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https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/december/08/cambridge-cup-tie-confirmed/ Rovers FA Cup match with Cambridge confirmed for Saturday 6th January at 3 pm. Prices are £10 for adults, £5 for concessions and £2 for under 18's. In this communication there is no mention of stands being closed yet.

He is now a regular first teamer so hopefully this gives him parity with others. There will probably be other clauses which protect both parties as most contracts have now.

There is a Wetherspoons in Darwen called the Old Chapel along with several other pubs and eateries. In the recent past I have seen visiting supporters coaches parked on Darwen Bus Station whilst away fans enjoy themselves. It's about twenty minutes drive from Ewood, perhaps a bit more tomorrow.

7300 Leeds fans are coming tomorrow. I'm more intrigued by the Football Special train coming. Anybody of a certain vintage will remember these. I would love them to make a comeback.

Arguably that lots best player out for a long while which is a real blow for them. https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/content/kompany-confirms-koleosho-injury

Superb effort from the organisers and anyone who donated.

Good business for both parties. Harry is a decent Championship full back and very rarely lets us down. We just need some real competition for him now.

I seem to recall Waggott boasting to the Fans Forum that he had exceeded his financial target with regard to ticket sales. If that is true then he has a financial target to meet rather than a number of season tickets sold. Surely if he wanted to increase the fan base he would be more creative on the pricing and try and attract greater numbers. In my view it's the low hanging fruit again, a malaise that has infected our club and is being allowed to fester.

It's a real dilemma that is emerging for them. I understand he is the top paid player and invoking the extra year will give him another increase. By not offering the extra year he will potentially walk for nothing and whilst some might not agree he does have some value. His injury just compounds all this. If he is to be sold it really has to be in January but who will pay money for him when there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel regarding his injury. The decision needs to be made soon.

Once again well done to all concerned. I sincerely hope this is a watershed in Waggott's tenure and the penny finally drops that the support is out there, he just has to do something quite radical to get them to Ewood.

Excellent work by all concerned.

Waggott will already be planning to shut the Blackburn End 😁 This game represents an opportunity to attract youngsters by making it free for kids with a paying adult. Some thought needs to go into this rather than their usual copy and paste mentality.

Hugely disappointing day which seemed a game too far for some of our players. The concession of a wholly preventable goal in the third minute undoubtedly gave them a lift along with the crowd. In the first period we were ponderous, played far too slow and wanted too much time on the ball. We still created chances though as we got in behind three or four times. We were better in the second half and our best period of play saw us create chances and then score. At that point I would have taken a draw given how we had played but we were hit with a real sucker punch when they got their second and it really knocked the stuffing out of us. I couldn't tell from where I was it there was a foul but there were certainty vociferous complaints from several Rovers players. Our bench resembled a creche and it's difficult to impose a real change on the game with youngsters who are still using Calpol. So we have to take it on the chin, get back to work and prepare for Leeds next week. I thought the referee was poor today. He seemed to be trying to manage situations which from my viewpoint required stronger action. Bad tackles cannot be managed and in Law require stronger punishment that a talking to.

Out of Gamble and Atcheson I would play Atcheson if the need arose. I see a lot of Ash Phillips in him.

Just seen that neither Gamble or Atcheson were in the under 21's tonight which could indicate that Scott Wharton isn't yet available. We lost 4-0 by the way.

After their cup final win two weeks ago Nobbers have lost three on the spin the latest of which was tonight against QPR. At the final whistle there was a cacophony of boos (if a few hundred can make a cacophony of noise 😂). The Lowe Out campaign will be in full swing tonight.

Tickets are on sale until 2 pm today with no sales on the day.

JRC said in a recent interview that Adam has a terrific disguise on his passes. That is a perfect example.

It's the Championship and on any given day any team can beat another and under previous managers I might have been more cautious but I have total faith in Tomasson to prepare the players and have them in the right frame of mind. Here's hoping 😂😂.

That's perspective. Szmodics has scored more than their entire team.

The cut off is 19 games and Saturday is our 19th so Szmodics will have to tread carefully but I honestly wouldn't consider not starting him. Hopefully there is an opportunity to take him off if we get into a decent position.

Since the West Brom game on day one of looks like he has bulked up. He held the ball up particularly well on a few occasions with Birmingham players looking to out muscle him. His confidence to turn and play Szmodics in for the second goal is a measure of his improvement for me.

To quote Tomasson some of the youngsters are 'learning on the job'. In an ideal world he would still be playing regularly in under 21 football but needs must. I saw him score three against Preston in the Central League Cup recently and his finishing was first class.

My post wasn't a generalisation to be critical of the majority of fans who I believe understand the game. I was referring to a few posts only, one in particular questioned his propensity to play in the Championship.

Harry Leonard has started thirteen games this season, scored three goals and has two assists. He is improving before our eyes and most importantly is nineteen years old. I find it difficult to be mildly critical of him and his potential is huge. Anybody writing him off clearly doesn't understand the game.