Fan Takeover Eve Eve Getting that mixture of excitement and anticipation now, looking forward to a fuller Ewood and hopefully some renewed credit with the powers that be at the club. Lots of hard work going on behind the scenes in several areas......keeping everything crossed it all goes to plan on Saturday. Any guesses on crowd levels? 18k would be fabulous as Mike Graham said. Dare we dream for 20k?

Amazing effort after just one day! To put into context: That is tickets for 120 Adults (or) 240 Concessions (or) 600 Juniors!

Talk less, smile more. Hamilton, what a show, seeing it in February, saw it on Broadway earlier this year with a rather enthusiastic (drunk) Chicagoan woman next to me, too many Hamiltini's! As for the match, I can't wait to see more people on the ground and meet some more forum members. Plenty still going on behind the scenes also, so plenty to be excited about.

Have come across some fans who run him close, but Birdy’s dedication was unique. Spoke with him on several occasions, most recently at the Girona pre season friendly, though he (and his wife Annette) did make me feel guilty every time I’d decided to watch a mid week away match from home, rather than taking a day off work to go to Ipswich or Sunderland or latterly Millwall! Characters like him are what small town, provincial clubs like Rovers are built on. I can only imagine how proud he must have been to see the club scale the highest of heights and win the Premier League along with European adventures and domestic cup glory! Rest in peace Birdy

You can put together a decent championship Rovers team from our squad that didn’t play this evening! Pears, JRC, Hyam, Szmodics, Tronstad, Hedges, Gallagher, Gilsenan etc All of whom have contributed this season in league or cup. Let’s not get overly carried away with a bonus match. Back to the bread and butter on Sunday, far more important issues at hand.

JDT now the 6th longest serving manager in The Championship! 1. Mark Robins, Coventry City (since 6/3/17) 2. Nigel Pearson, Bristol City (since 22/2/21) =3. Ryan Lowe, Preston North End (since 7/12/21) Steven Schumacher, Plymouth Argyle (since 7/12/21) 5. Kieran McKenna, Ipswich Town (since 16/12/21) 6. Jon Dahl Tomasson, Blackburn Rovers (since 14/6/22)

Just gave everyone on the POTM centre a 6/10, felt like it was going to be one of those 0-0 sort of games, but Coventry nicking it at the death was hard to take. Now the dust has settled I remain convinced that we'll be fine and the results will turn. Poor officiating on the Moran goal, rattling the crossbar and it deflecting out for a corner, Sigurdssons poor decision making at 0-0 with the shot....the key moments that went against us. Still feel as though it'll all click and we'll be back on track. Hopefully at Loftus Road on Saturday.

Going off last season, the outgoings and what I saw at the Girona match. We HAVE to score first. Don't want to be chasing the game against what'll probably be a solid top half side. Our achilles heel last season and no doubt this one also.

1. Who will win this year’s Championship ? Leicester City 2. Who will claim runners-up spot ? Southampton 3. Who will finish rock bottom in the Championship ? Sheffield Wednesday 4. Where will Rovers finish this season in the league ? 11th 5. How many league goals will Rovers score this season ? 56 6. Who will win the BRFCS POTY ? Adam Wharton

But why didn’t you knee him in the groin @Herbie6590 😂 Brilliant day yesterday. Hope we all represented you (the forum) with distinction and humility and built bridges with the club.

With such a traditional home shirt design that has little or no room for design elements I don't mind the odd bold choice when it comes to an away/3rd shirt. This shirt fits that brief wonderfully. I imagine it'll be popular with the kids and if we have a famous win/cup run etc in the shirt it'll find is place in Rovers folklore. Would be the shirt I'd be most tempted to buy out of this years releases so far.

Lovely quarter zip Ian! 😂 such a delightful podcast, well worth a listen for every fan, even those who’ve only supported the club in a post Tony Parkes era. Looking forward to reading the book, saving it for my holidays!

Flight to Vienna the best bet? Looking more out of curiosity than anything else!

New Stoke City kit released today, should give us some clues. Expect these but with blue for the home shorts and even a Rovers 'Letterman/Varsity Jacket' on its way?

