It's worth £82 000 to the winner, plus gate receipts. In times like these it could pay for a signing or two...... I'm pretty optimistic that baring a disaster that we will be in the top 6 at the end of the season. The extra money could pay to bring in one of the out of contract players in January instead of waiting til after the play offs. We are on a roll, I wouldn't rest more than 2 players plus the 3/4 that are already out

That's an awful challenge. Behind, high, nowhere near the ball. Similar to the Cardiff red card last week. VAR would have upgraded that to red surely.

Looking like a good crowd today. BBE lower almost sold out! Hoping for a 2-1 win, BBD and Wharton. Will be a very close game

Taking of out of the blue free transfers: https://www.transfermarkt.com/elkeson/profil/spieler/103588. I know absolutely nothing about him, but maybe he has some tattoos 😉

Sorry should have put reduce instead of stop, will edit it. Of course if everyone was vaccinated it would eventually stop the spread as it would break the chain. So yes they can pass it on, but the unvaccinated player will have a roughly 3-4 greater chance of being infected vs the vaccinated 2. This will be less with the new varient though. 5 hours sharing a table on a coach is a long time. Hopefully it hasn't spread further or I guess the match will be called off. I agree with daily testing, especially when there are active infections in the camp. I would definitely suggest to test everyone as vaccinations don't provide 100% protection. Having infected people on the pitch/in the changing room would definitely not be ok... I just wanted to comment on the vaccines don't stop the spread part. The teams with a high percentage of vaccinated staff will probably fair better over this winter.

Vaccines do stop the spread. Without being vaccinated you are contagious for a longer period of time and emit a higher concentration of virus over that period. I think the confusion in (social) media came due to research showing that for a short 1-2 day period infected vaccinated people spread almost the same amount of virus compared to non-vaccinated people. However over the 10 day period, non-vaccinated infected people emitted far more virus and can thus infect more people. If you have any questions have a look at the coronavirus discussion topic. Hoping for a 2-0 victory tomorrow. BBD and Buckley to score.

Good player, but won't come cheap now. He was amazing at U19 level, then struggled a bit for a couple of years but seems to be doing really well now. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh is another ex-Halvese player that we could have signed on a free recently. On his way to the Bundesliga with St Pauli now so may be a challenge to sign him.

If we are still in the top 6 come January, staying at the club will become a more attractive proposition. Especially if they are forced with being sold to a mid-table championship club for a slightly higher wage

Most underrated player in the team? After the Fulham disaster, Wharton returned for the first time since his injury. Playing every minute we have won 4 and drawn 1 game, conceding 2 goals.

Looks like it'll be a good crowd. Hopefully I can watch it abroad and it's one of of few games where I would pay €10 to watch. Going for 2-0 win, Dolan to score after coming on as a sub.

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Just seen that we are currently 8th favourite for promotion with odds of 8/1. I'm not a betting man, but things can't be going too badly, at least on the pitch! I'm predicting 11-14th at the end of the season.

Just signed for Hannover 96. Could say our German equivalent in many ways! Except they have the trophy winning success of Newcastle. Selling star players to balance books, little investment, 8000 fans in 50 000 seater stadium....but a young up and coming manager.

Linton Mania from Hannover 96 would be a good value buy in an attacking position. Was heralded as the next superstar and Hannover wanted 10 million for him 2 years ago. Werder Bremen can have him for €1 million now. Still only 22. Next Sane apparently. https://www.transfermarkt.com/linton-maina/profil/spieler/335103 On 2nd thoughts, BREXIT may have killed this one.

Strong team. Be interesting to see how pickering gets on as a wing back. Thought he played well against Swansea, although got caught the wrong side of his man a couple of times. Good to get a few extra pennies in prize money too....

Good fighting performance by the kids! Be even better when the reinforcements arrive

Where are the Swansea fans? Can see about 6 in the lower tier

Tomorrow's game isn't available for overseas fans on RoversTV, but it'll be on DAZN. At least in Germany.

Quite looking forward to this game. No idea what to expect for either team! Hopefully we can get some points on the board whilst Swansea are sorting themselves out. Guess 3-2 for Rovers. If I read it correctly it'll cost £10 per match or £170 for a season ticket For overseas viewers. £10 a match is quite an increase on last year's prices!

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2107717 Uk based study showing that even after 1 shot of either Oxford-AZ or BioNTech-Pfizer, transmission was reduced by 40-50%. It'll be even higher after the 2nd shot.

I'm English (not that it makes a difference), but yes like with all technology it needs carefully regulating by an independent body. The idea is that by grouping vaccinated people together, if/when one is infected, this person has has a lower chance of passing it on to their neighbour and their neighbour has a lower chance of becoming infected and subsequently passing it on through their community. I've just read that the plan is to only allow vaccinated people into stadiums. I disagree with this and I would also allow recently tested people in too. This would allow people who don't want to be vaccinated for whatever reason the chance to attend.

Health and freedom debate aside, I was assuming that more fans would be willing to attend with the passports than would be lost due to them? I'm assuming a certain % of the population will still want to join in but be cautious too. It would be a mess if Ewood had to close again over winter.

Yes they do. If a group of people are vaccinated, the virus can't continue to circulate within the population. It's a political decision supported by science. The UK or any segregated population of people will be fine when a certain % of people are vaccinated. Just like with polio and measles. There will be community immunity soon, followed by herd immunity when the whole UK has reached this level. The whole World is a different issue. Time scale: more like years than months, but depends on how the virus and vaccines evolve. Giving over freedom is surely too far, it's only flashing a QR code whilst entering the turnstiles!? Unless by freedom you mean you are barred from going into crowded areas because a) you don't want to be vaccinated and b) you don't want to be tested. I suspect these measures won't be need when an area has fewer than a certain number of cases per 100 000 people. Germany uses 10 at the moment.

you are 100% correct, it shouldn't, but in an ongoing pandemic it's probably the best way to have maximum attendances. Ability to take part is dependent on being either not infected or vaccinated. I agree with the slippery slope and in theory a flu pandemic (last one was 1918) could Iin theory lead to similar actions- although hopefully not! The current vaccines are working brilliantly against the current variants. I think you are 66% less likely to become infected and roughly the same in infecting someone else. True, however if everyone is vaccinated (or approx 90% of society with SARS-CoV-2) then the chain will be broken. I agree vaccination should be a personal choice. Scientifically it makes sense, it's just what each society and country wants to do.

I think it's a good idea, but only if free tests are available for the 10-20% who have decided not to get vaccinated. You can easily argue that the minor inconvenience of an extra 30 mins for choosing not to get vaccinated is morally acceptable. Will also make economic sense with fewer people isolating and not attending matches/working, plus more cost effective for the NHS. People unable to be vaccinated should initially be classed as vaccinated, but encouraged to get tested. This should allow everyone to attend and create a safe environment. Maybe more people will attend if they know their neighbours who they are rubbing shoulders with during the game are also less likely to infect them. Even though I'm fully vaccinated, healthy and youngish, I wouldn't want to be in the middle of the blackburn end at the moment. Would be Riverside for me like the good old days :-)