Oops sorry.

On the same note looks like Sky are starting to clamp down. The landlord of my local has apparently had a nasty letter threatning 20,000k fines etc and he says he will not be showing any more non Sky broadcasts etc.

BTW, think you missed a "one" out before the "six" in your valuation of MGP. We don't want or need to sell so if anyone wants him that badly let the buggers pay!

Gordon, thankfully this isn't the 60's, we no longer have polio about, nor do we need to flog the Boardroom table to survive, and we now have a near 40m p.a. turnover thanks to Sky, regardsless of whether a few fans drop off. As Hughes has shown, with proper management onthe pitch, we're a legitimate challenger for Champions League/ UEFA places in our own right, far more than a mere stepping stone for budding talent. If the occasional player is desperate to go then you can't do much about that but it's not likely to happen more than very occasionally the days.

Much ado about nothing really. Not unusually these days pretty unhelpful story from the LET on what was presumably a quiet day. I suppose it all ties in quite neatly with the "We're backing Stanley" campaign.. Scholes was apparently also at the Reebok the other week looking at Kevin Nolan. Other than that, there's no indication at all eiher that we're willing to sell, or that the player particularly wants to move. And no guarantee ManUre will follow up any interest. If United do firm up any interest in the summer we'd be well placed to demand a pohibitive fee. Now would be a good time to substantially improve MGP's terms though. Some very churlish comments about Duff on here. His all round game is still vastly superior to MGP's although he doesn't carry quite the same goal threat. Now if you coud convert one to the right hand side....... what a prospect that would be.

It's surely a must. Thinking about it, it's somethng Mark on the Fans Forum has raised on more than one occasion in the past so it shouldn't be a new one on the club

The Champions League qualifying stages are as thenodrog said dull as dishwater, and already little more than a cash cow for the bigger clubs already. However if you take away the last pretence of competitiveness by making the competition guaranteed entry, you would kill the competition stone dead imo and it wouldn't be long before the fans and ultimately sponsors were deserting the competition in droves. Whist not necessarily agreeing with it, I can however understand in this day and age the calls for compensation for injured players on international duty. If your 90k p.w. asset is out for a month and you slip a couple of places down the League as a result, that's cost you nearly 1.5m. The FA is hardly a charity these days, they make vast amounts of money on the backs of the England team every time they play. So I can see the argument. As for kicking the G14 out, not sure about that. I would probably get more satisfaction out of seeing us finish in a Champions League spot with the three G14 clubs and Chelsea in than winning a League without them. Where's the satisfaction to be gained from that? You almost might as well be playing Burnley.

21? That's more than reasonable. The only people ruled out of that equation then are "mature students." Can you also get young adult tickets on a match by match basis as opposed to in the form of a season ticket?

I don't really understand the constant debate about "young adult" prices. The discounted rate should be available to anyone under the age of 18 or anyone who can prove they're still in full time education. Is that the case? After that you're not really in any different position to anyone else. I've never noticed "young adult" prices at Heaven and Hell or any of the other Pubs and Clubs round the area!

Have to say without having seen the full details, the offer proposed sounds like excellent value. Let's hope we do a similarly excellent job of promoting it and bringing it to people's attention. Jan, not everyone is on a six figure salary like you've mentioned in the past you're on.

Totally agree on the figures. As a side issue history has shown us that the "come and support us or else" approach has little effect. (Bill Bancroft taking out the front page of the LET in the 70's) I can't recall either things working the other way round i.e. being told the manager having a larger wedge to spend when we've finished higher than expected - 10th first season back, 6th etc. Incidentally if we budgeted to finish 10th this year i.e. relying on it as opposed to hoping for it, that's quite optimistic after 2 successive 15th place finishes. So whoever authorised this bit of "PR", my message would be "Leave it to Hughesey -he's much better at it."

I didn't think we played particularly well first half but there was little to suggest this was going to be anything other than a routine home win until Mr. Foy decided to make himself centre of attention. I was worried having castigated John Howarth that TV replays might show a career ending challenge and a bit of volleyball from Savage. I have watched both "offences" numerous times in slow motion and am still to be convinced that either was an infringement, let alone cardable. In real time and at normal speed I was convinced it was an honest (and fair) challenge for the ball and ball to hand rather than vice versa. If Savage had been in trouble throughout for persistent fouling then I could understand the official wanting to put his foot down but I can't remember Savage committing another foul of note all game and if that is the standard of officiating we can expect in future the game is in real trouble. In the circumstances it was a performance of tremendous character from the team to concede an equaliser yet go on to win. Other than their second, they caused us less trouble with an extra man than previously, a testament to the character and fitness of the side on the day. I seem to sing Bellamy's praises on here every time he plays but that was the best performance we've seen at Ewood since Shearer in his prime IMO. A day when we didn't make any headway in the Champions League/UEFA chase but we could so easily have been practically out of it, and that didn't happen either.

