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SORRY, ROVERS, YOU’VE GOT NO CHANCE WITHOUT ACE DACK

BLACKBURN are just five points shy of a play-off spot but without Bradley Dack, their season is over.
No side in the division is as wholly reliant on a single player as Rovers are on Dack, who will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate in last month’s draw with Wigan. It isn’t just his goals, though he certainly has plenty of those.
It is his unpredictability, invention and sheer sense of mischief.
Often described as a “street footballer” by Rovers boss Tony Mowbray, he is like a more consistent version of the brilliant but enigmatic Lee Tomlin. He...

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