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Well, for what it's worth, here's my final table. I think Spurs will be the most improved team this year and I've stuck my neck out and predicted all three promoted sides to stay up. Newcastle and Villa will disappoint their fans. Chelsea Arsenal Spurs Man Utd Liverpool Man City Boro Everton ROVERS Charlton Bolton Sunderland Newcastle Brum Villa West Ham Wigan W.B.A. Pompey Fulham

So did mine .The fixture list poster is up on the wall in our office much to the annoyance of a Burnley supporter. I haven't found a sticker but I do have a car air freshener.

Any more news of the match?

Quite, Eddie, quite!

This report is fantastic. It beats anything you read in the "News of the World".

My dad took me on in 1951-52 First team I remember was:- Jack Patterson; Ron Suart, Bill Eckersley; Jacky Campbell, Bill Holt, Eric Bell; Les Graham (or Anderson), Eddie Crossan, Joe Harris, Paul Todd, Jacky Wharton. First game I really remember was the opening game of the season at Ewood v Sheff Utd. We got stuffed 5-1. So it must be about 53 seasons but only a season ticket since the arrival of King Kenny.

Quote Colin One yellow card, no writhing about "oh my gawd my leg's broken." "Ooops it's OK now." No mouthing off at the ref, no hystronics when the throw in was given the other way. None of that crap when a foul was given. Unquote Also it has been demonstrated that it is possible to play the beautiful game without gobbing out every two minutes.

I know another bloke near me who is just as glad. He calls their ground "Weepdale".

Even though we have a defence as tight as a duck's a##e, I have a feeling this will be a 2-2 draw.

Todd was running back into the penalty area with his eyes fixed on the goal; net; other defenders; whatever............ He was unaware of Van Persie but he was travelling at speed; i.e.running (and when you run your elbows stick out a bit). Van Persie turned rapidly to his left (wheeled around to celebrate if you would) and, unfortunately, got slammed in the mouth by Todds elbow/shoulder/upper arm. Van Persie rolling on the ground, holding his head was the first time an Arsenal player was justified in doing so. All his comrades before him were play-actors; and this is what genuine football fans in this country are getting p***ed off with. I get sick of the media. In September they had us down for relegation certainties. Then Souness left ( thank goodness) and Sparky and his team have turned us around to keep us in the Prem and take us to an F A Cup semi-final. We play like Everton. Do the media slag off Everton?? Let's adopt the Millwall slogan and shout to the world:- NO ONE LIKES US....................WE DON'T CARE!!!! Have I digressed? Sorry.

What's the betting it will be Andy D'Urso?

Dickov must be doing something bad to have me screaming obcenities at him for 90 minutes; not just this game but others this year (2005). I'd like to see Stead and Johnson in a 4-4-2 formation. Matteo is a central defender as is Johannson. Both were not fully fit. We have three left backs one of whom is out injured for the season and the other two are on loan at Gillingham and Leeds United. Lucas Neill is pretty poor. We need two good full-backs in the summer as well as two good strikers. The Arsenal players were far better quality than the Rovers players except for Nelsen and Pedersen. They are our only class players; a sad fact

You've said it all. What a superb team performance; terrific hard work; everyone running, chasing and helping each other. Liverpool were a far more skilful side than Everton and pressed us for 80 of the 90 minutes. But we were up to it. My verdict on the effort........EXCELLENT.......Proud of the lads! Sparky and his team are doing a great job. Moaners stop complaining.

I cant see us scoring. If we can play as well as we did at Everton we may scrape a 0-0 draw. But we have to have eleven on the field for the whole game. Fingers crossed.

I have an audio tape of Radio Rovers from a home game v Huddersfield Town in the 2nd Div. I play it from time to time. I enjoy it. There's an interview with Tony Parkes. We'd just beaten Liverpool at Anfield in the cup. I think Nathan Blake scored from a McAteer cross. Scott Sellars and George Donis are in Huddersfield's squad. The music starts with Final Countdown then goes into D J Sakin & Friends' "Protect your mind (for the love of a princess)" and finishes with Queen's "We will rock you". This was always my favourite pre kick off compilation.

The game was dire but you couldn't wipe the smiles off our faces in the pub afterwards. I watched the video recording of the whole thing again last night. It was worse than the live match at Ewood. Full marks to Gary Lineker who wished us well at the end of the programme with a smile on his face. Extremely professional.

Mokoena is known as "The Axe"

I agree and we have

Just watch Stan's Gills start flying high now.

Cliff Richard is the ref ? No, you are wrong... it is Elton John No, Cliff Richard was/is Harry Webb. Elton John was/is Reg Dwight. And to keep this to a footballing thread, his dad was Roy Dwight who played for Nottm Forest against Luton Tn in the 1959 FA cup final.

Well done Den. It has been fun and also has made the younger ones and us oldies find out about great players of the past. I quite fancy the "reserve" side. They look pretty strong.

Leicester at home is the best draw of all and a tremendous incentive to both Burnley and ourselves to reach the semi-final. Come on you blues

I always look for the result of Crewe Alexandra. That club should be on a par with Halifax Town, Exeter City, Newport County etc. etc. , and would be if it weren't for Dario Gradi. What a manager! What a guy! What a lovely little football club that has been punching well above its weight for years. Still, the only club whose results can change my mood dramatically is ROVERS

So did I but I'm glad to see Simon Garner way out in front.

I'm dreaming of playing for Rangers in their biggest derby game of all against PARTICK THISTLE...............Well that is THE big derby, isn't it? Or am I as confused about derby games as Barry is?