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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Ham - the fans' verdict
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We asked for your thoughts after Blackburn Rovers beat West Ham 2-1 at Ewood Park in the Championship on Saturday.

Here are some of your comments:

Blackburn fans

Keith: Typical Rovers, always play better against fancied teams but a good rehearsal for our next match against somebody else in claret and blue. One new manager bounce overcome. Let's hope for another next time out.

Ronnie: West Ham thought they just had to turn up and Blackburn would roll over. Well that went well for them.

Rob: A team that has more chance of going up than West Ham. They certainly had West Ham's mark.

Vicky: Perfect day - Rovers win and Burnley lose from 4-1 up.

Jeff: Actually inspiring from Rovers for once. Tony has done a great job so far, and a great atmosphere at the end. We turned the pressure on us in the first half to a win- so well done lads.

John: I can honestly say it's the best Rovers game I've seen for a long time, they played their hearts out. As Rovers fan I couldn't be more chuffed for the way they stuck together, and showed such grit and determination. And it paid off.

Andri Gudjohnsen, wearing Blackburn's blue and white home kit, shouts and pumps his fist to the crowd to celebrate a goal against West Ham. West Ham's players, wearing their claret, blue and white kit, can be seen in the background looking dejected.

West Ham fans

Clive: A new manager can't improve players that are not good enough to put a West Ham shirt on their backs. At least six players are not good enough to play in the Championship. West Ham will not get promotion until you change the core squad. One chance - January transfer window.

Paul: Not good enough. I remember last time we went down we just managed to win promotion through the play-offs. Same thing this time, I fear.

Sue: Played better but still don't take their chances. We could have won easily if they had taken their chances when they were in the box. Definitely need a centre forward. Got to keep confident and give Scott Parker a chance. He's only had four days.

Ewan: West Ham were clearly not clinical in the final third, Blackburn defended brilliantly and West Ham's wingers could not get past Blackburn's full-backs. Simply not good enough from a West Ham perspective.

Nigel: Hopefully reality is dawning on a squad full of ego and delusions of grandeur. They need to go back to basics, many weren't good enough for the Premier League and are now being found out in the Championship.

A root and branch update is needed and Scotty should take the opportunity to ring serious changes during this international break. If we do not go up at the first time of asking I fear our stay in this division will be a prolonged one.

Sofian: It was actually a decent performance compared to recent weeks. We pressed well, looked more comfortable in playing the game against a low block and we created plenty. However this defence and the goalkeeper are simply below par.

Mads Hermansen needs dropping for Alphonse Areola and we need to start winning games, and quick, in order to push for an automatic promotion spot.

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