''It's weird to think of Blackburn playing in Europe and that underlines what a fine season they had in the league last term. They are bound to play ugly as usual today. Let's make sure we underline who is boss today''

SPOT ON! To see Rovers progress through to the group stage must be priority for all concerned with the club,great Kudos for a small town club like us....its about time we earned ourselves a pedigree in this competition instead of that dunces hat! I cant wait personally.

Problem is we've had the cheap tickets before with poor response.....Gencler,£10.....14,000. Lets hope the recent 'your letters' brigade from the let make the effort.

'Loser'......why? I feel its a vailid point theno.....the strength of feeling WOULD be that strong. Can/did we have a poll mods?

Totally agree Tris,a sort of acid test for the cost argument. One adult and child for £20, over to you folk of Blackburn and beyond....................................................

Lets see how many 'walk-ons' appear next Thursday with season ticket holders getting in free.....I bet the fair- weathers are moaning about that now in the pubs and clubs of Blackburn. You just get the feeling Rovers are p1ssing against the wind constantly.

How glad I am that you mention the drum incident with Jansen,a young player who was so genuinely full of excitement,a young lad who was so enjoying himself to the full that day that he wanted to join the fans in their celebrations. Who in the current squad could you see doing that?

Because Rovers success happened far too quick and we attracted too many 'bandwagoners' who were simply not in it for the long haul.Barring a miracle like £10 tickets across the board next season our crowds will continue to fall until they reach their natural level.

Blackburn Rovers are an English footballing institution and historical pioneers of the game.For 130+ years we have had the highs and we have had the lows but one thing remains constant and strong and is a source of pride for us all...........WE HAVE ALWAYS SURVIVED,WHATEVER THE DIVISION,WHATEVER THE WEATHER AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. Hypothetically speaking,If the choice was given between the total disbandment of Rovers and the forming of a hideous 'Lancashire United' or going back in time 20 years to the Rovers of old,(old Ewood 6-7,000 crowds)I have no doubt in my mind that 99.9% would choose the latter. Theno would be the .1%

I hark back not so long ago to those great games at Preston,Bolton and that very special day in Cardiff with a smile and remember his goals....... Oh what a talent lost!

1-1 Nonda

A real classic if ever there was one....do they actually pay that div to make a fool of himself?

JW has asked Rovers fans to be the 12th man against Salzburg next Thursday and fill Ewood...with ticket prices at £15 for adults and £5 for kids lets make it a night to remember and roar Rovers through to the group stage.

FRANCIS FERKIN JEFFERS!!!!!.......cant really say much else about him thats kind

Look at todays gate for a North west derby...Its certainly more than just tv thats killing our crowds!!

It certainly is worring Abbey and Rovers being the small town club they are are going to take the brunt full on the nose.We were getting bigger crowds during the Div 1 days not so long ago.

I know I get pillared for talking about crowds Rev but like you I hope to god the club does realise whats going on and except they have made a big mistake with the pricing,only some 15,000 Rovers fans today......can we realistically carry on at that level? Fulham at home along with Reading,Charlton......sub 15,000 crowds? I will have a guess that we dont even break-even on 18,000. **sigh**

One of the most open games I've seen at Ewood in a long time....VERY,VERY entertaining!!!! End to end and a real game of two halves with some solid performances from the likes of 'Gamst'(about time) Savage and Emerton.The McCarthy/Nonda partnership could be promising. Great to see Gallagher score infront of the Blackburn end 18,400 with about 3,000 from Citeh ......VERY WORRYING,PLEASE FFS COME AND SUPPORT THE CLUB!!!!

Nobody knows the logic mate....Wigan brought a pathetic following last year.

Nice one Pabby!

24 hrs on from the game and I have STILL NOT seen any of our goals...ridiculous!!!

I'll be brave enough to suggest Dinnis is not the only one to be convinced yet...not by a long way. But lets be sensible enough to give the lad time to adjust.Who else of real quality is McCarthy partnering up front? he CANT be expected to pull us out this low on his own.

I really hope we dont cock this up now at home..to get through to a group stage would be great for the club!

McCarthy and Nonda MUST start 2nd leg....two strikers and lets finish it!!!! AND BE THERE ON THE NIGHT FFS!!!!!!!

Commentators on radio Lancashire have questioned the 'communication' between our players.