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If McCarthy goes to Chelsea do you honestlyfeel he is going there only for the cash?

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A ridiculous statement. He's scored 32 premier league goals in 68 starts for a club that has finished 13th and then 19th in the league. He's scored 13 goals this season despite missing two months through injury. The next highest scorer for Charlton has 3 goals. £2.5 million has proved a bargain purchase for Charlton. We sold Shefki for that much !!!! I'd love bent as Ewood but the price will be around the same mark that Everton paid for Andy Johnson, £8.5 million

Wait till tommorow when he finds out he's not even won Player of the Season. :ph34r:

Even though it is in the sun, the worrying thing is that it's not an article fabricated and expanded based on an odd quote or two. It quotes Benni directly and, as we all know, once Benni starts talking he doesnt tend to stop. Looking through the quotes again he doesnt actually say he is unhappy here or wants to leave. The worst quotes from the interview from our point of view are:- "The challenge of being part of the best, playing against the best. Champions League football means everything to any footballer with ambitions. But at 29 years old, if a club like Chelsea comes looking for you then you must seriously consider the opportunity. "But a chance to go to Chelsea - or any other Champions League team in England or Spain - would be hard to turn down." "Blackburn gave me my chance and even though it was not a big transfer fee, I trust that I have already paid them back with my commitment and goals this season. "Mourinho has coached me. If he ever were to sign me again, it would be because he knows exactly what he's getting and that I've managed to settle down in England quite quickly. t would be a big challenge to win a regular start in a club like Chelsea but why shouldn't I have confidence in my own abilities? I know I can compete with the best. Forget the "McCarthy heading for Ewood Exit" headlines and look at what he's actually said. " He misses Champions League football. The chance to play it again at a big club would be hard to turn down.Blackburn got me quite cheap and I've already re-paid them this season. I'd love to play for Chelsea. " He shouldnt have really said any of this. Surely letting info slip like this is what agents are for. But what if the two questions he was asked were "do you miss Champions league football" and "If Blackburn accepted an offer for you, would you like to move to a bigger club"? It will be interesting to see what he or the club say in the coming days. It doesn't look good but there is a chance he's just been too honest, too talkative and a bit thick. If he goes for £15mill I want Darren Bent

Exactly, everytime this happens we all go ape, but the reality is that practically all players don't have the regard love that we have for the club. If they get the chance of more money and/or a higher level of football they'll all be off. Problem here is that McCarthy has allegedly deceided to speak of his wishes to a Sun journalist. On the other side of the coin at least we now know where we stand with him. I'm sure some people will now say "He doesn't want to play for us, sell him". Why? His feeling and attitude is exactly the same now as it's probably been whilst he's been scoring his 20+ goals. As IHB said above, it's probably simialr to that of MGP, Bentley and any other player that thinks they can play at a higher level / better club than what we can offer. If he go's we'll have to live with it and replace as we did with Bellamy. If he stays then fine, keep banging them in. Unfortunately this is modern day football. I wonder how many people jumping up and down about this were laughing their cocks off at Birmingham when we signed Robbie Savage in a far more controversial and underhand way.

True. I remember Ian Pearce getting barracked for 90 minutes when playing for England U21's in a game at Turf Moor.

Quality. Has a pop at two people in one sentance whilst at the same time crying to the mods on another thread.

Over the course of this season he has been good enough. In the last 35 minutes that I saw tonight he was bloody awful. I've not really criticised him before and, believe me, there's no way I want to lose him. It's just for the second half everyone infront of defence was poor, Benni included

I only saw the second half. He must have been bloody good in the first !!!

Because it was on the back page of the LET quoting the £2mill price tag. It's very rare that the LET publish the cost of players so we have to assume it's fairly accurate. Either way, it's not a figure that has just been plucked from the air. If the deal goes through I agree that it will be 'undisclosed' though like all of our signings.

BBC report claiming Tugay feels he can continue for another two years in the Premiership. Quote:" The club has become like a second family to me. I am happy both on and off the pitch."

Sometimes you have to take off your blue and white spectacles and say whats annoying you. I do hope that over the summer the club sort out David Bentleys tendancy to 'go to ground' easily. I don't like it when the likes of Ronaldo, Drogba, Diouf and company do it, I also don't like it when Bentley does it. He really has no need to. Eventually he'll get a reputation and ,unlike the players with the big clubs, will stop getting free kicks at all. I've seen games when Diouf has been kicked all over the pitch and the ref just gives him nothing. He didnt do it alot today except for when he wasnt touched by Thatcher for the first booking. I know it was a rash challenge and probably a booking anyway but had it been Diouf we'd have been going mad. Ultimately, it cost them a player and made our afternoon easier, but in the grand scheme of things I hope Hughes sorts it out.

It was quite close to where i was sat. There was a disagreement between two lads which kicked off. The security came in and removed one of the lads. However on the way past the front of the stage he seemed to kick off with the security guy who was throwing him out. More security rushed over to help, then all his mates from the table got up and piled into them. Lloyds went off stage but Taylor stayed on and made a joke of it. Shameful really. I think that incident will be the end of Prem League darts at King Georges Hall.

I'm on the floor. If it's the same layout as last year I'll be to the right hand side of the stage as you look at it from the floor. I've already booked Friday off work.

