Umbro kit launch watch Expect a variation on this for the away kit. My heart says red and black, but logic says different colours. Note the cuffs......They are definitely coming

New font for names and numbers in EFL And yes........ That squiggle will be on every shirt at the start of each last name........

Further confirmation the cuffs are coming! Bournemouth away, nice shirt. Also, as said, expect this to be the keeper kit, but with different sponsor/badge

That Derby shirt is very nice. I had a dream (fellow saddo) last night that I was at the launch event of the new kits. The shirt was blue and white halves with red cuffs, but the badge was in the middle (looked a lot like the European kit we had with Kappa)....so naturally I was getting a bit frustrated......then they revealed the away kit...... Claret and blue! I thought.....oh no.....people are not going to be happy!!!! Fortunately, I then woke up

To confirm yesterdays post, home and away shirts will almost definitely have cuffs. Both solid kits (obviously colour aside) although the away kit is rather plain! Expect Rovers shorts and socks to be similar design Also keeper kit confirms the Umbro template.

Big fan of new kits and when they come out Judging by what else I've seen from Umbro I have a few speculative guesses at details Blue and White Halves - Obviously, nothing to suggest the colours won't be flipped, but Umbro do have a history of doing so (11/12 kit) Umbro taping at the bottom of the sleeves, probably in a different colour to the sleeves. Maybe a blue cuff at the bottom of the right sleeve and a white cuff at the bottom of the left? Cuff colour to match collar? Everton Keeper kit link http://evertondirect.evertonfc.com/stores/everton/en/product/everton-goalkeeper-home-shirt-2018-19/227816?cur=GBP&CMP=GBC-everton112&portal=everton112&gclid=CjwKCAjwxZnYBRAVEiwANMTRX7u5AGkI2HccKMld2Wy9d_ebY7vBnKiYEvfoRj47NG95ojKhMyTnbhoChxgQAvD_BwE Umbro always use the same template for their keeper kits, so I'd expect a variation on this in two colours. 17/18 used Pink and Green, I'd guess one of these colours will change in 18/19 if not both. Yellow perhaps? Red too I also predict the 18/19 away kit won't be red, because it was partially red last season. Obvious guesses are Navy or Yellow or White. New Caen kit uses an interesting template, this would look great in red and black, but would be VERY SIMILAR to the 17/18 kit. The training kit should give the first clue of what colour WON'T be used as an away kit. I'd predict Red training jackets/tops

Lets not forget we're going into a league, where champions Wolves paid £15.8m for Ruben Neves! Heck even Derby County paid £7m for Tom Lawrence!

Outs Antonsson - loan return I've liked Payne, and maybe I'd sign him if available on a free, but can return to Huddersfield on loan Chapman - Prove fitness before any deal Caddis Gladwin Ward Ins Central midfielder - Joe Aribo from Charlton please Striker - Target man type - Rudy Gestede esque Centre back Right back Armstrong back on loan (until Xmas, maybe League One is his level at the moment?)

Speaking of former friends Interesting fortunes for most of our ex-Roverites still playing in the Championship, that were with us in 2016/17 Promotion Chasing - Feeney (Cardiff) Playoff Chasing - Marshall (Millwall) Mid-Table - Lucas Joao (Sheffield Wednesday) Relegation Candidates - Lowe and Gallagher (Birmingham) Akpan and Samuelsen (Burton) Steele (Sunderland) For Context - Most selected lineup of Rovers players in 2016/17 season.....and where they are now GK - Jason Steele (43 apps) - Backup goalkeeper at Sunderland - 12 apps in League - Heading for Relegation RB - Ryan Nyambe (25 apps) - Still at Club, 1st choice CB - Charlie Mulgrew (28 apps) - Still at Club, 1st choice - Captain CB - Darragh Lenihan (40 apps) - Still at Club, 1st choice LB - Derrick Williams (39 apps) - Still at Club, 1st choice RM - Liam Feeney (38 apps) - Substitue at Cardiff - Heading for the Premier League CM - Jason Lowe (43 apps) - 8 apps for Birmingham - Fighting Relegation CM - Danny Guthrie (24 apps) - Currently playing for Indonesian League 1 side - Mitra Kukar LM - Craig Conway (42 apps) - Still at Club, Backup, just 20 apps so far this season ST - Danny Graham (35 apps) - Still at Club, 1st choice ST - Sam Gallagher (43 apps) - At Birmingham - Fighting Relegation Others Gordon Greer (20 apps) - at Kilmarnock Tommie Hoban (16 apps) - Hasn't played for Watford since 2014 Marvin Emnes (34 apps) - At Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor Hope Akpan (25 apps) - At Burton - Headed for Relegation Martin Samuelsen (4 apps) - See Hope Akpan Connor Mahoney (14 apps) - Reserve on loan at Barnsley - Played 3 games since January - Fighting Relegation Stephen Hendrie (3 apps) - On loan at Motherwell after loan deal with Southend was cancelled Adam Henley (2 apps) - On loan to Real Salt Lake FC's reserve team Real Monarchs Wes Brown (5 apps) - At Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League - managed by David James Anthony Stokes (7 apps) - Recently joined Apollon Smyrni FC of the Greek Super League Jack Byrne (4 apps) - At Oldham - Fighting Relegation to League Two. And of course........... Owen Coyle - Sacked by Ross County after 4 wins from 22 games Is it any wonder we got relegated? In fact, how did we only go down on goal difference?

