It'll be "Mystic Tchocky" from now on then!

Couldn't agree more Sumps. How demorilising must it be for the lads to see a stream of people leaving 15 minutes from the end of the game. Blue and Whites comments are pretty poor ones, lets give Celtic some credit at least. As well as we played at theirs, they played well at ours.

Lets not overreact. Celtic played very well tonight. They didn't outplay us contrary to the rubbish bbc commentary, but they did play in a way that we couldn't cope with. They defended superbly and harried us at every moment. Thats life. As far as Yorke and Cole go - I just believe they cannot play together. It must be Cole and Jansen when possible. Both of their first touches were poor tonight and they either need a good kick up the arse or dropping. As far as midfield goes - Tugay is a luxury player. Flitcroft, Dunn, Thommo and Duff is the best midfield combination we have, and is good enough for top 6. Defensively we know we are poor and we need to strengthen but until we do we'll have to struggle on. Nothing new or groundbreaking about or defence has come out of tonight. Tonight was disappointing but every cloud has a sivler lining. I'd have liked a better performance tonight but I'm not too upset to be going out - the league is important and playing games on a Saturday again will be a better balance for the team. Where do we go from here? Same place we would've gone had we won - up the league. Tonight changes nothing. We are still a good team.

Do my eyes deceive me? Is Peter Q back?? Baby Jesus and the orphans!!!! I was just thinking about starting a "Whatever happened to Peter Cucumber?" thread just the other day, glad I don't have to now! Welcome back Peter, I trust that if Rovers were to do the impossible and dump Celtic out tomorrow you will document it in glorious song? Please say you will!

Sod it, I'm due a yellow card.............

So, how was your day Tris?

Do any regular Blackburn watchers on here really believe that?

I agree that it takes all sorts, and input from new sources can be refreshing, but I do think that it can get tiresome. Perhaps I'm just too easily offended?!?!?

Not to mention differing opinions?! It is my opinion that the Celtic fans are a nuisance that aren't needed. Surely there are Celtic boards they can post on? After a while an influx of certain fans from certain clubs can get tiresome. All the Liverpool fans over the summer whilst Duffer's contract talks were ongoing are one example. As soon as he signed they were all gone. There's nothing wrong with having visitors, I'm just of the opinion that the Celtic ones have out stayed their welcome.

Perhaps you should begin too. Might make you realise that all are not as innocent as they profess.

Well there are 3 things that really irritate me as far as the Celtic fans go, and it seems to be consistent throughout. Firstly, is the notion that "Celtic will not play that badly again." Why can't they just face up to the fact that we didnt alow them to play? Celtic's poor performance was not down to them, it was down to us. Secondly, the idea that Rovers couldn't possibly play any better. Anyone who says something like that obviously doesn't watch the Rovers play very much. It is going purely on the idea that we are just a small team and as such last Thursday must have been some sort of freak performance. This view is ignorance of the highest order. Finally, I can't fathom why the Celts still wont give credit where its due. We are continually being reminded that Celtic won the game and being asked to recognise that, but I'm yet to hear a Celt comment on how good we were without blotting it with a sly or negative comment just afterwards. Most if not all neutrals that saw the game have commented on how we were far better and how we outplayed Celtic, not to mention how the atmosphere was terrible on their part. All we hear are excuses about all these things and how next time will be different. Rovers have given people reason to believe we are the better side, but yet we are all still expected to believe Celtic will come to Ewood and beat us 2 or 3 nil. I can assure all you Celtic fans that far superior teams have tried and failed. At the moment it just seems that no matter how well we play the Celtic fans will still condescend about "little Blackburn." Surely its about time they faced up the reality? I only hope we can show them up for what the really are when they get to our bit. Although for some reason I feel that still wouldn't be enough to shut them up.

Yes us playing a Premier League side about your equals and not scoring 2 days after a European tie is indeed concerning, especially when you compare it to the thrashing that you handed out to whoever you played. No wonder you play on Sundays a lot of the time, standard of opposition and all one might say its quite apt. Isn't it about time the Celtic antagonaists disappeared back to wherever it was they came from and annoyed someone else?

