We won’t see Nyambe play again in a Rovers shirt unless he changes his agent 🤬

Tough game ahead will be interesting to see how Rovers approach it. Head and paper says a Fulham win but then again this is Blackburn Rovers😅

Fatal February ends with a 3 points against one of nearest challengers. Woke up very early over here in Mexico and managed to see the goal no matter what anyone thinks it’s the winner and that’s all that matters. Rest up and let’s hope the physios can work their magic

Saddened to see the result even sadder that no one other than Khadra stepped forward to take the penalty🤬 season is gone in a flash in the back of another lost 3 points that’s fatal to our play off chances

The club do not own the riverside banking nor are they allowed to depend and widen the channel finesse water flow rates the plans were rejected! Rovers cannot control precipitation levels either👍

Blame the local council and god for allowing the river levels to reach the drainage points😂

Basing it solely on my previous experiences, the less said the better! Means he cannot be questioned about what hasn’t been mentioned!

The only answer we as fans will ever get is the game was cancelled for concern for players safety due to the pitch surface not allowing the ball to roll/bounce naturally.

No it’s because dumpdale has 4 outlets to send the overflow of water to all of which are a lower level to the ground and all are lower than the riverside at Ewood

Well my record was pretty impressive never missed a penalty in all my playing days school, amateur Sunday and Saturday league, navy and so on😅 must have been some shit keepers around back then😅😅

I beg to differ his report will be due to adverse weather conditions player safety was the primary decision and deemed the pitch unplayable it will not reflect on the club as they wanted the game to go ahead

Covers mainly protect from ground frost not rainfall and are in the main used by clubs who do not have undersoil heating. Water running off a flat surface has to go somewhere 🌧🌧

That coincides with a Rovers home game is the point I made. I am pretty sure wind speeds are records this stormy weekend add in the driving rain sleet snow and it tells a story of horrid weather remember Rovers are not the only club to have games called off.

So a professional keeper should save only 3/10 ?

The water would have remained in top of the covers and has to go somewhere when they are lifted. Water around the edges if the pitch would be even more saturated especially when snow is moved from the surface. Remember the rivers level still plays it’s part. Once the snow was removed the pitch was still saturated hence the video that appears that shows the ball not bouncing properly. The club wanted to play but the ref didn’t want to take a chance. It was his decision not Rovers or Millwalls.

We have not had weather like this week that coincides with a rovers home game for many a year, Wimbledon aside, the game v the nobbers has come the closest with the teeming rain that should have seen that game abandoned! I cannot ever recall any weather like this weekend since 1987!

Because at 1230 the ref said it was good to go, then later the ref changed his view! Pretty simple to me

Like you I struggle to recall a game being cancelled however you tell me just how many times we have had such shockingly awful weather, downpours, sleet and snow that have coincided with a game at Ewood? I will help you out, not many at all. Its faff all to do with the owners or the club, a weather phenomenon and a quick fire decision by a referee are the reasons why he saw fit to use player safety as a reason.

We could have had grass surface like Wembley but the fact of the matter is the drainage was hampered by a high river level adjacent to the riverside - if it’s above normal levels surface water at Ewood struggles to drain away properly - the other fact being that Rovers have previously sought to deepen the channel and reroute part of the river to ease flow issues but were denied until the riverside undergoes a rebuild!

But you and I both know referees are hidden protected from everyone and anyone !

Blame lies with the ref and ref alone, when do we see refs explaining decisions let alone postponing a game at a late stage?

Covering the pitch wouldn’t have eased flooding as water/rainfall/sleet and the like would still require to drain away hence a high river level means it’s still the same scenario. I am still a believer that the game could have been played if time had been allowed to drain the surface but I am not too sure as to regulations if there any about how long a delay can be made and of course,local plod would also have an input on that and the impact of away fans travelling south by train

Simon it’s an automatic function - the system is “on” permanently and “kicks in” once a certain temp is reached ie 3 degs above freezing. It will not melt snow it prevents soil from freezing and that is all it does. Drainage is a different issue there are drainage channels all under the pitch however if the river is high those channels do not allow for the outpipes to flow the water into the river especially if the underground tanks are already full. Yesterday saw an enormous amount of rain sleet and snow hence why the pitch didn’t drain much like Wimbledon a few years ago.

I will find Wi-Fi if I cannot find a bar

Great preview 👍 will be in Mexico on Wednesday celebrating my birthday hoping to wake up with a victory and 3 points however the reality is we are misfiring which will probably cost us the points