smiller14

How nice is it to have selection headaches of a positive nature rather than looking at a position and wondering who the hell can play there? The big decisions - Right back - JRC or Brittain? I'd stick with JRC but both in good form. Does Beck return to left back or continue on left wing? I can see the latter. Eustace likes at least one more 'safe' winger. Cantwell back in? A no brainer for me. Definitely yes. ACD? Again, a yes for me. I know Eustace is a bit more cautious on the road but we need that star dust. Gueye or Ohashi - leaning towards the former.

All of the above. I don't live locally so can't comment on what they're doing but Hyndburn has always been a fertile ground for support. The club acknowledged in the recent fans forum they can do more outside of the Blackburn area.

3 blocks in the upper on sale now. 4 points across to Saturday and Boxing Day and wouldn't be shocked by a near home sell out. Credit goes to Eustace and the team - I think a bit of long awaited fight in the last game vs them also helped.

Bamford turned into an absolute machine for a year during Covid, but reverted to type after Covid with his usual assortment of missed chances. However, maybe that largely empty Darwen End will trigger his Covid form given his prolific goalscoring in front of empty seats? In all seriousness, we need a more clinical striker. We don't create loads. I don't have the footballing knowledge to name names and know how hard a goal scorer can be to find. Barry will be top of a lot of wish lists I'd imagine.

The replies are what I think about him, but whilst I know he won't 'push' for promotion, to suggest he would actively oppose it doesn't make much sense. People thinking he wouldn't want to accidentally get a decent crowd (in spite of his usual uselessness in that regard) as we might win just seems a bit of a reach....

Torn hamstring, out for 3 months I believe. So imagine he's unlikely sadly .

Bit disappointing really. Hopefully people saving it for later festive games.

Matt Smith, formerly Doctor Who.

Will only miss one, was a professional foul rather than violent conduct. Either way, his lack of form is a bit worrying!

One thing that confuses me is why Waggott wouldn't want us to get promoted? I'm no fan of his but if we somehow snuck up he'd likely get a massive bonus and would be guaranteed a job for life. Or am I missing something? I'm not suggesting he'll do anything pro active to achieve it but the quoted post suggests us selling a lot of tickets (thus hitting his revenue targets) would be a negative as it would help the team play well.

Sales look really strong. About 10 left BBE and only the Jack Walker wings have much availability. A few wins between now and then and Ewood should be absolutely bouncing.

Been a while since I liked a Rovers manager more. There were some tough times last year and must admit I was at times really frustrated with him, but he got us over the line (after inheriting a shambles) and has kicked on this season. We are much more pragmatic and adaptable and all the noises from players point to a fondness and respect for him. It feels like a perfect blend of Hughes, Allardyce with sprinklings of the JDT esque football, albeit not the kamikaze, 100mph approach favoured by the latter. As a result we are resolute and rarely out of a game.

Aging like milk thus far. Eustace continues to defy our recent history.

It was scrappy, occasionally disjointed, but it was nigh on a perfect away performance. Never looked like conceding and our goal was coming. From there, a masterclass in defending your box. I thought Cantwell made some superb passes but mainly a lot of 7/10s. Nobody shirked their responsibilities. Gueye superb when he came on, held it up really well.

Devil's advocate here - but did Gueye handball it before he got spun and clearly fouled?

They have goal line technology don't they? Either way, definitely wasn't over the line based on Sky replays.

This is right, but nevertheless initial sales look strong. N01 completely sold out and BBE quickly filling up.

I don't think getting a smaller initial allocation is a new thing and nor is it unique to Rovers. We don't typically bring much more than 1,000 to Millwall; as such they've allocated this initially (rather than spreading us over a bigger area) and will no doubt sell us more if or when we sell them.

Well there were nigh on 16k last time, attendance of 18.1k and we gave them just north of 2k... I think there'll be a decent crowd this time if the good form continues. We regained a bit of dignity last time, whereas in the last Ewood fixture there were still scars from the away capitulation, our form was falling off a cliff and we had the prospect of them winning the league midweek...

Leonard has scored a Championship goal for starters. As for ACD, I think it won't be long until he's playing more. He was superb at Plymouth and sometimes we are lacking pace. I wouldn't the making too many changes to a winning team though

Bloody hell I'm glad I don't sit near you at games.

From my experience using it, it literally only counts for upgrades. It won't let me assign my adult ticket to another adult on my network. It feels like a way to encourage all the adult season tickets paying for concessions to quietly upgrade.... Has anyone else had joy allocating their adult ticket? I live in Ireland so would be handy to occasionally assign to my brother.

£35-£40 10 days after Christmas is absolutely brain dead. Our manager and players deserve support and they get shafted again.

Gueye might well be the worst player in our history.

Is it time to acknowledge Ohashi might be shite? Eustace deserves criticism too - same system, same faith in Hedges who is a total passenger.