Dont forget Souness's old friend 'lady luck' too chris,wonder how many times she'll give us a loving embrace this season! Same old,same old.

I'm afraid one thing IS for sure Eddie chap and that is that Rovers fans WILL NOT tolerate another season of sh1te like the one just gone. That feeling already seems to come across quite clear and strong to me and many others...lets hope Souness gets the message early too. Simple as.

Although staying in the Prem IS no1 priority,like you Paul my first reactions when seeing the headline in the LET was 'oh no not again...same old ,same old.' The wording of his comment does not fill your average Rovers fan with optimism does it

Agree, Kanu's control of the ball was superb I thought, on more than a few occasions 2 or more Rovers players failed to take the ball from him in the tackle!

Expected more to be honest but what the hell, its only early doors.Have a feeling that will be the last of the 'diamond formation' by Mr Souness as it cleary does not work with the players we have,many appeared to not know what position to play!.Fair do's to Dickov who hussled and bussled and looked very lively....still big worries about the attack, I stand by my comments that we need to adequately replace Cole.Play like we did in the first half today against better opposition and the game will be over at half time for Rovers. Overall summary: CAN AND MUST DO BETTER. P.S. Looking through the programme I was surprised to see that a larger crowd was on Ewood for the game against WBA in Div 1 back in 2001 !!!!!

THE TENSION IS NOW BUILDING............. COME ON YOU BLUES!!!!!

Very sadly Al that is the crux of the problem....... the past and present just dont compare anymore

He simply isn't getting enough chances in the first team to make an impression but then again I've heard NOTHING via the club to convice me he can make the grade ever again.He either makes that breakthrough this season or its goodbye IMHO. So sad for a player who once promised so much .........

Scrappy game but 2-1 Rovers! 24,500

Front and back page of LET,flyers, radio advertisement..dont think the club can do any more to be honest Hughesy. Non-white season ticket holders are in a very small minority I would have said AND THAT IS NO FAULT OF BLACKBURN ROVERS......the Asian community will simply not support in large numbers. Roverite, get on the blower to rovers mate, mine arrived at least 3 weeks ago and 2 instalments have already been paid for.

Good shout CLB!. Although some of us(yes,me included ) wish we could pull more through the gates it has to be said that the last 13 years have seen some of the most consistent,stable and 'loyal' support at Ewood park in the clubs entire history..here's to that continuing!

I'm glad to say thats not as bad as I thought it could've been at one stage..looks like the Premiership years are paying dividends now in term's of an increased 'hardcore' fanbase...keep the faith!!

Any updates on numbers sold yet?........

''What I will say is that for all this pessimism we are unbeaten and we've hardly conceded and goals. What more does anyone want? Eh????' We have some tough opening fixtures,we'll very soon see if this team can cut the mustard Bob and make no mistake,with the signings we have made NOBODY really knows at this stage.....................

Agree entirely Den, worring situation that needs to be resolved by the Ewood money men sooner rather than later.Its only one friendly game but what I saw today did nothing to convince me we are strong enough in attack.

The 6,000 stand was not full but it was also definitely not 2/3 empty mate!! .....Give me Ewood park anyday,there is a massive difference in quality in the stands both in terms of brick and mortar and also the folk sat in them!!

Mmmmmmmm..we huffed and puffed on a very hot day and the Preston players looked fitter as you would possibly expect.Couldn't really take much from the game but IMHO there are massive question marks over Dickov,Reid and our 'friend' Mr Yorke....We got the win but the performance was well below par. Good and vociferous following of between 3-4,000 Rovers fans at a guess. P.S. Did anyone else manage to find the memorabilia belonging to Bob Crompton in the museum?.... or was I just too hung over from last night

Good grief!....just try the main carparks opposite the main stand and across from Tom Finney way if you dont want to circum navigate Blackpool!!!

Pray tell us more Blueboy! .......................................

Thats more like it Rovers fans!we can re-live our promotion game as we look upon the Pavilion terrace with a tearfull eye. P.S. Make sure to vist the football museum before the game ***LATEST*** Lee has just confirmed on the official site that all the initial 1,000 allocation have been sold and it's now pay on the gate....what a waste of time selling tickets!! http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News...~544740,00.html

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Good advise to be honest,Like Burnley fans many appear to have a rather large chip on their shoulder when it comes to matters Rovers..be sensible is the best advise especially after about 50+ Rovers 'fans' decided to lay waste to a few pubs in Preston on their way back from Bolton a few seasons ago!

Sumners it is then Oi! Oi!! Oi!!! Try and spread the word that the game is ALL TICKET folks because nothing has been said in the LET I notice

Interesting comment taken from a Sunderland fan about their huge drop in attendances,the 41,000 refers to season ticket holders! ''We actually had 41,000 about 3 years ago so the fall in support has been dramatic over the last 2 seasons. The average gate over 3 years has been 47000, 39000 and 27000. Very worring, a drop of 20,000 in 2 seasons just goes to highlight the fickleness of happy clappy Premiership supporters.'' .... they have sold less than 15,000 season tickets to date for the coming season

And the big temperature (money raised) thingy mi bob LOL! did it ever reach the target or was that when Jack intervened to save the day?