Thought Nelson had a good first half, but we must have the two worst full backs in the League. Neil is hopeless and Matteo well what else can I say. Just as well for Dickov the ref has been lenient. But like the post before said you must score your penaltys especially against Chelsea, will make an interesting game if we can level it, but if it goes to two nil it could be a route.

Thanks Manchester Blue.

Anyone know the time of the 5th round draw today ? Would like to listen to it live, is it on a local or BBC 5 Live station. Could not find any news browsing the sites. Pointers in the right direction please. Rovers V Everton !

How great does three points feel! What's going on an away win, another penalty and Tugay has a blinder. Great performance and plenty of hard work for this win. Going up Going up.

Quite a shock to me personally but I imagine Souey was on shaky ground. I think this is a blessing in disguise and probably good for all parties except Newcastle ! Like most of the posts before me Souness had a good 2 to 3 years at Rovers, but last season and the start of this has totally lost the plot. I could never fathom why we aimed for Europe got there, then Souness's negativity comes in to play saying survival is all that matters and Europe is not important. While we all agree Premier survival is most important this hardly instills any confidence in the team or is likely to enthuse the supporters. Hence in my view one of the reasons for the decline in season tickets. After digesting the news that Souness has gone I feel optimistic about the season ahead so long as the Board choose carefully. It would be nice to have players play in their natural positions, actually attack at home and make Ewood Park again a place where the home supporters actually look forward to going to on a Saturday afternoon. The doom and gloom is lifting around Ewood but only results and a credible manager will invigorate the supporters. My feeling is Gordon Strachan, I would love to have Martin O' Neil but we must not go for the likes of Venables, Houllier or unproven managers at this level. I have every confidence in JW and the board. I can just imagine the size of the Smile on Jim,'s face.

Lazarenzo sent off 71 mins, no more finger nails left.

Not a good feeling about this one given Arse's awesome start. Depends much on Souness again what formation do we see is anyones guess. Damage limitation I'm afraid. Having said that it Rovers were talking about so I'll go for Arsenal 2 Rovers 3.

[SouthAussieRover Posted on Aug 21 2004, 15:17 FFS I didn't realise it was an early kick off. Grrrrrrrrr Worse still it was on Fox Sports 2.

A disgraceful decision by the ref, a clean challenge that all defenders do in there own box. I'm absolutely livid. Hope Souness deos'nt get to the ref! What a see-saw game, again strange tactics players out of position, a half fit goalkeeper who could not kick puts the defense under immediate pressure. Does not say much for Enckleman. Full marks to Dickov a steal at $150,000.