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August 28th, 2009

WHammers Preview

By: Jimmy | Comments 3 Comments

So its the Bogey side. Thee bogey side. There’s no denying it. West Ham seem to be the one side we can never get the 3 points from. We all remember the Tevez affair. I still remember how I felt that day. Personally, I feel that example alone sums up my feelings about playing West [...]



August 27th, 2009

Warnock, OUT! Chimbonda, IN! Oh…and Gillingham too

By: Jimmy | Comments 2 Comments

So the big news today is Stephen Warnock is now a member of Aston Villa. On the replacement side, as soon as the door was hitting Warnock’s rear, a Mr. Pascal Chimbonda has moved in. A little case of the old switcheroo, and I’m not too upset. Here’s why…

August 24th, 2009

Internet and Normal Service Return to the Blackburn Offside

By: Jimmy | Comments 9 Comments

Sorry for not being around lately at this clutch time in our season’s beginnings. Internet went out for a few days and work in the real world and you lose track of how much Rovers stuff is going on.
Here’s whats been going on:
First off, Sunderland stole three points from us. With more corners, shots, and [...]

August 19th, 2009

Salgado is a Rover!!

By: Jimmy | Comments 1 Comment

Just a quick post from work before I have a full write up, but this needed to be posted asap. Michel Salgado is a Rover! He signed on a free for two years after being released from Real Madrid. More on this later, but that article on the Offish site is a pretty good [...]

August 17th, 2009

There’s Only One Jack Walker!

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

R.I.P.

05/19/1929 – 08/17/2000
Rovers’ Biggest Fan
The Team That Jack Walker Built Part 1
The Team That Jack Walker Built Part 2
The Team That Jack Walker Built Part 3



August 15th, 2009

Rovers 0 – 2 Citeh

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

Well, when you field a 5th choice midfield and have two strikers who can’t finish and Given has a hell of a game and your team just aimlessly and wastefully passes and lobs the ball around the field hoping something positive will happen…..

you’re going to lose.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s goal in the second or third minute was [...]

August 14th, 2009

Man Citeh Preview – and an Invitation for all

By: Jimmy | Comments 1 Comment

Remember this gem from Benni Mac? Let’s hope this happens again tomorrow. The Blackburn Rovers start their 2009-2010 kicking off at home v the lesser of two evils from Manchester. (Thad over there wrote up his ow preview as well. click if you want to read) So what can we expect tomorrow?

August 10th, 2009

Kalinic Gets His Work Permit!

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

Well, that little confusion I had in yesterday’s blog has seemingly been cleared up. At work today I got a twitter alert from @OneRovers saying that our boy Nikola aquired his work permit, and they did not lie. Upon getting home today the article on the Offish site was up and, wallah, we have a [...]

August 9th, 2009

T-Minus 6

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

First off, thank you for the birthday wishes jjf3, Charlie, cap123, and everyone who wished me a happy birthday mentally. Now on to business…
Excited for the league to start this weekend? Can’t wait to sit down and turn on your Rovers, after waking up early to make sure you catch them on TV? Well, you [...]

August 4th, 2009

A ‘Thank You’ Readers and Daily Update 4/4

By: Jimmy | Comments 3 Comments

First off, a thanks to the Readers for commenting on the Di Santo signing. Love getting big feedback from big news in the Rovers World. Really appreciate it.
Here’s some daily headlines before I bow out for a night or 3 as my birthday celebrations begin tonight. Normal coverage will resume Thursday evening hopefully, unless there’s [...]






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