Yes Nonda's determination won us that goal and the quick throw-in to set gamst off was quick thinking. But what I mean is I was expecting Gamst to crack it one aimlessly towards the goal to be honest rather than square it. I'm sure many other players would have had a pop, at least he got his head up and realised Benni was there. Which I thought was intelligent play.

Oh how I laughed when it mentioned Lucas Neill.

Now I didn't see the game midweek in all honesty, all I have seen are the goals. Now maybe i've misinterpreted what your saying and if so I apologise, but it sounds to me as though you are saying Savage has consistentley put in 3 or 4 good performances in a row. In which case I disagree because I thought he was lacklustre at best at Sheffield United. His goals got us out of jail no question and his set up for McCarthy was brilliant play, but apart from that I really didn't see any conviction from him. He was quiet apart from those periods.

From a neutrals point of view it must have been one hell of an entertaining game, i'm sure it was for Rovers fans alike but god was I drained. Anger, delight, annoyance, delight, dumfounded, delight....it was a rollercoaster today but all in all we have the three points so i've ended up ecstatic. The first half we were terrible beyond words. There was no fluency, some slack passing, no movement and we just looked tired from midweek. Gamst saved us with his 2 goals and his assist this afternoon but to be honest in the first 20 minutes he looked lost. I've yet to see their first and second goals properly. Their first was a ball over the top and someone (who, I don't know) just didn't follow Barton who had a good 4 lightyears to pick his spot. Their second I was looking at the linesman and didn't see anything at all, so i'll be viewing MOTD with intent tonight. I'm glad McCarthy got on the scoresheet again lets hope we see it on a regular basis from now onwards. And I am so happy for Gallagher, some fantastic work from Emerton, who looks reborn down that side and he had another good game today. Mokoena won it today for us I thought, we looked solid when he came on, he got the ball used it wisely and hardly put a foot wrong. He cleaned up any mess and covered the backline when it was needed superbly. Nonda has also impressed me, very unlucky not to score today and he made some intelligent runs, he looked strong and created space for other players. I'm still uncertain whether gamst deserved the MOTM award however. Onwards and upwards from here!

Ahh good, someone else wore their Rovers top at uni today, I felt so alone. I saw a few Geordie fans, one mentioned to me how the support of Rovers has steeply declined in the past few years, and asked what was going on. I couldn't answer.

Indeed I do.

Cheap Skate isn't he!

It's ok the dad's a Joiner . I know it's a sacrifice working at a dingle store, but the rewards of being able to watch Rovers is worth it.

I've been on the Rovers website and tried to apply for a season ticket. It will be my first one because I work on Saturdays, but i'm moving to the burnley store in the next few weeks and I won't be working Saturdays anymore. So all being well I will be attending. I might miss a few games (Fulham and Tottenham) but i'll still go.

Sweet jesus of Nazareth, whos your choice Glen Hoddle? I compared tonights events with what would have happened in our average game last season. Cole tried to clip the ball in, he took Kiely with him the ball spun into the 6 yard area and was in legs length of jansen but it spun away from him. Compare that to last season where it would have gone straight to Jansens foot like a magnet and BANG! It's all a bit of bad luck, 9 games in and your calling for Souness' head..too much Henry the Eight i think :'>