greggy You weren't there yesterday, were you? The back 4 should stay exactly as it is (unless any of them get suspended) . Neill isn't fit to shine Nelson's shoes, and the only one I'd think about would be Short to replace one of the others- but I'd probably keep him o the bench at the mo. January sale of spare defenders coming up I think! (I'd keep Jay as he's young and defenders don't mature for years)

Re the ref Much as I hate to do it, I have to say D'Urso was right on the big decisions.

Lucas Neill will struggle to get near the team if today is anything to go by.

Yes, I am Scottish.

The whole team (apart from Tugay) were excellent. Just got back. This is the most hopeful about our football I've felt for 2 years and 3 months.

I was there Toddy really was very good today. He should be captain full time!

I think this was always on the cards. Ferguson never seemed to me to be a person capable of surviving away from Scotland (I believe I wrote that on this board at the time of his move. I believe some people thought I was saying it with green-tinted specs. I wasn't wrong.) Many, especially poorly-educated, Scots just cannot be taken away from their support network without falling apart. I've seen it too many times, and I'm afraid Barry never had enough about himself that I thought it would be untrue of him. He may be blaming his wife, and undoubtedly she's a contributory factor, but I suspect he can't cope without his extended family and the adoration he got from the fans at Rangers (he was one of THEM before he played for them). Rovers could never compete with that.

oh no, Amauselesb***ard isn't really in the squad is he? We're DOOMED

If he was on the next train back to Glasgow I'd be delighted- as long his original transfer amount plus a bit for inconvenience was in our bank account before we shut the door on him. I'd trust Hughes to improve our team with any money he's given

It's a better result than a lot may think. Cardiff have improved recently and aren't quite the mugs they were at the beginning of the season. Also it means that when we knock them out, we won't be in danger from their lunatic fans- or at least not as many of them!!!

I've always thought Barry Ferguson was overrated, that's all. I admit that at £2 to 3 million he's have been a decent buy, but £7 million was and is so way over the top it's ridiculous. And the problem is, people then start to wish/hope/believe he IS a £7m player, which he patently isn't. He's inferior to Sherwood (who I didn't rate at the time- I was wrong) by quite a large amount, I don't even think he's as good as the likes of Billy McKinlay or super Atko in midfield. He's a mid-level midfielder who hasn't the vision, creativity or defensive qualities to be great.# Just my opinion

I like Ally McCoist, Alex McLeish, Colin Hendry, Henning Berg and John Greig. I think that's about it.

Surprisingly, I wasn't in the "get Andy Todd out of Ewood" camp! Thank goodness good sense has finally come to the management team. Now if someone could just make sure that no-one can be tempted by the thought of Amoruso in the team (kidnap him or something) I'd be very happy- however I think for you lucky, lucky boys and girls who are going to the asylum known as Ninian Park on Saturday a sighting is highly likely!!

People dont want to pay £x and never see a win. Anyone who says that always watching losses is not a major cause of people not going is, quite frankly, stupid. Certainly lots of the people who sat next to me last year said that it was not worth them renewing to watch loss after loss- and they didn't renew On another tack- having not attended for a while there was one thing which REALLY struck me. The players are VERY much slimmer now. It took me quite some time to identify some of them. Some of them are looking positively anorexic- Barry Ferguson is absolutely tiny! Either the club/their families have stopped feeding them or this fitness thing really does work!

Once the crowd realise that we're not going to suffer the boring fare that's been on view for the past 2 years (or at least that there's a fighting chance we might actually WIN some games) they'll be back. I don't think it'll take us challenging, I just think that it's been soul-destroying watching the rubbish that's been on offer, coupled with anger at the whining about ref, lady luck etc.

He's a striker- we're buying a striker. I'm very excited. we haven't got enough of those. And this one's quite tall and dosn't look like a drink of water. Very exciting!! (By the way did you work out that I'm very excited by the thought of us owning a bona fide striker who isn't four foot three or able to be blown off the ball by someone breaking wind close to him???)

I went to the game and we won- this is good! (Maybe now I don't have to turn ALL communication media off and go shopping- avoiding shops where they sell televisions- when I can't go????) Agree with most of Alan's comments. Matteo scares me witless, and I think Ferguson's head's in Glasgow, but apart from that I thought we looked just that one step ahead of Charlton at all points. Onward and upwards

Tugs He knows, he is just being disingenuous (my word of the week) Which for Radaghast- means he knows exactly what I'm talking about, but pretends he doesn't!!

So very many reasons to dislike Pukearseh*le!!!

Just be careful. The last Cardiff game I was at (admittedly not the best one- v Millwall) was very scary. They were fighting amongst thmselves inside the ground and were trying to break through the 15 foot high railings outside the ground after the game (During the game they sang a charming song which went "outside, a massacre outside" to the tune of "blue moon".) And they're very, VERY ugly!!

Totally wonderful result. 3 deserved points at last. Onward and upward. Hughesy's Blue and White Army!

This isn't a relevant thread, as only Hughes will be in a job in English football by the end of the season- although I'd really love Sourness to waste a LOT of fat Freddie's millions - preferably spending LOTS of it to buy some of the stuff he bought for us- before he's unceremoniously dumped. But the only REALLY important thing is 3 points on Boxing day (and as many lots of 3 points as possible after that) for which, Mr Hughes, we need a STRIKER who is actually any good. We seem to have sorted out the defence, and we've got more midfielders than you can shake a stick at - ok we may not think much of the quality but the width's there- but we have absolutely HOPELESS strikers. Mr Hughes should empty all the piggy banks and search behind every sofa cushion around to scrape enough money to buy the best striker available. Then he too can stand there with his hand in the air waiting for the pass that will come only once in a blue moon.

I won't predict but just pray for a Rovers win. To make Christmas and the New Year really special, this should prompt a run by Rovers and a complete collapse by Newcastle, resulting in us sticking two fingers up to Souness as we pass him on the way down and culminating in his sacking by Freddie Shepherd. Oh and if they could be relgated too, pretty please!!!

Duffer by a country mile. Only saw him and Jason, both quality, but Duffer is, as has been said before, one of only 2 world-class players we've had. As for the £17million. I don't think there'd be many that would have taken that by choice. Except, unfortunately, those who were in power at the time. Still ranks as one of the two worst pieces of business we've done in recent time (the other being NOT giving Henning the extra year on his contract and wasting 3 times what he'd have cost in wages on the lardy Italian).

There was no agreement as he was approached in a corridor and asked "by the way- do you want to sign a new contract". He had, I believe three years of his original contract to go, and was in no hurry, with that ******* in charge, to sign a new one, so he said "no thank you". After that, there were NO formal contract talks- he was just told that as he'd "turned down a new contract", in what he had considered was only a casual sounding-out, that he was to be sold. (I suspect, although don't know, that the alternative was to play in the reserves- not a great one for someone who was pushing for England recognition at that point) IMHO there was no real contract, and that was just our ex-manager using his ruthlessness again to get this story against Dunny into the papers and get you all supporting the decision to get him out. He'd done it to you all before when Dunny was injured, by blaming it on his "lifestyle" (which apparently is very quiet now, yet he still gets injured) He'd stirred you all up again by telling you Dunny was a "big time Charlie" when Dunn did get fit and started to play well his last season with us, and he got you for the last time over this. As to whether this was a good move for us- it will all depend on his hamstrings. If they stay healthy, it will be shown to be one of the worst moves we ever made. If they don't, it won't. But "the boy done good" (oh how I hate that grammar) on Sunday from a celebrating point of view.