I hope they've got that pitch covered. What an anti-climax if the arctic weather that's meant to be coming leads to the game called off!

Biggest ticket cock-up this weekend has to be Brentford for their cup tie at Southampton. They turned down the option of 4,750 tickets in favour of 3,200 as they had to pay for any unsold tickets. (Shades of Celtic!)

Then they put them on sale straight away open sale with no preference for Season ticket holders or club members!

I can imagine the thread on here if we ever did that! 

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They can't win really though. Look at the bees average home crowd.

I wouldn't say they couldn't win. All they had to do was restrict sales to season ticket holders only for a couple of days. Some of our fans are moaning. Imagine being a Brentford season ticket holder despite their poor attendances and travelling to many away games. Then missing out on that game.

More club stupidity. Their manager (forgets his name) was on Sky predicting "Bee's fans being all over the ground and if theirs trouble or a 'disaster' (surely a poor choice of word) some people will need to take a look in the mirror." That somebody will have to be Brentford FC themselves!

Biggest ticket cock-up this weekend has to be Brentford for their cup tie at Southampton. They turned down the option of 4,750 tickets in favour of 3,200 as they had to pay for any unsold tickets. (Shades of Celtic!)

Then they put them on sale straight away open sale with no preference for Season ticket holders or club members!

I can imagine the thread on here if we ever did that!

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I had this ready a couple of days ago but didn't want to post it on the other thread as it was going downhill so.........

.... I've read in a few different places Burnley fans saying they don;t feel our team on Sunday is as good as that of December 2000. Therefore I thought I'd compare the two teams:-

Friedal 2005 V Friedal 2000

Remember when Brad signed. The general feeling was why get in a guy that failed at liverpool when Filan is doing so well. However over the last 5 years we've seen the difference between a good keeper and a great keeper. However I have to say that over the last 12 months Brad's standards haven't been of the same quality as his previous 3 years. Don't get me wrong he's still very good but i feel that 5 years ago, when he was taking the full force of Paytons crude, deperate lunging studs on his thigh, he was slightly better.

Rovers New 0 - 1 Rovers Old

Neil V Curtis

In 2000 we thought Curtis was Prem class. However he mysteriously disappeared from sight once we got promoted leading us to believe he wasn't good enough. Or was he another Souness fallout? His career since Rovers maybe proves it was the former. Neill is hardly great but takes this one.

Rovers New 1 - 1 Rovers Old

Todd V Taylor

I've put Toddy up against Taylor to help the current squad's cause because despite being our best defender he isn't going to beat a 2000 model Berg!

RN 2 - 1 RO

Nelson V Berg

Sorry Ryan!

2-2

Nissa V Bjornebye

Sorry but I think Stig takes it. His distributions was woeful but a defenders job should be first of all to defend and on this score he's better than Johannsen at full back. I can't recall a winger actually skinning him and his positional sense (and his offside awareness - watch the norwich highlights again and watch Nissa play them onside for every 1st half chance) make him the choice.

2-3

MGP V Duff

Poor old Morten. Brought in early season with the task of replacing Duffer he never really had a chance. There are very few players who could waltz through defences like the mercurial Irishman and for the next few years the Rovers faithful are probably going to compare every other left winger to him. MGP has had more pages than Savage and Ferguson without even playing and even managed to bring Anglo - Norwegian relations on the board to breaking point. And now he's up against Duff here aswell. Poor Morten.

RN 2 -4 RO

Emerton V McAteer

If we're talking the McAteer that shone like a beacon on Turf Moor in December 2000 then Emertons knackered. However most of the other time Jason flattered to live up to his Liverpool gloryboy image. Emerton also has failed to live up to expectations but may be suffering fromthe 'Duffer' syndrome (see above). Brett takes it - but not by much.

3-4

Tugay V Dunn

Tugay when he first arrived would be prefered over the pie-munching Dunny that we offloaded to Birmingham. However Tugs has now got a bit older and started to confide in his invisible friend a bit more these days and, back in 2000, Dunn was still a hot England prospect who seemed to be able to run a bit. His contribution to our promotion was immense IMO and takes this battle.

