rog of the rovers
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0-0 will do me fine, a eventless 1st game back won't be a bad thing for either side!
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1. Chelsea: Mourinho masterminds another Championship victory, lets face it no one is in their league money wise and probably if they were doing poor at Christmas time Abramovich would stretch his budget even further! Expect Essien to sign and Chelsea to win by several points.
2. Manchester United: Improvement on last season, Rooney will hit top form and with a pretty much settled team from last year will finish second. Expect Rooney to score 20+ goals this term and Christiano Ronaldo to perform 20+ step overs a half
3. Arsenal: No more Mr. Vieira means bad news for Arsenal, I think the void left will be too big, Fabregas and Flamini are still too young and Gilberto Silva has proved ineffective without Vieira. Hleb will be a good signing but expect Arsenal to lose out on the race for 2nd. Expect Vieira to come back and knock Arsenal out of the Champions League with Juventus
4. Liverpool: The Champions of Europe will again blame inconsistency for their lack of a title challenge. Reina and Zenden I think will be a success but you heard it here first, Crouch will score 5-10 goals. Expect Crouch to be the biggest £7.5m flop since Mr. Corrado Grabbi
5. Middlesbrough: Good young team, addition of Yakubu will play a huge part in their season, with Southgate and co. at the back Middlesbrough always put together a good defence. Hasselbaink, Yakubu and Viduka must do the rest. Expect Hasselbaink and co. score 10+ each
6. Tottenham: Again inconsistency will haunt them but an exciting young squad, with the addition of Edgar Davids should kick on and I expect a top 6 finish, with the likes of Defoe, Keane, Mido and Kanoute. Expect Anthony Gardner to get into the England squad quite simply because he plays for Spurs. Oh and the year ends in a digit so Spurs for the FA Cup.
7. Bolton: Big Sam fails to improve on last season, expect the "long ball" to be in opperation from the off, Expect Davies to again score 10+ goals and El Hadji Diouf to get into at least 2 spitting incidents.
8. Newcastle: Parker and Emre are good additions I expect them to add another striker before the deadline, Shearer will want to go out on a high (deja vu?) and Expect Dyer and Bowyer to give us round 2.
9. Manchester City: Will miss Shaun Wright Phillips desperately but with Stuart Pearce at the helm City will prove to be a hard nut to crack. Expect Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler to link up well and Joey Barton to be in prison by Christmas.
10. Blackburn: Solid defence and if the new boys up front are a success it could be the tonic for success, If Bellamy can stay fit and another midfielder is added to the squad we could possibly finish higher. Expect Shefki Kuqi to be sold or released by this time next year.
11. Aston Villa: Still lacking up front, Phillips proved last season that he is over the hill and with reports that Juan Pablo Angel is upset and the loss of Luke Moore and Darius Vassell, Villa need some more strength in the striker dept. Expect to see Doug Ellis and David O'Leary have a major fall out.
12. Portsmouth: Robert must prove himself in his first season, however the new Zambian striker sounds like a top prospect, shaky in defence, despite this Pompey's challenge to be the new "Dads Army" of the premiership cannot come at a better time. Experience will win the day. Expect O'Brien to be as shaky and as overrated as he was at Newcastle.
13. Everton: Back to earth with a thud, teams know how to play against them, the Champions League run will not materialise and the UEFA Cup run will end at round 1. Expect Beattie to big a big flop and Yobo and Weir to get caught out by pacey strikers.
14. Charlton: Curbishley looks fed up and needs a new challenge, Charlton always amaze me how they go on a long run around Christmas yet the end of season form is atrocious and expect another season of mid table mediocrity, Expect to see Francis Jeffers score 5 goals of his backside.
15. Birmingham: Think they're bigger than they are, Upson apparently wants to leave and Pandiani doesn't want to join! The prospect of seeing Jason Euell playing for Birmingham makes me laugh. Expect David Dunn to miss 3-6 months of the season due to back or hamstring trouble.
16. West Brom: Stay up once again, but are run close. The loss of Keiron Richardson will be massive for West Brom although the experience gained last season will prove invaluable. Expect Keiron Richardson to return after failing to get into the Man Utd team.
17. West Ham: Only one of the newly promoted teams to stay up, Have the financial clout but also the pulling power which is what seperates them from Wigan. Experience like that of Teddy Sheringham and Roy Carroll will help them avoid the drop. Expect Pardew to be sacked early doors. (Hopefully as philipl says)
18. Wigan: Will start of slowly but go on a late charge, rather like Crystal Palace. Chimbonda and Pollitt are not exactly inspired signings however and Wigan go down. Expect Roberts/Ellington to score 15 goals between them.