Based on what you've seen would you sell Wright for £1m?

What a team talk! COYB

Saw a video on YouTube of Stoke fans singing a Marc Muniesa song to the theme of 'La Bamba' Would love a Rovers version, and Ryan Nyambe fits perfectly R-R-R-Ryan Nyambe, R-R-R-Ryan Nyambe He plays for Rovers with Conway and Raya Ryan Nyambe, Ryan Nyambe, R-R-R-Ryan Nyambe..... and so on! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOn7LPxHkZk So easy and catchy!

Another thing bites the dust Was nice to be able to hear the managers thoughts post match. I guess you can get this service through Radio Lancs, but loses that personal touch.

Coventry are one of our bogey teams, particularly away from Ewood Last 10 games vs. Coventry (in all comps) P10 W1 D4 L5 F10 A14 Last victory vs. Coventry Blackburn 4-0 Coventry - 11th January 1997 Flowers, Kenna, Hendry, Berg, Le Saux, Sherwood (Fenton), Flitcroft, Bohinen, Wilcox, Gallacher (Donis), Sutton Goals - Sutton 16, 34. Gallacher 30, Donis 75 Last victory at Highfield Rd (Rovers never won at The Ricoh) Coventry 0-2 Rovers - 29th August 1992 (seven vists ago) Mimms, May, Hendry, Dobson, Wright, Ripley, Moran, Sherwood, Atkins, Newell, Shearer (Wegerle) Goals - Shearer pen 69, Atkins 79 Our only League Cup meeting to date..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAcrZ56hbM8

It pained me to do so, but seeing as I never win bets, I hoped I'd jinx us to stay up! Alas, not

From 20th July 2016 Wish I'd put more on!

As with a lot of clubs, players leaving the area and distractions from university, work, families etc really seems to have hit the club hard. I think its reputation works both for and against the club. A long way to go, still fancy Todmorden to win the League, but nice to get off to a good start!

Great to see, my club, East Lancs joint top of the Lancashire League after three games!

As good a player as he was (and he was one of Rovers' all time best) his substitution routine was pure genius. Step 1 - Glance over to bench to get inkling he was coming off Step 2 - Decide to try something outrageous or overly skillful as a parting gift Step 3 - Drift over to the Riverside Stand Step 4 - Look at the fans in the Riverside as the board went up. Step 5 - Ignore the board Step 6 - Wait for prompting or the stadium announcer to call out ''Number 5......Tugay'' Step 7 - Look suprised Step 8 - Remove shinpads Step 9 - Loosen Socks Step 10 - Tuck shinpads into shorts Step 11 - Applaud the Riverside Stand Step 12 - Start the walk off Step 13 - Applaud the Darwen End Step 14 - Wait for the referee to come and tell you to hurry up Step 15 - Shake hands with the referee, tell him what a wonderful job he's doing/done Step 16 - Brisk walk or lazy jog for ten paces Step 17 - Applaud the Blackburn End Step 18 - Wait for ''Tugay you are my Turkish delight'' Step 19 - Kiss or pat badge on shirt Step 20 - Shake hands with the left back/left winger Step 21 - Shake hands with opposition right back as they come to tell you to hurry up Step 22 - Applaud Jack Walker Stand Step 23 - Final curtain call to all four sides Step 24 - Affectionate handshake and/or hug with player coming on Step 25 - Shake hands with manager Step 26 - Shake hands with all the coaching staff Step 27 - High Fives to fans sitting near the Rovers dugout Step 28 - High Five to fellow subs Step 29 - Final Wave Step 30 - Finally Sit Down

Mowbray at Coventry 2014/15 Went in with 14 games to go. Aim - To keep them up. P14 W5 D4 L5 Pts 19 4 Clean Sheets 4 of 5 victories away from home. Lets say with the added game for Rovers he ends P15 W5 D5 L5 Pts 20 Would 49 points keep us up?

I got on 4/1 at Paddy Power. Only a tenner, but felt it was a sound bet. Setting up an account and spending £10 gave me £30 in free bets. Put £10 (of the free bet cash) on Danny Graham to finish Top Goalscorer in the Championship (e/w) so basically to finish top 4. at 50/1 Currently 6th with 11 goals.

Going against my minimum of 10 games rule.... All from the 2012/13 Season ~ All played at least once...... Diogo Rosado Paulo Jorge Cameron Stewart David Bentley (heart wasn't in it) Simon Vukcevic DJ Campbell Edinho Junior Karim Rekik Anton Forrester

That whole Netherlands squad was tipped for huge things, all flopped. Maduro, Pieters, Royston Drenthe, Ryan Babbel, Daniel de Ridder, Tim Krul, Zuiverloon

None of the current crop make the list?

To be fair to Alan Fettis, he was 3rd choice, only played because Flowers and Filan got injured. It would be like judging Andrew Fisher in goal for us, in the Premier League! Goalkeepers, ONLY REGULARS list (1992-present) 1. Friedel 2. Filan 3. Flowers 4. Robinson 5. Mimms 6. Steele 7. Kean Others (in no order) - Brown, Eastwood, Fettis, Sandomierski, Raya, Kelly, Enckleman, Bunn