We have all doubtless heard the phrase “you can only beat what’s in front of you.”

Last season, a successful one for Rovers, saw some poor teams show some fight against us and rise to the occasion of playing a ‘glamour’ side.

This season Rovers are more on the ‘unglamorous’ side with some other clubs in the Championship still believing history warrants a top level place.

So the game between us and Paul Lambert’s strugglers was one that needed a patient and dogged approach from both fans and players. And both did themselves, and the other, proud.

The occasional flash of vision and passing led to good chances but the ill fortune suffered by the lads could have resulted in one of those days where heads dropped and the away team capitalise on the apathy and nick a winner.

You know? Like things used to be before Tony Mowbray came? Even the Oldham away game last season followed this trope.

This current side, for all their idiosyncrasies, possess the mettle to battle through these games and trust in the fact that with such creativity in the squad there will be chances created.

And the fans more than played their part, never growing overly frustrated or angry.

At a vital stage of the season it appears as if the vast majority of those who get down to games do finally Trust In Tony and his players.

Things do get a bit sticky and, make no mistake, this winning run may not last too long, but with a massive game on Saturday against a resurgent Hull it is heartening that most media commentators, critics and bookies predict this is where that resurgence will end.

Rovers are a force to be reckoned with and the instability of recent years has been replaced by what many identify as a ‘fortress’ at Ewood.

We can look back in anger but it is much healthier to merely recognise that where Rovers are now has taken hard work from some individuals to rescue the reputation of the club from the wreckage some individuals left it in. Arte Et Labore is still our motto.