Excellent points EIT. Personally I don't feel it's in Rovers job or in their best interests to be active in naming and shaming offending outlets. If the landlord of a particular pub is hauled through the Court, is that going to create goodwill towards the club from his regulars in particular and clientele in general? I would say certainly not. My view is that the best way forward in the short term is to try to come to some sort of agreement with local Pubs not to show the home games on the dodgy channels. It would all have to be totally off the record of course as officially the club can only be seen to be completely opposed to these broadcasts. The second point is as you ay that the Clubs are going to have to demand far more money from the sale of the live 3p.m. rights abroad.

John, don't talk rubbish. The ball was played against Savage from a short distance away and he wasn't even looking at the ball having half turned away. As for the first foul it was a perfectly fair but hard challenge which won the ball cleanly.

Brum completely dominated the first half possession and chances against Spuds but failed to make it count. We/they may regret it?

Just sick to death of people who don't go criticising other people for not going. I personally don't judge people who won't cross Nuttall St. to watch us but people in glass houses etc............

Although the match seemingly wasn't enough of a major attraction to tempt you into making a trip over from Malta. Or indeed any other this season ........... or last .............. or the one before that. Please stop me when we're getting warm. That's entirely your prerogative but you're like a broken record with your constant berating of the population of Blackburn.

No apologies for this being my favourite Rovers game of all time. (So far ) We might have won the title in 94/5 but to my mind played much the better football in the 2nd half of 93/4 as we actually overhauled a 16 point gap over ManUre only to fall away at the end. David Batty was absolutely exceptional during that period, despite playing part of it with a broken foot, I'd never seen us play such good stuff week in week out and probably never wll again. Before that United game I looked at our line up which (without looking it up) was I think something like Flowers Berg Hendry May Le Saux Sherwood Batty Ripley Wilcox Shearer Gallagher I'd rarely felt such a feeling of pride about a Rovers line up, I honestly felt that there was no way I would possibly want to swap a single United player for one of ours - with the possible exception of Giggs for Wilcox which was of course no slight whatsoever on the Blackburn man. I've never been so wound up for a game, screaming non stop abuse at the repulsive Schmeicel in an attempt to unnerve him. The second goal where Shearer bore down on the red nosed one and nearly took him into the back of the net with his shot has to be my favourite football moment. Outside the ground afterwards I've never known a buzz like it. Thousands of Roverites bellowing "Who the heck are Man Utd" Or similar. We may have actually won the League just over 12 months later but it was never better than that day. God bless Uncle Jack.

My recollection was it was going a fraction wide. Johnson would have rightly been pillioried if he'd left it in the hope of giving Grabbi a goal. Grabbi played OK that day but it rather summed him up that he couldn't find the net on a day we scored seven. I seem to recall that rather uniquely we had something like 5 different midfielders on the scoresheet that day. It was a great performance. Never seen us pile forward with such venom before or since.

No reason to suggest why not, Amoruso isn't suddenly fit again is he? We had a bad day at the office last week but still got the result. We should play better this time round. It would also have been very unusual for us to win 2 consecutive home games under Souness, but we seem to be made of stronger stuff in recent times under Hughes. I reckon a comfortable win 2-0 or 3-1.

We weren't. Liverpool TRIED shafting us. We ALLOWED ourselves to be shafted. The first change was perfectly reasonable and quite sufficient. There's no way the Press could have had a field day if Rovers PR mechanism had have pointed this out properly. Exactly the same sort of thing happened when Ferguson said he wasn't in the right frame of mind to play one particular game. We held all the aces with it being right on the transfer deadline but we meekly let him trot off to Rangers for a reduced fee. I'll be amazed if the thought of compensating Rovers fans has even crossed anyone's mind at Ewood. I'll show my backside on the town hall steps if it actually happens. Now there's incentive enough for you JW/TF!

As to point one. Would they bollux! As to point two, agreed. The Hillsborough Family Support Group and Liverpool FC had already consulted and agreed to that extremely sensible and courageous course of action before the start of the season It's only Parry now trying to save face with the the now completely pointless and outdated HJC. Darth Paul's post is a noble one but I can't help thinking in reality that the rest of the country outside Liverpool will be looking at this ridiculous situation and thinking we're bonkers. Still, who cares if we lose out on yet more support and ST holders and potentially narrowly miss out on Europe. Just as long as Liverpool are kept happy.

That was your view on here on March 14th, on there you're showing a totally different face apologising to them because one of our own fans is upset about the second switch!

stu, why in god's name are you on that Liverpool Board trying to appease those idiots? It's surely of far greater consequence, that that Blackburn fan will not be renewing his season ticket next year. (whether you agree with his analysis of what happened at Hillsborough or not) I must admit I'm starting to wonder what the point of following Rovers is when the powers that be refuse to look after the interests of our own club. You're meant to be a member of BRISA not RAWK ffs.

plus DVD's of games?