Axl Rose now confirmed as ACDC guest singer for the remainder of the Rock or Bust tour. FFS

You could see the fear in Stokes eyes as he prepared for that over. Bottled it.

AXL/DC ? No thanks.

Primarily Cole was quick and could be used as an outlet when under pressure. Once on the ball he could beat a man or hold it up and bring players into play.Not knocking Rhodes as he is probably the better finisher but Cole was far more of an all round player. I was surprised how good he was when he joined to be honest.

Sega themselves were perfectly capable of utilising the second processor for 3D. The vast majority of the 'elite' games were done by sega - fighters megamx, virtua fighter, Nights , Panzer Dragoon, Daytona and the (for the time) perfection of Sega Rally. ID software also managed it with Quake and Exhumed.The problem was most third parties couldn't achieve anything like those titles. EA demonstrated this by making an absolute shambles of FIFA98, which was superb on the Playstation and the less said about the Saturn version of Doom the better !!

One of the reasons I still fire the Saturn up is because modern games have too much story and cut scenes. Too many characters and too much plot. During most weeks, due to work I may only get 3 or 4 spells of half an hour long to jump onto a console. I want a quick arcade type game that I can chuck on, play and then come off. That's how it was for most games in the 80s and 90s. Now they are too deep. I do like a game with a story behind it (loved Deus Ex for example) but if you don't revisit it for 2 weeks you have forgotten what the hell is going on.

Once you start to slip, getting third party is not easy. Sega lost ground with the Saturn, despite being powerful enough, was notoriously difficult for third party programmers to work on. A lot of these developers new really returned for the Dreamcast and without enough games and developers as system is dead. Whilst my old playstations, Xbox and Dreamcast gather dust in the loft, my Saturn is still active alongside my ps4 though. Prob my fave console ever :-)

Good old Ciccio. http://youtu.be/aNrdEtCHrtc

Do you know what. After the draw last Saturday I will probably have to drag myself down to Ewood for most home games coming up. If we actually gave some of these lads a go, at least it would provide some interest to proceedings.

This has become almost fact now.We ended up 11 points clear of relegation the season before. He left in 2004 after 4 games, the last being a home draw against Manchester United. The problem was that people then still expected us to be challenging for Europe every season. We were probably too adventurous for our own good under Souness which cost us in a lot of games but the myth that we were doomed when he eventually went is bunkum.

Agreed Bob. Superb evening for it, great atmosphere (especially when the sun started setting) and an electric performance.

Not at Donnington although the Sunday looks great. Love the new Slash & The Conspirators album (far, far better than his last), saw them at manchester last year and they were excellent. Just wish One of the MC gigs was at a weekend other than London. Anyway getting ahead of myself. AC/DC first !

I will probably see you there for that Abs. I've been a big Alice Copper fan, especially of his 70's stuff, but never seen him live. As a support for Motley Crue that's a no-brainer for me.

Saw The Treatment again in Manchester last night. Quality young classic rock band who are decent in the studio but superb live.

I would expect martin Ollson to be away before the end of the window so I am leaving him out of equations. If he stays then that's a big bonus. However Orr looked good going forward but, after a couple of solid early games, struggled towards the back end of last season. You can't fault his commitment but that will only get you so far. The same applies to Jason Lowe. Neither looked a premiership defender at the end of last season and I have no reason to think they will be top class in this league. Dann should be extremely competent in this league bit I thought he would be a good signing last season and he was a walking disaster. From what I remember a back four of Givet, Dann, Lowe and Hanley didn't cover themselves in glory at championship Cardiff last year.

That's your opinion stated as fact. Personally I'm not too sure if Jason Lowe, Bradley Orr and Marcus Ollson are good enough to be in a top 6 championship side, especially with the points that onlyonejackwalker made above. Also the jury is out on Hanley. He may well join the ranks of Taylor and Broomes who had to step into the fold young and never lived up to their promise.

Taylor beat Wade 10 - 8 in the Premier League final and hit two nine-darters along the way !

Just watched it through again and thoroughly pleased for McCoy who is a genuine decent bloke. Well done to all who won. I was just beginning to get excited with Maljimar as I stood to win quite a bit if it even finished in the first 5 but unfortunately it slithered and fell at Bechers second time around.

I've backed Maljimar E/W at 40's at the start of the week and also had £3.50 on The Package at 95/1 on Betfair back in January. I backed Big Fella Thanks last year (see back in this thread) and he ran well but didnt seem to last home and faed into 6th. I'll be a bit cheesed off if he wins this year. I'm off out today but will hopefully find a nice pub somewhere to watch it in !

As it's Cheltenham week I might as well bump this to the top for the next few days. My picks at this early stage are:- Best Odds Against Favourite - Voler La Vedette 7/4 (4.40 Tues) Other fancies - Sizing Europe 11/2 (2.05 Tues) - Punchestowns 10/3 (2.40 Wednesday) Best Each Ways - Daves Dream 14/1 (1.30 Thurs) - Hey Big Spender 14/1 (4.00 Thurs) - Drybrook Bedouin 33/1(4.00 Fri)

Disgraceful behavoir by McCarthy. Once again makes you realise how harsh a ride Lucas Neill gets from some supporters of Rovers.

It's a strange one cos, according to the two people I know that were in the pub, the police just locked everyone in for well over 45 minutes. Anyone wanting to go home for there tea or whatever was rudely refused. I'm not for one minute saying that allows you to chuck bottles at the police but I reckon a number of the charges are not football/burnley releated but caused by annoyance at being locked in when they'd only gone there for a quick drink. Was anyone actually in there?

I've not been Benni's biggest fan for a while now ( cos of attitude and application) but he has played well against Chelsea and Liverpool in the last 7 days. The frustrating thing is why can't he do it every week. It's never been ability that's in question.

I had the pleasure of being at Newbury on Saturday to witness one of the great sporting moments. I've never known a horse be cheered home so loudly from the home turn all the way to the finish line. If Denman and Kauto Star turn up fit and well at Cheltenham it will be the biggest racing clash for decades. 2009 Hennessy Gold Cup

This competition is a complete crock of poo at this stage. United are getting beat but it doesn't really matter does it? The vast majority of the English teams generally coast through. Tonights Man U game is the first one I've watched this year and it reminds me why I don;t bother. United are going through the motions. Watch Gary Neville for the second CSKA goal as a prime example/ If he had shown any effort he'd probably have got a tackle in. This part of the tourney is just one big money making racket. I only tuned in because I thought it was Liverpool tonight and at least they've managed to get themselves into a position that's worth watching.