I suppose it's pointless arguing about the number of games , the price of games and the fact that a large percentage of the people who actually realise we have a football team do attend in relatively considerable numbers . Two more home games this week I believe .....

Great news IMHO . If this plan of New Labour's - which is on a par with the poll tax in terms of sheer political stupidity - becomes big news just before the next election , it will mean the end of Blair /Brown or whoever is in charge . Mind you the Tories are that daft they'd probably endorse the idea - in the spirit of concensus of course ....

Go on then tell us .......(there were quite a few queuing up at tea time tonight .) Rovers 1 - 3 UTD

So Whelan (also) doesn't buy the broken pie....sorry , pipe ...theory . I suspect Rovers and Bolton might just get away with it this time - but I reckon the Prem will make sure sufficient measures are in place to ensure the heating systems are checked well in advance in future...

"HE" paid £7m for Grabbi ?? Surely that amount of money was sanctioned higher up the corporate ladder and came out of club funds ...? But nevertheless , I agree with those who find this schadenfreude a bit over the top . Well , a lot over the top actually ... And the fact that he has a lot of injuries in the team will probably mean he'll survive longer than expected . Don't believe everything you read in the papers about imminent sacking ; and if he does go then it'll be largely down to media pressure rather than a rational decision taken by Shepherd .

It will be interesting if the attendance last night was "significantly" higher than would normally be expected - and if BRISA intend to push the kids for a quid experiment more often . Personally I'm convinced that this is the only way forward long term for a club our size .

Maybe you don't Jan , but others do . And I'm willing to bet that someone with an IQ as massive as yours just might think twice before travelling down from London on a cold winter's eve if no adequate explanation is forthcoming from the Rovers .....

As I said before an enquiry by the league is exactly the same as asking for an explanation . Maybe you think that an inquiry/enquiry has to be some kind of formal inquisition , I don't know ....

No they're not . (And I said INQUIRY by the way ...)

Well I'm quite glad there's going to be a league inquiry ; at least we'll have more chance of an honest answer to whatever went "wrong" than if we left it to the Rovers .

We could have a church service and a collection , and maybe a period of mourning ....

.......unless there's a touch of frost in the air....

I reckon when the game's re-arranged quite a few thousand will find something better to do with their time . But never mind , these things happen .....

Who....Mrs Friedel..?

You'd really prefer to be lied to........? Personally if it was down to human error I'd like that particular human to be disciplined for incompetence . In any other workplace people are held accountable for cock ups......

The official site is saying that engineers are looking at the heating system which obviously suggests a technical problem. Which just leaves the communication problem then.......

That's hardly the point , SAR . Most fans - and all floating fans - probably have never heard of the Fans Forum or BRISA , nor will be they still be interested in what happens at the next meeting . The damage has already been done ; those fans may never come back - especially if the weather stays a bit chilly and we're playing at night , and the club still hasn't given us a plausible explanation . Speaking to punters in the pub on the night the universal reaction was that it was yet another cock up from the Rovers . Some people on this board are making it sound like we've just entered another ice age . It was at worst a couple of degrees below . Personally all I want to hear is the truth - and that to me is either the heating system was not working properly , or that it wasn't switched on in time . So which is it ?

I don't think that , Flopsy . I'd have preferred to play them while we're in form and they're not . And won't Tugay now have to miss the Wigan game ? I'd have preferred him to miss yesterday's game (if you see what I mean ... ) Oh and Bolton's heating failed . At least they admitted it ...

Well if AESF doesn't want to know , I certainly do ! For example , does it work to -8 degrees (as someone said earlier) or not ? Was it working last night when the temp was way above that ? Is the system useless if the game is to be played at freezing temperatures ? Did nobody bother to check the system the previous night when (or if) it was switched on , and the temperature was below zero ? If we aren't given an adequate explanation then people are entitled to assume that games can no longer be played at below zero temperature and they will take a look at the weather forecast before buying tickets . A lot of people on here are scared witless at criticising the club in any way . Now if the heating system failed late in the day then that's fair enough - a technical error . Now that just leaves the usual shambolic procedure of getting information out to the public in good time - which AESF likened to the Parkes fiasco . Here it seems the club have no excuse at all . A few Geordies and our Jan may have been pacified by a meal and a few drinks but I bet there are plenty who aren't as forgiving . And I for one have been to scores of games were the temperature has been colder than it was last night !!

What a bloody disgrace - one night of frost and the game's off . However do they manage in colder countries ? Feel sorry for the poor buggers who've travelled to the match . On the bright side it gives a good excuse for a night out on the ale ....

Any particular 50+ year old man.... ?

A bit like Diouff you mean ....

Good thread ; I occasionally go up for a walk round the Revidge pubs . Not impressed with the Dog - it's one of those ever increasing number of pubs who only give a toss about "smooth" beer - low maintenance I suspect . Don't think they even have mild .West View is ok as is the Quarrymans (I refuse to use its new name ) . Gibralter has the real stuff but it's not looked after IMO . Same goes for the Alex . As for non smooth ale - particularly mild - it's hard work getting pubs who know how to look after the lovely stuff and at what temperature to serve it . Even the pubs who brag about their real ale don't look after it . It doesn't help that the turnover isn't great , though ; ale needs to be kept flowing through the pipes . Personally I hate the breweries - they should never be allowed to own both the premises and the product they sell to their houses ; it takes the pi££ out of those landlords who actually take a pride in their ale by forcing them to concentrate on the profit line determined by the owners , ie , rubbish fizzy lager and blue wkd type drinks that are an insult to our heritage . I won't even comment on the town centre.... Talking about heritage could get me into trouble . What is happening in Blackburn is nothing more than the systematic destruction of a way of life . Pubs are central to our culture , as the churches used to be - but they seem to be closing on a weekly basis . Not much for anyone to market or capitalise on I'm afraid , the council have other priorities - enough to drive one to drink.....

Surely UTD can't determine how much we charge for our home game ? If Rovers overcharge then they're making a big mistake - we need to sell out this game , not scare people off and send them to the pub. But I'm not getting my hopes up ...

Too late , they're already legalised and banning them now would be totally impractical. What would you do - make them more readily available in order to curb the problems they cause ? Just because one or two forms of "abusive" substances are legal is hardly a great argument for legalising them all .