That is true but the reasoning was entirely different. After two seasons of very poor football, Souness's lack of ambition, lack of effort by many players etc. I did not want to renew. I was sick of football and even sick of watching the Rovers. Despite that we went back. For several years now the only joy I find in football is at Ewood Park, when I began to feel the disease had taken root in our club I simply did not want to go......but something always pulls you back. I remain tired of modern football run by incompetent fools, over-exposed in gutter media outlets and polluted by money, if I stopped believing in Rovers that would be it. Towards the end of the Souness reign I very nearly stopped because I was close to losing that belief. I happily except many cannot attend Ewood for a variety of reasons. I don't think live TV and a night in the boozer is a valid reason, assumming one lives in the local area.

Just like to make the point, and no apologies for repeating elsewhere, that we renewed STs in April to show our SUPPORT and appreciation for what the club is doing. I want to encourage the club's efforts. The discount, which I reckon is worth at best 5%, is nice but was not the reason for renewing in April. I want Rovers to know we will be there, again, next season.

Just like to make the point, and no apologies for repeating elsewhere, that we renewed STs in April to show our SUPPORT and appreciation for what the club is doing. I want to encourage the club's efforts. The discount, which I reckon is worth at best 5%, is nice but was not the reason for renewing in April. I want Rovers to know we will be there, again, next season.

Nothing could dull my delight at last night's result though leaving the ground I felt a sense of anger towards all the stayaways. I agree 100% with thenodrog's post. The so called supporters who plead poverty and spend the night boozing are, for me, beyond the pale. I'd take any odds those same people are to be found boozing another 3-4 nights a week as well. Those fans are missing out, they won't experience the joy and for me they are of no consequence. Stuuf 'em - or stronger if you wish. I look forward to the day we reach a final and none of them can get in. We have a great club at every level, the team has achieved all that was asked of them , the manager is working small miracles etc. etc. Anyone who won't give up a few beers to support the team isn't worth discussion. Pathetic attitude.

Yes!

Nope! I can see Shearer scoring. My wife tried to make me sit down, she thought I was going to have a heart attack!

Oh right, fine. I'll just stop at home. Clearly it was a waste of time spending all day at work yesterday to ensure I'm at Ewood for KO. Never mind that we have the first chance to beat the PL champions, forget the fact we need at least a point and possibly three to guarantee 6th spot, UEFA qualification and £4.5m in prize money. Lets just give up, lose the next two games and settle for eighth. Now can someone remind me why Rovers bother to play the game or we turn up to watch? Anyone who doesn't care about this result should watch on Sky.

Spot on colin. With the exception of Pearce and Curbishley the available candidates would not raise any excitment if they were coming to Ewood. Allardyce is a plainly ridiculous choice as he has no experience of managing top international players, no real European experience. His "success" is based on cheap foreign imports at the end of their careers or journeymen PL players. He has no serious track record for the England position. Pearce - no track record of any description. His only qualification, at a managerial level, is enthusiasm and passion Curbishley - a clearly intelligent and articulate individual who has achieved a lot at Charlton. One has to ask the question, why has he been there for 15 years? McClaren - the obvious and most boring choice. Why put a structure in place deisgned to ensure the succession and then ignore it? Other than that McClaren is only the manager of an average PL team going through a purple patch. Big deal. The whole situation typifies the farce which is English football. Those supposedly responsible for running football at the highest level are, at England level, a bunch of clowns. There is only one certainty in this situation, none of the four candidates is good enough and that the FA have allowed this to become the case is disgraceful. The whole exercise is a joke, the FA is run by individuals with a massive conflict of interest between the PL and the England team. Whatever the result it will be a mess and any of the four "leading" English candidates, if appointed, will fail. The obvious candidates, top coaches working in the PL, have not been approached. I wonder why that is? Self-interest? No, couldn't possibly be, when have we ever seen the PL and FA demonstrate self-interest?

Can someone tell me what Scholari has done?I thought he was nailed on and now he seems to be out of the running completely? Yes I am a bit out of touch at the moment.

Yep. Done mine took me all of a minute to spend £875! As I've just surfaced for the first time in a while I've added the requested poll.

Gets my vote and it is probably the only solution.

