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There were about 15,000 of them dotted around Ewood in every game for the last 20 odd years, if they are to believed.

Despite what the police say, selling 7,000 tickets with no bubble restrictions would be absolute lunacy - particularly considering what could be riding on this match. It’s a responsible call by Rovers, despite the thinly veiled threats of hooliganism from Dingle troll fantasists - like that does anything but validate Rovers’ decision anyway.

I’m pretty sure we relocated season ticket holders from the Darwen End to accommodate them on more than one occasion in the not too distant past. This is a much better stance.

It wouldn’t matter if we’d given them 20,000 tickets, you’d still have a load of empty headed fantasists claiming they had tickets in the home end and we’re going to “take over” and “embarrass us on and off the pitch”. Their Walter Mitty element is unrivalled. However, if any of them are daft enough to pay £100 for what basically amounts to a quarter of a season ticket, fine. They’ll end up ejected/arrested unless they stay sat on their hands and keep their mouths shut.

I couldn’t believe how bad QPR were against Blackpool, and a narrow defeat to Birmingham will have been demoralising. They’ve got Wigan next which is an absolute must win, then a tough run in. I was hoping Ainsworth would work out for them, but I think Warnock will out do him unfortunately.

Up - Dingles, Boro, Rovers Down - Wigan, QPR, Reading/Blackpool

Absolutely! A hybrid of the two would be worth tens of millions.

I think skipping past wingers and getting crosses in is his strong point. Defensive duties are not though. A good attacking option off the bench, a bad defensive one.

There was some real moronic behaviour on show yesterday. We had a bag pisser on our coach too, though he waited til we were approaching Darwen on the way back. Kids, and I literally mean children, snorting coke along with the “responsible adults” they were attending with. And judging by the smell of him, one severely intoxicated bloke who was struggling to stand in front of us had shit himself at some point prior to kick off. South Yorkshire police were also a disgrace - no surprise. What a good idea to basically encourage all home and away fans to converge on the same street immediately after full time. Plenty of officers then seemed very happy to antagonise an already powder-keg situation, and a few were loving throwing their weight around. On the flip side though I thought it was fantastic seeing more diversity amongst our travelling support than I’ve ever known before. The recent work the club have been doing in this area deserves huge credit.

Watched the entire game back again and it just served to confirm what I thought from the stand. For 80 minutes we were brilliant and every player was good to excellent. When they went to a back 4 and we went to a 5 it all changed. Brittain was a liability when he came on and Morton disgraced himself.

I was absolutely gutted when their winner went in, but I’m no longer disappointed but really angry. Morton is a disgrace. I thought he was feigning injury at the time, replay confirms it. Unforgivable from him and I hope his teammates let him know. Ship him back to Liverpool. The subs didn’t help either, for all the reasons previously stated on here. Brittain has been effective when brought on when we are chasing a game, but disastrous when we are hanging on. Big question marks over his defensive abilities. Aside from that it was a really good performance. I thought we were good value for the win and until the changes we were wholly comfortable. Special mention to Travis - he really stepped up today and was superb. Thought the ref was garbage… about the only thing he got right was ignoring Morton’s cheating. I’d love to beat that lot in the playoffs and I’d really fancy our chances over 2 legs.

Thanks Erling! Paid for my ticket and coach, and a pint and a pie too!

Boro winning convincingly might be a distraction for Sheff Utd tomorrow, fingers crossed. Can’t complain about todays set of results at all!

I haven’t looked forward to a game so much in years and honestly think I’ll struggle to sleep tonight. I wasn’t going to go, but I’ve changed my plans now so I can attend. It’ll be a tough game, but I think we will be fired up for it with a massive, noisy away following. On our day we are a match for anyone. I fancy our chances.

I thought tonight was Morton’s best performance in a while. Not every pass came off, as you’d expect, but he was willing to get on the ball and generally used it well. I do have concerns over his willingness to do his bit defensively though.

Brilliant that! Another very enjoyable evening at Ewood, the days of it feeling like a chore are becoming a distant memory. Szmodics was absolutely superb, Travis excellent too. Everyone played their part, and while we should’ve won a lot more comfortably the three points were never in doubt. Can’t wait for Sunday!

Wiki is a bit out. Riverside is actually over 5k. 27 rows, 202 seats per row, less a few at one side.

And the comment you are quoting acknowledges this.

We really need to get over this embargo news. I know a lot of the comments are tongue in cheek, but there’s plenty of our fans genuinely calling Burnley cheats, the EFL corrupt, and demanding point deductions and relegations. It’s a late submission of accounts which automatically leads to a block in registering new players. It’s an administrative hold up. We only need to cast our minds back 2 years to when we were in the exact same boat (along with Birmingham, Cardiff, Coventry, Huddersfield, Luton, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke). The hysteria from Rovers fans comes across as really bitter. We are better than that.

I’d sooner play Adam Wharton, but that won’t happen. Don’t want to see Morton at all and think we need someone a bit more expansive than Garrett. I certainly wouldn’t be against sticking with JRC and Pickering as fullbacks, I’d be very reluctant to play anyone on their wrong side. I’ve got the nagging worry that last time we played Reading both Brittain and Pickering were diabolically bad and got completely destroyed, defensive duties need to come first.

Britain’s brief introduction against Stoke definitely made a positive difference, but I think that was due to being able to exploit space out wide. Not sure if we’d get that with him playing from the left. Buckley didn’t look to be in any for state to play on Wednesday when he went off, if so I’d bring JRC into midfield and Brittain at fullback. Reason being JRC seems to do a lot of his best work when he comes across into the middle.

We’ve got a very winnable game on Wednesday. A good performance and result then keeps us well on track and builds optimism for the quarter final. Just a blip.

I’m hoping that was just an off day. For as bad as we were - and we were terrible for the record - Stoke were excellent and had us well figured out. Nothing really went for us today. While both sides had a stone wall penalty ignored, they scored almost straight after theirs, ours was cleared with ease. We definitely lacked our recent intensity and overplayed at both ends, and we looked uncharacteristically nervy. When nothings coming off a couple of subs can make a difference and I’d have liked to have seen changes made earlier. The two times we got a decent ball in the box we scored two cracking headers - there’s a positive there, and what a ball in by Brittain by the way. It’s disappointing but it won’t define our season. Oh, and if we’d been at Ewood the ref would’ve played at least another 3 minutes. Picking the same 11 was the obvious call, and I think some of the criticism certain players are getting is harsh. Nobody who started was good today, Carter the pick of the bunch but an incredibly low bar. Calls for JRC and Dolan to be dropped seem really reactionary and very much with hindsight. As good as he normally is Hyam was utterly shite today and head and shoulders the worst player on the pitch, but others seem to be easier targets. The run was never going to carry on indefinitely… hopefully it’s just a blip and we will be back to our best next week.

For someone who didn’t want to make predictions I made some pretty bold ones!

For me the view is way better, you look across at the pitch rather than down on it. I don’t notice the pillars having set there for the majority of time since it was built, and a slight head movement prevents any obstruction. The most obtrusive things are the TV gantries that means I can’t stand up all game at the back any more. There’s also more space and leg room. I can’t see the big screen, but that’s no loss, but I can turn round and see replays on the TVs at the back. I do wish they’d sort out the speakers though. Welcome to @Shakersrarara. Scandalous what happened to Bury, but we’re glad to have you here.