We did what was needed in a tricky opener.Kane was being manhandled throughout the game but still came good. Slightly off topic but does this stadium remind you of somewhere famous in Lancashire folks ...

Some eight years of embarrassment and heartache caused by negligent owners and some people think all is forgiven on the back of one promotion from the dead man's league?....praise be to Brahma lets all buy a season ticket? One swallow a summer does not make.

France and the Argies both on my Accy.. fingers crossed.

Incredible goals v appearances record that....unmatched.

We are ALL hoping the silence after the Pune meeting was Rovers simply keeping mum about the transfer kitty....sadly,maybe there is nothing to talk about after all. I'm not expecting us to be in the play offs or anywhere near....but by Christ I equally don't want us embroiled in a relegation scrap.

Cowabunga cup.

No major surgery needed to the squad says Mowbs but it takes a brave man not to strengthen this side with the quality of opposition we will face in this league.I'm not all that confident he's been backed by the Pune Loons tbh...time will tell.

YELLOW! YELLOW! YELLOW!!...great kit.

Dryhorse...we'll do the football you lot the Whisky..it's for the best!

Dryhorse.... ye doth protest too much wee fella!

"Last time #Rovers made a profit was 2012, their last season in the Premier League. Since Venky’s bought the club in November 2010, the club has accumulated £115m of losses, some achievement considering they have had 2 seasons in top flight followed by 4 with parachute payments." That quote from Swiss Ramble says it all..total financial mismanagement on a spectacular scale. Don't anyone dare say to me these people have the best interests of the club at heart even after promotion from the dead man's league.

Cry me a River.

The decline in BBE atmosphere and singing coincided with many removing themselves from it....not exactly rocket science is it? Splitting the singer's up into isolated small groups has never and will never work.

Preston,Bolton,Villa,Leeds,Both Sheffield Clubs,Stoke,Boro,Forest...probably all capable of 5,000+ followings at Ewood next season old Darwen Blue. To be brutally honest you could barely hear the Darwen Enders next to 1,500 Salops!....We ain't that big fish in that small pond anymore.

Get back to the BBE you singers....2-300 young lads will be drowned out by large away followings as well as getting the pish taken out of them.

Fulham giving Villa a footballing lesson here.

Mowbray has either been financially backed but the club are keeping Mum as not to inflate prices or he has been told there is no money and has to work with what he has He must be gutted if its the second but most likely outcome...only our transfer dealings will tell the tale.

And in that sentence lays the crux of all our problems,the sum of all our fears. How can we ever hope to move forward with these owners when their Hearts are clearly not in the right place? We are caught between a Rock and a hard place with these people.

Let's give 'Madame' some credit here....she did quite abundantly and with great pride and aplomb claim to know more about Cricket than Football,we were forewarned so fair play to the top Lass on that one. A second or so after the great announcement the fookin Sky fell in and the doors of Hades opened for most Rovers fans with a collective cry of Oh Shyte!! I digress.

I find that truly astonishing,£250 Million for the sum total of abject failure? They remain the Bull in the China Shop,the crux of our problems. The bad feelings and resentment return with vengeance when I read things like this..and I don't like it one bit.

Yeah sure...the same paper that claimed Liverpool fans robbed their own dying supporters at Hillsborough. Toilet paper.

Just been promoted and they decide to shut more of the ground.

Have a sneaky feeling the Police have had a say in this.Leeds,Stoke,Bolton and Preston much more volatile and greater chance of trouble. They take the easy option every time at the expense of home supporters.

Why not open up the top tier of the BBE for the singing section...you can stand,wave your flags etc...no problem....ALL singers together in one stand.

Not good if true....the area is not affluent enough to afford a pricing structure like that.