So it's been a long process & we all know about the last 12 years, it may be the optimist in me but everything about this feels right! After all optimism is the the curse that all football fans have to endure! So, what are the positive signs? A young charasmatic manager with recent success, an illustrious career in football who is the pitch side figurehead primarily focused on the team & tactics. A no.2 who has a wealth of experience including at championship level. A new conditioning coach, god knows we need something different given the injuries we have had at critical times in recent years. A DoF who will can focus on the future of the team, contracts & scrounging for cash. Allowing the manager deal with the next match. This is a new management team that may click together & force the clubs attention on football, something that has been lost over the last 12 years! They may also be able to force the "hangers-on" out. I have not allowed myself get excited about rovers for a long time, (maybe for a few hours last December!) But I have the rose tinted glasses on & I am officially EXCITED!!

I don't get to see rovers play as much these days as we are rarely on TV but I've been a member of this site for many years & reading between the lines the the club appears to have settled into the enevitible mediocrity of the venkys era. There is no willingness to fight for the club, the fans or themselves. This comes, not from the manager, but the very top, the owners take no interest, have not fir years & are never likely to! The club is like the 8th child in a family of ten, we just can't find our place. Unfortunately, speculating who should be the next manager is a blind attempt to create a bit of excitement! Experience of this era tells me that we will get an adequate name who won't overly excite & will have very little chance to progress the team because he cant get full backing & a drive from the owners. What is really needed is a figurehead at the top who will drag this club back to where it should be with a philosophy & a fire in thier belly.

I had a look through his pictures on the twitter account, anyone else see the Dominos feast he went through on May 6th?? around about the time we were being relegated!! must have been comfort eating!! I would like to see goodwillie get a run in the side & show what he can do but the guy seems to be missing the point here, you can have all the talent in the world but without dedicating every second of your life to being the best player you can be you are wasting your opportunity!!

I really do hate the way football prima donnas act nowadays, I would love if Rovers stood up to Benni, made him honor his contract & effectively ended his world cup dreams & his career!! I know this would cost us financially & we cannot afford that, also having him around the place would be disruptive! However, it would bring our club into the spotlight & show players that we are not willing to stand for this. The players are not bigger than the club, if it were handled in the right manner & the media were to pick up on it, it can only be of benefit to us & smaller clubs like ours!!

OOOOOOOOOooooooooooohhhhh!!!! Get you!?!

Condolences to Benni & his family, we should be singing his name at Ewood on Saturday, whether he plays or not, to let show him our support!

I Remember the day we got Dailly! it was transfer deadline day & we were nailed on to sign Sol Campbell for £15m or something ridiculous & next thing who do we end up with!?! .....that was one nail in our relegation coffin!!

Tugay should definetly get a new deal if sparky thinks he deserves it! The guy is a legend & his skills are a dying breed in the premiership. Yeah, hes not getting any younger but either is teddy sheringham! If he can TAKE PART in 20 - 25 games a season then happy days & blackburn will be better off for it!!

Great day for rovers!! looks like sparky's pulled off another master stroke in the transfer market! just think of how many goals our 4 new strikers could score compared to bellamy on current form!! (all signed for less than the 6mill we got for Bellars!!!!) I think Trappatoni may have been taking a few notes tonight!!! COME ON YOU ROVERS

Happy Days!!! First post here! (long time visitor to site) great to be able to celebrate my first post with a win!!! COME ON YOU ROVERS!!!!! Pity arsenal beat united tho (Sure thats not hard, as we know), would have been nice to be looking down on them!!!