Kelvin Wilkins

A DRAW away to Liverpool doesn’t sound like something to get overly excited about, yet the nature of the occasion made it so.

Rovers were magnificent. Their performance was disciplined, committed and at times, very pleasant on the eye with every player committed to the cause.

Sadly, the result will mean nothing if we don’t progress in the replay, yet at least the country have started talking about Rovers with admiration and not with anarchy.

Credit must go to Gary Bowyer for rebuilding the club from virtual ruin and masterminding a tactical masterclass against a strong Liverpool team.

Paul Yates

THE draw at Anfield was a great performance but how long it will live in the memory will depend upon the replay at Ewood Park.

Interesting how we can play like that against a top Premier League side but struggle against mediocre opposition at home.

Obviously it can’t compare with winning the title at Anfield in 1995 nor lifting the Worthington Cup at Cardiff in 2002. Similarly the play-off final against Leicester was a real nail-biter with subsequent elation.

I also vividly remember Rovers beating the great Tottenham double-winning team 7-2 at Ewood Park in 1963.

Simon Smith

IT was a great day that reminded the football world that Rovers are a team slowly flowering from green shoots of recovery, and Anfield was a happy refuge from the negativity some fans seem to revel in.

However it may be seen as a chance missed and having been fortunate to have lived through 38 years at Ewood, taking in the 1980 cup run and promotion, all the trophies and European trips, it is merely a great performance from a team who are capable of so much when they are roared on instead of groaned off.