IN BRAMWELL Speaks Out (LET, February 25), Neil Bramwell complained about the lack of commitment from Rovers supporters in terms of attendance and vocal support, he was very judgemental about the section of the crowd which had the audacity to voice their opinion about the manager making a "strange" substitution.

Having supported Rovers for more than 40 years and being a committed 'Blackburn-ender,' I can assure you that the reaction to the substitution of Damien Duff was mainly from supporters who are Blue and White to the core.

And it was not because Ashley Ward was coming on, but because a player with the potential to change things was removed, while others on the pitch were not only not playing well, but displayed less work ethic than a sick note.

Most of Rovers supporters will know exactly to whom I refer and I hope the manager does.

That substitution - while playing at home, one game away from a home tie in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, against 'beatable' opposition - brought a lot of simmering feelings to the surface.

You are right about the honeymoon period for Brian Kidd being over. We've gone from a team which, under Roy Hodgson, was losing - sometimes playing well, but losing - to a team playing not too well and not losing, and then more recently to a team playing badly and losing.

We all have sympathy with the horrendous injury problems which obviously seriously limit the potential for winning games.

However, playing at home, it would be refreshing to see us trying to win the game.

We probably have, with the exception of Manchester United, the two most gifted "wide" players in the Premiership in Keith Gillespie and Damien Duff. Yet, we appear to be playing them as supplementary full backs.

My worry is that we have lost sight of the fact that when the ball is in the opposing half, they can't score.

The boos were not aimed at the players or even the manager but against a decision most of us could not understand.

GEOFF MOORE, Earnsdale Avenue, Darwen.

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