November 8th, 2009

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 [...]

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August 27th, 2009

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

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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

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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 [...]

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August 14th, 2009

Man Citeh Preview – and an Invitation for all

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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!

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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 [...]

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August 9th, 2009

T-Minus 6

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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 [...]

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August 3rd, 2009

Welcome, Mr. Di Santo!

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Well, it’s official!We have signed Chelsea starlet Franco Di Santo on a loan deal till the January window, with first option to re up the loan till the end of the season if Chelsea doesn’t recall him. The 6 foot 4 inch striker is only 20 years old and made 25 appearances for the Argentinian [...]

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July 31st, 2009

A Signing To Come Soon?

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With Russian Pavel Pogrebnyak out of the running and all leads looking dead, a surprise candidate has emerged out of the blue.
21 year old Croatian International Nikola Kalinic is the leading contender to be signed at Ewood Park now. Reports coming from The Mirror and the Lancashire Telegraph have both confirmed the striker talking to [...]

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July 30th, 2009

The Search for a Striker Continues

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As the season’s start creeps quicker and quicker, we have still not found that striker (well two strikers) we need to sign to replace RSC and Matty Derbs, and the situation is starting to turn from “when we will get one?” to “will we get one?”
We’ve looked at a ton of strikers and have graced [...]

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July 26th, 2009

Coming This Week on The Blackburn Offside

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(Picture unrelated, I just got my away jersey in the post so I figured I’d show it off again)
Alright, I know I’ve been absent for a couple of days and there has been a lot of stuff going on. I made the trip to Baltimore Friday night to see the Chelski v AC Milan game [...]

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