The situation has worsened in the last couple of years since cars started parking on Livesey Branch Road below Albion St. There are no restrictions there so they are not parked illegally but they are demonstrably in the way after the game. they all park with two wheels on the footpath which seems to be accepted practice all over the place these days, but this means you can only walk single file on the footpath which is encouraging more people to walk up the road where cars are driving down unrestricted after the game.

Nyambe's out chaddy.

That's another area we have raised a few times at Forums Stuart. I'm particularly concerned about the situation on Livesey Branch Road where the traffic coming down to the ground is not controlled and we now have cars parked there on the hill parked half on the pavement. This means that at the end of games fans walk up the road as it's single file on the right hand pavement facing traffic coming down the hill, some of it at stupid speeds. it needs the council to restrict match day parking on the hill.

I park beyond the canal in Mill Hill (beyond the residents only signs) - it has the real advantage of being able to drive straight away when I get to the car and i can be back home in Penwortham by 5.30 on a 3pm kick-off. I doubt there has been a season when I have not seen one or two cars with smashed windows from those parked on Albion St just before the canal bridge. Joe - we have discussed the traffic delays out of that car park a few times at the Fans Forum and I think we helped the club to persuade the council to suspend the right turn into the bus lane. I'll raise the issues of organisation in the car park and the length of time for the lights at the next meeting on 13th Jan.

Mowbray on Radio Lancashire suggested it will be about 12 months before we see him again.

Pardon me for answering your question. Merry Christmas.

I think this could work as an alternative to occasional cheap games and packages. As Ossydave says it would make ST pricing complicated if it was introduced for every game. I also think it would need to be in blocks of 1,000 or 2,000. We only managed 7,000 last night at £10. I assume we would need to offer some discount to away fans as well? I think I'll add this to the next Forum agenda for the club's view.

You're right Matty - for some reason I had half the top tier down as 2,500 rather than 1,500 as it is!

Here's some stats to cheer all those of us who have seen us struggle against lower league teams at home who set up to defend and disrupt us and perform better against the better teams. Of the current bottom 8 teams we only have one left (Stoke) to play at home. In contrast we have 5 of the current top 7 teams still to come to Ewood.

Whilst I agree with your overall points Matty, I think you're exaggerating walk-up tickets by up to 1,000. I don't know the exact number of away fans but it must have been c3,500 - half of top tier plus a good few in the lower tier. We had just over 8,600 St sales in September so adding the 200+ half STs sold gets us close to 9,000 so probably nearer 6,000 walk-ons. Still a good effort and I hope we can do it again in the New Year.

The prospectus needs a little re-writing. The City of Culture bid is not from Blackburn/East Lancashire but from the whole of the current Lancashire County but also including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. Whilst Rovers may well get involved and clearly will celebrate the 150th anniversary as well they are not going to be at the heart of the bid.

Look a bit harder - 2.366 and they are still on sale on the site.

I imagine a lot ofg the gaps would be season ticket holders who didn't turn up - there were a few gaps around me which are normally taken on Saturdays. obviously at this time of year a number will have gone away and some will have chosen to watch at home - particularly some of our older fans and there are plenty in the JW Upper! They still get counted though.

If you believe that Roverite then you must also accept that Blackburn is not in Lancashire either. It's been a unitary authority since 1998. It's not part of Lancashire County Council.

Greg Coar isn’t leaving.

I think if we're going to have a Monday night game then this date is better than most. School's out and lots of people won't be at work either

I'm with you EIT. He has been comfortably our worst performer in each of the last three games.

And ahead of dropping Rothwell, who has been dreadful for three games in a row now?

It was two yellows rather than a straight red. Presumably he said something or pushed a player?

I’d be a damn sight more confident if we were playing Rovers ( although we didn’t manage to beat them in league 1).

The BBC preview suggests that neither Downing or Graham are likely to play at Swansea.

That's another stat in Rovers favour. We have conceded 10 goals in 10 games at home and Derby 18 in 9 away.

Make sure you get the stopping train from Preston. There are two trains an hour - you want the one at 57 past the hour to Colne, which will stop at Mill Hill. The 46 past the hour is the express to Leeds and York and will just stop in Blackburn. If you have a long wait in Preston there are a couple of handy pubs just outside.

So did Armstrong and Graham as well roversmum - that I think is just what happens but usually you don't notice it. My view is that the Stoke game was the wrong one for Rothwell and he would have been better to have missed that one and be back for the Derby game, which will be much more suited to his talents. He does still need to work out when to pass the ball and when to attack opposing players - he still has a tendency to do the latter too many times in the wrong part of the pitch.

It’s not exactly surprising though is it? As a general rule the teams at the top have a good goal difference and those at the bottom a bad one. Hardly surprising - if you’re winning regularly your goal difference will keep getting better. Obviously there can be sides whose goal difference is out of kilter with that pattern but it’s a general rule. Last week there was a time when we were top of four sides on the same points because our goal difference was better. Here’s another interesting fact. At the moment we have played 4 of the top 5 away from home. By New Year’s Day we will have played 7 of the top 8 away and only 1 at home - Brentford. Given that we tend to play better at home against the better sides that could augur well for 2020.