18 hours ago, rigger said:

Everyone keeps saying ball boy as if its a young lad. He was right in front of me and appeared to be at least in his twenties. I bet he was older than Dolan.

Fortunately for us, that incident seems to have gone under the radar of the Andy Robertson/linesman incident the before.

17 hours ago, Ianrally said:

It’s written in the stars that it will happen.

Oh no, it isn't. And thank goodness it isn't.

That Lot will be insufferable enough celebrating their promotion; being in the position of clinching their promotion at Ewood would be unbearable.

It would be in the record books for ever and a day.

1 hour ago, bazza said:

Thanks, Broadsword. Heh! I'm 80 today. Hell, I don't feel it. I still feel like an energetic 72 year old.

Happy 70th to you, Sir  🍺 🍻

Congratulations, @bazza! You've got three years on me; wish I felt as young as you.

31 minutes ago, Hasta said:

On Huddersfield’s forum they want Dolan banned for 3 years for assaulting the ball boy. 

Warnock and whoever posted that on their Forum were made for each other, imo!

2 hours ago, lraC said:

I do wonder if that point could prove to be crucial. I have this strange feeling that Rovers and Millwall with both need a ppojnt from that final game.

Draw 0-0 would surely then be nailed on.

I'm not so sure about that, @IraC .

If that's the case, I think the "No-one likes us; we don't care" lads from Sahf of the River will have a point to prove not only to us, but also to the other play-off contenders.

They aren't a Warnock team, but they might as well be, imo.

1 hour ago, Ianrally said:

Kevin Gallagher on Radio Lancs describing our second goal saying it wasn’t a great header by JRC! 
What are you bloody talking about Kevin? 

I HATE Kevin Gallacher; can't imagine a commentator/summarizer more up himself than him.

I thought having to listen to him today was my punishment for: not being quick enough to get a ticket for the game; and not realising that there was also commentary on talkSPORT 2!!

55 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

I would have taken this result at the  beginning of the day. I would certainly have taken this result at half time. Warnock hates us for leaving him at the altar. 

Shame Leonard didn’t poke it a bit harder, it would have been a dream start. He didn’t look out of place. 
 

if we can start the next game the same way that we played in the second half, with confidence and smooth flowing football then Bob’s yer uncle. 

Sorry, @bigbrandjohn, that leaves you open to the reply that, if we can't start the next game that way, then Fanny's yer aunt!

24 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I think the bigger picture is what this team will be like next season, which can only be better.  

But will "this team" be together next season? Today's too depressing a day to work through the whole squad but . . . ,

Presumably Brereton Diaz will be playing for Valencia or some other Spanish team. (I can't imagine any Premier League will have tried to Gazump his deal.)

Our 6' 3" centre forward - well, No. 9 - will, hopefully, be playing for some other Championship team or possibly League One team.

And at least, we can be reasonably confident that this season's Liverpool loanee won't be darkening our doors any more.

And, as I posted the other day, if the powers-that-be at Ewood are offered another Liverpool midfielder with his "L" plates tied neatly into place, hopefully there'll be a more robust dialogue than either of those which saw first, Clarkson, then Morton, added to our squad's names.

29 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

90th minute goal and coming back from 2 down. Two things you don’t associate with us this season!

You could delete those last two words and the sentence would still make sense!

On 08/04/2023 at 13:12, Sparks Rover said:

The fans are getting behind them, sold out on Monday.  Big game, wonder what's going to happen with Warnock buzzing....incidently, someone you didn't want under any circumstances.

Every big game we've played this season we have bottled.

I know the point you're making, @Sparks Rover ; but was the West Ham League Cup game only a medium-sized game? It certainly felt pretty big on our way home.

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Developing players is his remit. Not promotion. 

 

Sorry to keep harping on the same old track; but it seems to me that by borrowing players from the Premier League Big Boys, we're developing players for those clubs with our own needs as a club way down our list of priorities.

In the last three seasons, we've borrowed Elliott, then Clarkson, and now Morton, all from Liverpool. The only one who could really be seen as a successful loan from our perspective was Elliott and he's beginning to feature in Liverpool's first team squads.

So I can't help wondering if, when next season's loan is being considered, the first question our club's management ask themselves should be, "What's in this loan for us?"

