Twenty thousand inside on the fifth day, another twenty thousand locked out-what decade am I in???

But the other 4 were deffo Soueys work. So there, send it to Tyne and Wear.

Technically Douglas was a product of the youth academy..but Souey gave him a big contract.

Apart from Flitty too.

Rover6, all but Jansen on your amusing list of players in your Sig were signed by Souness. Perhaps you should post that on the jawdees forums?

Knees Up Mother Brown Their own thread on the game. Match ends around page 10 ish I think.

I dont think there is much point buying one after the first game at home, and after yesterday even less! Still, the pie queue will be smaller this season...

Saturday was a dreadful day PG. Rovers got a cuffing in London and England forgot how to bowl and field. And it pished down all day. Burnley won 4-bowt, and I think I have got ringworm.

It seemed to me that for their goals, we were second to the ball at each challenge. They looked more up for it than us, and I really think that we just expected to turn up and take the three points without actually doing owt. Going in one up at half time probably confirmed that to the team who thought, christ were one up and we haven`t had to do much-we`ll walk this, then dozed off at the re-start and West Ham just walked the ball in. Momentum seized, Rovers were like a rabbit in the headlights-unable to move and incapable of upping the game and fighting back, apart from Dickov who took it literally of course. Must try harder, and an early challenge for Mr Hughes.

Are you there Heebeegeebee? Is everything OK?

For those of us who became optimistic over the summer, welcome back to reality-losing at West Ham. Ho hum, theres plenty more heart ache to come me thinks...

Reminds me of the last visit to Hammers, Yorke scores first half then Wet Ham score two in the second half to win it. Boo.

Bring Stead on.

Todd one nil!

6.30 AM Chorley, 25 miles from Manchester....absolutely chucking it down...

Anyone know wether Bellamy is fit for Saturday?

Of course he`s not! He`s whiter than milk. Sorry, I thought you said Is he Black? Again apologies all round for a truly dreadfull attempt at a 13 year olds humour. Sorry.

Never mind edge of the box Phil, how about testing him from our own half!

Only watch the good bits... If your not driving Paul, take your ale in with you as the queues are horrendous. But they were at the T20s so you probably already know that! That also applies to food supplies as well. Looking at the weather forecast I suggest you slip, slap and slop up too.

I forgot to mention Robbie Slater too. One for the Aussies there. Never scored for Rovers in all the games he played, moves to West Ham and scores on his first vist back to Ewood. Ungrateful git.

Good photos

For Fall tracks, Rovers should enter to Deadbeat Descendents

Yea give the salad dodging drug taking serial sh@gging beach bum a tonking! It wont turn if it doesn`t pitch-hit it on the full and hit it hard. Copyright Mike Brearly coaching manuals.

How did you know that Warren?

WEST HAM August 13th 2005 Kick Off 1500 Boleyn Ground London I`ve only just sobered up from the semi final in Cardiff and it’s a new season, and blow me the third ashes test match should still be being played at the time of the kick off, although some have there doubts it will last till Saturday afternoon… Anyway, during the close season the general feeling and outlook amongst Rovers fans for the season 2005-2006 has taken a significant turn for the better. At the end of last season, most of us were thinking...safety acheived, good cup run, beat the dingles again...could have been worse. But the general opinion was that the next season was not something to be looked forward to, bearing in mind the style of play adopted to overcome the turgid relegation battle. A distinct lack of goals, a 4-5-1 formation and the lack of any real pace in the side meant most matches were endured rather than enjoyed, a chore necessary to obtain 40 points by any means sooner rather than later. And we were relatively happy, so long as the points and results kept on trickling in. At christmas time, the situation was fairly bleak, no goals, no pace, no defence and no prospects. But by the end of the transfer window, two players had been brought in and although we didn`t know it then, they were to change the course of the season for us and turn us into one of the hardest teams to beat. Indeed, we became one of the hardest teams! Scrooge had visited Ewood at christmas, and sparky put a blue and white shirt on him. The leaky defence dried up, teams suddenly had to play well to beat us, and a thin veil of optimism descended over East Lancs. Safety was acheived fairly easily in the end,and Rovers even managed another trip to Cardiff. Then it was time to re-group and take stock. Then during the summer, when it appeared our no.1 transfer target had fallen through, Sparky pulls off a stunning coup in securing the services of Craig Bellamy from Newcastle. Cost approx 3/5s of a Crouch. Suddenly, we have a team that doesn`t let goals in and a whippet up front with a fantastic eye for goal, and everybodies happy. Probably. So, two and a half months after a dismal defeat at home to Fulham in the final game of the season, it all starts again at the Boleyn Ground next Saturday. Hold on to your hats folks, its gonna be an interesting nine months. For a team that play in Claret and Blue, West Ham have a fairly decent reputation. Never won the league title, but three FA cups and a couple of European wins is certainly not a Newcastle-esque return. Locals also talk about the time that West Ham won the world cup in 1966(They supplied Peters, Moore and Hurst for the winning England team). Matches between rovers and the Hammers seem to come round fairly frequently. Goals are not usually a problem either...5-4, 8-2, 7-1 , and many other goal fests feature heavily down the years. West Ham of recent times, well the stadium used to be a pretty intimadating place to go-the crowd right up to the pitch, almost on top of the players in some parts. The ICF of the seventies, and dark, murky back streets round the ground concealing who knows what terrors that the east end fog keeps to itself. Look at this aerial shot of the ground. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=upton+park+f...0&start=0&hl=en Players sold between the two teams in recent years include Christian `Narcoleptic` Dailly, Ian `Shrewsbury`Pearce and Matty`desperate`Holmes. This is a link to The official West Ham Website... West Ham-Official Site My expectations of the day are a pretty boring game, and no chance of a win. But our record in opening day fixtures, particulary against teams recently promoted from the league below, and particulary against teams begining with W is quite good. I recently joined the biggest West Ham independent supprters web site, and asked a few questions of their members about the two teams. There is a link below to the thread. Makes quite interesting reading, esp the Bigger Club question. Knees Up Mother Brown So, there you have it. The first preview of the season. Things can only get better eh? Time to dash.... Ozz.