We are not going down you numptys. We have decent players, money to spend in January, and two first rate players in Nelsen and Reid coming back from injury. Sparky is an excellent manager. Pull yourelves together! UEFA cup and 10th would do me. Or going out in thenext round and finishing 6-7th with an impression in the FA cup.

Academy products: Gallagher, Peter, Tiny Taylor, Douglas, Danns, Dunn, Beattie, Duff (sort of), Damien Johnson (sort of). I think there are a couple more I may have missed playing in the top two leagues.

Nonda should be dropped but I certainly think Benni has something to offer. Clearly the best striker we have at the moment and his strike rate compares favourably to Cole, Jansen, Dickov, anyone really in recent rovers history apart from Bellamy. He has scored 8 in 21 games. While the performance at Charlton was inexcusable we are a long longlong way from being down. Currently we are 9 points off sixth with a game in hand.

Mokoena was consistently good pretty much all through the latter half of the 2004/2005 season. Honestly. Not me looking back with rose tinted spectacles. He was excellent at breaking up the play and played a major part in us staying up. I'm quite prepared to be accept I have misremembered things if people don't back me up, but I think they will.

I don't suppose you ever saw the Sheffield Wednesday kit with the Chupa Chops logo on it... Love shirt 3 away. 3&3 for me.

How does it feel being one of the four teams to have won the Prem? Brilliant and sort of permanent as it is unlikely really to be surpassed by a club of a similar size to us. People bang on about us buying the title, but it is forgotten that Jack loved the club and was not actually spending much more money than Man Utd at the time. Shearer's transfer to Newcastle for 15 million (we got him for 3.5), who failed to win the title, puts the achievement in perspective. It ain't all money. What do you think of Mark Hughes? Was a period at the end of last season where I really thought we had a Wenger standard manager on our hands. Outstanding buys on a low budget, enetertaining football, real determination. A poor start to the season has tempered that a little, but still easily the best manager at Ewood since Kenny. UEFA Cup – Heaven or Hell? Heaven. You might laugh but we could win it. We are a better side than Boro who got to the final last year. Why has your season started so indifferently? We lost our two best players - Bellamy to Liverpool and Nelsen to injury - along with Reid who is excellent and Roberts who wasn't doing much to be honest. Our squad is simply too thin to cope with the rigours of a heavy schedule in the Premiership and Europe at the same time really. Especially when your heart and soul - Tugay - is 36. Who has performed above expectations for your team? And who not? Bentley. Looks like he could actually one day play for England, if perhaps only in a sort of Jemaine Jenas sort of way. Emerton is one of the best right backs in the premiership. I cannot believe we played him as a winger for 3 years... Gamst has been poor at absolute best going forward. He does his work defensively though which I guess is why Hughes perseveres. He could have been displaced by Peter by the time we play you. Why do you not sell out the ground? Heavy competition in the area (Wigan, Bolton, Preston, Burnley, United, City...) over really too few fans to go round in a climate where it seems attendances are declining across the board. It's a shame because we are the cheapest team to watch in the Premiership I think. And we have a very good side. What do you think of Reading? Good club who are looking to make a real fist of Premiership life. Nice to see a South East club outside of london for once. Score Prediction?1-1 Any finally - tell me some Interesting fact about your club?Um. Oh apparently we are the only club allowed to put Crests on out corner flags. Although this is up for debate roughly every six to nine months on the messageboard...

That's good point that, you would think all the London clubs must get better away attendance than pretty much any other clubs in the country due to exiles.

Top work Bob. Writing these things must be a pain, I know, but your public needs you and your words of humorous folkish wimsy. And the dutch porn jokes too, obviously! You should never stop. Ever.

Hmmm.... If Henchz doesn't make it I reckon the team will be: ---------Nonda-----McCarthy Peter Savage Tugay Bentley --Gray Ooijer Neill Emerton ----------------Freidal Although MH has persisted with MGP through thick and thin perhaps today represents a fine opportunity to give Peter a start. I just have a feeling he might do it.

I am a bit confused. BRISA is not an attack on the club. It is an organiztion of fans who try to work with the club, and represent their interest to the club. It is actually quite a useful tool for JW and the like to work out what the club can do to attract fans. You seem to suggest it is harmful in some way to the clubs interests, but I cannot see how that is the case.

Certianly a fantastic signing! Free. Scored a number of crucial goals. Cheap wages i'm sure. Sold for 2.5 million. I'm not sure how that can be anything other than fantastic value. As for the Nonda/kuqi debate clearly Nonda is the better all round footballer, but he seems to lack the Finn's energy, enthusiasm and ability to physically pressure (scare?!) the opponents defence. Maybe Hughes could show Chris some videos of Shefki's work ethic?

