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Yes. I think the recent UKIP support by Morrissey swung it.

This pitch is going to deteriorate, I’m worried about Moeen’s hand, he seems to be struggling and we need him desperately. England in the box seat after the last 45mins where they’ve been superb. Quick runs and aggressive declaration? You wouldn’t bet against it.

I think the weather played a major part in the decision to declare also Jim. Overcast conditions on Saturday and England took wickets early on as a result. I was talking to some Aussies over here on Merv Hughes tour party on Friday night. They all said it’s the first time since 2005 that they really fear England and that’s due to Stokes and Baz unconventional approach.

Long way to go in the test, don’t give up just yet 47er. Couple of quick wickets and we’re back on top. Before McCullum came in we’d be 100 behind already and heading for a defeat, I’ll take this all day long.

Disappointing wilsden, same with the missed stumping.

Moeen already proving his detractors wrong, that was a superb delivery. Come on England.

Head trying to play the England way and failing miserably, Moeen takes his wicket. 148-4

The game has been played the same way for over 100yrs, it’s about time the mould was broken and here we have England doing just that, leading the world once again. The traditionalist won’t like it, personally I love it. Come on England 🏏

I think the rule of thumb is nothing is predicable under Baz n Stokes, convention goes right out of the window and I love it. They just won the mind games with that declaration, it’s over cast today we could see some movement with the ball, now can they go on and win the match? If they do it will go down as a masterstroke.

Some of those shots Crawley played today were outstanding, you can see why they won’t drop him, he has the potential to be our best batter. Unlucky today.

Just having breakfast sat in the sun, its a great day for cricket, but bring the factor 50 suncream! Come on England.

Spot on @jim mk2 couldn’t agree more, will we win the Ashes in your opinion? I can’t see it myself, Archer could have swung the balance, but hope I’m wrong.

Have you tried to get served when the games on Tv? Nightmare! 😉

......and he's very good at it.

I'm not clicking that 😤 - But get the point 👍 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/hull-city-dish-voted-best-8292958 Hull City winning an award for the katsu chicken with chips dish beat off strong competition from Bolton Wanderers' chicken tikka dirty fries, and West Bromwich Albion's BBQ bacon-loaded fries. Nobody cares..

Spot on. I guess this is just another example of laziness by the Exec Team, they signed a contract with a national caterer, easy, cheap and job done, sod the fans and the matchday experience. To give them come credit, we have Indian Street food, but the ambitions stops right there. We have a plethora of outstanding food and drink outlets across Lancashire, the football club could boost the local economy whilst delivering an outstanding product on the concourses, but it takes a bit of extra work and back office staff to manage. Nobody cares, we all know that.

Cormac McCarthy, America's Pulitzer Prize-winning author - has died aged 89. Brilliant doesn’t even start to describe his work, No country for old men being one such masterpiece.

Going to see Bruce Springsteen at Villa Park on Friday, saw him last time he was here for the Wrecking Ball tour and he was outstanding. Reports from the gigs up to now is he's still as good as ever, looking forward to it. Also got Johnny Marr and Morrissey gigs coming up over the next few weeks, sadly not together. Mrs is refusing to go and see Morrissey as: "He's a right wing arsehole, he's always been the same" but I'm sure she'll come round, if she doesn't I'll still be going 🍺

Although on a slightly bigger scale, where season ticket waiting lists are long, Rangers do a similar thing and will offer your seat to fellow Rangers members for individual games. The modern day Blackburn Rovers are not interested in money/income or growing the brand, they're funded by billionaires, who put zero pressure on the executive team to move the club forward.

I think social media has a lot to answer for Miller11. This description was once called loyalty to Blackburn Rovers and I have to say I wore this badge with pride many years ago, it wasn't frowned upon but encouraged, praised and fought for at times. These days, probably because of the owners, its seen as negative and embarrassing, which I understand. But posters/fans shouldn't be hounded for having loyalty as described above to Blackburn Rovers in my opinion, whatever has gone on in the past. How times change.

Football is unique in many ways, you can spend 9 months of the year being treated like shit by the club, by sky and sometimes by the police at games and then you can't wait to pay hundreds of pounds to the same people to treat you like shit all over again, year after year! Whats not to like? Roll up roll up. 😃

My main point has been lost...... If the club was interested in attracting more season ticket holders they'd slash the prices beyond £100, tell the fans we have a transfer budget and as you say market the hell out of Premiership here we come. Charge £199 across the board and you'd sell plenty more in my opinion. If the club really wanted to get radical they'd give them away for a season and then we'd really have a buzzing Ewood, after all the owners don't give a toss about money as the Diaz, Rothwell and Lenihan free player scheme shows. How that impacts FFP who knows, but would John Williams and Jack have allowed FFP to restrict us? I doubt it, they'd have got creative as many clubs have done. But I still maintain, that knocking off £100 from the current prices during the discounted period would not massively increase the take-up and before anyone says it, I could give a fig about PNE or Bolton. Sadly as Matty have said many times, we'll never know, because the current regime are happy to plod along with the status quo.

Rovers never bottled it in either of the last 2 seasons, we got found out due to having a substandard side and squad compared to our rivals. Arsenal probably suffered the same fate in comparison to City, but more than held their own with the rest of the also rans.

How many do we think? £38 for the season 88/89? Lost to Chelsea in playoffs season before?

Look at those Blackburn Rovers fans, limited success for decades until that steel guy bought them and look what happened. Bandwagon jumpers? I bet they had a few, but they also had a loyal fan base, tremendous history and those fans and town deserved it.