Brilliant night.Were the Blackburn End on Mogadon? They need a drummer or two. The football was fluent and as Ruud G used to say SEXY.

The number of faraway Board members on this thread is reducing fast as we go in for self-abuse. Just to cheer you up I am jetting in fom Bulgaria specially for the match(1400 hrs at MAN if you want to pick me up)And going back Sunday evening.I have a season Ticket which even if I miss afew matches is dirt-cheap. The flight costs £196 return..about the same as when I came up for the Champions League matches in 95. Don't thank me..cos I'm a fan and true fans make it. Everton fans would be out in force but we whinge about not being able to afford a ST even though on Standing Order its still a bargain.And then we complain about halfwits from Bumley. As a comparison I have a ticket for Levski v Chelsea in the Champions League.It cost £11 which is the equivalent of £50 to £60 in local earning power......queues round the block.30,000 sold in a day. and its live on telly. We must be soft. See you there...come on the drummers.

1989..the 3rd Crystal Palace goal with all their fans round the pitch and us lot stuck in the corner. Worse than any relegation,worse even than the Cantona pen after Berg's sending off(totally wrongly) versus Man U in 1990s. It was so bad...all 3... that any Rovers supporter who went in any quiz always says it was the lowest point. Still sick thinking about it..27 years later!!

Get rid of the Drummers and then you would realise how quiet Ewood really is. They are good for some atmosphere but not if you are near them...put em on the Riverside near the Blackburn End.

And relating this to Cricket or Rugby...who is now saying that our World Cup/Ashes success was just a lucky flash in the pan and we are just as semi-hopeless as we have been for 20 years? Virtually no-one cos we have taken over from the Scots of Ali's Army as the totally over-optimistic fans...in fact we are world champions! And then as Rovers supporters we veer the other way - have you seen those first 4 fixtures - when will we get any points?

Away at moment..back on 20th. Can I have a tShirt for £40 please. Just seen thread..wave the Rovers banner high. SMALL TOWN IN EUROPE...can you see europe from the top?

Went out specially for a copy - and the printing had wobbled ,so the pictures were not as clear as on the web-site. WE WANT AN EWOOD PARK EXHIBITION!

Your photos in the LET should speed up the process of getting an exhibition of them at Ewood...especially any Summer. I am missing my fortnightly trips to the shrine. And can we have a Museum for all the BRFC objects from ebay!!

Duff and Dunn ON THEIR WAY OUT! Jansen made by Souness? Are you trying to rewrite history...Souness had a good legacy from our Youth team(most of whom have finished up at Big Club),he also had 3 good years during which his bullying style worked,then it all fell apart.Thanks for the 3 years but most of all for harnessing the 3 gems for our pleasure.

Two facts for the summer debate(?) Souness and Jordan are big mates(must admit to being disappointed with Jordan) and when Souness came to Ewood he had the 3 Gems just starting to make their mark(Dunn,Duff and Jansen)....all the team needed was frightening and a number of the rubber dinghy boys removing(Grayson,McAteer,and lots of centre-forwards)

Not on telly,1000 kids places and Citeh on the Darwen End. Surely 26,000 to 27,000?

Don't you feel smug when you can say you were in the crowd(?) for Port Vale and Wrexham at home in the 70s...with Dad and wife....and can appreciate just what we have achieved. But I want band-wagonners to join us - 8000 more please- to feel the sheer pleasure of Tuesday night. PRICELESS.

Dillo...what a monster supporter you are and beautiful pictures. There is so much potential in showing and maybe publishing these photographs and others you may take in the future. You are the queen of Rovers Supporters.Never mind the Rovers in Europe..... you could bring us the rich Asian market. RESPECT

Reading this thread...1864 got the mood and optimism in lancashire exactly right. Evening Telegraph for today reports Mark Hughes as ready to shake hands on a new agreement.His back-room staff and Hughesy's will to win are the fantastic added value he brings. A bit hoarse this afternoon.Expecting a lot from the extra 10,000 fans on Sunday cos the 17,000 Roverites last night had to do the work of 2 fans each.We could not hear you in the pubs and armchairs unfortunately!

With only 59 voting on this thread and by the responses buying about 80 season tickets pre-May 1st we can't gloat over bumley. With our gloomy fans and the mass of non-UK fanatics we have probably not reached 4300 early birders like they have. Net fans seem to dissolve as soon as you ask em to support the team. BITTER BLUE.