I think Hughes would probably take the job if it was offered to him with a decent transfer budget to make an impression, nothing really suprising there. Liverpool are one of only four clubs with the resources to win the title. However i can't see Benitez being sacked, and even if he was I am not really sure Hughes tops the que for the job. Arguably Moyes and Allerdyce both have as good records as Hughes, and of course Liverpool have been looking abroad for top managers in recent years. His ex united profile has to count against him too. Has a scouse ever managed Man U, or a Manc Liverpool? And Hughes would very much prefer to manage Man Utd if it was avilable, I'm sure, so would make a decision on lfc dependent on the situation at OT. What i do think is that Gerrard will be off if Liverpool don't dramatically improve in the latter half of this season.

I do find mokoena a bit pointless as we don't play 451 ever, even when we were crippled with injuries and playing high quality attacking sides likw man U. Hughes clearly does not rate him as a defender- hence purchase of Henchoz - and he is our last choice central midfielder. However i suppose we have to realise that mokoena is one of only three fit proper central midifelders (maybe 4 with Bentley). Until we get someone better we need to hold onto him.

I'm not sure that's true. I think most people would much rather watch a premiership game than a championship all things being equal, simply due to the much higher standard of play.

Interesting to hear that Bentley played so well in the centre and Emerton on the right. Bit of a headache when Tugay returns for Nancy. Great result. McCarthy sounds like he was excellent, Nonda was not quite so convincing. Gallagher has to be on his way out unfortunately. Not even used as a sub with no first team players fit ahead of him in the pecking order.

Can't see Tottenham selling for less than 6-8million. bit too much for us I reckon. Nugent could move for around 4 million, but it would be a big gamble.

Um, I think Phillipl was jocking

Unfortunately this is untrue. CL teams knocked out in UEFA cup 32, all by standard UEFA entrants: Bratislava Brugge FC Thun Rosenborg What you are saying is incorrect. UEFA Results 2005-2006 Great little summery there but I would take anyone really apart from Ajax, Lisbon, Benfica and Barcelona. And I think we would have a decent chance even against those sides with the one obvious exception of Barcelona.

Apparently Jeffers is injured which is interesting as we arenow down to three fit strikers. I agree Nonda should not start, but I don't have much choice. Oh and remember Phillpl that Tugay is suspended. My team: ----------McCarthy---Nonda ---Peter Savage Bentley Gallagher ----Gray Ooijer Henchoz Emerton -----------------Freidal Sparky's likely team IMO: ----------------McCarthy Nonda ----Pedersen Savage Bentley Emerton -------Gray------Ooijer--- Henchoz----Niell -----------------------Freidal [/code]

Thats an extraordinary amount of balls! Last years final was between Boro and Seville who both were in the groups (ie. Always been in the UEFA). All eight of the 'exiles' were knocked out by clubs came straight into the UEFA. How on earth did you get that impression? So rather than having an invincible record the CL teams have been RUBBISH! Indeed Shalke were the only CL team to make the semis. Bring it on.

Wakefielrawks has a major obsession with Pedersen. Sure he has played poorly, and arguably should be dropped, but Rawks appears to get some satisfaction in constantly abusing him. Not sure what the point of it is.

Well ofcourse I would like Rovers to lay their hands upon an experienced qualty full back. But I suspect we do not have the cash to do so if we also want a midfielder of real quality. So in a way Warnock is the preferred option as we get the most 'player per pound' so to speak. Even an average Championship player is going to set us back a million quid. The only way we could pick up a quality left back on the cheap is either going for someone near the end of their contract (none spring to mind) or shopping abroad in cheap countries- Czech, Scandinavia, Austria etc. (fraught with danger as to how the players will adapt to big leagues).

I'm stunned. I agree with you on this completely. Any environmental tax should be connected to individuals so ravek as not to unduely penalise the poorest, it is the only fair way. I think that is the first time. A link? Your argument will stand and fall entirely on this. No one will believe you unless you provide evidence.

Personally I think the straight swap for Warnock might be our best bet. If we do sell Neill it isn't going to be much more than 1-2m and all three of those players you mention are going to cost 4-5m I would imagine. We need to conserve cash reserves for a midfielder if we can.

That's ridiculous. If spurs had enough cash to give us in order to buy SWP they would just buy SWP themselves. Plus there is absolutely ni chance they will stump up for Gamst nowas he is not looking like a decent aquisition at the moment. Very true. Beckham is just, and only just, a realistic target simply because he is going to be cheap in terms of a fee, we have Hughes and we would give him a prominent starting role (although obviously a number of other clubs could do that too). We have no chance of getting SWP- not enough money, not enough pulling power (what's Hughes to SWP?).