Blackburn Rovers Football Club blogs by Andy Cryer and John Myles, from the Lancashire Telegraph

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Blackburn Rovers blog: Spurs defeat carried few positives

Blackburn Rovers blog: Killer touch still needed

4:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

John Myles column: Sam Allardyce was asked by the Sky Sports presenter if he took any positives from Rovers latest away day defeat at Tottenham.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Rejecting videos is FIFA own goal

9:53am Tuesday 9th March 2010

John Myles column: With Rovers having a blank weekend due to Birmingham’s involvement in the FA Cup, it was cup overkill on ITV.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Barca won’t be copying Rafa either

11:00am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Chris Flanagan column: After a match that brought back memories of the great Anfield teams of old, Rafa Benitez knew the time was right for a bit of good old fashioned sarcasm.

Blackburn Rovers blog: A big four win is around the corner

3:14pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

John Myles column: We still await our first win in nearly two full seasons against one of the traditional top four sides, but after our plucky defeat against Liverpool at Anfield I have more faith that it might come before the season is over.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Allardyce crossed the Anfield mafia

9:20am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Andy Cryer column: Sam Allardyce thought facing Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres would be the toughest task facing him on Sunday afternoon – it turned out to be the bear pit of a post-match press conference.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Blues in Europe? It’s tough for them

4:10pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

Chris Flanagan column: In previous seasons, Blackburn Rovers might have been in with an outside chance of a European place right now.

Blackburn Rovers blog: 3Bs relegation is a long shot

3:40pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010

John Myles column: Against a weakened Rovers defence, I thought Bolton were woeful and it must be a decent bet that Owen Coyle will have the distinction of taking two teams down in one season.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Fans treated badly over kick-offs

3:49pm Tuesday 16th February 2010

John Myles column: You win some, you lose some. I don’t think there’s any doubt that given a choice, the vast majority of football fans prefer a traditional 3pm Saturday afternoon kick-off.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Fixture changes are driving away fans

11:42am Tuesday 16th February 2010

AS Blackadder might have put it, the English fixture list is indeed more complicated than a very complicated thing. But the late switch of Blackburn Rovers’ home game against Bolton has caused unnecessary disillusionment among fans.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Kalinic can be the new Berbatov

4:43pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

Chris Flanagan column: Nikola Kalinic went half a season without a Premier League goal, many started to write off his Blackburn Rovers career.

Blackburn Rovers blog: We face Hull of a task at Ewood

8:47am Tuesday 9th February 2010

John Myles column: Well, we’ve certainly had better weeks as Rovers fans.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Youth should not look up to Benni

2:10pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

John Myles column: It seems that Jason Roberts has still not bought that Jimmy Greaves finishing manual I urged on him last Christmas.

Blackburn Rovers blog: 6-4? I’d settle for boring 1-0 tomorrow

10:44am Tuesday 26th January 2010

John Myles column: When I pleaded last week for Rovers to shine for the BBC cameras and serve up a “feast of football”, I didn’t expect them to indulge in a full scale glutton-fest, although since we were at The Villa I suppose a Roman-style orgy was quite appropriate.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Rovers must go for it tonight

12:40pm Wednesday 20th January 2010

Chris Flanagan column: When Sam Allardyce held his press conference after the Carling Cup semi-final first leg defeat to Aston Villa, reporters were left guessing why a cardboard plaque bearing the UEFA Cup logo had been placed alongside him.

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Blackburn Rovers blog: Fulham win released pressure cooker situation

4:00pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

John Myles column: I once did a summer job at the now long gone Prestige factory in Blackburn.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Roar them to Wembley

6:40pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

Sports editor Paul Plunkett's comment: Blackburn Rovers are just two games from a major cup final at Wembley, the greatest sporting arena in the world.

Blackburn Rovers blog: Football is going too soft

9:18am Tuesday 12th January 2010

John Myles column: The arctic weather has been dominating people’s thoughts and conversations over the last week and football cannot escape from winter’s icy grip.

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Blackburn Rovers blog: Diouf’s reckless tackle will not endear him to fans

8:48am Tuesday 5th January 2010

John Myles column: The start of a new decade and some of our players are feeling a bit sorry for themselves.

Blackburn Rovers blog: More goals is my new year wish

9:38am Tuesday 29th December 2009

John Myles column: We are all going to be heartily sick of hearing about the end of the “noughties” over the next few days.

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Blackburn Rovers blog: Christmas wish list is all set out

1:10pm Tuesday 22nd December 2009

John Myles column: I’m sorry to start my annual Christmas message to the Rovers nation with a note of gloom, but these are tough times both for our country and our beloved Blackburn.