no ticket that price for a league game can be justified, even at momeymaking united they have never gone that far. to top it, should moneybags fc wind their next 2 games - boltona nd everton - then Rovers are the feed for them to set a new Premiership record of 11 straight wins. Now doesnt that just fill you with optimism ? In any case no way would I pay that amount for an away game at chelsea

in the overall view of mathematics I would suggest that 300 is a good estimate by our Ozz, even if its 2700 as suggested its still a pretty good guestimate

my take on the game was that it was a fully deserved victory. Rovers struggled at first to cope with the loss of Bellamy, they then proceeded to have problems breaking down the wba defence who along with their midfield showed that they are certainties for one thing only this season - R E L E G A T I O N Rovers only first half problems stemmed from the the fact that once again Tugay's mate - the 12th man - seemed to give the ball away too much landing the midfield in a bit of trouble. This was the only thing that caused apprehension amongst the Rovers midfield and they really created little as they struggled to find a way through the ranks of surely one of the tallest teams in the premier league. The second half turned simply on Rovers substitutions. Enter Emerton and Mokoena. The midfield became busier, the two up front became better and bigger targets and the wide men were supported by the willingness of Niell and gray to get as far forward as quickly as possible. I have antagonised over Kuqi, I wasnt happy with the signing at all and I forsaw nothing from him from the first couple of games this season apart from his effort. Today those thoughts were slammed to the back of my mind. He won almost every ball in the air, his link and passing play was spot on and he caused havoc with Dickov, Reid and MGP. Emerton played superbly well and looks to have his appetite for the game back. MGP looked off in the first half but as the game went on he got stronger and stronger. Rovers have previously fallen foul of that idiot of a ref rennie, he didnt give us much and missed two blatant penalties. the one on MGP was clear as daylight. Anyhow back to the game, Kuqi rose majestically to notch number one then calmly barged Dickov out of the way before clinically despatching number 2 between the keepers legs. All hail Ewoods new darling of today, two swan dives that merited 10 out of 10 for entertainment Overall pleased with the 3 points, it was a game we didnt want to lose, its a plus two haul on the game last season. Thought MH got the tactics right, although I wish I knew how to solve the Tugay problem. The team are obviously hell bent on playing for each other and the work rate is first class. The Rovers are a very fit outfit who will take a lot of hard beating, even from the best teams. I doubt that any other team in the league has our work ethic, its just a pity that we dont have the quality of some midfields as if we did then we would easily be one of the best 5 teams in the league. Player ratings Brad - 9 - fantastic save early doors then redundant Lucas - 9 - again solid, silly booking and very unlucky with a fantastic left foot curler Gray - 8 ran all day and supported the flank The Admiral - 8 - solid as usual Zuber - 8 - solid - perfect foil for Nelsen Tugay - 6 - too many misplaced passes Reid - 7 - solid but again goes missing for bits and that loose pass causes problems MGP - 8 - good game, should have had a penalty Bentley 7 - drifted too much Bellamy ** injured Dickov - 8 - ran all day subs Kuqi - 9 - my man of the match, not for his goals but his efforts and willingness to run, run and run The Axe - 8 - solidified the midfield and won everything Emerton - 8 - good to see him back on song Happy as Larry with the result, roll on Anfield

lawro's a nob let him have his fun, if we win then on motd he will slag the club, the players and the crowd, he will not be able to digest another Rovers win. Even more so if on the 15th we manage to beat his beloved levverpoooool at Anfield. I can forsee his prediction alread... Liverpool v Blackburn Liverpool to have an easy ride as Blackburn are not prolific, yes they ahd a great result at manure away, they also beat west brom 10-0 at home in one of the most ever one sided matches ever played in the Premiership, however, I still see Rovers struggling to score, especially with bellamy/pederson and bentley who in the last 2 games have only notched 12 goals between them 3-0 liverpool

2-0 and 3 wins on the bounce BTW what odds manure away win liverpool away win chelski away win for Rovers of course on a treble ???

