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Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:14 am**

Mounting pressure on Rovers. Cardiff at home. Whilst I suspect they'll get back to winning ways the crowd will get impatient if they don't start well. Such is this season's Championship Rovers have lost more games (12) than 20th placed Cardiff (11).

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:44 am**

Should win easily today.
I think today starts the run of playing 4 of the bottom 5 in their next 5 games.

So there's a good chance of them picking up a good few wins in the next month or so.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:48 am**

Hi MACCA,

Happy New Year!

Yes, on paper you'd think they should win it without too many problems. But it's a crazy division this time around plus third game in seven days.

Here's hoping.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:49 am**

Or ruining their chances of automatic promotion...

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:53 am**

Rovers' first draw of the season.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:54 am**

taio wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:53 am
Rovers' first draw of the season.

Surely have to draw at some point

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:00 pm**

How depressing must it be when you wake up in the morning and remember you’re a Blackburn Rovers supporter.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:01 pm**

I don't think they are good enough to expect to win any game.

Appreciate league position says otherwise.

I'll go Cardiff win.

UTC

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:04 pm**

Their pitch looks shocking.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:09 pm**

HiThere wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:04 pm
Their pitch looks shocking.

Was thinking that. Ball rolling in treacle.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:10 pm**

Where is everyone? They should just sell the Darwen End to Aldi or something.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:10 pm**

"Fair to say the early kick-off, the date and live TV coverage are leading to a less than lively atmosphere at Ewood Park so far."

[BBC]

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:11 pm**

HiThere wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:04 pm
Their pitch looks shocking.

So do Cardiff so far…

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:17 pm**

Shame they can't drop out of the top 6 today.
Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:18 pm**

Our pitch isn’t in a great state, but Ewood looks far worse.

Less than ideal for a side that likes to keep the ball.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:19 pm**

Should have done better with that, Cardiff.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:23 pm**

Real throwback to the January pitches of yore is Deadwood.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:36 pm**

Has JDT changed the way they play? Not trying to play out from the back. Lumping it forward at every opportunity.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:42 pm**

Two really shocking teams here.

A game where quality football goes to die.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:43 pm**

Bigvince wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:36 pm
Has JDT changed the way they play? Not trying to play out from the back. Lumping it forward at every opportunity.

Tbf, trying to play out from the back clearly doesn't work for them at times and against us turned into a disaster.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:44 pm**

The pitch is like a cabbage patch. Tinpot. That will only help them when we go to play them.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:48 pm**

Cardiff are having their chances.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:49 pm**

This is nearer to a League 1 match.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:49 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:00 pm
How depressing must it be when you wake up in the morning and remember you’re a Blackburn Rovers supporter.

Probably better just not to think about it, RB...

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:50 pm**

Rovers booed off. Third in the league. Nothing like getting behind your team.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:50 pm**

Bigvince wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:36 pm
Has JDT changed the way they play? Not trying to play out from the back. Lumping it forward at every opportunity.

Very difficult to play football on this pitch to be fair. It’s heavy and bobbly.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:51 pm**

TPClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:50 pm
Rovers booed off. Third in the league. Nothing like getting behind your team.

They're pathetic.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:56 pm**

Good god that was an appalling forty-five minutes of "football".

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:58 pm**

Blackburn summed up really well by the BBC at half time

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Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:00 pm**

For all your **** taking, Bastards could closer the gap to just 11 points today.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:02 pm**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:18 pm
Our pitch isn’t in a great state, but Ewood looks far worse.

Less than ideal for a side that likes to keep the ball.

Disagree with that, our pitch is in really good condition IMHO.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:03 pm**

I get it - NYD early kick off, on TV, it’s cold - but the sheer lack of support for a team who are third in the league, very much punching above their weight, is something else. Can only imagine what it’d be like if they were in a relegation scrap.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:04 pm**

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:02 pm
Disagree with that, our pitch is in really good condition IMHO.

No, it’s poor. It was awful vs Boro I thought.

I’m sure there have been reports that it needs relaying and that it’s overdue.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:07 pm**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:04 pm
No, it’s poor. It was awful vs Boro I thought.

I’m sure there have been reports that it needs relaying and that it’s overdue.

Considering the conditions against Boro and the volume of water it had absorbed it was in good condition. A bit slower that usual but understandable and years ago it would have been called off whereas these days it's no problem.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:08 pm**

Drat.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:08 pm**

1-0 Rovers. Scabby goal.

Cardiff are poor tho. Very little quality. Rovers are in serious trouble if they don’t go on to win this.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:08 pm**

Damn 1-0.

Looks like game over already with this lack of quality.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:09 pm**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:04 pm
No, it’s poor. It was awful vs Boro I thought.

I’m sure there have been reports that it needs relaying and that it’s overdue.

You watching a different game to the rest of us https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8sZMFuHrsg

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:09 pm**

Judging by the state of this Cardiff side Rovers will go on to win this now.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:10 pm**

Cardiff are abysmal

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:11 pm**

Boro was fine, bit of surface water against Birmingham but again played fine. I’ve just watched the highlights to check. Not sure there is much wrong with the pitch, especially compared to Ewood..

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:19 pm**

We used to be able to generate an atmosphere like this at the Turf!

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:25 pm**

Cardiff plummeting towards the drop zone, no wins in eight if this stays the same or worse. If the three sides below them all win then they are in it.

We play them last game of the season.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:27 pm**

Why would any tv network want to broadcast this bs. Shockingly bad teams

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:32 pm**

Not sure what expected goals has to do with anything, however accirding to sky stats Blackburn have scores 30 goals this season but their expected is only 20, presume the other 10 are the OG and massive deflections thst have gone in their favour

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:38 pm**

Cardiff are absolutely dogshite. I think they’ll go down this year.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:40 pm**

ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:38 pm
Cardiff are absolutely dogshite. I think they’ll go down this year.

3 of them, Wigan, Huddersfield and Blackpool. All shocking.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:40 pm**

I think almost any other side in this division would have beaten Blackburn today - but Cardiff are just THAT bad.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:42 pm**

jedi_master wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:40 pm
I think almost any other side in this division would have beaten Blackburn today - but Cardiff are just THAT bad.

Yeah, Blackburn look to be in a false position, but I’ve been thinking that for months and they are still up there.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:42 pm**

2 very poor teams. Cardiff deserve a special mention for their rubbishness.

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