For me there hasn’t been a HUGE difference in all three league performances this season. We’ve looked decent in all of them but hardly forced a save or pinned a team back for a significant period. Think Mowbray got everything spot on yesterday. Starting line-up and subs. An ugly(ish) win, but we’ll have that. The BIG win, for me, is that we now have an actual left back, so that’s good. Other observations: Keeper looks nervous. It’s like watching Peter Crouch in goal. Williams continues to impress at centre half. Trav and Johnson is a cracking midfield combo at this level. Gallagher did lots of jumping and running. Downing has great quality on the ball and I think he won’t be far off our player of the year award. Big claim at this point. But genuine quality in his boots. Graham class. Think he has grounds to be disappointed not to have started the season up top. Couldn’t have done much more last year. Special mention for Dack who ran his little socks off. Rothwell and Armstrong showed great game management. Buckley, needs time obviously, but looks way out of his depth at the moment.

Wouldn’t say there was anything stable about Kean’s time as Manager. I will absolutely agree that today was an absolute shocker. No getting around that.

That’s extreme. Do you genuinely believe we’ll be bottom in December? Didn’t go today.

Comparisons to Kean are crazy. We’ve been crying out for stability. We have some. Changing the manager now would be a disaster.

Talk of Mowbray out is mad. But, today was a disaster, can’t be classed as anything else. Johnson and Travis look like good pairing. Downing has some quality in his boots and that will help us over the course of the season. Everything was bang average. Our big issue is at full back. Bennett is not a defender (and it shows) and Bell is poor all around - can’t defend, too many touches, no final ball. The net result is unbelievable pressure on our central defence. I don’t subscribe to the Mulgrew should be dropped nonsense. Once Nyambe and Williams are either side, we’ll be stronger.

The PR team have managed him within an inch of his life on that one. Watch his answer to the first question, he spews everything out that he'd been fed. Very 'managed'. 'Magnificent club' and 'no stoned unturned' and to throw 'arte et labore' in is complete PR BS. He repeats key words throughout and had clearly been told not to say the word 'Burnley'. There is a point where he looks down to his right (6:13) when asked about investment. Indicates discomfort and without being a body language expert, I'd say he's been told 'you don't have much to spend'. Also around 7:50 he's asked about targets for the season and continually looks down and right. Again a sign of discomfort. Not having that. But he will have my support until proved incompetent.

Rest in peace Kelbo. Top poster. Thoughts and prayers with Kelbo's family and friends.

Four year deal is silly - but probably the only way we'll get him to sign. That said, Murphy and Etuhu should be as good as anything in the middle of the park in the championship.

This is brilliant. When we had Todd, Neill, Savage and Dickov we were hard to beat and everyone hated us. Now we simply need to sign Barton to go along with Diouf and we'll be back on the right track! Barton is a block head. But he can play, so we'll take it.

That's spot on. We should get onto the club about this. In an era where we could get left behind because of foreign owenership, we should be blowing our trumpet more than ever about all the great things we have going for us.

There's only one Jack Walker. I met him once when I was very young (12 or 13) and I asked for his autograph. He made me hold his jacket while he signed my programme. Wonderful moment for me. Top man.

Watching England has now been boring for many years. Only in 96 have I ever been truly entertained by an England team and that was probably because I was 10 years or whatever. The current crop are not hungry enough, and there are simply not good enough. Owen is a shadow of the player he was at Liverpool, Beckham is past it. Gerrard and Lampard do not work as a pair, we'll never find a left winger, although Young did well last night. I even have doubnts over John Terry at international level - I'm not sure his whole hearted put your body on the line works without some intelligence and technique. We need to bring through a new breed.

I'd drop him Sunday. Start Roberts - It's a no brainer no for me.

Absolutely great news in many ways. We'll have a fit Bentley for the PL season and also for the intertoto campaign. He will have taken a great deal of advice from the right people before making this decision. But he strikes me as somebody who is very much his own man - I have to say I like that, especially since most footballers seem to be agent driven. Arguments centred on the fact that he gets paid well and therefore should be immune to fatigue are complete tut. Anybody who plays sport will know doing it regularly comes at a price. No amount of wages compensate for that. He could have quite easily have faked an injury and gone home that way. he should be applauded for his honesty. Pearce of all people should appreciate that. Clearly Pearce wants to be in the news, I guess he fears slipping out of the picture whilst managing the 21's. I think the whole episode shows a lack of forward thinking and planning by the FA. I think most of us on here could see it being a possibility. Ultimately his senior chances may suffer. But he may have had a chat with the all knowing Steve Mclaren, we never know.

I'll take that. If Benni is putting himself in a situation (in a years time) where a big club will pay £6 million for (him) at 30 year old - then that's good news for Blackburn Rovers. It will take another top season from Mccarthy to persuade the big guns he is worth the dosh at 30 years young.

