Source: Daily_Mail
Blackburn 0 Stoke 0: Big Sam is the missing link for frustrated Rovers
Blackburn Rovers host Chelsea and Liverpool this week so they desperately need manager Sam Allardyce back on the touchline.[LNB]Allardyce is expected to be in charge for Wednesday's Carling Cup quarter-final against Chelsea and his players admitted they missed his guidance during this frustrating stalemate.[LNB] Missing link: El-Hadji Diouf and his Blackburn team-mates struggled to build on their fine recent home form in the absence of their boss Sam Allardyce against Stoke[LNB]Allardyce was discharged from hospital on Saturday after a heart procedure the previous day but rested at home. Blackburn had been in brilliant form at Ewood Park winning five in a row and scoring 16 but Stoke blunted them with a typically tough, organised display.[LNB] FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW: Rovers face Villa testAllardyce picked his Blackburn team before heading for heart surgeryBLACKBURN ROVERS FC
