Blackburn fans

[Colemans Left Hook]

They were never going to keep off the pitch but the club have a legal duty to do 'everything possible' to discourage or stop them, so it hardly seems fair having a go at the guy on the tannoy to be honest.

Whoever turned the sprinklers on though, fair play because that was amusing.

Problem with that is what happens if the sprinklers hit someone of a lightweight physique and it knocks them off balance and they fall? If it's a child, it's even worse.

With a surging crowd behind them, if someone ends up on the floor because of the sprinklers, there's a chance they could get trampled on and seriously injured, or the rushing water itself could knock them into advertising boards and they could get cut or injured that way.

I think the person who instigated it should be sacked for gross misconduct. The groundsman is probably the puppet told to do it, but the chances are it's come from higher up.

You can't play the Elf & Safety line, then do something what is directly going to hinder the safety of those supporters who are making movements towards the pitch.

the water pressure is also a lot higher at 9.40 pm that at 10 to 5 on a Saturday (cup of tea dear time etc) if it was rovers who had just won promotion would the same thing have happened ?

[Draytonian III]

I very much doubt the force of the water would knock anyone over , the ground staff regularly change direction of the guns by hand by walking up to them . As for them being water cannons 😂😂

[Padge_DRFC]

Their fans either didn’t have a choice of standing or sitting or Blackburn is a much more mobile healthier town with every fan able to do it.

[drfchound]

It would be hard for the ones behind the goal to knock anyone into the advertising boards,even if they were strong enough to do it, as they direct water towards the pitch.