OK, perhaps I made my point badly. What I am trying to say, perhaps badly, is that Bellamy did a lot of running for the team into the channels, putting people under pressure etc. I believe this attitude combined with the 17 goals or whatever Bellamy scored is more valuable to the team than McCarthy's contribution. Regardless of whoever has been missing this season, I believe there is an argument to suggest had Benni done a little more work for the team we might be a touch higher up the table. Whilst I wouldn't class Benni as a luxury player, he's more than that, at times we have carrried him. But for 24 goals I guess it's justified. The problem is it is almost impossible to to argue against Mccarthy's contribution this season - 24 goals. Scoring goals is not only the hardest thing but the most important thing to do on the football pitch. Therefore, anyone who questions McCarthy's overall contribution gets knocked back with - "but he scored 24 goals, what more do you want". To that there is little you can reply. What will be interesting is next season if he went say 9 or 10 games without a goal - exactly how valuable is his contribtuion then? Don't misunderstand me I love Benni and I love him playing for us, I just get the impression he has more to give.

It's strange really but whether Mccarthy goes or stays I am not too bothered. I can't beleive this is how I feel but it's true. Firstly, he has been wonderful to watch this season and his goals have been both regular and at times sublime. At £2.5 million he was a bargain. The club can not lose. We either have a 20 goal a season striker playing for us next season or we get £8 million plus for a 29 year old facing a difficult second season in the PL. Whether anyone will pay good money for Benni I do not know. What I do know is that I was far more worried about losing Bellmay this time a year ago. Whilst he may not have scored 24 goals. Bellamy certainly played for the team and the fact we finished 6th a year ago provides the difference between Mccarthy and Bellamy. I think everyone can appreciate Bellamy's value is measured in more than just goals. Whereas Mccarthy is goals and not much else. That's not a criticism but a fact.

I can't understand Hughes wanting to keep Nonda. All I can think is that the price must be lower than £2 million. I see great potential in Nonda, but buying him for £2million I can see great disappointment. £2million for a 30 year old, injury prone, inconsistent forward doesn't sound like a Hughes type purchase to me. At 500k to £1million I'd give it a go. No more.

I'm undecided on Dunn. When he plays as he did yesterday I think he has lost the plot with no hope of a return. Jesus, he could not have tried harder to give them the ball for the second goal - he gave them it once, they messed it up and he stumbled into the ball again and gave them it straight back!! But when I think of the ball he played to Mccarthy for the Arsenal goal and the performance at Bolton I think he needs to be given time. The best thing that can happen for Mr. Dunn is that Savage and Reid get back for next season and show him the level you need to be at to compete in the premier league in this Blackburn Rovers team. At present one injury or suspension means he's a definite starter. There is just something about Dunny, I feel the need to give him more time, there is always that thought that he is going to do something wonderful and that is the reason I will have patience with him.

Benni can be as lazy as he likes providing he scores 20 goals a season. You do not need or want 2 work horses for strikers. Let Derbyshire or Roberts do the running. Imagine Ward and Dickov upfront - they might run 2457 miles a game between them but they wouldn't score 20 goals all season - between them! Goals mean points and points means money.

Charlie from Soccer Saturday is top draw. I think out of all he gives the best unbiased analysis. Garth Crooks is awful. He tries to sound like he knows it all. My Dad tells me he was a good player but he talks an awful game and manages to make some awful interviews. As for Jamie Redknapp - well, I like him. I do think he comes across too enthusiastically and can't get his words out correctly. Contrast him with Bobby Robson when he's in the studio and that's what Jamie should aim for. I think the BBC punditary (if that's a word, if not it should be!) is awful. Sky is far, far superior.

I think the majority are very harsh on Roberts. He will come good. I don't think we need to buy a striker in the summer. I say we keep the current crop and out Jeffers. I have always been in support of signing Nonda. He, like Roberts, can be unplayable in the same way Drogba is. Mccarthy, Nonda, Roberts and Derbyshire I think is a perfectly balanced strike force, perhaps it lacks raw pace, but that is expensive. I'd be more than happy to go into next season with our current squad. Any idea how much the option on Nonda is?

To be honest I can't remmeber when he first openly said he wanted to see out his contract. My memory of the situation, which might be wildly inaccurate, was..... He was offered a deal before the world cup, but he said he wanted to concentrate on the tournament. He came back after a excellent campaign with big clubs interested - looked at out offer and thought he could either get more elsewhere both financially and professionally. So, in my opinion, it was after the World Cup he truly wanted out - it's that Neeskens fault. He inflated Lucas' ego to such a extent he beleived his own hype. Granted his move to West Ham is most likely not a product of his excellent World Cup, but in a way I think had the world cup not been last summer he'd have a signed a new deal. Hypothetical, I know but it's strange how football works.

Did Lucas Shaft the club?? No he didn't. We made a profit and he never ever said he'd be sticking around. Crucially, he never lied about the situation. The club could plan for what has happened and we've done well (arguably better) out of the whole situation. Did he run his contract down for his own benefit? Yes he did. He knew after his excellent world cup he was in demand, therefore he knew he could demand a large salary either now or in the summer. Lucas looked after number one - as we all would do. In summary Lucas was a good player (no legend), he gave his all, was rash from time to time and he has not damaged us in any way - so as the gaffer says after 5 good years, we move on. Final thought If there would have been no World Cup last summer would Lucas have left?

I would have signed for Liverpool and so would many more on here. Life is a challenge and you get one go at it - he's made a momumental mistake. I think in all honestly if he had signed for Liverpool most people could say fair play he's done his bit and furthered himself. He has acheived nothing apart from swapping passion for money by signing for West Ham. I like Lucas but sadly he has sold out on this one.