who is the Axe, mokena? (sp?)

Mokoena is known as "The Axe"

i want us to draw arsenal, because i think they stand as our best chance to make it to the final

i reckon newcastle and man u will be too strong at the moment.

I agree and we have

Just watch Stan's Gills start flying high now.

REFEREE IS HARRY WEBB.

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

I went for Southworth in the end, that goal scoring record speaks for itself.

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?

Yes, Vernon was a delightfully skilful player. The forward line of Douglas, Dobing, Dougan, Vernon, McLoed still gives me a thrill just recalling it - much more than that of any team since

Ferguson McEvoy Pickering Douglas Harrison -

wasn't bad!

And before those we had:-

Douglas (aged about 18), Crossan, Briggs, Quigley, Langton.

That wasn't bad, either.

Hi Bazza,

Inconsistency seems a strange charge to level at a 'midfielder' who topped the goalscorers list for four consecutive seasons and had a better goals / games ratio than almost all those on the approved list. Unless you mean he shouldn't have been scoring goals but should have been providing passes to other forwards instead!

Yes, Vernon was a delightfully skilful player. The forward line of Douglas, Dobing, Dougan, Vernon, McLoed still gives me a thrill just recalling it - much more than that of any team since

Maybe we got spoilt when three or four times a season Dobing would play a real "blinder" yet in a lot of other games the crowd got frustrated with him.

It's only my opinion.

I hadn't realised his goals/games ratio was so good.

Anyway we both have happy memories of those "good old days".

The only one on the list I have never seen play is Jack Southworth.

Even though his scoring was so prolific he took a lot of persuading to come from Olympic to Rovers and later played for Everton. Hmmmm .

Dobing was never as good as Vernon in my opinion; not as consistant. Neither of these would I class as out and out strikers. They were both attacking midfielders.

It's funny how quirks of fate can change a footballer's life. Look at Dave Whelan who may never have become so successful in business if he hadn't broken his leg at Wembley.

Fred Pickering playing, at full back, got injured during a game. No subs in those days so Fred became a "passenger" and was duly moved to centre forward for the remainder of the game, scored two goals and opened the manager's eyes.

Andy McEvoy was used at right half in place of the injured Clayton and was pretty hopeless. Probably due to other injuries he was used as a utility player and was moved up alongside Pickering. Both became prolific goalscorers. McEvoy wasn't a good footballer in any sense other than he could "poach" goals. And boy did he do some poaching.

Tommy Briggs was a firm favourite although all his goals were in the second division, not the top flight. I saw his seven in the 8-3 victory over Bristol Rovers. I also saw Rovers beat Middlesbrough 9-0 and Tommy didn't get one!

I suspect Simon Garner is in the lead and IMO quite rightly so.

I'll soon be voting when I've finally made up my mind.

Bloomin eck, Nayef, I like your photo of Chris Sutton

I haven't voted yet, Den; cannot make my mind up. Keep it open for a while yet

Just watched the highlights on TV.

Brad beaten again by a shot from the left.

.

Up front little Dickov created mayhem against two top defenders, with a little support or a fellow front man we would have faired much better.

As for the tactics, well moaners around me moaned, I could see what Hughes was playing at but could not get my head around the lack of a target man on the bench. Chelsea were seriously wobbling and showed that when narked they dont like it.

There was a target man on the bench but he wasn't used.

AMORUSO

If he had come on up front for the last 10 to 15 minutes I reckon we may have got something out of the game.

But I'm pleased with overall performance especially MGP,Mokoena,Todd and my MOM, Ryan Nelsen.

Brad got beaten by a shot from their left for the umpteenth time. This is one of his weak points and should be worked on to improve.

Well need to call out the army to escort us in and out, again!

What a draw!!

three quarters of an hour to go.

My prediction....................Nott'm Forest away

I'm always wrong. That's why I can't win the lottery

Ten men Rovers hang on to scrape a draw 2-2 after Savage is sent off on his debut.

I hope I'm wrong.

Who was the most prolific striker ever to play for Rovers?

Shearer? Briggs?

No, you may find it's one JACK SOUTHWORTH.

If you check goals scored per games played, I think Jack even beats the two mentioned.(I haven't looked up the stats).

If Forrest and Latheron were discussed at length, why hasn't Jack at least been put on the list of all time greats??

Just come on to this thread and voted straight away before reading any posts and was surprised to find that I wasn't the first to vote for Jan.

Flitty is still Rovers captain to me even though he doesn't get picked too often and Bazza was made Capt. after him. But "that swine Ferguson" wants away.

SO!!.....There is no really permanent person in the squad to be capt . Except Neill (yuk) and Brad. I don't agree with goalkeepers being captains.

Todd is playing well at present so he should continue for now.

Love to see Jan with the armband on showing us how she can score goals like King Kenny.

Also, when Reid came on for Gallagher, where did he play and what players did Hughes change around?

Reid and Nissa came on for Gally and Tugay.

Nissa replaced Mokoena at centre back.

Mokoena replaced Tugay in midfield.

MGP replaced Gally up front.

Reid went to right wing and Emerton went to left wing.

My prediction: 1 - 0 to Rovers, with MGP scoring the winner.

Congratulations, James No7! It's not very often that someone predicts not only the correct score but also the goalscorer(s). Take a bow.

How are we going to do against Cardiff City?

anus?

Scott Parker who can't get into Chelsea's first team would be ideal.