If we have some fans booing McCarthy while he is working on the pitch to get us into Europe then it would just show that we have some of the most moronic support in the league. If people want to boo Benni then do so when he returns playing for someone else not when we have an important game that we need to win and not after he has scored 20+ goals this season. That said I don't understand booing players anyway. It usually comes back to bite us on the bum. Look at those who booed Bellamy. If Hughes goes in for him he might just remember that and choose another club instead. Players are human after all and will be affected by it.

Sky Sports - McCarthy eyes Ewood exit

I think you mean 'The Silmarillion' by Tolkien. I'd agree it's not for anything other than big fans of Tolkien and for that reason I thought it was great although I can see why many would be put off. It certainly isn't as accessible as 'The Hobbit' or 'The Lord of the Rings'.

An interesting story of true crime I have been reading is 'Killing Pablo' by Mark Bowden (who also wrote 'Black Hawk Down' which I also enjoyed) which is all about the huge manhunt for what was, probably, the world's richest ever criminal Pablo Escobar the Colombian drug lord. At his height was said to be among the richest men in the world and worth £5billion or something ridiculous. Apparently at one stage he was supplying 80% of the cocaine going into the US. It's an interesting tale of a villain whose sheer scope of power brought a country to its knees and involves President Bush (the first one) trying - and failing - to bring him down before his running for re-election. Also Pablo was a bit of a character and had the knack of PR down perfectly. Journalists sent to grill him would end up fawning over his wit and erudition before giggling along like star-stuck schoolgirls. Recommended.

Damn right. Crap story though wasn't it?

Street Fighter, Doom, Mortal Kombat, Wing Commander, Super Mario Bros... ...the list of rubbish films from computer games is seemingly endless.

Maybe you should try Love in The Time of Cholera. That's an interesting read and maybe a bit more linear than One Hundred Years of Solitude in which there were so many people in a family through the generations that they seemed to get mixed up into one. I'd actually say that is one of the weaker ones in the series with its allusions to Prisoner of Zenda. Personal favourites are Flash at the Charge! and Flashman and the Dragon.

You were spot on with Newcastle, Reading and Portsmouth there as well krislu.

I'm not too surprised. 'After Hours' is a personal favourite of mine hence its inclusion. 'Raging Bull' is a great spectacle but I found it hard to really warm to. It's not really a film that is easy to watch IMO. Still...it is according to others. Each to their own. Gangs of New York, other than for a great performance by Daniel Day Lewis, was a film I didn't enjoy. What is your favourite 92er?

Top 5 Scorsese movies... 1. Goodfellas 2. Taxi Driver 3. Mean Streets 4. King of Comedy 5. After Hours Blimey...no room for Raging Bull and Cape Fear? The man is just too good. Actually The Departed, even though I enjoyed it, would only just get into my personal Scorsese top 10. It's decent enough but a bit Scorsese Lite compared to some of the true cinematic masterpieces the man has produced. EDIT - Whoops forgot Casino and The Color of Money. Loved those as well.

Yes and I was just saying that The Oscars are a stinking pile of turd with steam coming out the top. Greatest Scorsese movie? I'd have to go for this one...

What are you talking about? If you are trying to equate the Oscars with conferring "official" status on a film then you are very wide of the mark. There's no "officially" about the American Academy Awards. They are crap and voted for by a few thousand pensioners in Florida more than anything. Hence films like Raging Bull and Pulp Fiction losing out to Ordinary People and Forrest Gump. Actually I do think 'The Departed' is a bit over-rated. It's certainly not vintage Scorsese and it is bizarre that he won an Oscar for it after better work of his such as Goodfellas, King of Comedy and Taxi Driver were passed over. I'd also say it's not quite as good as the original. That said it certainly isn't rubbish and has some great ensemble acting from a host of stars on top form including the likes of Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin. Still each to their own. Good film but not Scorsese great. In fact it wouldn't get near a Scorsese top 5.

Also Chow Yun-Fat isn't in it. It has Andy Lau and the excellent Tony Leung in the Damon/Di Caprio roles.

I don't think players can actually do that unless it is for a foreign team. As for Dunn...this season is almost a write-off and we just have to hope that, with a full pre-season behind him, he starts to become the player he has been threatening to be for the last five or so years. 2007/2008 is make or break for Dunn.

An interesting new film coming out soon is "Grindhouse" which is a film of two halves. One half directed by Quentin Tarantino and the other by Roberto Rodriguez in what is, I think, his first film since the brilliant and visually striking "Sin City". Looks pretty gory but unfortunately not out in cinemas here until June. If it is anything like "Sin City" it will be best seen in a cinema. Grindhouse trailers

We might already have one. Derbyshire has already scored seven and was barely in the team for the first third of the season. By the way someone mentioned Roberts above. Jason is English and was born in London I believe. Played for Grenada because of family ties.

As Colin mentioned 'One hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on another thread I will recommend it on here. An awesome book by one of the greatest writers in the world. It is in a genre described as 'magical realism' and is a pleasure to read.

Well...obviously. However a £5million release clause is still too low to agree to. Once signing-on fees etc are taken into consideration it means that if Benni was a huge success for us then when he leaves we have little profit to show and are again without a quality striker. Meaning that if we did get a bargain who turns out to be the bee's knees then once we lose him we have to replace him by looking in the bargain bin once again. A £10million release fee clause is reasonable - or even £8million - but £5million is a sign of poor negotiating. I'm hoping the fee mentioned is a mix-up as Benni's Porto release clause was something like £5million, perhaps a little bit more. Rovers took a chance on a player who had never been tried and tested in the Premiership (many others with as impressive pedigrees as Benni have failed) as well as one whom a number of other Premiership clubs had shied away from. A release clause too low suggests it is Rovers taking all the chances and, if it proves a success, only the player and his agent that really stand to benefit.

While I'm not surprised at the nationals bringing it up it does annoy me when the local rag picks up on the story and puts on their front page "I could manage Man U". Not really what the readership are wanting to hear from a local paper that makes many of its sales from the coverage of the Rovers... Hughes : United job wouldn't faze me

That's not a better question as I've no problem with the release clauses as long as they are at a level which allows Rovers to gain as well from the player having been successful at Ewood. Bellamy I can understand. McCarthy may have asked for a clause but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have turned down a Premiership move he had been gagging for over the previous year and more over it.

How are Rovers supposed to get maximum value for their successful players if they allow such ridiculously low release clauses? For a £2.5million fee we should be looking at £10million release clause not just a few million more. Hope it isn't true.

For all his faults qualifying was a doddle under Sven. Get Mac out, Sven in to qualify us and a new appointment for the finals!

I'd say it's more likely he isn't very good. After all it's not like he was any different at The Riverside. With all these conspiracy theories thenodrog you are starting to turn into our very own version of Oliver Stone.

Will be good to see Gerrard and Hargreaves given a go together in the middle. Five days too late but that's McClaren for you. Why do people keep calling players like David Dunn and Frank Lampard fat when they are obviously nothing of the sort?

According to Wikipedia Bentley's nickname is 'Tanky'....what is that all about?