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Last nights attendance doesn't really tell the whole story. OK, prices were cheap = poor gate. However against Bolton prices were cheap = good gate. It's down to more than merely prices. Other factors come into it.

Agreed Tris.

We got very lucky last night. IMO, if Basel had scored first, we wouldn't have won - and they certainly should have scored first. They caught us cold. Second half performance was very good though, so all in all a very happy bunny here. A manager, chairman and team who want to win in ALL competitions. I keep having to pinch myself and thinking that I could have been a North ender! Felt a bit sorry for Basel, I didn't think they deserved that scoreline, plus their sponsor is a bit close to my heart.

The only other slight difference Tris, was that the Salzburg game was a "winner goes into the group stage game". Last night was a group game, not quite the same appeal.

Care to explain how that would work?

More tax on petrol then? I'll bet somewhere along the line, you've complained about that.

Looks like I'm in the minority here. The argument "would you rather have another player, or a new stand" will always be there. Fans will always want a new player first. Some time or other, rovers are going to have to replace the riverside. Might as well start looking again for investment - now.

You just wiped out a report from the chief economist from the world bank and 95% of the worlds scientists in one swipe. What are you doing posting on here? Royal society Take a look, then come back on what they have to say. - and before you ask, this is who they are.

The earths warming/cooling periods take tens of thousands of years. Stern says if we don't act very soon, the earths temp has a more than 75% chance of rising by 2 or 3 degrees in the next 50 years. That would be quite awesome in it's effect on the Earth as the BBC link explains. The comments from some people that this is happening now anyway and can't be stopped, are way off the mark - according to the worlds top scientists. Financially Stern is working out that to do something now, will make much more economic sense than hoping Global warming will disappear. BBC report

Carry on guys, it's all very convincing stuff. It should get better as we go.

Both sides cheating, then both managers criticising the referee. Childish.

Reading it again, it doesn't. I'm just trying to point out, that when clubs the size of Man City are losing fans by the thousand, we're all in trouble. City could have sold as many tickets in the old third div [cause they were always sold out at 32000], as they are currently doing in the prem.

We must try to avoid yellow/red cards in this game. With our weakened squad, the last thing we need are suspensions for the Feyenoord game. Anyone know the euro booking count?

Good post Cap'n. Hopefully the start of something big.

Do you have one?

Hamstring

Yeah I know. I'm not very good at getting a point across on here. It's not only rovers is it? So why do we have this complex about OUR gates?

I keep going on about it I know, but Man city had 37000 on last night. The stadium holds around 48000ish? Their average away following has dropped to around 2000. City had 32000 [capacity] regularly in the old third division, so what's behind their sudden fall?

Feyenoord ticket details I'm a little surprised that there are 1000 fans who went to the two away games to date. That only leaves 1500 tickets for everyone else. That stadium must be the one at Rotherham. Grooby again!

Skyscanner Have a look round Eddie. Gatwick flights for around £60 return.

Brilliant again Bob. Rotherham Love the piccy of the new space age Feyenoord stadium. Magnificent.

The flight that I'm on from Manchester to Amsterdam, on the wed morning at 6:40 am, is now going for free. Just find a return flight to suit and you've cracked it. Jet2go.com

Savage available, Morten and Nonda still doubtful. Rovers official site

You misunderstand me JBN. We do have a squad of quality players, no argument there. We have a GREAT squad of players considering the size of the town and the finances available. Those finances have been used wisely by Hughes. The point I'm making is this: should we have a small squad that will suffer tremendously when long term injuries arrive, or should we have a bigger squad of players who aren't in the same league as some of the players already here, but could possibly ride the injury situation a bit better? It's no good us complaining that the present squad isn't big enough, we don't have the finances to have two squads of prem quality.

Subs: Brown, Henchoz, Jeffers, Gallagher, McEveley. It could be argued that none of the subs are up to Prem football. That shows the lack of depth in the squad. It is a decision that a manager has to make though, especially at Blackburn where the funds don't allow for a large squad of prem quality players. Does the manager spend the cash on a limited number of class players and hope for an injury free season, or does he go for a squad of greater depth without the real quality? The ideal is to harness a group of players that can hack it with the best and bolster that with a stream of good youngsters. That second bit isn't working though and probably never will. Personally, I reckon that a team must have quality in the prem even if it means having an alarmingly small squad. Without that initial quality, you will go down anyhow.