Just back from match Sunday late. 6 fouls and 4 bookings as compared with celebrity refereeing! We might as well get stuck in on tuesday night and scare Chelski a bit. Not enough stress on thread as to Lucas on Saturday...clearly man of match and absolutely immense at full-back and centre half. Two draws or one win to be sure. Need everyone there on Tuesday night.

Leave him alone - all wingers are notoriously inconsistent. Best scoring winger since Bryan Douglas....nuff said. Name a winger better £ for £ in value to their team. Can only think of John robertson at Notts forest and Jason Wilcox for Alan Shearer.

Wow! Gally and Bellers a possibility for Saturday...what a great idea.Gally has had lots of match practice and the local boy. Setting off on wednesday evening for London with the other 5 coming down on Saturday for the weekend.We need 4 more points.Make sure you are there.

The lower gates(65% of total space v the Premier average) eventually has more of an effect on the motivation of the manager more than us supporters. The discussion I had in the chippy on Thursday evening included: -it was boring under souness -I have Sky and that costs a lot -I am very busy Only me and the assistant in the chip-shop went....its always been the Blackburn way. If it isn't raining it soon will be. We need to be the Regional team - like Lyon.That's why we need to act as the Regional Team...Transport,bundling matches,Neutral section,cheaper Bleachers section,Hotel,weekly non-football events,Motorway fast route and other facilities.Its about economic development as much as football development.

Bellamy....WORLDCLASS!!! He's ours and whatever happens we can't lose.

I thought there were 25,000 on so was shocked by just short of 22000. Need to now do it again for a non-televised match and have pre-match entertainment and stuff going on outside and £5 vouchers for future matches. Still not convinced by the overall Marketing(Period).

If Mark Hughes wants Dunny back then he will have to fit in with the current team ethos and fitness.Otherwise too much at stake. Meanwhile passionate fans want him back cos he was one of the 3 jewels in the crown...we miss Duffers and think he is wasted at Chelski....we are wrecked by Jansen ruining his career himself...and Dunny was part of Souey's man-management failures. I do not think he will come back- only Big Col and Herring have been successful returners and there have not been many others(Byrom,Pickering,Bob Crompton as Manager)The Board don't usually like em back.

What proof is there that Season Ticket holders are hacked off by Offers? Why are Rovers always in a Lose/Lose situation? And are they. Weren't you happy with that Full house the other year against Fulham(?) with kids for a quid? If you are a season-ticket holder and can afford it (80%) the choice for 2006,2007,2008 is already made. Even if the Rovers Board mess it up....1964,1968,1970s,1989,1996.....we will still buy a season ticket or at least 8 to 10000 will. The key supporters are the 6to 10 year olds and the 18 to 22 year olds based in lancs or outside. We want a fuller ground with more atmosphere and a greater Rovers pool of different rovers commitment...then all the marketing ploys so well put by Toronto can be used. Going down to Blackburn Town Centre this aft...will I see any Rovers publicity? I will report back.

Could the drums be locked up for one home match and then see what happens(or does not). My guess is they would soon be brought back because they harmonise the chants. And like many an Away Match(Lyon,Sofia,OT,Cardiff) would the chanters just concentrate on anti-Burnley chants completely un-supportive to the team. This is a really cruel thread cos the Drummers believe they are helping to support the team...and they probably on balance are doing that.

Just passed the Ground...a very quiet Tuesday. No one in the Shop and no one queueing. What's the next match then....and the sign says Home Sunderland and Home Arsenal. Now if anyone REALLY cared and if there was true teamwork at Ewood Park(rather than Brockhall) what should have happened monday morning? - Barry you do this - jim get on to them - Bill get the sign changed and get more signs for when the Women's match is on(and when the BwD signs come down) - anyone got ideas as to how to push sales...alright Jill do flyers in Blackburn Town Centre for the 'kids for a pound' scheme. NOW DO YOU BELIEVE THEY DID ANY OF THIS OR THE EQUIVALENT? And that is what BRISA have to gently get across. They don't really really care and they do not act smart. I have been a Senior Manager since 1985 and a rovers Season Ticket holder since 1972 and we have always bought our Tickets in spite of the Rovers management...not as a result of their pro-active Marketing. Arse needs to be kicked but gently at first.