TUBTHUMPING got the nod as Burnley's signature tune on Saturday but Rovers boss Roy Hodgson could be contemplating something a little more serene for Ewood.

After yet another training session in a downpour, the manager has finally discovered that tales about East Lancashire weather are not exaggerated.

And he commented wryly: "I think we are going to have to run out to the Inkspots 'Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall'."

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