Shearer, Sutton, McKinley, Gallagher, Berg, Flowers, Hendry, Garner and co over the years this fixture has been littered with misjustices against little old Blackburn Rovers, especially at the theatre of wet dreams and the rfw. Today was payback for all the cheating, the whingeing, the lack of humility, the refusal to acknowledge another team that played better on the park, the declination of rfw refusing to praise opposition, the monotonous refusal of supporters to obey ground regulations, the permanent smug grin of scumchester supports and so on........ Rovers fully deserved the win, our supporters who were there and tose of us at work or listening on the radio, watching dodgy satellite or whatever, our team deserved it. $$$$ the red scum, they lost. Now then how long is this run against them going to last ?

t4e try the A roads

I can honestly say that I really dont give a rats ar£e for tonights game, I simply cannot get myself interested in one iota in football. Its boring, its pants, its negative and its ???? well.........pi££ing me off Just spent 22hrs fishing and enjoyed every single minute of it, no wife and kids, no dog, no work, no football, no tv/media..just me,myself and I, two rods and sheer bliss. roll on saturday

united 2 x 0-0 draws in last 2 games another ? I seriously doubt it. manure 5 rovers 0

today saw 3198 barcodes in the ground, thats a massive drop on the 5900 from last year and is easily the worst ever support they have ever brought to Ewood for many a year. spekaing to lads in the pub who came down but remained in the pub, its the cost, the current playing standards and the fact that they had about 10 pints each whilst we were in the ground costing them approx 15£ whilst a ticket was £28 and the beer in the ground is nearly £3 a pint says it all something has to give

well now the beer is wearing off, the sourness is going whilst the reality is setting in. Today Rovers shot themselves in the foot and they certainly showed that they are NOT capable of playing 4-5-1 against lesser teams, coz beleive me NUFC were a very poor team to play and lose against today Hughes must shoulder the blame. Rovers have to reert to 4-4-2 Rovers have to ditch Kuqi now, he simply is never going to be a Premiership player Rovers must play Emerton from the off - how we missed him today Rovers must now play Friedel neill nelsen zurab/todd gresko emerton reid/savage bentley pederson bellamy dickov/jansen 4-4-2 is the only way ahead for Rovers now we have the following situation we must not lose the following wba h sunderland h and a wigan h and a pompy h and a wham h bolton h city h and a it is fast becoming a fight for survival especially with manure away next week any takers on a draw ??? thought not

there is only one way to describe todays inept performance F££££££ S^^^ I have never been so despondent after a performance of my team. to blame Hughes for his 4-5-1 formation newcastle were there for the taking, we missed the chance and now find ourselves in the bototm 3. from today its a relegation abttle Rovers do not deserve the title of Premiership Team we were f****** AWFUL at best

EVERY single premiership club has suffered in attendances. Rovers are not alone. manure,chelsea,arsenal,city,brum,sunderland,barcodes etc etc. Football has hit bursting point and something will have to give. Its plain and simple, they either cut it or many clubs will go out of business. For those who survive then its the birth of the European League. The survivors, chelsea,manure,liverpool and arsenal. hangers on possibly everton and city the rest of the clubs will be forced into a retreat, the rebirth of the football league with 3 divisions and a 4th division of 2 seperate leagues encompassing the non league clubs. SKY will see the result of their investment when they are ruined by the latest efforts to rid them of their monopoly on football. Football will face only one option. A complete regeneration of the beautiful game.

