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1607: Lovely flick. But James Morrison's through-ball is wasted by West Brom's top scorer Odemwingie. Frenetic pace with referee Mark Clattenburg's fitness being tested to the full.
1605: Kalinic, who scored two goals when Blackburn won at The Hawthorns in December, nearly wriggles free for the hosts. Nearly. Settling now. Floodlights on already.
1603: Sloppy play from Blackburn lets Peter Odemwingie break free but his snapshot from outside the box is saved well by Paul Robinson. Quick start. All West Brom.
1600: Good crowd gathered in deepest Lancashire, Sunday lunch digesting. What more could you want. West Brom kick off.
1557: Real sense of anticipation at Ewood Park, and on the message boards from you guys, over watching Rocky II today - aka the second coming of Roque Santa Cruz at Ewood Park. Tough one, as he's not played much first-team football recently. Lack of match action seemed to hamper players like Joe Cole when he moved to Liverpool. Possibly it's different for boxers, sorry, strikers...
Luke on the text: "Not a classic on paper - but it's all I've got to keep me sane on a lonely day in the office. C'mon the Baggies."
1546: Five years at boyhood heroes Celtic as a player without ever making the first team before working in a eclectic range of often lower league coaching jobs, Blackburn manager Steve Kean really has emerged from the shadows. Do you think he has what it takes to take Rovers into the Champions League? Bit of a funny one, eh. West Brom starting XI is made up of 11 different nationalities by the way.
BLACKBURN v WEST BROM TEAM NEWS ANALYSIS
BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan reports: "Blackburn hand starts to new signings striker Roque Santa Cruz and midfielder Jermaine Jones while captain Ryan Nelsen misses out with a knee injury. Jonas Olsson returns to the West Brom team after a three-month injury absence. He replaces Paul Scharner in defence with the Austrian moving into midfield in place of the injured Graham Dorrans."
BLACKBURN v WEST BROM TEAM LINE-UPS
Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Givet, Olsson, Dunn, Jermaine Jones, Pedersen, Hoilett, Kalinic, Santa Cruz.
Subs: Bunn, El-Hadji Diouf, Nzonzi, Mwaruwari, Roberts, Hanley, Mame Diouf.
West Brom: Myhill, Jara, Tamas, Olsson, Cech, Brunt, Mulumbu, Thomas, Scharner, Morrison, Odemwingie.
Subs: Carson, Tchoyi, Pablo, Bednar, Shorey, Zuiverloon, Cox.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
1530: If Roberto Di Matteo's ever-attractive West Brom side were a Hollywood road movie, we'd be getting towards the hard luck stories galore stage now with the emotive violins really kicking in...
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1605: Kalinic, who scored two goals when Blackburn won at The Hawthorns in December, nearly wriggles free for the hosts. Nearly. Settling now. Floodlights on already.
1603: Sloppy play from Blackburn lets Peter Odemwingie break free but his snapshot from outside the box is saved well by Paul Robinson. Quick start. All West Brom.
1600: Good crowd gathered in deepest Lancashire, Sunday lunch digesting. What more could you want. West Brom kick off.
1557: Real sense of anticipation at Ewood Park, and on the message boards from you guys, over watching Rocky II today - aka the second coming of Roque Santa Cruz at Ewood Park. Tough one, as he's not played much first-team football recently. Lack of match action seemed to hamper players like Joe Cole when he moved to Liverpool. Possibly it's different for boxers, sorry, strikers...
Luke on the text: "Not a classic on paper - but it's all I've got to keep me sane on a lonely day in the office. C'mon the Baggies."
1546: Five years at boyhood heroes Celtic as a player without ever making the first team before working in a eclectic range of often lower league coaching jobs, Blackburn manager Steve Kean really has emerged from the shadows. Do you think he has what it takes to take Rovers into the Champions League? Bit of a funny one, eh. West Brom starting XI is made up of 11 different nationalities by the way.
BLACKBURN v WEST BROM TEAM NEWS ANALYSIS
BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan reports: "Blackburn hand starts to new signings striker Roque Santa Cruz and midfielder Jermaine Jones while captain Ryan Nelsen misses out with a knee injury. Jonas Olsson returns to the West Brom team after a three-month injury absence. He replaces Paul Scharner in defence with the Austrian moving into midfield in place of the injured Graham Dorrans."
BLACKBURN v WEST BROM TEAM LINE-UPS
Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Givet, Olsson, Dunn, Jermaine Jones, Pedersen, Hoilett, Kalinic, Santa Cruz.
Subs: Bunn, El-Hadji Diouf, Nzonzi, Mwaruwari, Roberts, Hanley, Mame Diouf.
West Brom: Myhill, Jara, Tamas, Olsson, Cech, Brunt, Mulumbu, Thomas, Scharner, Morrison, Odemwingie.
Subs: Carson, Tchoyi, Pablo, Bednar, Shorey, Zuiverloon, Cox.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
1530: If Roberto Di Matteo's ever-attractive West Brom side were a Hollywood road movie, we'd be getting towards the hard luck stories galore stage now with the emotive violins really kicking in...
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