19. Fulham: Awful preseason, poor middle/end to last season and the loss of Andy Cole and Edwin van der Sar will be huge, no team whose no.1 goalkeeper is Mark Crossley can expect anything more than a dogfight. Expect Papa Bouba Diop to move on at some stage of the season.
20. Sunderland: Despite being Champions havent improved their squad enough to survive, the current team is a solid Championship team, which unfortunately will be what they are at the beginning of the 2006/2007 season. Expect Jon Stead to score 3 goals including one against Blackburn.
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Since 1993/1994 season.
So 12th season coming up!
First game, at home to Norwich City we lost 2-3!
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If the Bowlers i.e. Harmison, Jones, Flintoff and Hoggard perform to their capabilities it could be the first series victory of my lifetime!!
If England are to win they need to strike while the iron is hot, that means win one of the first two tests, no point leaving it until the 4th or 5th test and another story of what might have been!
I think Australia will retain the Ashes but in a 1-1 Series draw
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WOW what a night!!!
Congratulations to Liverpool.
Steven Gerrard was amazing!!!!
Best Final I've seen in ages!!!!!
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A most enjoyable evening indeed!
Great to see alot of the old faces back...& also good to see the next generation.
TUGAY was absolutely brilliant....a true showman! He was like the pied piper of hamlyn when he walked round the pitch after he came off. The kids were flocking down to the front & followed him to the exit.
I`m glad the fans have buried the hatchet with SHEARER...after all, we`ll never see the likes of him again in a rovers shirt.
Don`t know if this has been mentioned before on this thread, but on Rovers TV last night, they said something about the game being released on DVD.Hope it`s not too expensive though! LOL!!
Duff is away with Chelsea in South Korea I think playing an end of season game.
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Preston North End (so we have 14 Local Derbies next season!
Tranmere (Localish club)
Macclesfield (Another Localish club)
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douglas ?
wtf is that all about ?
cant hack it at gillingham what chance at Spurs ?
ruined my day already
Agreed
Spurs to win BIG
Rovers to finish 15th
Crystal Palace to stay up.
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Team:
FRIEDEL
NEILL
TODD ©
NELSEN
McEVELEY
EMERTON
THOMPSON
MOKOENA
SAVAGE
PEDERSEN
STEAD
Subs:
TUGAY
ENCKLEMAN
DOUGLAS
JOHNSON
JOHANSSON
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Coincidence they win without Shearer?
I actually think they play better when he is not in the team, yet every manager who has realised this has soon been sacked!
I think Shearer stayin another year is a big mistake, dont get me wrong he is a cracking player, and the best Rovers player ever, fact. BUT I think he demands too much respect at Newcastle and no one is bigger than the team. -
I Hate games that dont live up to their billings!
C'mon Chelsea, I want Duffer to get a Champs League medal
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Morten and Toogs have made themself very popular tonight! thats for sure!
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My team:
FRIEDEL
NEILL
NELSEN
SHORT
JOHANSSON
EMERTON
THOMPSON
SAVAGE ©
PEDERSEN
STEAD
GALLAGHER
subs
JOHNSON
REID
MOKOENA
ENCKLEMAN
JANSEN
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I think Jose is top! Although he should have shaken Hughes' hand, but I think he's a character that is often missing with the bland mangers we have today.
I think he will be the next Shankley/Paisley, because he will be so successful at Chelsea over the coming years.
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I like Jose, anyways my 5 are
1. El Hadji Diouf- Spitting and Diving, no place in football for me.
2. Nicky Hunt- Always feels hard done by, is ugly and looks like he has a coat hanger in his shirt
3. Danny Mills- If he can play for England so can I!
4. Kieron Dyer- Is anybody more over rated than him?
5. Joe Cole- Am I the only person who thinks he's poor? He is shocking, easily Chelsea's weak link
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I'd be tempted to give him another 1 year contract, see whether he can perform.
I think Hughesy coming has give Matty a lift but his season has be blighted by injury.
Statistics read quite nicely for us optimists as he has 2 goals in just 300 minutes of football, not prolific I know, but Gally only has 2 goals in 467 minutes! Bothroyd has 1 goal in 487! And Steady has 0 in 1018 minutes!
Give him another season, If he stays fit and under performs then let him go!
However let Hughesy tell him hes still in his plans for at least another season, and see how he does.
If this is the end it would be a sad way to see him go!
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How many had the ###### after eating the firesticks ?
haha
Those peperami things were the biggest waste of money ever, nobody around me eat them, they just threw them or left them!
MGP's goal was superb and Andy Todd nearly scored a goal of the season!
