Play 4-5-1 and we've got a chance of a point because lets face it Liverpool are a 1 man team, you stop Gerrard you stop Liverpool. I'd say a draw is the best result we can hope for, but Liverpool are a poor side which says allot about our current crop

I've been saying this for years Why the hell do we make them feel at home? to nice in my book although the coins usually thrown at Schmeichel is going a bit to far

I don't care who we get in the saemi final because today i've fulfilled all my dreams as a Blackburn Rovers supporter. To win a cup To win the league To follow my team in europe To see my team in a fa cup semi final....... i'm a very happy Rover and i don't care who we get in the semis or what the result is my dreams have been fulfilled and for that i say thenks to Sir Jack Walker........i know youre watching.

Please do........

Outrage on the bumley site as certain sections of the support are again booing the team, some players are getting it before they've even come on the pitch "The gaps closing though"

We wouldn't but then again we're more realistic when it comes to support.

They play Leicester at home tonight with all tickets reduced to £10 and £5 for kids. Wonder if they'll fill the ground

I don't know about anyone else but i don't think i've ever been to Everton and seen a good sized following from the Rovers fans and i've been 4-5 times over the past 10yrs? it just seems one of them places that people don't travel to. FA Cup game mid 80's was an exception but i missed that I don't normally stick up for our away support because far to often its an embarrassment but being a Rovers fan has been very expensive over recent weeks and with one eye on a return to Cardiff i'm sure most are watching the pennies.

Cos he has a ban? For being a ######? Quality post, one of the best yet He doesn't have a ban but does offer an alternative view, some of us have them you know....

A fellow member of this site emailed me some years back and claimed he/she has a remastered copy of the game at the turf on VHS. I'm sure myself like many will be willing to pay good money for such a copy so please get in touch if you're still around.

I'm sure i've stated previously that i think the banning orders are very harsh indeed, but deserved in a few instances. But when you look at clubs around the country i can't help but feel enough isn't being done to convict similar 'lads' by the same route the Blackburn lads have been done. Some clubs have a real problem when it comes to hooliganism yet you'll find the same clubs being accused time and time again when the more explosive games come around. Why isn't the same process implemented to ban these repeat offenders? 25 Lads out of average home attendances around 20k isn't a real problem yet 250+ out of 10k is???? The money the club pays the local police is disgusting in my opinion. We have 5 riot vans, several horses and God knows how many foot soldiers to police 25 lads? Ok the police around the ground do a great public service and do not concentrate on hooligans but look after the genuine football fan going to the game but the ones assigned to the hooligans just milk the overtime and trump up not only the charges but the threat posed by these individuals. A quick story: I had a first hand account from a police officer of a surveillance operation that took place a few seasons ago. Four Members of the football intelligence unit were assigned to follow an active member of the local hooligan group. One of these officers had been following said lad for sometime away from football and God knows how much that cost the tax payer. Anyway back to the game in question, the officers had booked into a London hotel and then went out in search of the said lad. After many hours of searching, several beers and meals out they decided to turn in for the night. They arrived back at the hotel to find said lad drinking in the bar with his wife! He was only down in the smoke on a shopping trip and never had any intentions of going to the game in question. How much did such an operation cost the tax payer? and with amateurs like this is it not surprising they have to trump up charges to get banning orders. I'm definitely prejudice when it comes to policing of football so i'll always see the down side but having been the victim of assault by police officers on several occasions for no reason and witnessed my girlfriend being hit with a baton for no reason also in recent times it leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Walking round Soho with Debs before an England game and being grabbed by two police officers, hit in the stomach and told i'm scum, racist and bang to rights because i'm in the Leicester city baby squad and a cat 'C' hooligan you'll get my point Football is the only social event you'll get treated like a criminal, pay £25+ for the priviledge and still come back the week after......

Have you got a link Waggy? nothing been in the press,possibility of something after next monday. 6 year ground bans for the custodial sentences,3 year bans for the rest. the fines and sentences were way over the top for the charge,same offence on a friday night in town and you wouldn't get anywhere near. hanging,beheading or public stoning i say,thought i'd get that in to save you all the trouble. Absolutely pathetic for a pub brawl, but if you participate on a football day you know the implications. Do the same next Friday and you'll be lucky to even get locked up for the night

Have you got a link Waggy?

What exactly is he trying to say? I know two separate groups of Rovers lads one group who were drinking in Nelson and the other in Burnley town centre from early doors and didn't get escorted to the ground? nor did they see any burnley lads either? Big deal....

Abbey 1 Abbey 2 Abbey 3 Abbey 4 Thats the 4

Abbey

And that's your right but please don't milk the situation because not only will it bore everyone to death but we'll blow your argument out of the water with facts not fiction

Longsider, you're making a fool of yourself and after some decent posts its a shame. I have no idea what you're trying to achieve but please lay it on the line because i'm sure we can avoid some drawn out bull and put this to bed asap Tell us whats on yer mind....

Smashing up a few chairs is childs play but i remember a policeman being dragged in to a pub in Accy last time we played and smashed in the face with a glass? When was the last time Ewood had to be cleared with riot police? Never... When did Blackburn fans last smash up the town....Never I can also find many reports of disturbances involving burnley fans over the past 5years? The problem has been eradicated in Blackburn due to banning orders and even before the police took action you'll struggle to find anything other than minor handbags to have a go at us about. The simple facts of the matter are, burnley is caught in a time warp with regards to hooliganism, people still participate in large numbers and thats a burnley problem and a fashion thats going to continue i'm afraid. Blackburn had a minor problem but that has now been addressed and you'll have no problems at ewood next week and for the foreseeable future. So give up the ghost for Gods sake.

No he'll be think just how lucky he was to escape with all his teeth intact after he didn't fancy it when Steven Reid came forward. Rather slap a woman the coward.

Quote from bumleys Tony Grant: "We have seen Blackburn play now and there isn't too much to be scared of." Nice one Tony keep up the good work Lets hope he qualifies for next weeks 'Nigel Worthingtons foot in mouth award'

Jesus Christ it could have been worse we could have had some @#/? running on the pitch to front a burnley player only to bottle it and punch a WPC What a complete prick and coward he was, lets hope the coppers gave him a right good slap down the nick.

Not bad spelling and punctuation under the influence

Slept like a baby. Been up since 8am and must admit that i'm really nervous, the butterflies are like the ones i used to get and not had them for 10yrs+. Going to the pub now. Come on Rovers!

Ask Crewe about your away support the other night