[Archived] Bournemouth Preview

[Mike Graham]

Rovers have the chance to bounce back and get our promotion run back on track after a couple of minor setbacks against local rivals and friends Bolton and Burnley.

I am looking forward to this big game on Wednesday (probably because I will be in London on business), with a big, passionate Ewood crowd on a high after seeing Jprdan Rhodes smack a great goal against the local pansies Burnley.

I hear that Gary Bowyer is taking his players away for a couple of days to a stud farm sharpen up on our latest tactic "hoof ball" which was played with such effectiveness against Burnley.

My word of advice is go early as we are expecting around 8,000 fanatical home fans to attend.

Enjoy and COYB !!

[lraC]

We have nothing at all to lose now, so I really do believe that the shackles may as well come off and all out attack from now to the end of the season. If we manage a miracle and win a few, great, if we lose 70% of them, what does it matter.

Some people are saying we have a pivotal date coming up when administration could happen. We shall see, but do we care if that does happen, perhaps not?

[Tom]

4-0

Everything is awesome

[Husky]

Minor setbacks, that's the spirit.

5-1 to the Rovers!

[perthblue02]

4-0

Everything is awesome

Chaddy spiked your drink ?

[ABBEY]

4-0

Everything is awesome

you think so looking at some of the Rovers Fans on twitter .. Out in force

[Tom]

Nah HappyChaddy is still out celebrating our 1-0 win today mainly down to the managers genius decision to count the score at half time as the full time score

[yoda]

could see us not winning again this season, players in holiday mode now

[tomphil]

For once im going to predict a win as they owe us a performance after the 2 rather lame surrenders against our rivals. If they don't put a performance in and there is any kind of negative tactics etc from 'Gaz' then there'll be trouble.

Rovers 3 Bournemouth 0

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[Lancs Rover]

Anyone who wonders why they are bothering with the Bournemouth match should read this article:

How football has lost touch with its young fans

I was sorely tempted to skip the game and refuse Rovers my season ticket money in future. Bottom lip out-style. But my kids keep me going. Even sometimes when I think I've had enough.

As the Guardian article says:

Peter Daykin is the co-ordinator of the campaign for safe standing at the Football Supporters' Federation. He is also a parent. "I've got a three-year-old and a five-year-old," he says, "and at some stage I want to take them to football. But although football is much safer today, it's a far less attractive thing for kids to do now." According to Daykin, this is because children are now deprived of the chance to socialise with adults in a spontaneous environment. "I fell in love with football because it was about going to Roker Park and seeing for the first time adults behaving in a completely different way to how they normally did," he says. "Particularly here in the north-east of England, where men didn't really share their emotions and were quite cold… you could go to the match and all of a sudden you've got guys shouting and screaming and hugging one another. You could understand things about humanity at football that you didn't see anywhere else."

In England, as we have lost terraces, and younger crowds have lost the chance to mix freely with older men, so we have lost a means to navigate our way from boyhood to manhood. "It's the good and bad," says Daykin. "It wasn't all good, and we're not trying to airbrush society; but those experiences we had as kids on the terraces were real."

It's a long article but worth the read.

[Neal]

Should be good. Hopefully get our best centre midfielder back so i can enjoy watching his career be wasted on the right wing. Can't wait to watch Henley get roasted at right back again, thats always exciting.

Rovers will win 3-0 and the club (Gaz included) will spew out some positive boll*cks about how they wanted to see a response after the Burnley and Bolton defeats... Against a team with one of the worst away records in the league. This is a perfect match for Gaz after those 2 matches, the type of game he's capable of winning...

It's those big games that trouble him you see.

[K-Hod]

Well, there was meant to be a response today but that didn't come to pass, I'll not hold my breath on this game being any different.

The kind of game like Peterbrough and Birmingham where we think we'll win easily, then end up 0-3 at half time.....

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We just better win Mr Bowyer!

[AndyNeil]

10,000 (forget the tickets sold figure) in the ground, zero atmosphere with a 1-0 win and we'll be expected to believe that the play off charge is back on...the sooner they just admit to (A) NOT going into admin on 27th March and ( trying to build a team/squad capable of a promotion/play off push, the better for all concerned.

[yoda]

10,000 (forget the tickets sold figure) in the ground, zero atmosphere with a 1-0 win and we'll be expected to believe that the play off charge is back on...the sooner they just admit to (A) NOT going into admin on 27th March and ( trying to build a team/squad capable of a promotion/play off push, the better for all concerned.

Sounds like a job for the new director

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Lucky if there's 8,000 real bums on seats.....can't be ars*d after today! not quite like it was under Coco, but better things to do on a week night.

[West Yorks Rover]

I expect B/mouth to win this, they're in good form atm and Rovers haven't played well for ages, better manager too !

1-2

[Mike E]

We'd better @#/? win! Simple as that.

[K-Hod]

CBA after today

[Husky]

Lucky if there's 8,000 real bums on seats.....can't be ars*d after today! not quite like it was under Coco, but better things to do on a week night.

Like what?

[Paul]

I'm going. Must be crazy. I've lost all expectations so whatever happens won't be a disappointment.

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Like what?

Annual inspection of my navel for fluff for one

[ABBEY]

I'm going. Must be crazy. I've lost all expectations so whatever happens won't be a disappointment.

I lost expectation that stupid disrespectful cow didn't come on the pitch and chose to keep her clean and have the interview inside.

[JonnyBRFC]

I'm going. Hoping for another 'reaction'. Anything less than a win and we will be seriously going downhill.. Though Bournemouth are not a bad side at all.

GB has to go for it surely?

[Rover95]

I'll be there. Obviously gutted after yesterday but I'll be interested to see how the players react to the defeat .

I may have missed this but does anyone know who the bloke was on the pitch before ko yesterday . Applauding the home fans and giving 2 fingers etc to the Burnley fans?