Rovers look to end a run of 5 straight defeats against a Norwich City side that haven't beaten Rovers' in their last 8 attempts. Something's got to give... but who will emerge victorious?
Previous Meeting
Rovers looked to have made the points safe with 8 minutes to go after Yakubu and Samba had put them 3-1 up, but a wicked deflection and a highly debatable penalty decision saw City nick a point at the death.
Manager Watch
Steve Kean has told the media that he has not lost the dressing room and that this is a must win game for Rovers, whilst Paul Lambert has leapt to the defence of his countryman by hitting out against the demonstrations held by Rovers' fan's throughout the season.
Team Watch
Gael Givet is being welcomed back into the fold despite last weeks spat with Kean. Yakubu and Hoilett are expected to play after shrugging off injuries picked up against Swansea last week. Grant Hanley is unavailable whilst Martin Olsson and Bradley Orr are doubts.
Norwich welcome back James Vaughan, but are still without Zak Whitbread.
RTM's Prediction
Kean has a habit of pulling results from nowhere when all hope is lost, but I can't see all 3 points going Rovers' way today. With a defensive crisis and Rovers' on their worst run this season, they might just hold on for a point. Neither side will keep a clean sheet.
Rovers 2-2 Norwich
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Rovers 2-0 Norwich
Formica 40
Hoilett 48
Blackburn Rovers
01 Robinson
05 Givet
16 Dann
18 Orr
08 Dunn (Mn Olsson 62)
10 Formica
12 Pedersen
21 Ms Olsson
35 Lowe
23 Hoilett (Petrovic 81)
24 Yakubu (Modeste 76)
Substitutes
34 Kean
03 Mn Olsson
14 Petrovic
15 Nzonzi
09 Modeste
20 Rochina
25 Goodwillie
Norwich City
01 Ruddy
02 R Martin
03 Drury
22 Ward
33 R Bennett
11 Surman
14 Hoolahan (Pilkington 59)
17 E Bennett
24 Howson
08 Vaughan (Morison 59)
09 Holt (Wilbraham 66)
Substitutes
31 Steer
25 Naughton
04 Johnson
12 Pilkington
15 Fox
05 Morison
21 Wilbraham
FT: Rovers 2-0 Norwich
posted on 21/4/12
Givet was immense despite being injured for 80 minutes, shame he hasn't played for the last 2 months
posted on 21/4/12
Wo.o hoo momentary reprieve until sp.uds come on Tottenham vs QPR! Stu.pid Taarabt!
posted on 21/4/12
They'll find their form against us though.
posted on 21/4/12
Hey SKA! After Some time out I've trawled the Boards, I will type three Words:
"As A Neutral"
I laughed so hard, I swear I'm sure I wee'd a little bit... Do we now have a replacement repetition of a word/phrase no we're missing "parochial"
posted on 22/4/12
Thats it chaps. Even mr positive/deluded here saying we could stay up all week was banking on a Spurs draw/win at QPR. Short of a miracle, there'll be no catching them and Wigan now.
posted on 22/4/12
Someone obviously hasn't told Kean the QPR result
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/
posted on 22/4/12
Though it's probably too little too late, all we could do was win yesterday. Spurs form worries me a bit, we've always been suckers for helping strugglers out.
If you've got your optimistic head on then Spurs are struggling, Wigan will be a scrap and Chelsea preparing for a Champions League final.
We really need Villa to do Bolton on Tuesday though, I'm not even hopeful of that!
posted on 22/4/12
I'm not so sure. On one hand, Villa winning will keep Bolton down, however, we have to get a couple of wins regardless and a Bolton win would drag Villa into it and give us more teams to potentially put in our position.
posted on 22/4/12
I'm sure we want a Villa win we will not catch Villa 1 more point for Villa and we will have to win all 3 games to over take them
posted on 22/4/12
Wot he said ^