I have heard nufc barcodes have sold less than 3k tickets, looks like the football slumps has really hit home when we dont see 7k mad black and whites bobbing around Blackburn half cut. not only will the Rovers coffers suffer, the pubs between newcastle and Blackburn will be 3/4 empty

Huddersfield to feel the force of the Ewood Youth 3-0 Rovers, 8900 crowd

gee thanks Den now what happens ???? hope your well by the way

There is no point in giving in. Football has priced almost every hardworking supporter out of the game. Lets look at the recent facts, manure and chelsea cant even sell out for a game they would have sold twice over 2 years ago, the wages have spiralled, the cost of putting on a home match has spiralled and it really is unbelieveable just how much it costs for a day out at football. just a quick summary 3 pints (drivers !) £5 ticket £23 (adult) £8-£15 (junior/oap) programme £2.50 Pie and hot drink £4.50 says it all when you consider that just an adult is £40-£42 for a Saturday afternoon. away game on your own add approximately a further £35 and you fast approach £100 for a day out. JWilliams is right, football across the board has to adopt a strategy to keep the supporters coming through the gates. I dont see any reason why the Premiership comittee cannot look into knocking at least 30% off the price of a match ticket, I dont see how they cannot look into a standard fee throughout the league for football fans. Their could easily be a tiered pricing system behind the goal £23-£25 main stand upper £25 main stand lower £25 It should be the same for every single supporter. I certainly cannot see any justification for chelsea charging double prices for away fans or even charging £45 for a home ticket. It is purely scandalous and a rip off. its time to take action or football is a dead duck

nice take Scotty, I fully agree with you. Rovers and others do have to think ahead and seek survival. Yes that 40 point mark cant come quick enough. Rovers this season - wham apart- have been a far better sight than the last 2 seasons. They are effective, they work, they harry, they fight (literally), they run non stop. The only thing we lakc is a constant front man who can bang the ballin the net. The reason and sole reasons for falling attendances is NOT 4-5-1 or poor football, its the rocketing prices of watching it. Rovers have good ideas with the prices, but please £48-£50 for chelsea away, your 'aving a larff, Look at the other grounds, fans are simply being priced out of the game. I wonder how it would compare across the league home fans v away fans prices. I listened to J Wiliams take on attendances and he is right. Football has hit the brick wall, it must have when fergie, whinger and moanalot come out and say how sorry they are for the fans having to pay massive money to watch their teams. I wonder how sorry they would all be if they had to ask their players to take a 30% drop in wages to assit supporters in attending football grounds.

for all you ex pats out there some advice sing and shout as loud as you can 2-1 2-1 2-1 aussie wimps and whingers now deserve every little bit of stick they get, they have eraned it. I would like to say what a great set of sportsmen they are, they took defeat on the chin, lauded up the England team and then in true fergie style said... "we are still the number 1 team in the world" sorry boys it should have been WERE you were a truly great team with truly great players now your has beens, replaced by the bet set of cricketers this country has seen for many a year. so long and farewell, see ya next winter

A right royal week finishes with a Rovers win 1-0 (although I have dreamt a 3-0 Rovers win). The aussies sack Ponting as skipper McGrath announces his retirement along with three or four other elder players Flintoff made a freeman of Lancashire Chelsea lose in Europe Manure and fergie take some of the aussie sportsmanship and actually congratulate their opponents following two losses in the week and........ Monday morning Sourness gets sacked !!!

can anyone count how many hamstring injuries Rovers had undeer sourness and co ? yet agin another nufc strikes with the dreaded hamstring injury Hope shearer and own dont chase the long ball

just hoping for a 1-0 win for Rovers

not much interesting in Preston apart from the road out of it

lets be real about it ? 20k fans in the ground were made up of the schoolies, shoppers and the unemployed, they weren't real footie fans. A fiver a head saw to that ! As for St Mick, well he wont see 4 seasons at Newcastle, he wont save them this season and he wont win a trophy with them. His heart is at LFC and that is wehre he will be playing his football next season. The odds are that NUFC will move up the league, he does guarantee goals of that there is no doubt. The problems newcastle have is NO defence and NO midfield. Emre and Parker are class players, nolberto is past it. Shearer (god bless) is past it, cant jump, cant run. So IMO nufc will still struggle. The graveyard of visiting strikers is looming large, odds on Owen to break his leg at Ewood ? Fat Fred has done nothing more than paper the cracks. Souness still out before xmas

only coz it showed he didnt have any bo((ocks