You've got to be in it, to win it. We are in it. All we can ask is that nothing is left in the changing room, and the players give it their all for the travelling fans and those biting their nails back home. If the Blades are on form, their steel may puncture our form. If the Rovers are on form, there should be a helluva game of football to enjoy. If history follows form, all bets are off. Sheffield United are far better placed to take the prize than Rovers, but who cares? Let battle commence, Arte et Labore indeed! COYB! Steel City Slickers 2 Small Town Prem Winners 1 Blades cut down to size 0 Rovers roar for more 2 Sheffield's other team 1 Blackburn's only team 1 Lap of the gods.. c'mon ye gods!

Let's face it, the prize here is getting into the playoffs under unexpected circumstances, versus where we were in the doldrums with Valerien looking clueless and taciturn. I don't for one nanosecond think any consideration has been given to what to do should the even more unthinkable (i.e. winning a place back in the Prem) should happen - whilst it is nice for a change to have a season finish with something positive to play for, imagine the carnage if this squad (earmarked by many for relegation to L1 this season!) should find itself anywhere near the cauldron of pounce and kill that is Premier League status these days. But hey ho... where there is a game of football, there is room for optimism 🙂 VENKYS OUT! AND TAKE YOUR TRASH WITH YOU 😞

Dennis is dogpooh, does nothing, but gets booked and gives away silly fouls. A liability that should be sent packing back to Forest.

And Preston's form has fallen off a cliff...

And breaaaattthhh!

They might get a points deduction for that 😉

Unbelievable! Who'd a thewt it!?

He's a nice lad, but his shit stinks.

He said in the Lancs Raggagraph that consistency was key, and gave praise to the 'settled' team he'd been able to select for the past three triumpant outings.. So, this being Blackburn Rovers, of course we should expect changes to be rung in at 2pm...

The stars are aligning, the pattern is emerging, the opportunity is coming into focus, the energies appear to be flowing our way... And yet, the words, "so near, and yet so far" are poised to flutter disdainfully up the warming airs of Livesey Branch and Bolton roads this afternoon. Only words that really matter are: VENKYS OUT! TAKE YOUR TRASH OUT WITH YOU.. BE GONE

Ah, the old sucker punch..

Ah, I'm a poet, albeit I didn't know it ! ahem... Hornets are more hairnets this season, suffering from holes all over and a distinct lack of ability to contain what they are asked to cover. Having said that, the old adage 'any team in this division is capable of beating any team in this division' comes to mind, and our new found razzle and resolve may well be sorely tested here. I have a sneaky feeling that Elton will pop along for this one, having failed to show the last time he was booked to come, and as a result, the horrible hornets will wreak havoc with the recalcitrant rovers, who somehow may fail to show up 'when it matters'. Valerien Ismael is already casting smug glances towards the previously hostile Blackburn end, and as for Suhail Pasha, my guess is that he will be thinking he won't be needing his dark glasses, earplugs or crash helmet for this one, as his soldiers have done enough to assuage any (ma)lingering doubts held by the keenest and most loyal to management fans the world has ever seen.. Feck it. I'm going to go with my gut, which says that: Rovers regress 0 Watford waltz without waking Wally 2 Possibly Toth has a worldie and it turns out Wovers Nil Rotford Null points Or more unlikely, Rovers last of the season Huzzah 4 Watford wail back to the world's dullest town centre 0 My money is sadly on a reverse, so as to make the short trek to Bramall Lane a lesson in abject futility for the long suffering, loyal, vocal and largely insatiable for Rovers hordes (gawd bless each and every one of them). Our away support this season has been nothing short of Magnificent! Fair play to everyone who has lent their time to following our frustratingly unpredictable team through a season of ups, downs and a fair bit of whoopsadaisy. COYB! VENKY'S AND ASSOCIATED TRASH - OUT!! GET OUT YOU SCUNNERS!

You seem to have conflated hatred with distrust and dislike. Not like you to lack discrimination, Chris!

Some folk are just easily offended - usually those folk who believe they have the right to be not offended... (they don't) or who are so lacking in awareness that they just think the person in charge is right all the time (they aren't). At least you (and me) are getting a reaction - unlike the last 'protest' (a wet Saturday morning prior to Birmingham City at Ewood) when only me and a Birmingham fan turned up to protest! For the record, I believed then that what has been done to our club is not right, and I believe that is still the case today, with what is BEING DONE to our club. VENKYS OUT! TAKE YOUR TRASH WITH YOU..