All you Celtic fans just arent getting it!!!!!! We didn't let you play!!!! Its not that you under performed, its that we didnt let you perform. We were far superior and will be again. Celtic do not have the midfield to compete with us. We do that to a lot of teams, as you would expect from a Souness team, and we will do it to Celtic again. Games are won and lost in the midfield. Ours is far far better than yours. As for our forwards - Cole hasnt played for weeks, nor Duff, and Jansen hasnt played for months. They are our best 3 attackers! But dont fret, they will be fully fit in two weeks, and the end product of our wonderful interplay will be there.

we've seen nothing yet!! are you guys prepared for the travelling Celtic support? the atmosphere at Celtic Park is over hyped whereas the 10000 or so fans who come to Blackburn will sing from first to last minute. in fact Martin O always acknowledges this as a key factor. doesn't Ewood only hold something in the region of 25000. it will be like another home game for Celts. p.s sorry cant resist it but Tuguy!!! ha ha. if our players are Premiership rejects, he is worse. A Rangers reject(oh the shame...ousted by the likes of Fernando Rickson) Anyway. im off to bed but i'll look in over the next few weeks. have enjoyed your banter Yep, same Tugay who took the p**s out of your midfield all night long. People in glass houses shouldn't through stones. When you've developed a decent midfield, then you can come back and preach about ours.

At the end of the day, your beloved Celts have been shown up to be a bunch of second rate Premiership rejects and wannabes. You may have won the first game, but there is another to come and Scottish football has been exposed for what it really is - a joke. We look forward to welcoming you to Ewood. Not to mention sending you back home with your tails between your legs. You seem to be missing the point. i'm not gloating. in fact i'm more than aware of my team's weaknesses. the point i'm making is that you guys seem to miss the irony that, by your own somewhat fuzzy logic, your team has just lost a crucial game to a bunch of "second rate", "wannabe", "jokers". i did say the return will be close. given the fact that we played the "mighty" Hearts and Dunfermline whilst Blackburn faced the likes of Newcastle and Arsenal, it only stands to reason that your guys are that bit sharper. nevertheless we have a team full of internationals who are no mugs and can, i can assure you play much better. (you of all people i would have thought would appreciate that Sutton had a stinker! Ditto that for half a dozen others and you have an accurate assesment of how we played). its game on for the second leg Nah mate, you are missing the point. People keep saying that Celtic can obviously play better and they just had a bad day. Thats not the case. You didnt play well because we didnt let you play well. Taylor and Short snuffed out almost every threat you posed in the final third. Tugay, Flitcroft and Thompson showed your midfield to be very ordinary, and harried you for every second (although there weren't very many) that you had the ball. The "point" is, if you couldnt get a kick at your place and couldnt be raised by 60,000 of your own fans, why should we expect you play any better, or more to the point us to allow you to play any better, when we get down to our place? You think we played well tonight? You've seen nothing yet. If I was a Celtic fan I'd be extremely sceptical about my teams chances in the second leg.

"we did them"....Hmmm thats the first time i've ever heard that phrase define a 1-0 defeat. you all seem to have Craig Brown syndrome: "ok, so we lost but we had more posession and more corners etc etc etc" my heart bleeds Cheer up Graeme Souness... At the end of the day, your beloved Celts have been shown up to be a bunch of second rate Premiership rejects and wannabes. You may have won the first game, but there is another to come and Scottish football has been exposed for what it really is - a joke. We look forward to welcoming you to Ewood. Not to mention sending you back home with your tails between your legs.

Mate, your team didnt get a kick all night. You think this game showed why we aren't a top Premiership side? Pal, all this game did was show that you are no way near Premiership class and have a hell of a way to go until you are.

*claps*

Mate don't worry. Hold your head up high. We were tremendous. Be proud.

Or "Celtic Commit Biggest Robery Since Ronnie Biggs"

Don't worry about it mate, we'll do them second leg. We've proved that they aren't good enough for our league, now its time to prove they aren't good enough for Europe. I'm more confident after the game that Rovers will go through than I was before.

Well said, there's no point in being bitter, this is a two legged game, and its far from over. We proved our point that we are easily their superiors, and we'll show it - again - in the 2nd leg.

We absolutely demolished Celtic tonight. Make no bones about it. We could've and should've won comfortably. Paradise? Rubbish. Doesn't take much to shut their fans up does it? We were going to recieve a footballing lesson? Don't make me laugh. Defensively they were woeful. Thei midfield was non existent. Sutton clearly hasn't got it anymore. Larsson world class? Absolute sh*te. We were better man for man, and far better as a team. We just proved we are a far better side, and Celtic have got one hell of a shock coming when they get to Ewood. You can get lucky once, it wont happen again.

Couldn't agree more. We have to play to our strengths. I too worry about Nissa but I think he'll cope. I think that team is better than anything Celtic have to offer. Lets just hope we perform.

Firstly, I didnt compare Duff to Thompson. I said I'd rather have our Thompson than yours, and I'd rather have Duff than Petrov. As far as Jansen and Larsson goes, you see Larsson a lot, I see Jansen a lot. There is no way I would swap the two. Not saying Larsson isnt good, as he is awesome, but you will definitely be surprised at how good Jansen is. I think the fact that you said Duff is "without doubt our best player" shows how much you have to learn about our team!