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Waylon had and has a wager on Rovers
The Premier League needs it’s Champions not most of the fodder it currently contains.
Waylon wafted up and back from the Royal County in the RS6 but that’s another story.
Ya know what I mean !00R
Really pleased for the result today. Apparently draws are no longer possible for us so sorry about that Birmingham fans :)20S
Up the Rovers ..40H
As far as the Famous Blue and White Halves are concerned, an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Kaminski . We have a team chock full of academy graduates who are having to learn and grow quickly in an ultra competitive league
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By the way, it was Adam Wharton who scored the second goal, not Tyler Morton.61M
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Last updated on 4 hours ago4 hours ago.From the section Championshipcomments50Adam Wharton celebrates after scoring his first Blackburn goal Blackburn kept pace with Championship leaders Queen's Park Rangers after a clinical win over in-form Birmingham City. After Tahith Chong hit a post for Blues, Sam Gallagher finished off Tyler Morton's cross to put Rovers in front with their first meaningful attack. Adam Wharton's first senior goal then doubled their lead after some negligent defending from Birmingham. Rovers were indebted to goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski, who denied Scott Hogan and Juninho Bacuna's excellent second-half chances before Hogan pulled one back to give spirited Blues late hope. Birmingham poured forward but could not find an equaliser, as Blackburn sealed a 10th win of the season and fifth in a row at home that keeps them level on points with QPR at the top. John Eustace's resurgent Blues stay 14th after suffering only their second defeat in their past nine matches.Relive Saturday's EFL action Blues had the better of the early stages in the meeting of two in-form teams and came close to taking the lead when Chong's effort thumped the base of the upright after he was nicely teed up by Hogan. Blackburn were soon ahead though with their first meaningful attack of the game when former Birmingham loanee Gallagher slid home Morton's low centre into the six-yard box as the Blues defence failed to track his underlapping run in support of Ben Brereton Diaz. The visitors were then denied an equaliser when Hogan and George Hall played a neat one-two before Kaminski turned Hogan's fierce effort over the bar. Blues, who had conceded nine goals in their last two visits to Ewood Park, switched off again to let Wharton to slalom his way into the box and smartly finish past John Ruddy. Despite their two-goal deficit, Birmingham started brightly after the break and should have equalised when Hogan was sent through by a lovely pass from Bacuna. With Kaminski nearing the edge of his area, Hogan blasted the ball at the keeper rather than try to go round him. Blackburn had Kaminski to thank again moments later as he bailed out his defence, saving from Bacuna after the ball had been inexplicably given away on the edge of the Rovers box. Blues boss Eustace made a quadruple substitution with 15 minutes to try to chase a way back into the game and it was one of the subs - Lukas Jutkiewicz - who gave them a lifeline when his astute nod back was thrashed in by Hogan for his seventh of the season. Kaminiski then saved from Jutkiewicz before another of the Blues substitutes - Troy Deeney - sent a looping header over the bar as the visitors failed to grab a point. Blackburn Rovers head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It was extremely hard at the end - a lot of teams have difficulty with Birmingham, who have been playing well. "It was probably not our best game but it was a good performance and we did score two great goals. "Thomas had a brilliant game in goal and we were quite good defending the box, especially towards the end of the game. "We have a young squad who are not used to that intensity but we need to cope with that and learn from it - but I'm very pleased with the win." Birmingham City head coach John Eustace told BBC Radio WM: "I thought we were excellent today - lots of good chances and I felt we controlled the game fairly well without the ball. "The manner of the way we conceded the two goals was disappointing - we just switched off and we just weren't at the races defensively. "Their goalkeeper was excellent but we need to be more clinical when we get into good areas, but I'm delighted with the boys' efforts today."Line-upsMatch StatsLive TextLine-ups
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10Dolan13Pears15Mola21Buckley29Vale30Garrett33PhillipsBirmingham
Formation 3-5-221Ruddy28Sanderson12Dean5Trusty2Colin35Hall31Bielik7Bacuna23Longelo9Hogan18Chong21Ruddy28SandersonBooked at 48mins12Dean Substituted forJutkiewiczat 75'minutes5Trusty2ColinSubstituted forGrahamat 75'minutes35HallSubstituted forDeeneyat 75'minutes31BielikSubstituted forMejbriat 63'minutes7Bacuna23Longelo9Hogan18ChongSubstituted forBellinghamat 75'minutesSubstitutes
1Etheridge6Mejbri8Deeney10Jutkiewicz11Graham19James27BellinghamReferee:Gavin WardAttendance:14,092Match Stats
Home TeamBlackburnAway TeamBirminghamPossessionHome44%Away56%ShotsHome5Away17Shots on TargetHome3Away6CornersHome2Away9FoulsHome8Away6Live Text
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Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1.90'+6'Full Time
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1.90'+5'Post update
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.90'+5'Post update
Attempt blocked. Jordan Graham (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.90'+3'Booking
Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.90'+3'Post update
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.90'+3'Post update
Foul by Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers).90'Post update
Foul by Scott Hogan (Birmingham City).90'Post update
Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.88'Post update
Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri with a cross following a corner.88'Post update
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.88'Post update
Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo with a cross.85'Substitution
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Sam Gallagher because of an injury.85'Substitution
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jack Vale replaces Ben Brereton.83'Post update
Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emmanuel Longelo.83'Post update
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tyler Morton.82'Post update
Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.80'goalGoal
Goal Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a headed pass.75'Substitution
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Tahith Chong.75'Substitution
Substitution, Birmingham City. Troy Deeney replaces George Hall.Page 1 of 4rewindpreviousNavigate to the next pagenextNavigate to the last pageforwardcommentsView Comments50Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 50 commentsWComment posted by WAYLON MERCY today at 22 25WAYLON MERCY
22:25Waylon was in attendance today, having been warmly received by both Rovers and Blues fans enjoyed a marvellous match.Waylon had and has a wager on Rovers
The Premier League needs it’s Champions not most of the fodder it currently contains.
