neill (if still here) or Reid the next in line. Roberts doesn't strike me as a good penalty taker and Savage does not convince me at all.

Still not the same context Jan - as they are all one offs and personally I wouldn't pay those prices either for any of that lot.

Was it ever alive?? Must be deaf - couldn't have been the drum could it! ?

Good on you Scotty - proactivity at is best. Don't know how he has got his opinion though - or is it a case of 'everything appears rosey' scenario due to the circle of people the FF seems to envelop - not dissing him just find it strange where he gets this opinion because other than the few posters on here, I don't know anybody who is for than against. Meets face to face /positive feeback - must be a case of only hears whatt he wants to here and chose to ignore what people scream at him every weekend and just plays on the element of kids hanging around him. I'm sure he does do it out of love for the club , and I can remember him (main drummer) going to the Rovers for as long as I can remember pre drum/Jack Walker etc however I can't honestly believe he thinks it is welcomed with open arms by the Blackburn faithful

Mines turned up now - however don't understand the security aspect of it as surely more costly doing it this way.

All after the horse has bolted GAV which is what I have been banging on about for the past couple of seasons -couple that with 'End Souness' and other contributaries and we end up with what we are seeing now. Cheap tickets - or Cheaper Tickets? - for games that aren't exactly on everybody's calendar as must see. Punching above our weight -I hate this term - only used for clubs that people think should not be where they are - no we are not - we deserve to be where we are its irrelevant of how many people have watched us getting there. lack of interest - now here's the crux - its been lost, problem being its alot of the what was 'the regulars' who have lost the buzz - the problem being its also snowballing to the ones still going. Savour the moment - I think a few people want to but simply can't warrant the cost on their budgets to be able to - even I wonder now if it is worth getting season ticket year aafter year and I have had one 20 years - maybe next season will be the season when I don't - regardless of what we do this season

My worry is the way we seem to be conceding goals very easily regardless of the rotation of defenders. Not worried that we get beat in friendlies but the reports of our preformances is of a great concern and doesn't fill you with great confidence for the new season - however, personally I am not filled with that much confidence anyway at the moment and feel a mid to lower end table finish for the coming season without really being in trouble of relegation Scotty Posted Today, 12:43 Come on Scotty stop trying to wrap it up in roses - this is Kuqi as we know him

Now thats Amen !!!!!

oh oh Jordan... and I thought you where sensible

I haven't received anything - only thing I got was the card with the shirt on confirming my details about 2m back

Bobski - might be able to help you out on the record player bit ( nostalgia you see) Anyway this was discussed HERE FRENZY

So considering the points being raised on the other thread re ticket prices - any update on the level of S/T's? Would appear the silence would reflect a poor take up otherwise I have no doubt the club would have been rejoicing it from the top of the Blackburn (Walkersteel) End

Tris, Jan, Stuw, - although I can see your side here this is not the point and I have to agree with Rev again!!!! (and no we are not related ) Infiltration has always and will continue to be part and parcel of the game and it still continued regardless of the restrictions - in addition difference being is that even Utd and Liverpools following has dwindled over the last couple of seasons. In addition has Rev has said - has any of you stood your ground (remember you are the home fans) or advised the Police/Stewards to get them ejected - certainly worked for me against Citeh even though I nearly ended up getting thrown out myself. I'll say it again - I can understand why the club have priced this game as it is - but it is not right and they are losing contact with the 'real world' of Blackburn and lost the chance years ago to capitalise on the situation of Fan retention but went about it in completely the wrong way.. We all know Rovers have previously not been very good and communicating with the Blackburn Public , although this would appear to be changing but pricing this game as they have done will only put people off and will be detriment to future paying customers as they will just get the impression that rovers are overpriced -regardless of what the club do after that.

Yep we are just a big cosy family Is that in the lower as not far from us rabble

Jan - this may or may not be true and but I think the club are trying but in the wrong way and at the wrong time and I relate back to the 'uniqueity' that I have cited about the Rovers. As I said above and others are saying we don't have the fans to replace the ones that have gone away. The hard part is convincing the stayaways to come back - especially alot of what where once represented as hardcore fans. People have their price for football - and just because others are doing one thing it doesn't mean to say Rovers have to do the same - the club lost the chance some years ago as I feel they took the fans for granted once we had won the league - yes there is probably a proportion who also took the club for granted as well and expected something for nothing but that was probably minimum rather than maximum. Yes we do have our moaners and some excuses that people come up with for not going are just not worth listening to but at the end of the day if we carry on like we are we might just be watching Premiership footy with an almost empty ground. The ones that attend now are going to be in their majority S/T holders - and the way football is going that is what the higher proportion of the crowd is probably going to be as the value will be in having a S/T - however even they are at a premium now, and if football is going to carry on as it is then even them numbers will start to dwindle and they won't come back - can you see a problem here?