Elvis Presley - Don't cry daddy

Good read chaddy, and as Asia says above, well timed also to give everyone a sense of togetherness for the run in, someone with a brain has finally entered the building! Mowbray, having spent many years at Middlesbrough understand the supporters and what the club means to the town, both clubs/towns are remarkably similar and Mowbray gets it. The job this season is nowhere near done and we'll have a few ups and downs in the weeks to come, but as I've consistently said all season, I believe to have us in our current lofty position is remarkable after 8yrs of rape plunder and pillage and for that Mowbray deserves much of the credit.

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray

Shed Seven - it's not easy

Sharif Dean - Do you love me

Elvis - Crying in the chapel

Amy Winehouse - Love is a Losing Game

Plan B - Love Goes Down

Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan

Very humble man was an infectious passion for football and Blackpool FC. Remember him more recently for his radio 5 commentary. Thoughts are with his family.

Gastroenteritis by all accounts, now batting after Moeens pathetic attempt at holding up an end. Joe Playing a real captains innings, but he looks rough, really rough.

and you'd certainly know a pillock RV...... Tim Farron has been going to Ewood for years, I've seen him many times with his wife, they used to post on here before the numptys arrived. Ive never seen you at Ewood? and with the nonsense you spout I doubt you've ever been to be honest but we digress. Great to see Tim keeping the Blue and White flag flying high, good effort.

You can hear the champagne corks now....... A proper ground for proper cricket fans, and a local shop, somewhere in the Midlands or North of England.

With over 260k fans coming through the gates at MCG isn't it about time we built a stadium that can cope with the demand for tickets in this country? I've not been to as much cricket as I once did in recent times, but the demand for tickets still seems to be high, this despite the disgraceful prices now being charged around the country. I never want cricket to go the way football has with the influx of Sky money, but a 50k national stadium surly makes sense from a fan perspective, at international level anyway?

Curran gets Smith, good effort lad, let's get a couple more quick wickets and make a game of it.

Poor start once again by England, no chances at all, on a great batting wicket granted. Think its TMS through the night and bit of shut eye, its going to be a long test match, AGAIN.

You could well be right, but sadly we have nobody better Chaddy. Moeen has had a fantastic year, deserved his place, and Broad who I've never liked to be honest has the stats and performances to justify his place. In Auz you need pace in attack, we don't have it at the moment, simple as that. From a batting perspective we've been awful, with a couple of exceptions, not good enough, but lets hope we win the next 2 to build a bit of confidence.

Villa certainly was 79/80 season, lost in a replay at Villa Park.

It's been a rotten 10yrs for Rovers fans away from home, and I for one have nothing but respect for the regulars like yourself/Aggy and hundreds more who trek up and down the land following the club week in week out. I'm made up you, finally seeing us win more than we're losing, and long may it continue.

Don't give them ideas RV, the transfer windows just around the corner and the new Nissan Micra '18' plates are due out, Barry will be all over it..... But on a serious note I recall Mowbray saying when he signed that he has the ability to play at the highest level, just needs to knock the Essex girls and flat larger on the head. Took him a while to settle, but we're now seeing him run games through the midfield, very good signing by Mowbray.

Done it a few times of late.

Or he bagged 2 goals in our last game....

I need to be cr@p inspector Clouseau to decipher that bunkum You've not been around that long, so you're excused, but the match day thread was always full of posters scores and reasons why, made for interesting reading and created a much more vibrant lead up to any game. Glad to see you've joined in, can't argue with any of that, even though I went for 3-1 Rovers, I'd take 1-1.

Let's have a few more score predictions please posters. The addition of guess the team/tactics is welcome, but a score prediction and quick reason was always the intention of the match day thread. Makes for interesting reading.