If you watched the youngsters at Ewood last night they had these basics off to a tee. It sounds a wee bit like the blame game to me.

Excellent. I agree.

2-1 we could not do worse than base the team on Friday on the one that played tonight.

2-0 two good goals from Stokes

A cracking first half (0-0) of football which was shaded by Rovers. We hit the inside of the bar and it came down onto the line and both Willem Tomlinson and Anthony Stokes has brilliant shots saved. Tomlinson and Elliot Ward were stand out players for me. Tomlinson is as hard as nails and has good position and distribution. Raya did not have a save to make although he was chivvying the outfield players all game, his distribution was excellent. Probably one of the most enjoyable games I have seen at Rovers for some time. It will be interesting to see away the other PB (Parson) has to say.

Tell the plumber to hurry up Paul. Is it your ballcock?! In a strange way I am looking forward to seeing some 'honest' football if that is the right word.

Yep, I think I will go as well. I would rather watch these than the 1st team.

I used to have that feeling every time I walked or drove down Livesey Branch Road and turned the corner to see Ewood whether there was a game on or not. I loved the place. Sadly indifference is taking over and it reminds me of plague.

Den, the most predictable thing in life, after death, is that people are consistently inconsistent. So where are we.....at the moment we are alive watching the destruction of a community club loved by so many....that basket case called Blackburn Rovers. In a World of horrors and bloodshed I guess we should focus on what matters in life and try and recall the enjoyment that Rovers once brought us. Amen, and sorry for the sermon from Mount Hoghton.

Exactly Lancaster. It will be the fans fault for not turning up, and the Club therefore have to make savings. They will be reducing the size of chocolate bars soon and serving up 90% of a pint.

I remember a poster on this MB who said in a PM to me that the Championship would be better for us as it would enable us to be more competitive and would bring more excitement. You could not make it up. As it was a private PM I cannot reveal the poster.

If you take away Villa, Newcastle, Preston and Leeds then our 'real' average gate this season is probably around 8,000. Take away the predicted loss of ST holders next season (I know of 3 lomg termers who are packing in) and the lack of big* games for next season then it is not looking good. *Would you regard Fleetwood , Oldham, Bury, Rochdale or Wigan as big games? Mind you Steele and the bods in front of him may just hit form for our remaining games.

Gate wise I see us on a par with Northampton / Gillingham / Chesterfield next season. If we hit the giddy hights of Coventry and >9,000 I will be surprised. Will the Riverside and DE still be open for home fans next season? I know the 'management' (sic) promised no more stand closures but do you trust them? Do you really trust them?

Signed and professionally framed RFS shirt along with Certificate of Authenticity. The framing is lovely by a mate of mine with a shop in Leyland. £65. I will deliver in the the Blackburn, Preston, Chorley, Leyland areas.

Been Stateside for 6 days and this is the first time I have been on here since correctly advising the MB that Senior had brought Coyle in just prior to the Man Utd game, clearly he could not dismiss Coyle a day or two before Utd. I am not sure who Mowbray's agent is but both Lambert and Coyle were under the same agent, he lives on Sandy Lane in Brindle. At the moment I do not care who his agent is, the bigger issue here is the owners; all we can hope is that Mowbray motivates the players, we have some sort of "Mowbray Factor" and we manage to get enough points to stay up. In my opinion Mowbray is capable of this, he and the players however do need fan backing at games until the end of the season.

The semi-final versus Fleetwood is 18th April at the Lancs County Ground in Leyland, kick off at 7pm. That is one Rovers game I will go to pay to watch. I am already looking forward to it.

Great result from the youngsters, this bodes well for the future. I just hope we do not sell all the decent ones although I guess that is why the V's continue to fund the Academy with £2M per year alongside their 'milking' of the 1st team. £2M is a good investment if you can sell a few nuggets (not chicken nuggets) every season.

The under 21's are at Southport tonight. I saw Parson Blue setting off from Hoghton Bottoms to watch the game - I hope it is a good result for us.

Nope. It is written in Pune.

It looks like there were less than 4.5k prawn sandwich eaters on tonight.

It looks like there were less than 4.5K prawn sandwich eaters on tonight.

So the Venky goons have put a slope into our Ewood Park pitch. That is the last straw. V's out!

I remember that very well. If he scored I have no doubt we would have been up. That's life !! I was also good mates with his Brother who lived in Toxteth, Liverpool 8. HG is a lovely and principled chap.

I was there for every home game last season. The BBE last season was 50% occupied at the best. No gloat, just angry.

Ha ha 75% of seats occupied. I doubt it