3-5

Savage V 2000 model Flitcroft

I've put 2000 model Flitcroft but to be honest there's not much difference because Flitty never had pace. The only major change is we now know what he was doing in his spare time back then . We were told that Savage had more to his game than passion , energy and running but as yet I've yet to see it in a Blue and White shirt. However that's roughly what Flitcroft has been about over the last 9 years and i think Sav takes it.

4-5

Gallacher V Bent

Time may prove Gally to be the better player. However on prem form at the minute it's Marcus who I'd rather see back in blue and white. However back in 2000 he didn;t look the player that he seems now. I'm going to call this a draw.

4-5

Dickov V Hughes

Sparky still put in the effort but, unless it was a cup final, his mobility was seriously hampered by the time he arrived a Ewood. Dickov certainly doesn't suffer from the same problem. He can be as petulant as Hughesy too!

FINAL SCORE

Current Rovers 5 - 5 Old Rovers

Therefore by my calculations we should win 2-0 !!!!

According to todays LET is Todd get's a booking this aft against Norwich he misses the Burnley game. That may mean Ammo

Let's just hope Andy's on his best behavoir!

I've no interest in whether in my lifetime I see us play Colchester or Cardiff in the FA Cup. However .........

what makes me laugh 4 years ago or is 5 we could not shift our ticket;s now they do not go on general sale,i know one or two who even have tickets with the dingles,why the sudden change in heart

A couple of reasons may have contributed.

First of all the 'fear factor' of people travelling t'turf has been broken by the last visit and the excellent organisation. I knew people (not many) who really thought the away fans would be in danger back in 2000. This was proven not to be the case.

Also maybe, just maybe, the magic of the FA cup has finally reared it's head. Like it or not we probably will come across Burnley in the next 12 years in the league. (I've already stated that in 5 years time i unfortunately expect us to become a Championship side due to finances / stature but thats for another thread). However we may well never ever get Burnely again in the FA Cup. Or it could be another 40 odd years. That's why it's so special (and I'm so miffed I'm away that weekend).

I still take your point that it's strange that it seems we could have sold this twice over.

Incidentally how did Brad Fridel get voted ahead of ........... Bobby Mimms? I searched for the thread but I couldn't find it.

Please tell me that's a joke.

Think I'll read all the descriptions of the strikers that played before my time at work tommorow before I cast my vote.

Is it just me or are this chelsea side nothing special, i'm not just taking tonights game as a basis for my argument I have seen them half a dozen times this season and are at most a proffesional outfit.

they may look good because the rest of the prem is poor this season take arsenal for example, the arsenal of last season i'm sure would of beaten chelsea easy, they have some "very good players" but no-one you could truly claim as a consistent world class performer i.e Shevchencko, Henry or a Zidane of a bye gone era, i also reckon rovers could have exploited there relative lack of height , minus John Terry and i reckon they would be shakey on set plays

They're very similar to when we won the league although we did have a world class player in Shearer. The rest of the team was an effecient cog which worked very well which is how I see Chelsea. Anyone who saw Rovers win away at Everton and QPR in '95 will I think see quite a few similarities between them games and the game tonight. After them games I'm sure the home fans were probably saying that we weren't that good. At the end of the day if you keep grinding out result after result away from home then thats enough.

Don't forget Arsenal last year were freakish which we'll may well not see again for a while.

We certainly fought hard but i have to say I'm disappointed (which I didn't think I;d be saying after a close 1-0 defeat tonight). In the final third of the pitch we were again extremely poor. We know thats our problem and it showed again. I know Chelsea are an outstanding defensive unit but we hardly ever looked like creating anything. Second half we couldnt even keep possession of the ball around the edge of their box.

