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It's things like this that continue to make me feel that the fans are the last to be considered in the Blackburn Rovers experience. We are treated with absolute disdain by the club. The Loons are still so far removed from the club, leaving people in every day charge who seem to cost cut with one hand, yet do nothing to increase revenue substantially with the other. I am a reluctant occasional attender nowadays, having been an avid supporter for forty years. The atmosphere is awful. The club do nothing to improve it, in fact go out of their way to make it worse with the stand cuts. The decision to kick off at noon against PNE is another snub to our fans, not theirs. It makes no economic sense in my view. I work one Saturday morning per month. If it falls on that day, I would have to try and swap with a colleague, but otherwise I wouldn't be able to attend at that time. Having been summarily evicted from the upper BE, seen prices rise, seen a vociferous section removed from the DE, I am not encouraged to attend more often under the continuing regime. I still hate what they have and continue to do. They have held tenure over a disaster. Whilst we yet again have a period of relative stability under the Loons, as we all know, with a whim, it could all change in an instant. I've backed TM till the summer in the poll as he deserves more time to perhaps try and secure transfer funds for a push at promotion next year. If he cannot secure those funds, then in my view we will have another relegation fight on our hands. I still have doubts as to whether he is the man with the connections to secure the players we will need, but he should be afforded an opportunity. As to our club. Caley/Waggott et al clearly don't have its best interests at heart with decisions about kick off times, stand closures, timings and costs of ST sales. As has been stated by many, the time to launch was before the Oxford game at the same price as last year. I suppose what I am saying is that the likes of me are not being wooed by the club to return. Whilst I continue to support the team, I find better things to do with my time on match days. If they read this forum, take note!

Taylor and Conn my two favourite journos, utterly disgusting though, and our club is still not purged.

It's the lack of cohesion that makes it quiet. A crowd should lift their team. The nonsense of closing the upper BE, singing DE has completely dissipated any crowd noise. Look at Palace, who are incredibly vocal. IMO making the BE safe standing and charging a tenner, I'd be there every home game, irrespective of form. See German clubs. The current Rovers regime has no imagination, and is actively disincentivising folk from going.

But where? Growing up, BE was the raucous place to be, DE was always the away end. The concrete structure didn't help..... When there were a few on, I always thought the current BE, when populated up and down could make a fair din. Butchering the ground by Waggot has not helped any Rovers fan. We have been here before. It was like a morgue yesterday.

The manager must take a huge amount of blame for this defeat. His defensive set up in the first half was woeful, combined with Charlie having a mare, and the backs.....well, they just aren't. The second half was much better, with a man down. It's shocking. Will he ever learn?

Wonderful double save by him.

We actually have more possession this half with ten men!

What is TM's issue with Bell. He's looked very lively. Sad we have to go down to ten men before he does something he should have done from the start.

Having a baby apparently.

Well done Stanley!

It's been a very good game, and Accy don't look out of place. Smyth has been excellent.

I have been really impressed by Stanley tonight. Really deserve their lead. Coleman for Rovers!

It's a two horse race........come on everyone.......we are a thoroughbred, they are Steptoe's nag!

Done, Stanley of course.........Rovers on 44% as I voted, ahead of the scummers.

I grew up watching one of the best England keepers, ever. I was ten when he had his crash, and I prayed he would be okay. I cried when I found out he wouldn't play again. Surely, why we all love the beautiful game? (And, yes Pele's comments are from a bygone age.....very few gentleman footballer's left).

No reason to doubt, 78 years young if the case. Blackburn born and bred. Always sad to lose one of our own.

Sharp really is a goalmine.

At last a deal from the club for the last six home games. Super six, prices from £99 for adults. Could be tempting if we are there or there abouts?

A couple of years before me, not the 1922 one!

Sadly, haven't they been twice pre-PL?

Meanwhile at West Brom, it looks a third full. So much for progressing! Jason Roberts looks well.......I notice he couldn't look at either goal, not really recognising what they were.

As they will never win the PL, it is a none question, as to anything else, well if we are in the mix, we should never throw a game!

2-0 and well done Newport at present.

They had to start somewhere, and plenty more to come. John Lewis and Arthur Constantine Lawrence Cotton Sir Jack Not players, but great pillars of our great club. Atkins, Barker, John Bell (333 appearances), Berg, Billy Bradshaw (426), Branagan, Briggs, Noel, Aussie Campbell, Cole, Connelly.....Duff, Dunn, Eckersley, Else, Ferguson,, Field, Flowers, Gally, Gennoe, Healless (397), Colin, Matty, Jones, Glenn, Langton, Le Saux, McGrath, MacLeod, McNamee, Metcalf, Millar, Newell, Newton, Parkes, Pickering, Quigley, Rathbone, Ripley, Rogers, Sellars, Sherwood, Short, Speedie, Sutton, Tugay, Vernon, Wilcox, Woods. To name but a few......okay, I got my big book of Rovers facts out!

Looks like Boro fans have turned up in two cars tonight.