8 hours ago, BigBar said:

Gentleman. 

If we win he can join me again, if not, banished from the family and disowned forever.

Hope you haven't implemented this punishment, @BigBar. 😉

From what I've read over the last 17 pages, NObody here's blaming your boy. Did he get a useful little gift in the Club shop?

If we win, we win and we push on.

At the end of the day, JDT never promised us we'd get promoted in his first season; it's "a three or four windows' problem".

As I've said a few times this season, looking back at Rovers' history, this season reminds me of the mid-1950s when the arrival of a new manager raised hopes that we could get back to Division One straightaway. It took us four seasons, the Premier but we stayed there till the polio epidemic gave us a rotten start to our final season.

Nowadays, I reckon that if we won promotion, we'd be like most promoted teams these days and keep shuttling between the Premier League and the Championship till we found our feet in the Premier League.

Obviously I want us to be as high as possible - I'm as "Rovers till I die" as the next man - but it won’t be the end of the world if we don't win today or win promotion at the end of the season.

27 minutes ago, moerpho said:

Rotherham up 3-1!

The more goals our rivals in the top 8 or 9 concede, the better for our goal difference. Can't imagine it making a serious difference but . . . ,

Rotherham now 2-1 up v. W.B.A!😁

12 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

I was on the bevs, so not moving quickly, otherwise I’d have done him tbf.

My mate (also a blue) only told me last night he’s taken a few parcels in for him lately too. I didn’t ask him if they were books on finishing, before you ask 😊.

Sounds like he’s planning on stopping around, then?? Wonder if the management know about that?!!

13 minutes ago, BigBar said:

The club told me to drop into reception for a little gift for him so I shall see what comes of that. Either way he will be gettin a trip to the club shop to run riot 🤣

That'll cement us in his heart!!

14 minutes ago, Neilbristol said:

Definitely. Where is the Rotherham who beat us with a few goals?! Playing wba at home and losing! come on!

Keep the faith, @Neilbristol!

They've equalised. Plenty of time for them to get a win, yet!

14 minutes ago, BigBar said:

Gentleman. 

If we win he can join me again, if not, banished from the family and disowned forever.

Whatever you do, don't send him to a C.B.S! There's at least two of us on here served our time there!! (Over here, that is.)

14 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Hopefully we win to make your commitment and journey worth it. Your son should always remember his first game then 👍👍

I second that, @arbitro. The first game I remember attending was in the old Riverside stand when I was 7½, but my Dad always said he'd taken me to games before that one.

It's a pity that, as an economy measure (of course!), Waggott scrapped Matchday programmes @BigBar. Make sure the young 'un has some Souvenir of the big day, then you can keep reminding him of his part in pushing us on to promotion!😉

14 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Is today's game a must-win or a must-not-lose?

Preferably the former, @Sweaty Gussets; with the latter as our - reluctant - fall-back position.

23 hours ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

What were our crowds when we went up under Dalglish? I think it was about 12k the day he first appeared (think we played Plymouth and Garner scored a peach).

We're back to those days in a much bigger stadium. 

18k is an excellent turnout all things considered. 

Mike Jackman gives the crowd for that Plymouth - coincidental that they should be the opponents that day, given our crucial home Division 3 game against them in 1975 - game as 10,830; and the seasonal average as 13,245.

My mates gave me grief for not breaking off a long-arranged holiday, staying with family in New York before touring the "Fall Foliage" in New England!

Yes; I had this factored into my End of Season predictions as an "Away win" before Huddersfield offered "Colin"😏 their job.

I'd like to think we could still pick up three points there; but I'm much less confident than I was.

On 02/04/2023 at 09:17, Mattyblue said:

Oh sorry.

They may as well make this a bubble again if it’s still going to be a palava all round.

Talking of ‘high risk’ games, will we get 5k+ for PNE for a half 5 KO in the run-in, with both teams looking for the play offs?

Both teams, @Mattyblue?                

Knob End may only be 4 places behind us; but can they seriously harbour hopes of the Play-offs with a minus 7 Goal Difference and only 7 games to go??🤔

11 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Potential huge game for both sides..these Lillywhite gobshytes have closed the gap.

They may have "narrowed the gap", rather than closed it @SIMON GARNERS 194 ! But they've got an even worse Goal Difference (-7) than we have!