I don't think iv'e ever known Sunday games be a bigger draw than Saturday afternoon so that's just wishful thinking. It is the holidays though so a day out might tempt a few more, plenty kids in the JW upper last night that you wouldn't normally see for a game like that is Sept.

I suppose to them it's like JPvH coming back here then next season going to Preston so i can understand their horror. Nice how they think so fondly of Burnley though quite touching they know they are minnows even compared to that lot.

The first people to say they are impressed and pleased with what they inherited are JDT and his staff. Both in ability and attitude with a good team spirit here already so that is the biggest compliment to the Mowbray era. The squad has been crying out for new voices ideas and direction for a few years though. So hopefully for once under this ownership we actually have the next step in the building process now. Goodbye water treading and hello realistic ambition but NOT expectation.

NL K-344-BR i think it was so probably not him but a good plate for a Blackburn Rovers employee nontheless.

There was a white BMW heading towards Ewood tonight registered in the Netherlands. Thought it might have been a player coming for talks but could well have been JDTs car

Think it's just a vote of confidence for Phillips giving him MOM they aren't always exactly in sync with what is actually going on. Any number of lads had a legit claim to it tonight but in the case of Ash he looked calm, composed and he had a fair battle with their big forward. Who he'll basically have to take out of his back pocket so he can get on the bus back to the north East. Not bad for a 17 year old debut. ( i can't believe he's only 17) what do they feed these athletes these days !

Excellent display by the second string/youth team i ended up feeling sorry for Hartlepool and their fans. First goal took a while coming but Rovers never gave them chance to take a breath from the first min till last. This wasn't the usual mix and match exercise these games often throw up. It was a clear plan with a balanced side and sensible subs.

5 or 6 thousand wouldn't be bad at all for a game like this. Rovers 1 Hartles Pool 1 - Penalties AET Looking forward to it COYB

10k should be minimum ST holders and 12k should always be in the home seats that's what they should aim for. When it goes well below that alarm bells should ring and something should be done to address it. Their answer is to keep putting prices up instead to cover it then just pray the team does well.

Santa Cruz ?

They used the tv money to funnel some into subsidising the cheap STs at a time the then owners weren't really funding it. It was all to prepare it for sale and make it look more attractive if we are being honest. Now though we have owners pumping in anywhere between 15 and 25 million per season, you can bet some of that gets 'funnelled' elsewhere. About time it went in the right direction and help get bums on seats again but that doesn't seem to fit the present model here.

Looking forwards to this and hopefully seeing how the 'second team' performs. I think JDT is bang on the money if he does it like that rather than fielding most of the first team.

Yes we never take a lot there but i'd expect double that for the first away on a Saturday afternoon. That wouldn't be unusual for us s for me it's the overall cost of living crisis starting to bite not just the ticket price alone. Hopefully it's just one a one off lot decided to swerve but it was small and lets be brutally honest if they'd brought that up here it would have been looked on the same.

They went off sale on Friday aft with no pay on the day available so maybe that was the case and they pulled them when nearing 500. Wouldn't have made a whole lot of difference to the eventual number though.

When you look at the other away followings around the league for first away games over big distances it's poor for us. Credit to every single one there but there is more than just ticket prices to that although the trains are probably all to cock as well. It's dear at Sheff Utd but we better be taking a decent following there otherwise it looks shit for the new coach and new players.

Who has his tongue glued to Fury's hole.

VAT although chargeable on top is surely re claimable so can't see that being much of a factor although obviously distorts the figures a bit. I wonder how Rovers managed to get their pants pulled down on the Poveda loan deal ? Hopefully the same person hasn't been doing the recent incomings.

Don't recall us getting thumped 0-3 by a so called bang average side or anyone else for that matter. The Swansea way is so not the way to go in this division unless you can invest in quality to play that way. He'll be the latest one to find this out before long i expect.

You're basing it on one example you say you know about and that doesn't involve the level here.

And when there has been the very rare chance to rebuild it they've done sod all.

All things are negotiable.

As much as i'd like JPVH back here his form and attitude for most of last season means hes earned the right to have a go at it at Brighton imo. Good luck to him and we'll have to move on at some point.

Must be some kind of tax write off or FFP advantage in doing it somehow or they wouldn't entertain it. It goes against all they are supposed to be doing here with a Brentford model also Waggots penny pinching mantra. They'd literally be getting anything they could for anyone as contracts run down i refuse to believe it's a football related decision on their part.

They'd probably get away with 25k seeing as he's allegedly on less than half that given the 'flex' deal he was signed on. Unless that was lies of course which wouldn't surprise.

With the intense play required of the front men by this coach there'll be tired legs need resting so that's when Dack will come in.