Simple answer, No. The club are making enormous efforts but the best we can hope for is to maintain the average. I know folk who will not be renewing STs because of fixture times and missing too many games. The ST is great value but only if you attend every match. They won't stop attending but will pick and chose. Two things I know Tris and I disagree on are Souness and Sky. I still feel the negativity from Souness towards the end of his reign has a lasting influence. I was seriously considering packing it in or at least chucking the STs out. Great success under Souey but he simply lost his way. Sky? Greed from every angle has finished the game. Yes, money has brought a great deal to the PL but over-exposure has ruined the game. Football is now so freely available I find myself bored by media coverage. I rarely watch football on TV, rarely read anything other than the Saturday sport page, I'm bombarded by the radio every 30 minutes with the same meaningless crap. I'm just not interested any longer. I didn't buy a programme, the LET, etc because there is rarely anyhting meaningful in any media outlet. Less would be more. The only worthwhile football experience, for me, is live. A million camera angles can't improve what my eyes can see in front of me. ......and when I do want to watch a game, like Middlesbrough last night and Arsenal on Tuesday. Can I? Of course not because it's on Sky and I refuse to shell out £40+ a month for a service I might use once a month at best. Sky has screwed our game and every fan from every angle and now the clubs are suffering. It will get much, much worse. This isn't anti-Murdoch, though I'm not keen on him, it's simple economics. The product has become too widely available, is available virtually for free in the local pubs. Who are the mugs? The regulars or the stay-aways?

Please don't think I'm having a go but: Liverpool £24 Chelsea £24 City £22 are the cheapest in the ground. The club can do nothing about Birmingham's prices. Sit in the Riverside, don't go to Brum and save around £50. If you want to sit in the most popular area of the ground expect to pay top $.

The Yang Sing is VERY famous. Great food, great atmosphere.

I don't know Manchester very well, ceratinly not any pubs!! You might find this event interesting. I think this is the first time this event has taken place, it is a modern approach to the Passion of Christ, and will be enacted through the streets of Manchester. I am planning to take the kids along to watch/take part http://www.manchester.anglican.org/News/news.asp?ID=267 http://www.manchester.anglican.org/News/news.asp?ID=257 http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1695198,00.html Quote from The Guardian: In this case, Jerusalem will be represented by Manchester's gay and red light area near Canal Street and the Passion scene will pass via Chinatown and St Peter's Square to culminate in Albert Square. The march will be followed by members of the public who will be encouraged to join in the singing of relevant anthems, which include the M People hit Search for a Hero Inside Yourself. The crowd will carry a large white cross and the public will also be asked to bring a symbol of their own burden - "something they are personally concerned about" - according to senior church sources involved in the programme.

Got our packs yesterday. Good presentation, clear easy to follow info and instructions. Will be renewing on 22nd April - delays the payment on the CC until early June which is only a few weeks earlier than usual. Does anyone know if we will get an opportunity to move seats at some point in the summer? Can't see it being a problem.

Lots. Glenn is busy working on the whole project. Watch this space we aren't quite ready yet.

On Monday night I was more disappointed with the performance than the result but after 11 wins and 3 draws at home this season can't help but think some on here are guilty of a massive over-reaction. Looking at the results since Saturday we've gained a point when our two main rivals have achieved nothing. Lucky? Perhaps, but that's how it goes in fotball. Next job beat Portsmouth. Bolton have Liverpool away and Spurs have a Man City hopefully stung by their manager's outburst. Interesting weekend ahead.

Does the obstruction law still exist? In my book every game I see is riddled with obstruction. What we now define as great defending, as the player shields the ball over for a goal-kick, is not great defending but blatant obstruction which should result in an indirect free kicj at least 50% of the time.

............and Burnley away

At least 2 and I can conceive of it becoming all four. I think the Chelsea game will be on the box.

I'm not sure if that's a dig at me or not but I was just about to mention this. 38 League games 26 Saturday KOs Home games - 10 on a Saturday of which 7 at 3.00pm, 3 at other times. It isn't the club's fault, it was the PL that sold it's soul.

I know people who are going tomorrow who haven't been this season. Sadly I know ST holders who can't go tomorrow, to Liverpool or Chelsea because the games have been moved - granted Chelsea is unavoidable. I also know of long-standing ST holders who will not be renewing next season. Why? They miss too many games through fixture re-arrangement. For ourselves we arranged family life around the Wigan, Liverpool and Chelsea games. Each was then moved, it has become near impossible to see every game and I'm constantly amazed we haven't missed one yet. Rovers should be lobbying for a return to 3.00pm Saturday KOs, plus allowing Sky to broadcast any game they wish at 3.00pm Saturday. To this could be added a mid-week (I mean mid - Tuesday/Wednesday) and a 3.00pm Sunday KO. That would be that, 57 live games. FULL STOP. The game is massively over-exposed, televised football used to be special it's now BORING. 3.00pm Saturday KO would give the opportunity to improve our gates and I don't believe broadcast of a live game at that time would have any impact in Blackburn.

Other than Newcastle scoring ten the results couldn't have been better today. The onus is now very firmly on the team to beat Wigan and put us seven points clear of Bolton, which surely must be the first realistic target - securing sixth spot. Then if we manage to kick on to 4th or 5th so much the better. Winning on Monday should make sixth spot a straight battle between us and Notlob.

Confirmed here as we make the national front pages