Actually they do. I always say Rovers and people generally know because we are the original and most successful

Much better than Rugby League in my opinion although probably not in yours obviously.

I like Mowbray too. I've said before, he reminds me of my uncles, great uncles, grandad, and many of my dads friends. They too spoke with that accent and were humble, honest hard working guys. I knew a lot of lads like that too but when I wanted to get married I knew they wouldn't do for me. I wanted someone with a bit more excitement, someone who offered a bit wider horizons. Still steady but just honest and decent doesn't quite do it. I want more for Rovers, just as I wanted that bit more for myself. We need a change sooner rather than later as this season will run away from us if Mowbray stays. We may finish mid table if we're lucky but our better players will want to leave, and those who could be improved with better coaching and training wont be getting it. I've always been wary of suggesting a change of manager because we all know that with Venkys a worse appointment is always a very real possibility but the team is going nowhere this season and probably downwards next if we dont change soon so let's get on with it, Venkys.

I know I've said it before but Sale Sharks give some premiership rugby cup games included in their season ticket prices and if you cant attend a league game, you tell them and you get a free ticket to take someone else to the next match you can attend. Makes your season ticket better value as even if you miss matches, you get the value of it. And of course those you take with you may well become regular attendees themselves. Also, they had £3 tickets for kids at the cup games. We took my grandson to the first match. Hes 3. When I told him we were going again he asked to be taken with us. He doesn't understand all that goes on but he watches the players warming up and copies them. He told his mum when he went home how they play - the man kicks the ball then when someone catches it all the other team try to take it and he has to wiggle it back to a player from his team, then they run again till they all make a big heap and they have to wiggle it back again. Not bad for a just 3 year old. He got to meet the players afterwards, doesn't have to sit still but can run about where we can see him. We wont take him regularly but wed take him again any time we were going and his parents needed a babysitter. I'd take him to Rovers too, dont get me wrong, but would it cost us that little?

I was at the Wigan match last season and I dont recall that being a battering. A decent win yes, but a battering, where we were dominant most of the match, no.

Do you actually think a Sporting Director post has any chance of being brought in at Rovers? I'm not criticising the idea BTW. I listened to the Norwich guy I think it was yesterday and he talked a lot of sense. I just think there is nobody to advise the Raos we could look at that management model and I'm not sure they'd listen anyway

You dont win in the first 10 games but you set a pattern and confidence . The more of the 30 available points you gain, the better. You dont hear City saying we've not done too badly because we've only had one defeat. They want to win the lot, and, whilst we can accept we wont win every match, that should be our aim. Losing to Luton AND Charlton is not acceptable because it's a bad habit to get into. Losing one wouldn't matter if you put it right and made very sure that barring the biggest of flukes, it didn't happen again. Losing to both is very poor indeed.

I'm aware hes already managed there but Boro is still his team and I think youd still want to manage them.

What? Wouldn't you jump at the chance to manage the team you've supported all your life?

I agree. I talked my husband into going to Rovers yesterday when we could have used our season tickets and gone to Clitheroe. We came expecting to see a slightly more exciting Rovers than I watched last season. Not great or brilliant but playing with a bit of enthusiasm and energy. We got some good possession in the first 15 mins just so Chaddy doesn't mention it again, but as soon as they scored, heads went down and they never came up again. Even when we kept possession at the start of the game there never looked like being a goal. We wont be busting a gut to get back to Ewood any time soon. Well be there but I'm not thinking, when can I go again, as i would have been if I'd at least seen a bit of real fight or desire from the players. I know Mowbray is rightly slated for getting things wrong, but there was no desire that i could see from players to dig deep and put it right. They have to take their share of responsibility too

Would the team win games like yesterday? If so I'd take boredom and he surely couldn't buy worse than Brereton and Gallagher

For me it's not just a Mowbray problem. For more years than I can remember I've been coming back from matches wondering why we so rarely enter the penalty area with the ball at our feet.. It creates the possibility of penalties and causes defenders problems. Instead we get to about 20 yards out, stop, play the ball backwards and then eventually try a cross which defenders are then well placed to head away. Frustrating

That last bit amazed my husband more than anything. Downing on the wrong wing

Sorry guys. My husband and I have a habit of jinxing teams. Our first match in ages. Perhaps we'd better stay away in future

Were seniors so that's our advance price in the BBE

Is it really only 7 years? I occasionally come across a photo I hid on my computer of him out socialising and I feel physically sick at the sight

I very sensibly decided yesterday that, since today was the first match I could attend this season, I'd get tickets there and then. £17 each. Not bad. Printed at home so no queues. But this should be available right up to kick off time or at least up to half an hour before when people can still do it and get there in time for kick off.

Burnley shirts are banned too. If I saw him with one I'd make sure it was accidentally ruined and replaced by a Rovers one but as grandparents both sets are behaving well so far

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Surely too, you could trial it say from now to Christmas in one area. Then extend it if its successful. It's what most places do. Sale sharks have offered free transport from the Trafford centre for years but only this season has it really taken off so that on Saturday they had double deckers on a shuttle run to 2 different points. Sometimes you have to find cash, invest and see what happens. I understand that free buses aren't necessarily possible at Rovers and there is no convenient starting point like the trafford centre with free parking for people to aim for. However, pick ups at Clitheroe and Whalley bus stations plus a stop in langho and wilpshire at a reasonable price shouldn't be beyond doing and I'm sure it's the same for the other areas mentioned

Imagination, vision, realising that what happens on the pitch is not the only thing that matters. Seems our leaders lack all of this

I can't bring my grandson often enough as he's usually doing something with his parents at the weekend anyway. At Sale Sharks it's standing so he can run about in any empty space in front of us. We can see him as the crowd's quite thinly spread so as long as he doesn't go too far away and stays where he can see us, we don't have to watch him all the time. And we're not allowed to bring him too often anyway because his daddy is a Burnley fan so we have, for the sake of family harmony, to refrain from buying him a Rovers shirt or anything like that.

May be but the view for adults is poor

He's in Belgium for the weekend but I am thinking of attending myself as it's the first match this season I've been able to attend as we only came home from hols this week.

They were. Loads of people had brought their kids. We took our 3 year old grandson with us. He had a whale of a time running along the front of the stand copying the subs warm up routines and we didn't think he'd paid much attention to the game but he told his mum afterwards that one man kicked the ball and if somebody caught it then lots of other men jumped on him in a big heap. We bought him a rugby ball afterwards and he was immediately running then lying down and passing it back to his grandad. He cried when he had to leave the ground. Doesn't take much at that age to get them interested