CAN we make sure the opposition have to wear Claret and Blue at every home game please?

After all that's 12 goals in the last 180 minutes against teams in that colour-coded situation.

Sunday's goal fest was especially satisfying for your correspondent.

Weeks ago in the pub, fuelled by Dutch courage and unswerving belief in my beloved team, I struck a modest two-legged wager with a friend. First part: "Rovers finish top eight." Second part: "Double or quits we finish above West Ham."

I've hoped for a while the Hammers bit might be a foregone conclusion leaving the top eight one as a free bet. On Sunday's evidence I might just be in luck. Come on lads, do the business with the second bit and I'll be able to treat you to half of lager each.

Perhaps I'd better hope that I'm the sole winner of Wednesday night's lottery rollover as everything I hoped might happen in this column last week came to pass with knobs on.

The Worthington Cup success and a third successive home draw leaves First Division Manchester City between us and a place in the last eight.

Liverpool, and both United or Arsenal, and Chelsea or Leeds to fall by the wayside. Has a competition ever looked more winnable?

Then there was Sunday. I said last week these two home games were vital and they could just turn out to be the making of our season.

So far we've had the majority of the possession against the majority of the teams we've played whilst seeming to lack that final little bit of belief there would be any real end product.

Against the Hammers we swarmed forward with real conviction. Blackburn are back!

Sunday's game was one of those rare occasions where no-one was off colour and at least half the side were exceptional.

Once the game was safe we didn't sit back and for once put a struggling opposition well and truly to the sword. Failure to do this would be a general criticism of mine throughout our time in the Premiership.

Take a collective bow fellas. I haven't space to do justice to individual performances here, but the midfield quartet of Flitcroft (gets better every game), Tugay (poetry in motion, a joy to watch), Dunn (the left side solution Mr Eriksson?) and Johnson (awesome first half) were out of this world.

Out of interest I also wonder if there's ever been another occasion when all our four midfielders have scored and a fifth has come off the bench to do the same?

Up front Ciccio Grabbi looked like he is starting to develop an appetite for the physical side of the English game.

Matt Jansen battled manfully to end his personal lean spell getting better as the game went on and gaining his just reward near the end with a sharp finish.

Overall, if we can cut out the sort of sloppy little spells we've had at the start of the second half against both Villa and West Ham, there's every reason to travel to Highbury on Saturday brimful of confidence.

It would be nice to avenge that "any result will do as long as it's not a draw" FA Cup tie.

To finish once again, can we please, PLEASE sort the excellent Damien Johnson a long-term contract?

He's every bit as much the long term future as the Duffs, Dunns and Jansens for me.

Come on Rovers, you know it makes sense.