Waylon wafted up and back from the Royal County in the RS6 but that’s another story.
Ya know what I mean !00R
Comment posted by Robinson33 today at 21 09Robinson33
21:09Good performance blues. Don’t always get what you deserve, Forza KRO.10IComment posted by Ijaz today at 20 48Ijaz
20:48Cannot fault the performance today. We absolutely battered Blackburn but their keeper was in inspired form. Well done Blackburn you were clinical in front of goal. If our strikers were as clinical it would've been 2-10. Another tough game on Friday versus QPR. Fans of the last 3 opponents Hull, Burnley and now Blackburn have now said we are the best team they have played.30BComment posted by bill the bobber today at 20 02bill the bobber
20:02Strange to say but not worried about the result - performance and fact we did more than enough to get a positive result at one of the front runners is the important thing. Making massive strides this season compared to the last 7 or 8. KRO.30DComment posted by Diamond Dust today at 19 52Diamond Dust
19:52Who wrote this article? Did they slip in and out of a parallel universe where events unfolded slightly differently? Laughable.Really pleased for the result today. Apparently draws are no longer possible for us so sorry about that Birmingham fans :)20S
Comment posted by sky blue sam today at 19 45sky blue sam
19:45Blues lost today to a very good Blackburn side. The stats say it was an excellent performance so just move on to the next game. KRO !60NComment posted by Nick today at 19 40Nick
19:40What an absolutely dreadful match report! So many errors! Does nobody at the BBC proof read these reports before posting them. “Blackburn were soon level” ( 8th paragraph ) What! Sack whoever wrote this b*llocks!61LReply posted by lincsloon today at 19 47lincsloon
19:47to Nick"What an absolutely dreadful match report! So many errors! Does nobody at the BBC proof read these reports before posting them. “Blackburn were soon level” ( 8th paragraph ) What! Sack whoever wrote this b*llocks!"lincsloon replied: They also wrote Blackburn had a clinical win, jeez.30HComment posted by Humpty Dumpty today at 19 32Humpty Dumpty
19:32Reading all the comments its a Blue on Blue love in, nice seeing my old hometown team doing wellUp the Rovers ..40H
Reply posted by Humpty Dumpty today at 21 04Humpty Dumpty
21:04to Humpty Dumpty"Reading all the comments its a Blue on Blue love in, nice seeing my old hometown team doing wellUp the Rovers .."Humpty Dumpty replied: PS :- If anyone’s about who attended St Peter’s CE School Byrom Street Blackburn 1963-1967 is about give me a shout. School long gone but I’m about still00FComment posted by FamousBlueAndWhiteHalves today at 19 16FamousBlueAndWhiteHalves
19:16Birmingham the best team to visit Ewood so far . On today’s showing it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re in the top six come the end of the season .As far as the Famous Blue and White Halves are concerned, an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Kaminski . We have a team chock full of academy graduates who are having to learn and grow quickly in an ultra competitive league
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Comment posted by korvintage64 today at 19 11korvintage64
19:11From a Blues POV we'll play worse & win. Defence were a bit slow today, so hopefully that'll create a positive reaction in the next few games. Open apology to JE who I judged on our first few bad results. What a revelation he's been. We're playing with passion, attractiveness & commitment easily matching two of the top teams in the division. Long may it continue.20RComment posted by Royal Blue today at 18 53Royal Blue
18:53Great game today between the Blues and Blackburn. Firstly congrats to Blackburn with good quality for holding on at the end for the win. For Blues its another energy filled performance with lots of quality. They are a joy to watch at present which is a credit to the players and the management team. Another display which we are proud of. KRO onto QPR next which we can win.101GComment posted by gary bannan today at 18 50gary bannan
18:50Birmingham best team at Elwood this season. Only one reason why we won...our keeper had a blinder. Great effort from our young lads. Brum will surprise a lot this year if they keep playing like that. Good team and good support. Glad to get the points. Hull away next week. Brilliant watching these young lads from our academy.132DComment posted by Deputydave62 today at 18 44Deputydave62
18:44Birmingham played well - Kaminski was rightly player of the match.By the way, it was Adam Wharton who scored the second goal, not Tyler Morton.61M
Comment posted by Matthew Bretherick today at 18 28Matthew Bretherick
18:28Good to see the reporter was watching the game today ? #WhartonNotMorton111HReply posted by Hoylep today at 18 50Hoylep
18:50to Matthew Bretherick"Good to see the reporter was watching the game today ? #WhartonNotMorton"Hoylep replied: If he was even there...but then we don't expect accuracy from BBC reporters anymore.51PComment posted by ponyexpress today at 18 28ponyexpress
18:28Well done to John Eustace and his staff and the team. Another strong performance, impr oving by the game. ZULU army on March again.KRO SOTv BSHLout82C