Norwich were poor, but I suppose you can only beat what is put infront of you!
Bring on the DINGLES!!!!!!!
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I was there earlier on, arounnd 4.30pm they didnt tell me exact figures, but they said over half have been sold.
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Just listening to the Killers new album they are awesome.
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PREVIEW
Apologies for the delay, been away this weekend and not had chance to read the e-mails!!
To say this match is a big match may well be seen as an understatement for many Rovers fans myself included. I believe victories against Norwich, Crystal Pal, Fulham and Southampton at home will be enough to see us safe, plus we have away games at West Bromwich Albion, so as yet the panic stations don't need manning.
Going into the game the form of both teams is poor despite Norwich's heroics against Middlesbrough, losing narrowly against Everton at Goodison and victory against West Bromwich Albion! However I imagine their confidence has taken an upturn after these performances.
Both teams lie towards the bottom of the Premier League form table with Rovers picking up 6 pts from their last 6 games with Norwich picking up 5pts from their last 6. However if you look at the last 3 games Rovers have 0 pts to Norwich’s 4pts.
Quotes taken from Talk Soccer Forums
Who is Norwich's best player so far this season? Francis
How good a manager is Nigel Worthington? V.Good
Who do you think will get relegated? Palace, Blackburn, West Brom
Who is your dangerman? Huckerby
Who is Rovers dangerman? Dickov
What do you think of Mark Hughes' job at Blackburn? Fair
Score prediction? 1-2 Canaries win
Who is Norwich's best player so far this season?greeno or hucks
How good a manager is Nigel Worthington? worthys amazing, we were about to get relegated from div 1 when he took over and now we're prem, and we havent even spent much money.
Who do you think will get relegated?wba, n then 1 of us palace n soton, tis a close call
Who is your dangerman? dangerman hucks or francis
Who is Rovers dangerman? im scared of pedersen and maybe brett emerton.
What do you think of Mark Hughes' job at Blackburn?hughes had a hard job but hes doing well.
Score prediction?1-1
Who is Norwich's best player so far this season? Green
How good a manager is Nigel Worthington? Hes quality but too nice, needs a mean streak about him!
Who do you think will get relegated? WBA, Rovers, Crystal Pal
Who is your dangerman? Ashton, back in the North West and will put one past ya
Who is Rovers dangerman? Jay Bothroyd, hope you've chained him up
What do you think of Mark Hughes' job at Blackburn? Doing well, will be judged at the end of next season
Score prediction? score draw
Memorable matches vs. Norwich City
August 26th 2000 –Jack Walker’s Final Farewell
Blackburn Rovers 3 Dunn (pen), Blake, Jansen
Norwich City 2
October 3rd 1992
Blackburn Rovers 7 Wegerle 2, Shearer 2, Sherwood, Cowans, Ripley
Norwich City 1
December 3rd 1938- First League Meeting
Blackburn Rovers 6 Clarke 2, Rogers, Langton 2, Weddle
Norwich City 0
Likely Lineups
FRIEDEL----------GREEN
NEILL----------EDWORTHY
NELSEN----------DOHERTY
TODD-----------FLEMMING
MATTEO----------CHARLTON
MOKOENA-----------STUART
EMERTON----------HOLT
SAVAGE------------FRANCIS
THOMPSON----------HUCKERBY
PEDERSEN------------ McKENZIE
DICKOV----------ASHTON
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I see Ferguson is going to strech himself at Rangers.
Rangers 7-1 Dundee Utd. And thats a cup SEMI FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!
SPL is laughable
Both clubs would do anything to play in the English league.
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I think Hughesy will play 5 across the midfield in an attampt to spoil the game.
1. Brad FRIEDEL
2. Lucas NEILL
24. Andrew TODD ©
15. Aaron MOKOENA
22. Dominic MATTEO
7. Brett EMERTON
8. TUGAY
5. Gary FLITCROFT
31. Robbie SAVAGE
12. Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
10. Paul DICKOV
subs
13. Peter ENCKLEMAN
29. Ryan NELSEN
28. Jemal JOHNSON
18. Steven REID
19. Paul GALLAGHER
Rovers 0-2 Chelsea
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Burnley anywhere
I think Shearer stayin another year is a big mistake, dont get me wrong he is a cracking player, and the best Rovers player ever, fact. BUT I think he demands too much respect at Newcastle and no one is bigger than the team.
[Archived] Poll - Falling Attendances.
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Relax, people are away on holiday's at this time of the year, plus the Fulham fans came in a taxi so you can't read anything into it just yet.
Rovers fans are extremely fickle, if we start winning again then they'll come back in their droves.