If Rovers had a game plan at Spurs it wasn't obvious. QPR had just been beaten 6-1 over at Chelsea, and Wigan collected maximum points yesterday - so it looked likely that Blackburn would play some attacking football and at a club who've had a poor few, moths by their standards. Well it was Tottenham who dominated play from start to finish, creating all the chances, claiming all the possession. Chance after chance were created before Van der Vaart's ball crossed the line to make it 1-0 with 22minutes gone. Rovers protested that it hadn't - but despite the melee, they hadn't kept it out. No changes at the break, and no surprise when Kyle Walker made it 2-0 in the 75th. Yakubu replaced by Modeste, Goodwillie on for Dunny, but still no chances created on a lackluster afternoon from teh visitors.
So Wigan on Bank Holiday Monday and then away at Chelsea before the season, and most probably their time in the top flight, comes to an end.
PLEASE tune into RADIO ROVERS on 7th May for our last broadcast (of the season?) as we say a fond farewell to a year that's best to forget. (29th April 2012)

Rovers returned to the Country that had happy memories of a Cup Final win in Cardiff - but at Swansea there were no celebrations for the English. In simple terms Blackburn were well beaten with two goals ahead of the break and yet another own goal to seal their fate in the second half. Both sides were on the back of a set of recent defeats - but the Premiership new boys showed why they had won so many plaudits all season, and their win sees them top the 40 point mark to surely enjoy another one in the top flight. Sigurdson claimed the home sides' first after 36 minutes, Nathan Dyer made it two eight minutes later. Just past the hour Sigurdson struck the post, and Scott Dann put the ball into his own net. Pundits say Rovers looked like a beaten side and one already resigned to the drop. Steve Kean told the BBC "It was tough afternoon. At 0-0 I thought we contained them well. I felt when we won it back we were loose in our possession and not as potent as we have been. But Swansea pressed very well when we won it back. We thought the first goal there was potentially a foul in the build-up. But no doubt it's a fantastic finish." Worryingly the Manager also revealed why Gael Givet was left out of the squad, but traveled to Swansea. Apparently it was a 'state of mind' issue. Steve Kean told the Rovers website: "I spoke to Gael this morning and after having a chat with him it was very apparent to me that he was nowhere near in the right mindset to be involved in this game. I don't want to go into the reasons why, we'll keep that private, but there was no way he could have been on the pitch today. We needed him, we wanted him to play, but after the chat it was obvious that it wasn't going to be the case."
Now with just four games to go, it looks likely that Blackburn will need to win three of them - and next week they face Norwich City at Ewood, ahead of a tough trip to Tottenham, then Wigan as the last home game and the last day of the season back in London at Chelsea. They remain second bottom, and it's hard to see how they'll escape the bottom three. (14th April 2012)

It might not have been a 'must win' for Rovers, but certainly it was a game not to lose. But it ended as a bad defeat and Anthony Modeste saw Red and will now miss three games - perhaps not to play again for Blackburn. Things didn't start well, with Martin Olsson conceding an unfortunate own goal with just six minutes gone. In fact the first half was one largely to forget, with the home side claiming most of the play. Things had to improve, and did .. for a period in part two Rovers looked likely to find an equaliser and even go on to win. They had a good penalty claim turned down when Bradley Orr was pushed in the box, and Ben Foster was on top form, to make a double save and keep Rovers at bay. Fortune made it 2-0 and Liam Ridgewell added a third with five minutes to go. Then with a the final whistle only minutes away Anthony Modeste saw a straight red for kicking out at Billy Jones. Steve Kean admitted that Blackburn probably lost it in tie fist half - and now looks ahead to Liverpool on Tuesday. He told reporters: "We were poor in the first half but came out more positive in the second half. The big point was the double save. I felt if we had scored that, with the momentum and possession, the score would have been very different. It is a very fine line. I've looked at the stats and we had 11 goal attempts and seven or eight on target. The goalkeeper has had a good day. "We have a massive game against Liverpool now on Tuesday."
Other results saw Bolton lose 3-0 at home to Fulham, Wigan lose 2-1 at Chelsea and Wolves lose 2-1 at Stoke. QPR will play Manchester United on Sunday, but stand ahead of Rovers on goal difference just outside the bottom three, (7th April 2012)

It was never going to be an easy evening at Ewood, but Blackburn looked determined to try and stifle United's title hopes. And for most of the ninety minutes they did just that - testing De Gea at one end, while Paul Robinson was up to any shot at the other. Rovers were unlucky not to go in for the break at least a goal to the good, but the United keeper was on form, and certainly much improved from his performance against Rovers at Old Trafford. The second half saw more from the home side, but the Reds claimed much of the possession. With ten minutes left, it was beginning to look like a valuable point for Blackburn could be on the cards, but Valencia had other ideas as he threaded home through a rack of defenders to beat Robinson and take the lead. Then less then five minutes later Ashley Young came of the bench to make it two, and game over.
Certainly no disgrace for Blackburn, but the goal deficit pushed them back into the bottom three with games running out.
Post match Steve Kean told RADIO ROVERS : "I'm frustrated and disappointed. For 80 minutes I thought we were excellent, we were right in the game, we created plenty of chances.We were compact, we were sharp and De Gea has made some outstanding saves. From our point of view we have to think about how we played for 80 minutes, now we need to stretch it to 90 minutes.... All we've got to do is make that the standard of performance and if we play like that in the last seven games then the points will come."
And that challenge comes next at West Brom on Saturday, before Liverpool come to Ewood next Tuesday evening. (3rd April 2012)