Very good performance from the lads last night, and the type of game where you can only appreciate how well we played by being at the game, rather than watching it on tv or catching the highlights. Entertaining match, c'mon rovers fans your missing out on not being at Ewood! We played exactly as i hoped, dominated the mid-feild and had a high tempo approach that thfc struggled with throughout the game. We had many chances to win, savage, Kuqi, mgp and Emerton all with good opportunites to score! Jol basically got it wrong by thinking we are a third rate team who you can just term up and win at with a weakened team. Dont think so Jol, we shoulda got at least 1 pen the 1 on Kuqi in particuler! As for the sending off, the replay shows he had to go. I was sitting the bbe lower and so obviously i was behind the action, and it looked like he clearly took the ball and i was furious when he was sent off. Finally, a superb travelling support in numbers by spurs, all of 4,000 there, but i did expect more noise form them to be honest. On the other hand, the BBE was in superb voice for most of the match. Especially in the second half, it was noisy and dare i say it, passionate!! Role on Villa on saturday and a result there will see us into the break in very good stead!

I think this could be a really good game, and i think playing the same formation of 4-5-1 is would be clever in this game. We must get on top of them early and not allow them to settle and pass around us. We must be quick and attack with pace, similar to the first 15 against Fulham. Should be a good game with Spurs bringing 4,000+ which really is a tremendous effort. Rovers 2-2 Spurs Kuqi and Emerton, in front of 21,000ish

Funny the difference a week makes. Beat spuds and it will be talk of champions league . Get a grip ffs everyone!!

The comparison is so chalk and cheese, the statement isnt really relevant. Blackburn population is 135k, compared to London 9million (believe me, you are as likely to see a chels shirt in se london than west london these days) and the club is based in wealthy area with the majority of fans being middl class and upwards! To the spurs fan above, you do have the added benifit of being a old establised London club and able to appeal to the huge population of all over the city. You should bring a fair few tommrow, spurs always have a good away support, esp as you are gonna be top of the league coming into the game!

Really good positive performance against Fulham getting us the 3 points. How many games/months did it take to get that many points last season?? Mgp and tugay scored great goals, but i thought it was an all round good performance. A similar attitude and level against thfc would make it a cracker as they are playing really well. Onwards and upwards!!

Well i was on holiday, so that explains my non-appearance at fulham

Bloody cheeky Celtic fans, look at this comment at the bottom about the relegation battle! http://www.celtic-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews....=TMNW&id=229129

Cheers bazza, all is forgiven

Disgraceful terrorist attack, they have now hit another Westernized country. Usa with 9/11, Australia with Bali, Madrid bombing and now London. It now seems that the contingency plans for a terrorist attack which most people laughed at and said was ott, is now paying off. From friend lives in the outskirts of London (Kingston), and text messages are blocked as i presume the system is being overloaded. Phones are still working, but he doesnt know what the situation is like closer to the centre. Update: 2 confirmed dead, figure will of course rise. Kind of puts all the happyness with the bellamy signing into perspective when a event like this happens

I would they are a bit weird out there . Still, at least there is no-one on this mb who comes from out that way......

They have only just changed it to a maximun allocation of 5,500 to Wigan, when we went in the league cup, we took towards 7,000, maybe more didnt we?

Yeh, did anybody see that little snip-it on ssp news about the new German stadiums. Park of the stadium was a modern seating /standing area. You can lift your seat up and create a terrace position, or have the seat down, During the world cup, all that area would have to be seating, but during league games the home ger team can have standing. You can fit more in than if it is turned into the seating opiton. As RM, says why not to this to the riverside and be the english guinee pig for reintroducing safe, standing in eng!

A pretty decent start imo, although it would have been nice to start the season at home to west ham, instead of having to travel all the way to East London. The game at Wigan on new yrs eve should be brilliant fun and we could take 5,000+ to that game. Also getting sunderland at home on the 28th is good as they will bring a huge following down from the North East. City at home on the last day should also be a sell out, with hopefully something positive to play 4, for Rovers!!

