only2garners

Absolutely Joe. I draw no other conclusion from seeing Pike once other than he didn't play well on the day in my amateur view. he has time on his side yet.

Agreed, indeed I made the same point a page or so ago. Also like you I wasn't terribly impressed with Pike.

I was about to type that tonight's game wasn't free for ST holders but I just checked on the Rovers website and it already says I have access so it muct be.

The bad news is that both Stockley and Pearson are likely to start. Fisher will be banned unless they appeal before 6pm today. The good news is that they are playing poorly. On Saturday playing for most of the game against 10 men they managed one shot on target. It was the epitome of being more about the result than the performance for them.

I've just been listening to a discussion on the subject on The World At One. They have been following Port Vale throughout the pandemic and they interviewed their Chair again. She said that the announcement had come as a complete surprise to them and to the EFL. She firstly said that it can't be fair to the competition that some clubs could have 4,000 fans in, others could have 2,000 and others like Port Vale probably nobody. She then made a separate point that even if they were in Tier 2 and could have 2,000 fans in it would cost them a lot of money for every home game. They would only be letting in season ticket holders who have already paid but would have lots of additional costs including more stewarding to ensure social distancing. It would be a fair point for Rovers too. Would it be worth letting 2,000 fans in even if we could?

It could be as simple as Lewis Thompson being established at left back in the team currently?

Although virus cases are falling in Blackburn, they are still double the national average so i would think that Tier 2 would be optimistic unless things change very rapidly in the next day or so. I'm not clear whether the current restrictions are ending on 2nd December or before i.e. will the new tiers be in place on 2nd? If so and if Blackburn does end in Tier 2 then the game with Millwall on 2nd would be the first chance = otherwise it would be Norwich n 12th. Rovers have had plans ready for fans to return for several months now but there might need to be approvals from the local SAG to get through.

At first you needed a code from Rovers to get a free pass for home games if you were a ST holder but that's been fixed now.

He's from the Wirral and is a Tranmere fan. He started out at Everton, then Liverpool and came to Rovers two years ago. All this gleaned from here - https://www.rovers.co.uk/teams/development-squad/profiles/midfielder/sam-durrant/ I saw bits of the game today. He was busy and constantly involved but lacked a bit in decision making. he was getting into good positions on the edge of their box regularly but would then choose the wrong option. But in the end he took his chance well. I managed to miss the sending off right at the end of the first half but it meant the second half was just Rovers trying to break down a wall of Brighton players. Eastham spent large parts of the half sweeping from the edge of the centre circle. It looked like it wasn't going to happen until first a penalty won and scored by McBride and then the 95th minute winner from Durrant. Lewis Thompson looked very assured at eft back again.

Den - I've replied on the iFollow thread, but basically you get in through the live match centre on the Rovers website.

Den - assuming your payment has gone through you should just be able to back to the Rovers website an hour before the game. Just select live match centre and you should have access. I have had no problems whether it;'s been a home game through my season ticket or an away game paying for a match pass.

We all know what Mowbray has said about this game in the media? None of us has any idea what he will say in the dressing room.

That’s turned round quickly - 2-2 now.

A few bottles of red wine short of a piss up would be my guess.

Tomlinson's first game was the FA Cup 5th round tie against Man Utd in Feb 2017, three days before Mowbray took over. He played in Mowbray's first game against Derby but not again that season. He had 7 appearances in the League 1 season, 4 in the League 2 in the FA Cup and 1 in the EFL Trophy.

You're stretching the numbers there Roger to make your case. Season ticket sales in mid October were reported to the Fans Forum as just under 2,500 and I doubt they have sold even 100 more since. At the same time match pass sales were reported as averaging between 1,500 and 2,000 so the average will be nearer 4,000 than 5,000. The one positive is that Rovers will be making some money from match passes for away games which they would not have done before.

I don’t think anybody would choose an iFollow stream over going to Ewood but it seems a perfectly acceptable next best given actually going to a game isn’t an option. In truth I never really enjoy commentators on any broadcast but I’m comfortable with Neil Yardley. If I wasn’t I could turn it off or even have a go at the away feed. Presumably people’s issues with the quality of the stream are more about their internet signal rather than iFollow? Mine’s been fine - not super HD quality but perfectly fine.

I don't think I realised that there was a time delay on iFollow. It can't be very long? Anyway it makes not a blind bit of difference to me and I can't see why it would to anyone else unless you can't actually put your phone down for 45 minutes to watch a game.

For anyone with too much time on their hands this afternoon Sky Sports is showing the thriller that will no doubt be San Marino v Gibraltar at 2pm. Hopefully an appearance by Louie Annesley will provide some interest for us.

It’s only in Kirkham - he should be able to manage it.

Three - a very similar cross in the first half, straight on to Lenihan's head which needed an excellent save to keep out.

They were at home yesterday Tyrone. Although your point still stands in general.

And once again a stunning pass in the first half. Largely missed as Wharton slipped when moving for it - if he hadn't he would have been clean through in the penalty area.

He already has.

Hopefully Warburton is as ill informed as this QPR fan on one of their messageboards..... Although after forcing myself to endure 60 mins of that turgid blackburn v midds game during the week, its completely clear that mowbray knows how to set a team up to bore and defend.