Ambitious Blackburn

[BWFC_Insane]

One of the biggest nights in their recent history.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's anything bad.. I'm not one for banging on about attendances, but it's the irony that's lost on the media.

If it was Blackburn taking 500 there, they'd be getting hammered for it

In similar circumstances I'd be surprised if we took many more.

[boltonboris]

Me too. I think we probably took less to Spurs and IIRC before the Muamba incident happened, it was all the media / other fans wanted to talk about.

[bwfcdan94]

Millwall are a very small club though and anyway you should not be encouraging their fans to travel in large numbers should you now (would say similar about Burnley and a couple of others). It is obvious that the F.A are praying for Wigan to win that semi final and the journo w**kers are praying for Millwall to reach the final.

[CrazyHorse]

Doctor Who embarrassed at Blackburn Rovers.

Doctor Who actor Matt Smith says he is "embarrassed" to be a fan of struggling Blackburn Rovers.
The Lancashire club are languishing in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League last season.

Smith told BBC Radio 5 live the side's FA Cup exit at the hands of Millwall in midweek was "woeful".

He said: "We're playing like a team without any verve or quality. Sort it out Shebby Singh, sort it out Venky's - we are not happy."

Smith, said he was not impressed with the way the club had been run since the takeover by the Rao family - owners of the Venky's brand - in November 2010.

At the time, Blackburn were 14th in the Premier League, two points above the relegation zone. The following month Sam Allardyce was sacked as manager and Steve Kean placed in charge with the club 13th and five points off the relegation zone.

Rovers only avoided relegation on the final day of the season and dropped to the Championship the following year after a season marked by increasingly vocal protests against the club's management by fans.
Highly regarded chief executive John Williams was one of the higher-profile departures from the club following the takeover and the more recent appointment of global advisor Shebby Singh had led to talk of a power struggle at Ewood Park.

Kean resigned in September 2012 and was replaced by former player Henning Berg but his reign lasted just 57 days.

Michael Appleton was appointed boss in January and enjoyed three successive victories in his early weeks. However recent results have been poor, despite an FA Cup win over Arsenal.

That victory will have seemed a long time ago for many of the 8,635 supporters who saw Blackburn dumped out of the cup while delivering what Appleton called a "disappointing" display.

And for Smith, it marked a low point in the recent history of the club: "It's an absolute farce, a joke, it's being run by complete numpties. Great players, great team, great club and those berks have ruined it," he told 5 live's Kicking Off programme.

"They talk about getting rid of Allardyce because of the long ball - what the hell was that against Millwall?

"It was a woeful performance against Millwall. It's the first time I've been embarrassed at the way the team played."

Blackburn's next game is against fierce rivals Burnley at Ewood Park on Sunday.

[Enoch]

I'd have thought he might have thrown some light on how it all turns out!

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'd have thought he might have thrown some light on how it all turns out!

No, he traded his TARDIS for tickets to the Millwall game. That's why he is so ticked off.

[bw@bw]

For once I am supporting Burnley.

Another couple of weeks and we might have both Wolves and Blackburn in the relegation zone

[Zulus Thousand of em]

Doctor Who embarrassed at Blackburn Rovers.

Doctor Who actor Matt Smith says he is "embarrassed" to be a fan of struggling Blackburn Rovers.
The Lancashire club are languishing in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League last season.

Smith told BBC Radio 5 live the side's FA Cup exit at the hands of Millwall in midweek was "woeful".

He said: "We're playing like a team without any verve or quality. Sort it out Shebby Singh, sort it out Venky's - we are not happy."

Smith, said he was not impressed with the way the club had been run since the takeover by the Rao family - owners of the Venky's brand - in November 2010.

At the time, Blackburn were 14th in the Premier League, two points above the relegation zone. The following month Sam Allardyce was sacked as manager and Steve Kean placed in charge with the club 13th and five points off the relegation zone.

Rovers only avoided relegation on the final day of the season and dropped to the Championship the following year after a season marked by increasingly vocal protests against the club's management by fans.
Highly regarded chief executive John Williams was one of the higher-profile departures from the club following the takeover and the more recent appointment of global advisor Shebby Singh had led to talk of a power struggle at Ewood Park.

Kean resigned in September 2012 and was replaced by former player Henning Berg but his reign lasted just 57 days.

Michael Appleton was appointed boss in January and enjoyed three successive victories in his early weeks. However recent results have been poor, despite an FA Cup win over Arsenal.

That victory will have seemed a long time ago for many of the 8,635 supporters who saw Blackburn dumped out of the cup while delivering what Appleton called a "disappointing" display.

And for Smith, it marked a low point in the recent history of the club: "It's an absolute farce, a joke, it's being run by complete numpties. Great players, great team, great club and those berks have ruined it," he told 5 live's Kicking Off programme.

"They talk about getting rid of Allardyce because of the long ball - what the hell was that against Millwall?

"It was a woeful performance against Millwall. It's the first time I've been embarrassed at the way the team played."

Blackburn's next game is against fierce rivals Burnley at Ewood Park on Sunday.

Strange thing - Matt Smith comes from Northampton. Muppet. (Him, not you Horsey!)

[bwfcdan94]

So Blackburn scored in the 96th minute through that fat ba**ard David Dunn. Poor result or Rovers and Sean Dyche says the goal should of been disallowed because the over time given by the forth official had already been played.

[bobo the clown]

So Blackburn scored in the 96th minute through that fat ba**ard David Dunn. Poor result or Rovers and Sean Dyche says the goal should of been disallowed because the over time given by the forth official had already been played.

The very reason they say " ... a minimum of x minutes" is following a match at t'Reebok v t'Roverrrrs when Craig Short, I think, scored an equaliser for them in the 7th minute of 4.

Allardyce went ape-shit. They started using these words soon after.

Of course added time can be alloted during added time.

Dyche is being a tit if he argues that.

[Prufrock]

It's not called 'extra time' or 'added time' or anything else the Match of the Day lot use. It's called 'allowed time', because it is the time 'allowed' by the referee, who is the sole arbiter of the laws of the game and sole time-keeper. That said, I don't think criticising him for allowing more time than you think he should have done is any different for criticising him for not giving a penalty he didn't give.

[bobo the clown]

It's not called 'extra time' or 'added time' or anything else the Match of the Day lot use. It's called 'allowed time', because it is the time 'allowed' by the referee, who is the sole arbiter of the laws of the game and sole time-keeper. That said, I don't think criticising him for allowing more time than you think he should have done is any different for criticising him for not giving a penalty he didn't give.

You're just being awkward now.

[boltonboris]

I thought the official term was "time added on"

[jaffka]

I dont know but what I do know is that it is pointless whinging about it

[Prufrock]

Nope. It's what the entire media use, but it isn't time 'added'. The theory is (and it's tenuous) that the game lasts 90 minutes. The time at the end is 'allowed' by the referee for all the time in the previous actual real-life 90 mins in which the game wasn't being 'played'.

Link to Laws of the Game http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footbal ... 2012_e.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Page 31 talks about 'Allowances for time lost'.

[Prufrock]

I dont know but what I do know is that it is pointless whinging about it

It's pointless whinging about any referees decisions! It's boring not to though! I wasn't particularly magnanimous when fecking Bellion punched it in after about 26 minutes of added time (feck it it's what people say!)

[BWFC_Insane]

Appleton sacked according to reports.

Oh My Days!

[mrkint]

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lawl

[bobo the clown]

Appleton sacked according to reports.

Oh My Days!

You are taking the waz, shirley ?

[mrkint]

Doctor Who for boss!