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There have been a few posts recently regarding how many points we will end the season with. Just for a bit of fun, post your estimates in this thread and we will see if anyone can hit the nail on the head. I'm going for 74.

Wigan away in the third round. Let's see how far this thread goes..

Tomorrow sees the visit of Reading to Ewood Park in a game that Rovers need to win to prevent October turning into a Halloween nightmare. Reading are two points above us and seem to be win-or-lose specialists with 6 wins, 6 defeats and just 1 draw thus far. They also showed their ability to...

Tomorrow night sees our first foray in the Carabao cup against Morecambe at Ewood Park. Who will figure for Rovers? Will the majority of Saturday's team get some more game time or will more of the U-23s be cast into the limelight? Will there be more Shrimps fans than Rovers fans at the match...

Well, the Euros are a distant memory and we have a new season upon us, so it's time to get ready to knock ODB off his perch and start a new predictions table. As always, everyone is welcome to join in and don't worry if you miss a few matches as it is easy to catch up points if you can just...

The first of our friendlies takes place today at AFC Fylde. A few new names on the teamsheet(s) https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/july/Team-news-AFC-Fylde-v-Rovers/

I was going to start this thread by saying it was another dead rubber. Should results elsewhere not go our way, however, it could well be the game that sees us dragged into the dogfight at the bottom. This is the reverse fixture to the first game of the season, where we gave the cherries a run...

Sorry ,I'm really busy today, so this preview will be even shorter than my usual ones. City are currently on their third manager in 8 months but the appointment of Nigel Pearson until the end of the season could be a shrewd one. Since his appointment they have beaten Boro, Swansea and...

Next match is up tomorrow evening, so we'd better have a thread. I was hoping to leave this a bit later in case Drog thought it was a 3pm Saturday kick off 😜 Brentford are 19 points in front of us and have had a mini slump of sorts but seem to have recovered recently. The match is live on Sky...

The games are coming along like Ryan Nyambe again (thick and fast). Tomorrow we welcome recently-relegated and now high-flying Watford to Ewood Park. The hornets have won three on the spin (almost like us :confused: ) Xisco Munoz (ex-Spanish footballer) is currently the Watford manager, having...

For anyone who is bored during lockdown or thinks they are a clever boy (or girl), try this: (first with the correct answer doesn't win anything actually but can wear a smug expression 😉 )

Saturday sees us meeting Stoke City at Ewood, only a month since the reverse fixture saw us prove that possession stats mean nothing if you can't put the ball in the net. That win over Rovers was, in fact, Stoke's last victory, so this is hardly a clash of the titans, with Rovers having won once...

A thread to pull together news / comments on teams in and around the North West. The Dingles can keep their own thread as they are "special" (in so many ways). I will add some recent posts on PNE, Bolton, Wigan etc to this thread from the last month or so. Starting with this one: Joey Barton...

What a great fixture this would have been for Boxing Day, were it not for Covid. Wednesday would have brought lots of fans, the usual plastic Rovers fans would have turned up for their annual festive outing and a great atmosphere would undoubtedly have ensued. Instead we will have artificial...

Just realised we still have no thread for tomorrow's match, so this will have to suffice. Table-topping Norwich are our visitors, with Teemu Pukki (doesn't he make pies?) their main goal threat. The Canaries will be hoping to return to the Prem but have lost 3 games already so are by no means...

Tomorrow we see Barnsley visit Ewood Park for a match that might look like a nailed-on win on paper. Looking at the table, however, will show that Barnsley are only 2 points behind us. After manager Gerhard Struber left the tykes in October to join New York Red Bulls, they had a great start to...

After the international break, we are back in action this Saturday and welcome Nottingham Forest to Ewood Park. Forest have lost all of their opening 4 games, scoring just once and conceding 7 times. They have, however, recently sacked their manager Sabri Lamouchi and replaced him with Chris...

Next up to face the Ewood scoring juggernaut is Cardiff City. Will the juggernaut keep rolling or come to a screeching halt? Cardiff's season has not had the best of starts. It began with being dumped out of the Carabao Cup in the first round by Northampton Town 3-0. This was followed by an...

Spanish triathlete allows English guy to pass him on the line after taking a wrong turn metres from the finish line. Good to see and hopefully the Spanish lad will reap the benefits from his actions 👋 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54224410

So, Saturday sees our first home league match of the new season - although none of us will be there to watch it :confused: Wycombe are playing their first ever season in the Championship, so this will be their first ever Championship away match. They lost their first match at home to...