First of the interesting home games to come before the end of the season, which should not only decide any playoff ambitions, but also go a way to showing how competitive we'd even be if we managed to sneak into the top 6. Saturday - Fulham (3rd) *Then after Hull (14th) and Stoke (21st)* 29th February - Swansea (8th) 14th March - Bristol City (6th) 4th April - Leeds United (2nd) 13th April - West Bromwich Albion (1st)

£25m for Josh King?!! ?

Wasn’t it him who falsely accused Jay Rodriguez of racism?

Feels like the January window is becoming less impactful each year. not just for us, but for most teams. Best January window? 2007 - Samba, Warnock, Dunn, Berner Last 10 January Windows 2010 - Lingazi, Basturk 2011 - Rochina, Formica, Jones (loan), Santa Cruz (loan) *2012 - Marcus Olsson, Orr, Modeste *2013 - King, Kane (loan) *2014 - Cairney, Gestede, Conway *2015 - Steele, Spearing (loan) *2016 - Bennett, Jackson, Ward, Graham (loan), Watt 2017 - Joao (loan), Emnes (loan) 2018 - P Downing, Bell, Armstrong (loan), Payne (loan) 2019 - Chapman * - Years where loans could be made until end of March

43 points with 17 games to go... Same as we were this time last year after beating Hull. Will Middlebrough away be Brentford all over again? As said, 74 points is the likely minimum requirement for the playoffs, so another 10 wins still needed

Downing had all the time in the world last week against Preston, against combative midfielder Ben Pearson, good players always find time and space. I think he's been very good for us and you can definitely see why he's played at the top level and for England.

25th Anniversary and all that.....makes sense. Plus one final reminder that we've won the Premier League.....before the Liverpool mob hop on the bandwagon

As I put in the first post....The first group in the Hall of Fame were all players (I know Crompton was Player/Manager). Maybe the second group will be made up of 'non players' e.g. Jack Walker, Kenny Dalglish, Robert Middleton, Graeme Souness and Tony Parkes (for his non playing role at the club)

I really do feel as though the season is already meandering to a mid table finish. Would love it if Mowbray tried a couple of the younger ones who haven't had an opportunity yet, ala Davenport or Fisher, but can't see it happening just yet.

From memory, a fractured eye socket saw Stig Inge Bjornebye's spend a long time out of the side (6 months plus IIRC)

If only we could adopt a Special Teams kicker like in the NFL, who could come on simply to take set pieces!!!

Barcelona sack their manager when top of La Liga.... The most self righteous team in World Football strikes again.

If Maddison does well at Charlton the board may go into meltdown!!

No players should be booed, but my word... Brereton and Gallagher were desperately poor. A Leutweiler howler completes a pretty rotten festive period!

My memory may be a little hazy, having only been 5 at the time, but I think Shearer did his ligament on Boxing Day against Leeds and was back for us by the September/October period? Goal away at Newcastle off the bench? Edit:

Just bought, a nice Christmas present for the old man.

Gallag!!!!!

Mowbray isn’t without his faults, but his latest comments go worry me. I still think he’s got the backing of the players and is involved with the club for the right reasons, even if we’re going through an up and down patch at the moment (2019 has been very mixed). I really do fear we’re still a club built on poor foundations. Mowbrays honesty and pragmatism shouldn’t be taken for granted. I don’t think it would take much for us to slide back into League One.

We’ll see on Thursday when we take on a team with a decent record (Cowboys in Dallas). Credit to us for winning matches we should win though. Supporting Rovers for 25+ years has taught me you don’t always wins the ones you should!!! ?

Cracking article for the statto's (like me) on England's 1000 games. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50340459 According to the article, 48 Blackburn Rovers players have represented England.... without looking......can we name them?

Every time I seem to check the Brentford score, they’ve won..... How are the only 12th?!!!

Stats alert in 2019 Rovers' league record under Tony Mowbray P35 W13 D5 L17 F50 A50 Pts44 Last season we got to 44 points after game 34, so the data correlates. The data suggests were a bottom half Championship team, which is (alas, probably) what we are.

I have a spreadsheet!! ?

Bored waiting for a meeting at work, 10 mins to spare.... Through 8 games.... With having just read the Matt Jansen autobiography, and on the back of a couple of wins in the league I've come over all nostalgic and decided to have a look at the current table, compared to this stage in the 2000/2001 promotion winning season. Through 8 games 19/20 - P8 W4 D1 L3 F9 A8 Pts13 00/01 - P8 W3 D3 L2 F13 A10 Pts12 *Of course, that 2000/2001 team would lose the next two, before going on a brilliant unbeaten run. Other Seasons The 2012/13 that nearly went down in the Kean/Black/Berg/Bowyer/Appleton/Bowyer season 12/13 - P8 W4 D3 L1 F16 A12 Pts15 Our highest Championship finish in recent times, under Bowyer. 13/14 - P8 W2 D3 L3 F12 A10 Pts9 The full season of Rudy and Rhodes... 14/15 - P8 W4 D1 L3 F14 A14 Pts13 The False hope of Lambert season (though Bowyer was still in charge for the first 16 Championship games).... 15/16 - P8 W1 D4 L3 F9 A9 Pts7 The C0yle relegation season 16/17 - P8 W1 D2 L5 F10 A17 Pts5 Last Season 18/19 - P8 W2 D5 L1 F8 A9 Pts11 And the League One Promotion Season? 17/18 - P8 W4 D1 L3 F12 A8 Pts13 Proof that the start we've had is above average when compared to previous campaigns. Looking at the recent seasons in the Championship (from 12/13 - present) 19/20 is above average in terms of points return, 13 pts vs average (10.4 pts) and also our best start to a season defensively in 7 seasons. A good start doesn't count for anything if you don't keep progressing, but interesting (and dare I say slightly encouraging?) nevertheless.

You'd think it would attract a few Luton fans, been a long time since they've played at Ewood Park. In fact, I've never seen Luton at Ewood in my lifetime, and I'm 32! Rovers 0-1 Luton - Saturday 14th November 1981, when The Hatters would go on to win the title and secure promotion to Division 1. Luton were relegated from the top flight in 1991/92, as Rovers won promotion to the new Premier League. By the time Rovers were relegated in 1998/99, Luton had dropped down to the third tier (then Division 2, now League One) and were in the fourth tier (League Two) when Rovers were promoted from League One, finally we play them in a league match after nearly 40 years of time spent in other divisions. I do remember this game, FA Cup 4th Round away at Kenilworth Road, live on BBC, lunch time kick off, debut of Chris Samba, if I remember correctly. All against a team managed by former Rovers striker (and Premier League winner) Mike Newell. Rovers team that day: Friedel, Khizanishvili (Gallagher), Nelsen (Samba), Henchoz, Warnock, Bentley, Emerton, Mokoena, Pedersen, Derbyshire, McCarthy (Jeffers) Goals: Derbyshire (10, 56), McCarthy (37), Pedersen (74) Anyone remember this match in the snow at Ewood?