Thats the whole point you muppet, it might encourage Asians to go to both Old Trafford (cricket) and Ewood park, obviously football during the winter and cricket and summer. I wasnt talking about those already members of lancs ccc but of both working together to attract some more fans. As i said it was only an idea ffs, can you come up with something better you clown? Doubt it, your prob 1 of those to$$ers who moans the whole time but comes up with nowt to do anything about it

Been supporting the Rovers since the back end of the 92-93 season when i was about 6 1/2 yrs old. So its just gone 12 yrs as Rovers fan, March-ish 1993-2005 and i'll be a Rover for the rest of my life. To be fair, ive been spoilt really, every season ive been a fan, there has been something to play for in the league, bar 1. Tittle chases, 2: 93-94 and 94-95 (1 won, 1 lost) Uefa Cup chases, 4: 92-93,95-96,97-98 and 02-03 (2 lost, 2 won) Relegation battles, 5: 96-97, 98-99, 01-02, 03-04 and 04-05 (1 lost, 4 won) Promotion battles, 1: 00-01 (1 won) Just 1 mid-table boring season, 99-00 in div 1

Yes. East Lancs does have a large 'ethnic' population. Maybe the club should offer them tickets at exactly the same price as everyone else. 323715[/snapback] I was thinking about this and came up with an idea. Now it may seem stupid, but we may as well put any kinda ideas down on paper. Anyway, my idea.... Its obvious that the majority of asian kids prefer cricket to football. Now, thats not racist, sterotyping, generalising, its just plain fact. However, what about the idea of having a joint football season ticket at Ewood and a season ticket at Old trafford (cricket). Obviously we would need to talk with lancs ccc, and im sure that it would take a good deal of sorting out, but why not? I think both sides would benifit as cricket can be watched in the summer and football in the winter. Now, i dunno how much a lancs ccc s/t is, but say its £250 at lancs and £400 at Ewood, we could offer a joint s/t for a whole calander yr for say £550, a saving of £100. I know its sounds weird, but what do people think about the idea. We gotta try something ffs!!

Good luck Stead and thanks for keeping us up. Only time will tell whether its the right decision, but i do have faith in Hughes!

Brilliant left back and for the 3 yrs at Rovers you would have struggled to find many better left backs in Europe. Was sensational throughout the championship season scoring goals, up and down and also defending. Superb signing to swap with Livingston and later sold for a big profit. Wish him well and hope to see him more on motd 2 next season. And Jim, he was from some island for goodness sake, so he's not really southern is he??

Park is a damn fine player imo and would be a good addition to the United team. Surely as a South Korean rather than chinease, its difficult to claim that its just being done for the Asian market as their population is limited and im sure not that popular in outside of S. Korea.

It would be zero profit for away games..... 322346[/snapback] Does the club not get any cut on away matches? If so I'll start buying more shirts... 322355[/snapback] No, we dont get a cut but the club has to pay for any seats the fans dont take. Pre buying a way tickets through a away season ticket though, helps the club know what allocation to take and therefore not waste money!

sarcastic S.O.B. 321886[/snapback] My friend who now lives in London, a Rovers fan originally from Blackburn goes to 15-20 games a season. However, his dad only went to 2 or 3 London games yet was sent a season ticket application form depite his south-west london address! Thats good to see at least, it looks like the t/o are doing their damnest to get more s/t holders!! Ignore the fact ive quoted the above, dunno why the hell i did that lol!

Cos they have a new ground and so want to test it out against big opposition. I heard that fulham are playing there too. I expect us to play a coupla of local friendly's also as we usually do.

They have to charge the same. So as away fans are now in the South Stand it is likely the will be charged the same as the home fans in the North Stand (the same way Rovers charge the Darwen End the same as the Blackburn End. So it will be £22 for ADults and £10 for under 16's for a category A game. Incidentally tickets for the equivalent game at Ewood would be £30 for Adults and £12 for kids. 320108[/snapback] That is probably gonna be the cheapest away day in the prem next yr, £22 for a lancashire derby we should take 5k to theres. When we went to bolton in decemder, adults were £35! As for the liverpool fan, its good the ticket office doing that, no matter what the arrogant tosser seems to think about it. Btw, i dont remember villa selling out at ours, maybe my memory is going (i hope not im only 18 ffs!! )

Does anybody know what games will be in A+/A/B catergory, it didnt seem to say on the offocial site.