These Rovers have no cause to be mildly cross, let alone Wild. Their seasonal good fortune, the last dollop of it our expense, leaves us with a mountain to climb: somehow clawing three wins out of the next three home games. So says Pete Sixsmith

Blackburn Rovers must have had a deal with Old Saint Nick because they got a lot of presents this year.

A nice one at Manchester City with an offside goal and then six beauties courtesy of two sides that may well be heading back precisely where they’ve just come from.

It is fairly evident that Derby are already on their way down and pose a serious threat to our 15 points of a couple of years ago. How disappointing, though, to lose another record after we worked so hard to break our own 19-point disaster of 2002-03, and especially as Reading passed our 105 Championship points a couple of years ago.

Sadly, there is a chance (a very, very good one) that we can have another crack at getting our Championship points title back in 2008-09. That must have been evident to the 4,000 loyal fans who travelled across the Pennines to back the Lads at a cold and quiet Ewood Park.

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