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Can't agree with that at all tash. Souness deserves more time to turn things round but the Board MUST surely give the Club every chance of survival in its present form if results don't improve under him. As a side issue, where has this assumption "we've no money" come from?. When Duff was sold Souness was quoted on Sky as saying that the money for Amoruso/ Gresko/ Emerton etc had been set aside even before the Dunn/ Duff sales. I accept that the wage bill may well be full which is a different matter entirely.

I thought that article was more or less spot on. A frank no punches pulled opinion from an outsider looking in. The only bit that was wrong was the bit about "before Blackburn are sucked into a relegation fight" We're in one already. There's no reason at all why we can't turn it round if we abandon the futile 4-5-1 formation, the players start pulling their weight and Souness concentrates on our own predicament rather than brawling with the opposition staff in the touchline/tunnel. That said the level of self denial on here about our current position is quite staggering and extremely depressing.

No team is ever too good to go down. We could quite easily be relegated and will be if we maintain our current "form". No disrespect but it's blind optimism and complacent attitudes such as this which represent as big a danger to us as anything.

Given the lucrative contract he is on,can't see that ever happening jim. (him resigning that is, not us hitting rock bottom, which will will take about another fortnight on the form shown over the last eleven games) I don't envy the Board on this one, they are in a no win situation. If they back Souness and we are relegated they will be accused of failing to take action, if they sack him they will undoubtedly take horrendous flak from the "Souey is god and can do no wrong" brigade. Whilst I don't think there is any need to seriously consider a change of direction yet, I would not be of the same opinion if performances and results hadn't improved in 6-8 weeks time.

Agree entirely Abbey. Felt like throwing the radio out of the window. Plus when people started ringing in to say how bad the game was Gerald did his usual trick of butting in and not letting the caller have his say. It's on occasions like these that the station loses all credibility. I know it's a club station but a modicum of realism is required otherwise there's no point being on air. As for Souey saying we were "mugged" after both the Fulham and Charlton games I hope that was purely a comment for public consumption designed to avoid players being criticised in public. If he really does believe that then I'm afraid the game is well and truly up.

Welcome to the board Jason, hope you'll be a regular contributor. As I said before best of luck with the column. However if you don't mind me saying IMO it is difficult if not impossible to write about something you haven't actually seen. Therefore given the financial constraints the LET are forced to work under and your situation I would suggest taking full advantage of Sky/Norwegian TV where available and if possible try to get to those matches which aren't being televised. Or do you want me to do the away games? All the best Simon

Jason was part of the new "Fans Jury" feature last season on a Thursday night. Other than that don't know him.

Errr...... yes I've been given the chop Lynn, not really any other way of putting it I'm afraid. There has though been an initial suggestion I might have some involvement with a new LET project but nothing definite has transpired as yet. P.S. Best of luck to Jason.

Telegraph team Friedel Finnan Terry Henchoz Taylor Scholes Dunn Duff Jansen Henry Solskjaer

I was blissfully happy for 7 years. Then for the last 32 Rovers have been putting me through the mill. (39)

Shall be there with better half. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

From what I saw the ticket restrictions worked in that "infiltration" was at an absolute minimum given the circumstances. I only saw two fans ejected from Jack Walker lower and one from the Blackburn End. However closing half the turnstiles in the Jack Walker stand is a difficult one to work out. One thing i noticed was that the usual "old bid" make up of S/T holders in my area were almost all absent and in their place was an altogether more vocal brand of youngish to middle aged male showing that there is a wider pool of potential support than we've been attracting for some games. They're never likely to return if we can't play better than that though.

A lot of people are being far too generous. Just about everyone on the pitch was a disgrace to the shirt, the name of Blackburn Rovers, and Jack Walker. Every time a ball was played forward the Celtic player was at least a second quicker to react. Too angry to go into specifics.

Woodlands on Preston New Rd. nr. Billinge School. West View is at bottom of Revidge Rd. Dog Inn bit further up.

Anyone fancy a beer in the Woodlands/West View area lunchtime onwards before they head into town?

78 ditto. Cap and Steven, Oh dear!

I notice the Club have craftily changed the normal style of the tickets which should alleviate that problem.

Go on then you tell me, my psychic powers aren't up to scratch today. I would define "a few" as up to about 500 bearing in mind tickets haven't gone on open sale. If there are more than that has there been any mention in the local press advising people that there are still tickets available AND reminding them they can apply if they are on the database?. Can't say I've seen any but then I haven't been looking particularly.

For this specific match there was no alternative to the arrangements the Club actually made, and as such there is no disrace if there are a few tickets left.

Don't forget that the ticket office are refusing to sell tickets to rovers fans. What do you expect? Celtic didn't refuse their fans tickets, did they? Only Rovers "fans" who never went last season or this, even to Cardiff. Shame. So new fans or former fans who may have fallen off at some point are not to be encouraged?

How many empty seats are we talking? Not so many I wouldn't have thought.

Anyone who wants to go who isn't on the database. Price will also have had some effect. Two friends of mine who are S/T ticket holders in JW upper and who were looking at £32 each for their tickets didn't even consider purchasing a ticket given they could watch it for free at home /in the Pub. Strangely in my view they did however go to Walsall because it was a tenner. If I'd absolutely had to pick and choose I would have done it the other way round.

Onwards and upwards after beating celtic to morrow night.

Hi Tris good to hear you enjoyed the day!. Agree re: referee, Gillespie and Dunn but have to totally disagree with your assessment of Cole. Thought he worked his knackers off today (ditto Villa) and was our most effective player. (Not that that was saying much!) Nothing at all has gone for him in front of goal this season, and this goal the proverbial rebound off his arse on the line could well kickstart his season.

Well lets just shut down the messageboard then. Calm down. The point is that hardly any-one who the complaint is made against will be likely to read this board.