Defeat tomorrow will damage me! I love cup competitions.

Been to the Hob Inn and saw the coffin. Very good, too. Then it was driven off in a car. I expected it to be pushed on a trolley or carried along the pavement with the good turnout following. But no. I think they will stroll down through Brig in dribs and drabs. Off to the Trades Hall now after a quick shop at Sainsbury's.

I shall do my utmost to be there. Hope to meet some from this message board.

So glad that podcasts are back. Well done all those who discussed. Keep 'em coming. Whatever happened to Wen Y Hu?

If that is true, TM must leave them out completely and only include in the squad those who want to give their all for the team, even if that means bringing some of the under 23s into the squad.

You really haven't got a clue as to how abject our performances have been of late, have you. We cannot scrape a win in a month of Sundays. Trent Villa, if you are coming to Ewood on Saturday you'll be amazed at how poor a side we are. Totally dysfunctional.

On Monday Brum play Burton. I honestly don't know who I want to win that game. I think Burton.

Burton pulled a goal back. Still 2-1 to Ipswich. Please, please, please Tractor Boys!!!

So who would you have playing alongside Tomlinson. Let's say 3 other midfielders. Serious question. Choice of Mahoney (left or right); Guthrie, Conway, Feeney, Bennett, Akpan, And, I suppose, Lowe. Personally I'd like to see Mahoney left, Guthrie middle and Feeney right. Up front who?? Gallagher, Joao, Stokes, Emnes? Away at Forest? I'd start with Gallagher with Bennett just behind. Bring Stokes on 2nd half. Now I'm getting carried away. Who would be a football manager?

Got to have Raya, Nyambe, Mahoney, and Tomlinson as well as Hoban, Ward, and Stokes. Got to keep Guthrie in as well. Williams, too, seeing as he's about to collect Player of the year award. I was impressed when Tomlinson and Mahoney played together at Ewood. Was that v Man Utd? They switched positions with each other beautifully.

It would be a brave manager to put a few of these kids in as starters against Forest and Bristol C. Has TM got the guts to do it. No doubt Bigdogsteel will once again remind me that now is not the time to be blooding youngsters. Why wait until we are mathematically down? I think the Barnsley game showed us the true incompetence of the current oldies. Let the youngsters have a crack for the next 5 games.

After 5 games and listening to him speak, I reckon he's the best manager we have had that's been appointed under Venkys ownership.

I was as upset as anyone when his appointment was announced. But, after finding out the views of supporters of Middlesborough, West Brom and Coventry City who didn't have a bad word to say against him, I began to change my mind and to give him a chance. In his first three games he has demonstrated to me that he is the sort of manager that we want and need at this time. I haven't been as upbeat about my football club as this for several years. Thank you Tony Mowbray.

Even if we don't win on Friday, I think he will turn us around and keep us out of the bottom 3; eventually.

On learning of the appointment I was not just underwhelmed but extremely disappointed. But, thanks to the posters' links to Coventry and Boro fans' forums, reading the views of these fans has lifted my spirits no end. So now I say welcome Tony Mowbray and good luck. You're going to need it. Let's see if you can save us.

Nyambe has improved dramatically since being thrown in the deep end. You can see him gaining in confidence and giving as good as he gets physically. I thought he was quite poor when I saw him in the under 23s but look at him now. Perhaps we should play plenty of the youngsters this season to get them blooded and for them to hit the ground running next season in League 1. We are going down regardless of playing Greer, Brown, Graham and Mulgrew etc. "You never win anything with kids". You might just win a relegation battle. And if you don't, you start next season all the stronger.

We were playing Sheff Utd and every ball lumped forward from them caused panic in our defence. Our centre back got injured so Mark Atkins moved into the middle. The Sheff players looked shocked when every hoof forward was repelled by Atko's head way back into their half. All of a sudden they were not having it all their own way. We all know what a superb midfield machine he became under Dalglish. Worst ever striker by a mile is Chris Brown. Goals per minutes played is 0. And he has played a lot of minutes. Worst EVER "player" to wear a Rovers 1st team shirt has to be Herold Goulon.

I was about to come out with something like that, Rigger

Have they remembered to provide electricity to the gantries. If not, we may see some poor bloke winding a handle on the camera.

Good question, Ben. All replies so far are from primary school kids in the playground. I wonder when you'll get a sensible answer.

What a shambles. Vexit

That's the first time I've been uplifted reading anything on this message board in months. Thanks for posting the link, Capt.

Forgot to mention a beautiful full moon rising over the Riverside. Perfect evening.

Mols has a mop of black hair and looks a bit like John Bailey. No 10 on his back he chases all over the attacking midfield. A very busy player. He may not be the best in the side but I think he has the makings. Lewis Hardcastle sat in front of the back four and looked very comfortable. Costello played OK. They all did but the two centre backs and goalie caught my eye. Grayson looked useful when he came on. As I said it was a good all round team effort.

Pemberton on the right and Howarth on the left.