Rovers fans await Allardyce changes

New Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has virtually a full-strength squad to choose from for his first Premier League match in charge tomorrow at home to Stoke.

Left-back Martin Olsson, who missed last weekend’s 3-0 defeat at Wigan, played for the reserves in midweek after recovering from a slight hamstring problem.

Australian midfielder Vince Grella (hamstring) remains sidelined.

Provisional squad: Robinson, Brown, Simpson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Emerton, Warnock, Mokoena, Olsson, Dunn, Tugay, Treacy, Pedersen, Roberts, Derbyshire, Villanueva, Santa Cruz, Fowler, McCarthy, Andrews.