Also Hughes was either way to negative or tactically niave. To leave Dickov on his own more or less all game was as frustrating for me as it was for Dickov himself. If J Johnson is the only striker on the bench and we are 1-0 he has to come on surely. A better option given the way we were lumping the ball upfield would have been to put Amo up front which shows how desperate we are. Far be it for me to praise the 'tached scottish one but if that had been Souness in the last 5 minutes we'd have had 4 strikers on the pitch. I just felt like we never had a real go at them. (Although we certainly had a 'go' at them in the other sense!)

Don't get me wrong there were plenty of positives as have been mention on other posts so I won't repeat. At the moment though I'm just too frustrated to be proud and look on the bright side.

I think both camps have a point here. It was one of the most watchable game in ages and the tackles and confrontations I can live with. When Henry is that wound up in the game that he bangs the ball into the turf after a foul is given against him fine. Why does he need to be booked? He's just caught up the the passion and excitement around him. I thought Poll (who is NOT a fave ref of mine) did well in the circumstances.

However sometimes things can go to far. Like spitting Diouf last week, Ashley Cole needs the FA to act over his dispicable dive in the first half. Also Rooney should have walked for the language he gave the ref. I can sort of understand a player in the heat of the moment telling a ref to F Off but Rooney seemed to tell him where to go about 5 times in the same converstation. One red card for it and he will think twice before doing it again.

However if you headbut someone you walk. That's black and white.

Fair play to Man U though. Everyone hates them but in games it really matters they don't half dig in.

True it was a horrendoues tackle. Even from the back of that hoorible stand I knwe Ball was walking the minute it happened. I think the tunnel is still in the same place. I'm pretty sure Burnley haven't had the finances to move it into the main stand.

I thought in 2000 a few Rovers players actually froze at Turf Moor. Dunn and Duff spring to mind as being fairly quiet by their then standards. Hughes and Bent were also pretty inconspicuous. Flitcroft put a lot of work in and played well and McAteer was outstading. Defensively we were solid apart from when Payton tried to split Friedel in half with his studs.

One thought. If the game is drawn the replay will be a nightmare. 7.45pm kick off.

No restrictions on alcohol before the game there. 6,000 dingles.

Newsflash:-

Barry Ferguson makes his Rangers return back in the hustle and bustle of the SPL

Stay with us Al. Our Messiah will arrive in the next 17 minutes.

what bout my username then better get it changed, How do i change it

Don't think you can change it.

However if you speak kindly to the Mods you might get away with taking a couple of letter out to make Bazzatherat. Or maybe something that rhymes with that.

From official site. Sorry if already posted.

Mark Hughes:-

"It has the makings of a cracking cup tie.

"Obviously, everyone always hopes for a home draw, but we are very much looking forward to going across to Turf Moor.

"It is a big local derby, I remember playing for Rovers the last time we went there."

 

No probs. Have Lancashire Constab ..... sorry Burnley released any ticket details yet!

One of the selling points Rovers stress when trying to tempt people to buy season tickets is the fact they are in a privelidged position re: cup tickets. It's going to be season ticket holders before non season ticket holders regardless of how many away stubs the latter have.

It will be on TV without a doubt.

I'm away for the weekend of the 5th round so I do not want Burnley home or away Any of these would force me to abandon any plans I had (which would not go down well !) and stay at home.

No no no no no no no no no no no no

I'm away for the weekend of the 5th round so I do not want Burnley home or away, United home or Birmingham home. Any of these would force me to abandon any plans I had (which would not go down well !) and stay at home.

Apart from that any game on TV so I can see it!

Only better than that would be Burnley home or away, dont care which and a sat evening kick off under the lights. Superb.

If we get Burnley there's no chance the police will allow it to be played that late regardless of how much money Sky throw at the clubs.

Will anyone offer me £6,000 for it?? 

I'll give you £1,500 for it Tashor as long as you let me off the £2,000 I owe you for that last dodgy deal we were involved in . I know that deal wasn't directly involving you but that 'tached scottish ex-buddy of yours but that's life.

If you want i'll even throw in a knackered, useless Vauxhall Nova that hasn't been used since i got it from Liverpool. Must hold some value though.

Just watched the Man U - Chelsea gamme.

Rovers 0 - 4 Chelsea

Lampard 2

Robben

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