You are just making yourself look ridiculous now.

In that case...you really need to...you would enjoy them I'm sure. I thought you had read them and taken my advice...shame on you! They are however notoriously politically incorrect...the reader comes across words such as sambo, wench and darkie...maybe that is the problem?

I thought it was an awful challenge as did many others. As for "debated and cleared up yonks ago"...it was debated and people had differing opinions. I thought it was a bad tackle then and I do know. It was reckless and both his feet were off the ground. As for he was going for the ball...of course he went for the ball...what else was he going to go for...the moon?...and the man as well. A reckless challenge is just that. As for your claptrap about "agenda's"...grow up will you? It's embarrassing.

The guy is right about the leg-breaking ability however. Neill's tackle on Carrager was a disgraceful excuse of a challenge.

I've also been banging on about the Flashman books for years on here as has Blue Phil. Maybe we need a short list of recommended books we can post so people don't have to search for yonks. Other richly recommended books seem to include Curiuus Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, This Thing Called Darkness, Short History of Nearly Everything etc...we just need someone who can be bothered enough to go back and read through all the threads... Regarding the Flashman series it is worth noting that in the first book Flashman is a much nastier piece of work than in the rest and far more amoral. In the rest of the series his japes and cadly behaviour are generally amusing in tone but the first book is very dark and it is hard to sympathise with him at all at times.

Just checked and we had 28, 691 in when we beat Burnley 2-1 at Ewood.

Tai-Pan was another belting read by Clavell. That was set during the time when Hong Kong was first taken over by the Brits. Lots of opium smuggling, exotic Oriental ladies, inscrutable Chinese baddies etc. It's another looooooooong read however.

We signed him for 600,000 although this might have risen a bit from appearance clauses etc/ The one and a half million I think is what we eventually sold him for...which is also what we apparently paid for Warnock.

Just to show that not all pundits are ignoring like Match of the Day idiots...Ferdinand - Rovers for the top four

...and certainly not to those cheeky sods of Carlisle! Oh wait...

Yes but why are the regular Rovers fans turning up more than in the previous few seasons? The price reduction helped to boost the season ticket numbers which are vital. As a short-term financial measure it probably isn't wise to have dropped the prices as Rovers did but as a long-term plan it makes sense if they can stop fans giving up season tickets and entice a few back. I'd expect it's much easier to lose a fan than it is to get them back. Regardless...Rovers couldn't go on hemorrhaging support like we were in the last days of Souness and which continued under Hughes despite a much improved side.

Millwall snap up Blackburn youngster With Bryan Hodge, the 20 year-old midfielder, going to Millwall this means we now have three players on loan. Hodge - Millwall Paul Gallagher - Preston North End Frank Fielding - Wycombe Wanderers There is also apparently a youngster called "Macky" Eboigbe on loan at Cercle Brugge as well. It seems that Gally has not been playing or even on the bench in the last few games. Anyone know if that is due to injury or the manager just not being impressed by him?

As mentioned above...Hughes must be a contender for Manager of the Month. Mark Hughes has never won the Premiership Manager of the Month award. With 5 wins out of 5 in October...is now the time? The last Rovers boss to win the award was actually Brian Kidd (!) way back in December 1998. United however also won five out of five in October...

King Rat by James Clavell is another good one.

The guy had just scored...of course he was full of joy. What exactly do you think he sees Rovers as then? A mission? Divine? What would you see your employers as?

Benni doesn't endear himself to fans by his saying the first thing that pops into his head. Usually what he says shows he considers Rovers as merely an employer. It is of course the truth but fans would rather ignore that and believe otherwise. If he keeps playing like he has been however he can say whatever he likes.

Fewer young people using cannabis after reclassification

There are of course many for such a wide period of time so I will just recommend ´Pillars of the Earth´ by Ken Follet and ´As Meat Loves Salt´ by Maria McCann.

BBC - Toshack fumes at pampered players It's never good when a manager needs to attack his own players in the press. He'll be calling them rubber dinghy men next...

Pedantic Note...More like 3 and a bit times the population. Toshack seems to hate the raised expectations that came from the near miss under Hughes but he would be better off ignoring it and getting on with the job. Sparky's time might have had its moments but many Welsh fans blame his negative formation in the game at home to Russia for their failing to create chances and ultimately blowing their best chance in the past decade tp qualify. So it is hardly as if he is following someone who actually took them to a finals place. Toshack with his mouth, like Souness, is his own worst enemy.

The Times - Le Saux on the Batty fight in Moscow

Currently reading the highly praised A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage which looks at how beverages such as beer, wine, spirits, tea, coffee and water pushed forward civilisation at various times. It is not as interesting as expected but seems to be slowly getting going.

Yep not been here long but the strongest thing I have been offered is rum.

Nothing in life is risk-free Dave but I think tony gale's mic was saying that in moderation some drugs are not as dangerous as other drugs. Alcohol, for example, must exacerbate the mental health problems of a huge number of people but it doesn't stop many people enjoying a pint. I certainly don't believe that heroin should be legal but with marijuana it is so prevalent that I think we might as well sell and tax it. People who want will get it anyway but surely it is preferable not to buy it from a source that will also offer them drugs like heroin. There is somewhat of making a pact with the devil in legalising recreational drugs (including alcohol or tobacco) but there also needs to be a pragmatic approach as well as whatever the law is the society still has to function in the everyday. I'd much rather the authorities spent their time concentrating on drugs like heroin. Perhaps not ideal but then what is relating to this issue?