Warsteiner Ummm !!! or as it's known Locally in Darwen !! WAR-STARTER

On a serious note sitting in the Riverside around 8 of us sit together on the back row near the Bar at the Darwen End and we can look over the back and see when the Bar starts to get busy, usually about 15 minutes before Half time so we take it in turns to get there before the rush and leave the pints behind one of the pilars til half time

People who wait til half time though have no chance as the beer comes out of the pump slower than Brett Emerton on a bad day.

The best bet to make sure everyone is satisfied is the system they have at Old Trafford, where they serve you Beer in a plastic Bottle so the bar staff simply take the top off the bottle and away you go in 2 Seconds instead of 2 minutes.

Perhaps something Thwaites can implement !!

The Old Trafford system was a disaster in the league fixture. Bar was shut till the half time whistle went, then they had to open a bottle and pour it for you in to a plastic glass. To make things worse they had no glasses, only realising this when they had opened the bar.

Add the fact that half of the bar staff couldnt speak English and you have a nightmare!

Old Trafford have a lot to learn from the Rovers I think.

It was better at the Semi Final, I admit. This was down to the fact we found a little bar at the end of the concourse where you could get served straight away. Most Rovers fans didnt realise this and queued for ages at the main bar.

I will be glad to see Thwaites's beers at Ewood as it is an excellent pint. Most of the bad press from the bars at Ewood is due to the plonkers that work behind the bars. You seem to have six people behind the bar, two serving and four with a vacant expression doing nothing.

Where there Arsenal fans in the Rovers section anyone who went?.......so claims a fan on another mb.

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Yes there was. One girl was wearing an Arsenal shirt. However, she was at the match with her brother, who was a Rovers fan.

Spoke to them briefly in the pub before the game.

She had her shirt hidden inside the ground, under her jacket.

I cant see what the problem is. Cant you go to a match with members of your family?

I think there is a sure fire way of beating city on Saturday. The way they play means that Rovers have to crowd the midfield, IMO that means playing 4-5-1

friedel

Neill Todd or Short Johannson McEveley

Emerton Ferguson Flitcroft Reid Gallacher

Stead

subs

Jansen

Enckleman

Dickov

Todd or Short

Gresko or Thompson

This allows for a lot of different permutations should the need arise. Its quite clearly going to be the SRW show as City have to hope he is on good form. If Rovers can annul the threat of SRW and I mean putting Reid on him (speed wise he is probably only the Rovers player that can match him) then they are 3/4 of the way.

In the midfield battle zone, Fergie and Flitcroft can do the graft leaving Tugay to hopefully play the release ball to Gally and Stead

Having Gresko or Thommo on the bench gives us a lot more width or a different positional midfield.

The other thing is that Rovers have to score first for a change. Leaving city to chase the game could give Rovers the added allowance of the midfield being wide open.

mark hughes ? are you reading this ?

I hope Mark Hughes is not reading it as there is a flaw in the masterplan.

You haven't picked Tugay in your squad.

Try plan B