

Christopher Samba
Fortress Ewood: 3 More points at home v Pompey + PODCAST?!
By: Jimmy |Hello and welcome back to, what should be stable service one more, The Blackburn Offside. After my month long hell (aka internship) I am back with a vengeance, and now Podcast equipped.
Over the next few days, I’ll be posting write ups or podcast episodes of a review of the month I missed. With this new [...]
Wolves Preview
By: Jimmy |Proper football returns to us this weekend around the world and, more importantly, at Ewood Park as the Blackburn Rovers take on the Wanderers of Wolverhampton in the fourth league game of the season.
I’ll be honest here; this is a must win game. After this game we have league games against Everton and Villa, with [...]
Man Citeh Preview – and an Invitation for all
By: Jimmy |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?
T-Minus 6
By: Jimmy |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 [...]
Rovers 0-2 Chelsea w/highlights
By: Jimmy |Well, the battered and broke down Rovers lost 2 -Nil to Chelsea at the Bridge this past weekend. The game, played Sunday, had no effect on Rovers standing in the top flight as results from Saturday assured the team and its followers that the Rovers would live to play another year in the Premier League.
With [...]
MAGIC 40! YES!!
By: Jimmy | Well while I was overcome with the end of my spring semester at school, Rovers fell to Man City. 3-1 was the final, and it was just another week Rovers didn’t want to lock up safety.
This past weekend though, Rovers were not to be denied. Having the lion’s share of chances and controlling most [...]
Stoke Preview
By: Jimmy |Well, news out of the official site about RSC’s injury came out this week. The Paraguayan striker had an arthroscopic knee washout to help with some wear and tear on his troublesome knee. Roque is also tending too a hamstring injury and isn’t expected back too soon.
Striker Jason Roberts is hopeful about retuning to this [...]
Back From Break & Better Than Before
By: Jimmy |First things first: SAMBA UP FRONT!?!?!?! GENIUS!
Well Rovers took a break for international duty last week and I used that time to catch up on some work and keep my GPA game up. But the lads are back and so am I, but I’m not the one stopping The Spuds’ six-match unbeaten league run.
Rovers started [...]
Some one call the WHAMbulance
By: Jimmy |West Ham Hammers tomorrow. Roque: Out. Vince Grella: Out. Ryan Nelsen: Late Fitness Test. Gaël Givet: Late Fitness Test. That’s looking pretty bleak. A spot of good news though, Warnock should be fit and ready to go. Givet has been pretty big for us, and I think him being fit for the game would be [...]
Its Official: Coventry = Boogey Side w/ highlights
By: Jimmy |Despite a early lead for Rovers after just 2 (TWO) minutes, Coventry added goals from Gunnarsson in the 61st and Doyle in the 76th to take the lead late from Rovers having forced the chances and issues most of the game. It wasn’t till the 93rd that Chris Samba was able to snatch a draw [...]