Some great opinions so far! Another one of mine would be to actually make supporters able to purchase food/drinks without either missing 5/10 minutes of the first or second half! The amount of money I save, easily £50-£100 per season, when I look at the massive slow moving queue to buy a coffee or food! And just don't bother. Unless you're in the queue as the first half whistle blows you're definitely missing the start of the second half! I'd have dedicated beer/cider kiosks where people bought pints/bottles with a turnaround time of no more than 15/20 seconds per customer. Its completely cashless these days anyway, so the card reader should take the most time.

Amen! When can you start?

After discussing on our most recent podcast. Part 2 of the End of Season Report, I'd like to know your opinions to this. Episode 2 https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/podcasts/4000-holes-the-'what-now-'-show-big-old-end-of-season-review-ep-2/27 Feature starts at the 22:02 mark From the profound to the ridiculous all opinions welcomed. Would you change the price of season tickets? Ban Goal music? Introduce a zip line off the Jack Walker Stand? Make the Finch Bakery hut a permanent fixture? Resign Bradley Dack? Whatever you think, let us know. For our musings check out the most recent 4000 Holes Podcast! Episode 1 https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/podcasts/4000-holes-the-'what-now-'-show-big-old-end-of-season-review-ep-1/26

Sunderland falling to the fate I imagined we'd have in mid April. A tight close contest at home with either a narrow win or a draw, only to be out muscled and overawed at Kenilworth Road and comfortably beaten. The playoffs are so brutal on any teams that 'sneak in' not since Blackpool in 2010 has a side finishing sixth been promoted to the Premier League, even then the difference between 6th and 3rd (Nottingham Forest) was 9 points as opposed to this years gap of 11 points.

I’m one of the lucky ones who was there! 😂

I think you misinterpreted my point. As a redemption story, from where he was to where he is now I'd say the 'feel good factor' is a top 5 story. As a footballer and striker I'd rank him below: (in chronological order) Shearer, Newell, Sutton, Gallacher, Jansen, Cole, Bellamy, Dickov, McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Roberts, Yakubu, Rhodes, Gestede, Graham, Armstrong.

Ben Brereton Diaz's redemptive story arc and the Chile callup is what he'll be mostly remembered for in years to come. As a footballer, he's a top 10 Championship striker at this moment in his career, can he step up to the La Liga/Europa League level next season? I suppose only time will tell. As a storyline, he's a top 5 Rovers player in my time as a supporter (last 30 years) As a footballer and 'striker' he's probably not in the top 20.

The Mowbray v Tomasson debate really comes down to how you want to frame your argument. Mowbray took a team to the playoffs, Tomasson didn't - True statement Mowbray achieved the same number of points with Sunderland in 22/23 as he did with Rovers in 21/22, one team made the playoffs, one team had no chance of making the playoffs going into the final set of fixtures - True statement Tomasson matched Mowbray's best season (points wise), needing only one campaign to match Mowbray's best of four full Championship seasons. - True statement

Keeping JDT the first priority for this summer. He's talked of a project with Rovers and unless a Southampton/Leeds/Leicester City type come in for him, I hope he stays put, at least for another season.

Two wins and we’re guaranteed playoffs. Late Sunderland equaliser didn’t change anything to be fair. Coventry winning and Millwall winning last night spoilt any chance of 4 points being enough. Particularly with our goal difference. 2 wins..Easy as that 👀😂

I know Burnley are already promoted and such, but if last night is how they're going to play in the Premier League, they'll be back very quickly. Still heavily reliant on playing into and off Barnes, felt Taylor and Maatsen rode their luck at times and Vitinho/Zaroury were very quiet. Thinking back to some of the teams we've seen over the last decade of Championship years at Ewood. Sheffield United under Wilder, Derby County, Huddersfield (the year they went up) and of course Fulham last season who were electric and dominating even at 11 v 11. It'll be interesting to see how they go. Oh to have the luxury of £20m+ worth of talent who didn't even appear! Tella, Twine, Foster, Obafemi etc.