Thought I would give it a whirl. Here's my team: Argo Rovers Martyn Sub: Sorensen Terry Nelsen Carragher Samuel Sub: Cooper Duff MGP Gerrard Downing Sub: Barton Bent Bellamy Sub: Earnshaw

I'd say Preston to come up simply because that mean West Ham won't, and it's fun to see these so-called "right-to-be-in-the-premiership" clubs flounder in the Pop league. May they go the way of the "mighty" Forest.

Bring back Brian Kidd!! I miss world class signings like Ashley Ward and Christian Dailly! (£5m?? what were we thinking!)

What sickens me more is if it were Wigan, or Millwall, or somebody like Yeading who set out to stop Arsenal playing, they would have been roundly congratulated for their resolute defending. No mention of the play acting, no mention of Vieira (so-called best midfielder in the world) going down like Emile Heskey roller-skating on an ice rink and no mention of the several large periods of the game where Blackburn dominated possession. Unfortunately, yesterday we were ineffective in front of goal. Had Dickov enjoyed more luck up front, the papers would have been singing entirely different tunes. It's the lesser of three evils for the cup now... Arsenal: cheating diving frenchies Newcastle: Who wants Souness to win anything? Man Utd: do we really need a reason? Ok, there is no lesser of the evils. Let's just scrap the cup this year and start afresh in September.

I decided on a recent change in my away tactic and took a leaf out of Liverpool's book for midfield. ------------------------Reising-------------- Glen Johnson---Vanden Borre---Billy Jones---Stephen Crainey ------------------Freddy Guarin-----Joey Barton-------------------- -----------------------Scott Parker------------------------------- Jon Greening-----------------------------Morten Gamst Pedersen -----------------------Ates Necati-------------------- Counter attacking, the two defensive midfielders stay back and win the ball, whilst Parker sits in the Gerrard role in the centre linking the play. Wide men to run forward with the ball and play it down the flanks. The defence becomes very hard to break down, but you need a good striker to take your chances. (Necati scored 34 for me last season)

That's exactly why I'm going. I've not managed to get up to Ewood for a couple of years now, seeing as Cornwall is about as far away as you can get without taking a swim, and unemployed teachers don't have much money, but I couldn't afford to miss this game! Was there for the Worthy Cup win against North London opponents. If the team play like they have for the last few games there's plenty of reasons for us to get our hopes up!

You have to start small. Nostradamus began by predicting what he was going to have for his tea, then the weather tomorrow morning before taking the plunge and predicting the apocalypse for a week on tuesday.

1. Rupert Lowe (Any man who conpares his business to Star Trek must be a muppet! Plus he took Sturrock from Argyle, then sacked him) 2. Alex Ferguson (No explanation necessary) 3. Wayne Rooney (Anybody who throws his black armband to the floor in a tantrum does not deserve to play for his country) 4. Christiano Ronaldo (Arrogant one trick pony. Over protected by referees) 5. El Hadji Diouf (Spitting diver who's still living off his reputation from the 2002 World Cup) Player I mosy pity: Ruud van Nistelrooy. (It must be terrible to be that incredibley stupid. Does anyone else remember when he ran out alongside the Liverpool team in his first Community Shield game because they were wearing red? )

I tried loads of different tactics before switching back to a simple 4-4-2. All defenders on man marking, good wingers and a strong midfield are key aspects. Wingers on short forward runs and a mixture of crosses. Found that most strikers work well in this formation, so I've only brought in Carlos Ruiz from MLS. ---------------------Friedel---------------------- Neill----Vanden Borre---Henchoz----Gresko Thompson---Guarin----Parker-----Pedersen --------------Stead-------Derbyshire----------- Unfortunately Thompson didn't want a new contract, so I sold him to Chelsea for £8.75, brought in Andy Reid, Ritchie Partridge and a couple of other defenders.

I'm sure this must have been done before, but I'm bored. Apart from Blackburn, who are the top 5 teams you want to do well, and why? 1. Plymouth Argyle (I live down here now so they're my local.) 2. Blackpool (Colin Hendry, and stories my dad told me of Stanley Matthews) 3. Yeovil Town (Small club doing well) 4. Hibs (Good youth system, inconsistent league finishes - Blackburn of Scotland, surely) 5. Sheffield Wednesday (Ex Plymouth Manager Sturrock is there now, and it's good to see him do well.)

Wasn't there a whole kerfuffle about Blackburn changing the home shirt to stripes a few years back? The red and black halves sound good for an away shirt, but if we've already got a red away shirt, we could go for green. Think of all the confusion as our players blend in with the grass, except at Turf Moor where they play on something that looks like mud, but I'm sure it isn't

Don't the New Zealand football team wear all white?

It's Mourinho criticising Rovers, not Oliver Holt. It was Holt picking the Mourinho quotes to use and Holt using the emotive language to suggest that Chelsea were like heroes emerging from the haze of battle after facing the onslaught of a thousand savages. See, I can do it too.. any chance of a job at the Mirror?

Not really sure why MGP's challenge on Cech was deemed a foul. Cech was holding the ball in one hand and Pedersen used his head to knock it out of the 'keeper's hold. Ball still in play. Que Makelele raising hands to MGP (in the area) quickly followed by Terry and Lampard. I think that incident showed more than most that the referee was weak. Imagine Mourinho's reaction had Makelele been given his marching orders!!

I was disappointed by Mourinho last night. Usually he's calm and calculated and gives as good a sound bites as Strachan used to do, but last night he showed nothing more than the rantings of a spoiled brat who's been told he has to wait to play with the see-saw. I grant him it was a physical game and Blackburn played in a "special way" as he put it, although no different to the way Blackburn has played most of the season. His attitude reeked of a man belittling an opposition, putting across the idea that he didn't know who the Blackburn players were. I mean, how dare we not sit back and watch their pretty football.

Well I hope you're right. I was only quoting from the one news report.

The BBC are reporting that Blackburn still owe £2.5m on the original transfer, meaning Rangers' insulting £3m is now only worth £500k to the club. Yet again, the Souness legacy bites us in the arse. yourt joking, i'd rather see him rot in the reserves, i doubt thats right, surely its 3 million including the money owe nope, here it is straight from the BBC's footy website.BBC football

I like it. But who's going to carry the ballot box around the pitch with them?

The BBC are reporting that Blackburn still owe £2.5m on the original transfer, meaning Rangers' insulting £3m is now only worth £500k to the club. Yet again, the Souness legacy bites us in the arse.

I'd go for Thompson. Move him to the middle of the park where he could drive the team forward.