Shearer OUT of Rovers clash.

Looks like one medal Shearer could be out

from bbc.co.uk Blackburn will be without midfielder David Thompson who serves a one-match ban after being sent off in the goalless draw at Crystal Palace. Andy Todd should shake off an ankle knock to partner Craig Short in the centre of Rovers' defence. Everton defender Alessandro Pistone is expected to shake off a knee strain. A further boost for boss David Moyes is the return of striker Kevin Campbell for the first time in a month with a busy festive programme ahead. Blackburn (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Dickov, Short, Douglas, Emerton, Ferguson, Flitcroft, De Pedro, Gray, Johansson, Matteo, Neill, Stead, Pedersen, Gallagher, Reid, Todd, Bothroyd. Everton (from): Martyn, Hibbert, Weir, Stubbs, Pistone, Carsley, Gravesen, Cahill, Kilbane, Osman, Bent, Ferguson, McFadden, Wright, Watson, Yobo, Naysmith, Chadwick, Campbell.

Must be the lure of these nice chaps...

Centre Half, Right Back, Striker

I would drop Short for this one because of the pace Spurs have...i.e. Defoe, Kanoute & Keane. Short has played v Newcastle (Bellamy) – lost 3-0, v Arsenal (Henry, Pires) – lost 3-0, & Boro (Hasselbaink) – lost 4-0, so far this season

Yeah, he sleeps 24 hours a day

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Dickov, Short, Douglas, Emerton, Ferguson, Flitcroft, Thompson, De Pedro, Gresko, Gray, Jansen, Johansson, Matteo, Neill, Stead, Pedersen, Gallagher, Reid, Todd. My Team: - FRIEDEL NEILL TODD MATTEO McEVELEY REID THOMPSON FERGUSON EMERTON GALLAGHER DICKOV Prediction: 3-1 to Fulham.

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What I am appalled at is Dennis Wise gets life threatening missiles thrown at him and Yorke gets 0.01% of the Ewood crowd racially abusing him. Who gets the coverage? Yorke of course!

White British Upper-class Press jumping on the bandwagon again, who've probably never set foot in Blackbur, and wouldn't dream of speaking, entertaining or having a NON White person at the dinner table, unless it increased his political standing !! Morons !!

Rovers send 700 tickets back

1 - 5 And some road accidents coming home... <<click me>>

Liverpool (from): Kirkland, Josemi, Hyypia, Carragher, Traore, Garcia, Alonso, Hamann, Riise, Baros, Cisse, Dudek, Finnan, Kewell, Warnock, Diao, Biscan, Pongolle

My team: --------------Friedel---------------- ----Neill----Short----Todd----Matteo-- ---Emerton---Ferguson----Douglas--- ---------------Djorkeaff------------ ---------Dickov------Stead-----------

Lorenzo Amoruso has been ruled out of Blackburn's trip to Chelsea with a heel injury which may require surgery. Andy Todd and Craig Short are set to be paired in central defence as Rovers look to drag themselves out of the bottom three. Turkish midfielder Tugay is suspended following his dismissal against Middlesbrough last week so Garry Flitcroft should return. Blackburn (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Dickov, Short, Douglas, Emerton, Ferguson, Flitcroft, De Pedro, Gresko, Gray, Jansen, Johansson, Matteo, Neill, Stead, Pedersen, Bothroyd, Gallagher, Djorkaeff, Reid, Todd. My team: - FRIEDEL NEILL MATTEO TODD GRAY EMERTON FERGUSON DOUGLAS DJORKAEFF STEAD DICKOV

Message to Roman Abramovich: Слушайте здесь римско, мы приходим вниз на субботу и мы намереваемся дело. Вспугните, очень вспугните. Приходят на вас син! Listen here Roman, we are coming down on Saturday and we mean Business. Be scared, be very scared. Come on you Blues!

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Basically the rovers dont want to eject any of their own fans as we need as many as we can get. However, the licensing authority regulations set the rules and if it is seen rovers are not following the guidelines then further action will be taken.

I was at a meeting with John Newsham last night regarding Saturday's events and the problem regarding persistent standing. Whilst I am not prepared to post every point of that meeting on this board, I would like to make fans aware of the following; 1.) Plenty of work is done behind the scenes to stop away fans standing up as well. Posters are put up - welcoming fans to Ewood and asking them politely to remain seated in the interests of safety. This was succesful against West Brom and even their fans thought it was a good idea. Letters are also sent with tickets distributed to away fans warning them they risk being ejected if they stand persistently. Aston Villa received these letters, however, and never included them when distributing tickets to their fans. 2.) Licensing Authority grants safety certificates on the measure that people sit down. Rules stipulate that if the stand is at more than 25% camber/gradient from the back to the front it is deemed dangerous to stay stood up. The camber/gradient in the stands at Ewood is 28% raising to 32%, dipping in the middle. Licensing authority will grant a safety certificate on condition fans do not persistently stand during the match 3.) If the problem persists drastic action will be taken such as problem areas having ticket allocations slashed/reduced. This has already happened at Notts Forest where they have reduced tickets given to away fans from 3,500 to 2,000. 4.) A piece about exactly what happened on Saturday etc will appear in tonight's Telegraph as Rovers have released a statement about it 5.) ) It was pointed out that several premiership clubs e.g. Arsenal, Southampton have stands behind the goal where nodody sits down. They said that sooner, rather than later, these clubs will have their ticket allocation in these stands reduced. It remains to be seen.

Mediocre Defence v Strong Attack Rovers 1 - Boro 4 (Ferguson) (Zenden, Viduka x 2, Hasselbaink pen)

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For those not wanting to pay £40 a ticket - its on foreign telly. ART Sport 1

I stayed HERE last time

from bbc.co.uk Blackburn are likely to include Youri Djorkaeff on the bench against Villa after he impressed in training. Craig Short, David Thompson and Steven Reid are all still missing due to injury and will not figure. Blackburn (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Dickov, Douglas, Amoruso, Tugay, Emerton, Ferguson, Flitcroft, De Pedro, Gresko, Gray, Jansen, Johansson, Matteo, Neill, Stead, Pedersen, Bothroyd, Gallagher, Djorkaeff.