The Biggest Game of the season.
Well its back. After a year of waiting for the Dingles to come back to reality its finally here. The El Lanclasico a Derby that has been the centre of attention for the whole north west of England for over 100 years. This Derby started back on the 7th of November 1888 which was the first ever competitive match between the two towns. And the rovers royally destroyed the Dingles in the biggest ever victory over them a whopping 7-1 victory of the neighbours. This is one of the most fierce matches in the whole of English football and yet if you were to ask some of our southern friends to list the biggest derbies in the country the Cotton Mill derby wouldn't be listed very much in fact it may not be listed at all but why isn't it considered by the rest of England as a Big Game? is it because we're only two small towns somewhere in the north? Well ill tell you why its one of he biggest in the country.
This isn't just a game between a place divided in half because of religion or individual views(Liverpool v Everton or Manchester city v Manchester United). This isn't just a game between two paces who just don't like each other very much (Liverpool v Manchester united).This isn't a game that is fierce just because it could decided how the a title goes (Manchester City v Chelsea). This is one of the oldest hatreds in the whole country this is a battle between two towns that want the bragging rights over the neighbours. This a derby that splits friends and families. You know that if you lose this game your not going to here the end of it ever! You know that if you don't win the first game you have to win the second because if you lose both then the torture will continue forever. We did exactly that to the dingles for 35 years whole generation of football fans could have grown into fully grown adults before they saw their team win. 8 world cups were played between the dingles getting there wins and for all that time we gave them stick and now that the day has been and passed where they got there win they have realised 35 years of anger and hatred towards us in very swift fashion. And now we are without a victory for 5 years and times are as bleak as they have ever been during that time for Rovers. We are overdue a win and that's why tomorrow we can win the game and is why the Blackburn Rovers V Burnley game is one of the biggest games In English football. This game isn't based on form or how the teams looking its about how the team does on the day which makes this the most unpredictable games in the country. And yet it only takes one touch from one man to make the difference...
Unpredictable affair ahead
Finally it's over. The international break is over and done with and all players have returned home safely and without injury (we hope). Now most of them have returned to the mighty Blues with most of their heads held high. Corry Evans played his part to help get Northern Ireland to their first major tournament for many years and likewise Tom Lawrence made his debut for wales as they finally booked there place in the euros after what has been a sparkling campaign for them. Unfortunately Rhodes never got his start that he so thoroughly dissevered for Scotland. But the man with the big head did get his and unfortunately he wasn't able to stop the currently overwhelming, and should have been Rovers player, Robert Lewandowski and if it wasn't for his last minute goal for Poland things could have been very different for the jocks.
The next challenge for these players is a very unpredictable affair against an MK Dons team who really haven't started life in the second division as they would have hoped. They lie in 19th place with only 8 points to their name. Without the like of Deli Ali and Afobe the Dons just don't have the team that they had last season.
Last time we played MK Dons was back in 2010 in a capital one cup match. And as is tradition in the league cup we were beaten by the lower league team. Now technically speaking this game will only be the second ever meeting between MK Dons and Rovers…sort of. Obviously if you count the old Wimbledon fc as MK Dons then we have played them many times. But as a brand and a team this is the first ever league encounter between MK Dons and Rovers. Which has left me in a tight position because there are no real results to go off. So you have to look at form.
Rovers will defiantly go into this game the favorites having only lost 1 in their last 6 games in a very controversial 2-1 loss to Fulham. Meanwhile The Dons haven't won a game since the 25th of august at home to Cardiff in the capital one cup. Plus they have only had 1 point from there last 6 games.
So after looking at this and the form of the main man Jordan Rhodes I can't really see us losing this one and id be disappointed if we don't get the win. So I'm going for a 3-1 victory and the first away win for our boys. Jordan Rhodes to get the first goal of the game (put a bet on that one) #COYB #BringOnTheDingles