My takeaway from the season so far is that it feels great to be firmly in the top 6 and not gherkin around mid table. If the venkys don’t back him then they can burger off. I heard from a good sauce that we’ll be strengthening the squad soon.

Snake Derrick (Steven Davis) Von Mistelroum my two favourites

What a lovely machine

Eh? In fairness, the match report I was referring to was in our old friend, The Guardian, and I wasn’t aiming my post at you. But you kind of did say the match was unexciting.

Anecdotal I know but I enjoyed it and my Utd supporting friends both said they’d be happy to come again and that we should make plans soon. Our only quibble was with the ridiculous queues for beer and pies. Unbelievable! I got a shock when I read a match report stating that the match was boring and not eventful. Maybe just because the match meant so much, but I was on the edge of my seat throughout. True, there wasn’t much quality on display from either side, but we’re Rovers supporters, not Barcelona. If you can’t get excited by a closely-fought derby like that then you may as well give up on football.

A frustrating match. Felt like we deserved a draw and neither team did enough to win it. It actually hurt to see the Burnley bastards celebrating that goal. I thought Brittain was excellent. Ran up and down the right all match and called out for the ball on a number of occasions when he had acres of space. Gueye makes trouble but he can’t pass, had a poor shot and is very slow. Why we don’t aim at him from corners is beyond me though. We were beaten today by a far better squad but as others have said we ran them very very close. The players worked so hard and I can’t criticise them even if the skill element is missing. We signed these guys for free or buttons; comoaring Gueye to Gallagher is mental - fee and wages are tiny in comparison. We will get worse than this creditable performance if money isn’t invested - we’re awful at creating and finishing chances already, and when Dolan leaves and Beck returns to Liverpool we’ll have two massive holes to fill. I loved seeing Ewood full and the atmosphere was unreal. I’ll be back again soon, probably in summer months rather than January as I’m still trying to thaw out 6 hours later in the airport.

The big day is finally here…. Hoping for passion, skill and hard work from the players, and a fiery atmosphere from the fans. Come on Rovers!

I thought we were alright. Pears’s distribution is very poor today and we pass it back too much but we’ve had a couple of good chances. ACD has been very good and grown into the game over the first half. Hull aren’t great though. I’d be disappointed if we lost this match but I think we’re capable of putting one of these chances away in the second half. With a bit of luck Gueye could have scored already, he’s getting in the right places and causing Hull problems.

Danny Baath has been excellent today.

I thought the exact same lol. Happens every weekend. Also I get stung sometimes - I put a bet on say, Dolan to be first goal scorer, 5 mins into the match one of the commentators will say “an interesting stat is that Dolan has never scored first in any match” 🤦‍♂️

I got sorted for four tickets for me and three friends but thanks. Looking forward to this more than Christmas now!

So I got an email from the club to say that I’m now allowed to buy tickets which is fantastic news. Thanks to all the kind and helpful people on this thread. Now I have more questions lol. I’m travelling in to Manchester probably on the Friday night. Would I be best advised to stay in Blackburn or somewhere nearby to avoid any trouble/transport issues on the way in on Saturday? If so, where’s a good spot to stay with decent nightlife for a few pints with my friends? Apologies if this is off-topic now.

Great result. Dolan immense, Tronstad was also brilliant. What a signing Cantwell looks as well, he’s too good for this league. We look very good at the back now and Pears was solid today imo. Eustace has totally won me round now.

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I think she said 300 but wasn’t sure as it hadn’t been decided yet.