We wont tolerate bad language Rovermatt.

Why should we believe someone who falls for a silly email hoax?

I would try again with the ticket office. You would still have time to book flights and accomodation, after you find out if you have been successful with your application. There were still around 500 tickets available a couple of days ago according to Lee. There are ways round that, with a little bit of initiative.

You should get tickets. Two days ago, Lee reported 2000 applications - we were given 2500 tickets. Ring the ticket office soon and you should be OK.

OK.

Gomaa to have medical at Ewood.

They didn't check to see if I had got tickets - they just said that if I had applied, then I will have got them. Everyone who applied has got them.

It would be nice to have somewhere central for a get together for anyone who would like that. Personally, I'll be in Amsterdam until as late as possible.

My wife told me about a group of Rovers fans staying in Luxembourg for this one. Sounds interesting. I bet not many on here have been there. :ph34r:

Just rang and was told everyone who has applied, has got tickets.

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Maybe the academy coaches should take a look at This One or two girls on there that could show the men, how it's done.

Any more posts like the last one 5 mins ago Mr Wakefielddrawks, could result in a warning.

Like I said - rise above it. 99% of posters on here, are nothing like their alter egos on here. Pretty sure of that.

There is only the posters involved in all this, that can do anything about it. Raise the quality of your posts guys. Don't get dragged down to their level.

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Maybe that goes to prove that you can't take players at 8, 9 and 10 years old and develop them into footballers. Maybe just maybe, they have to have the talent in the first place. That might not show until they are a lot older. So do we really need academies where the whole idea is to nurture and educate players from the age of 8 or 9. Just stimulating the debate a bit.

He was brought from Ireland by Dalglish and became part of the youth team before the academy was set up. As for the academies, I'm yet to be convinced that they bring anyone through, that wouldn't have come through under the old youth set up. Did England, Pickering, Newton, Clayton, Douglas need an academy?

Yes, but be fair - we gave Basil the whole Darwen end and they only brought about 50 fans. No wonder the gate was down.

His all round play has been good - sometimes excellent. The only problem is that he doesn't look like scoring. That seems to go against his previous record, maybe that horrific looking injury did more harm than we realise.

The harm could be that the younger players aren't actually as good as the established players, even when the established players are going through a bad patch. You always get this argument when results aren't going well. Throwing youngsters who have been nowhere the squad, at the problem doesn't work. Now if there are a few Mike England's or Fred Pickerings around Brockhall somewhere, then fair enough.

Whether Gray or McEvely are good enough, has no bearing whatsoever on Andy Taylors' abilities.

Hmm, Taylor is at Crewe because he needs to prove that he can put in exceptional performances at that level. He did OK at Blackpool, but wasn't outstanding as you would expect him to be, if he were good enough to mark players like Ronaldo, Lennon, SWP, etc,etc. Quite simply, I don't see that Peters' performances have put many to shame. He's done OK as a sub, but done little as a starter.

padihampedro, there is a feyenoord thread that covers these sort of things, so please use that - and oh, please don't use capitals. thanks.