Katchit and Ursis put me slightly in profit for today. Also won £30 on the quadpot. Probably somewhere in the region of £300 up for the week despite only having 1 winner. Off skiing tommorow so it pays for the flight and accomidation! Only 4 weeks to go to Aintree!

Worst day so far on Thursday. Pity I didnt have the placepot today £8,800 for a £1 stake! Final Day picks. Degas Art & Katchit Flight leader Control Man E/W Ursis & Saintsaire Arcalis & Trouble at Bay E/W @ 100/1

Not actually backing any winners, just a lot of places so far. These placepots are worth investing in though. About £880,000 in the pot both days this week. Even if a lot of favs place its still pays a few bob. Quicky:- Limited Edition & New Little brik Our Vic Black Jack Win & Temoin to place Vodka Bleu LAY Gungadu Mololith , Material World , Kadoun Be interesting to see how Rhinestone Cowboy goes in the last tommorow. Off track for nigh on 3 years after looking the best young staying hurder around. Disappointing return earlier this season but this is the first time he's got his proper ground. 14/1 now, would have been about 2/1 for this in 2004. Edit at 4.20pm. No placepot to save me today. Now added Material World and Kadoun to my last race selections. Can back a few in that as it's 12/1 the field.

Bet receipt Bet: P/0291137/0000661 Date & time:2007-03-14 13:51:41 Bet type:TOTE_UPLP Stake:£43.20 Stake per line:£0.30 Refund:£0.00 Winnings:£691.65 Settled:Y Leg type:W Number of selections:14 Number of legs:6 Number of lines:144 Number of lines void:0 Number of lines won:1 Number of lines lost:143 A bigger placepot. Nice

In the first novice hurdle I'm looking at My Turn Now e/w. Second race I think and hope Denman will win. I should have backed him as my mate has rode him and has been on about him for 2 years now. However all the price has gone so I'll leave alone at 11/8. If i have an interest bet it might be on Gazzas Girl to place at 9/1 Champion Chase I'd have liked Nickname but it's dried a bit too much so I'll leave alone. Powerstation and Nation State in the fourth Fifth is an amateur race which I don't normally back in. An interest bet would be maybe Lou du Moulin Mas but I'll have a closer look tomorrow. Leaving the last alone as there's little to go on. Don't think I'll be backing anything majorly tommorow though (unlike hardy Eustace today ). Could do with some rain for the beef.

Not that bad actually mate. Won £105.25 on the placepot to a £32 stake (see receipt below , I've had to post it on another forum after being accused of aftertiming! Cheeky gits) Had Juveigner not got beat by a nose I'd have been quite up. As it was I'm about £15 in profit. I've already had a look through tommorows card. I'll post my picks up in a mo. Date & time:2007-03-13 13:44:51 Bet type:TOTE_UPLP Stake:£32.00 Stake per line:£0.50 Refund:£0.00 Winnings:£105.25 Settled:Y Leg type:W Number of selections:12 Number of legs:6 Number of lines:64 Number of lines void:0 Number of lines won:1 Number of lines lost:63

Right then. Just had a nice look through tommorows card and here's my first day selections. First race a little EW on Tipperary All Stars. Currently 20/1 Second race Fair Along. Currently 100/30 which I think is a decent price for a C&D winner whose unbeaten over fences and has already beat his main market rival, albeit receiving weight. Champion Hurdle I've already backed Hardy Eustace at 5/1. He's still available at 7/2 so I think I'll make him my big bet tommorow. I know he's getting on a bit but Brave Inca is out of form and on Decembers running I'm fairly confident he'll beat Detroit City this time. Last year he was reported to have had problems all season and still came 3rd. Fourth race Juveigner and maybe Heez a Dreamer Wasn't going to bother having a bet in the last race but as Gracechurch is 110/1 on Betfair I've risked a whole £1.50 on him to win. Anyone else got any fancies tommorow. If you have stick them on here and lets all have a laugh at each other losing dosh. Good luck and enjoy.

Cheltenham time again next week from Tuesday - Friday. Easily my favourite week of the year even though I'm having to give going down there a miss this year. Anyone got any early opinions or antepost bets on anything already. I've backed Hardy Eustace for the Champion Hurdle at 5/1 earlier today. Oh, and T4E - you know who runs on Friday! Edit - Just backed Mister Hight in Wednesdays Coral Cup @12/1 and Fridays County Hurdle @ 14/1 NRNB

Johnson, Danns and Donnelly all had spells on loan, as have Derbyshire and Gallagher in the current full squad. I just find it a bit strange that Peter has never gone out to an English club on loan especially if as people say Hughes doesnt fancy him at all. Even Frannys now been shipped off to Ipswich. As for never showing anything, I remember being at Newcastle last January when we won 1-0 after MGP handled the ball in. It was a dire game which only swung in Rovers favour when Peter came on as a second half sub.

Just looking through the Rovers appearance statistics for this year and I do find it very strange the Sergio Peter has made only 1 start and 6 appearances as sub. This is in a season when we have had crippling injuries in midfield and his main competitor for a first team place was badly out of form for 4 months. Even when Pedersen hasnt been fit both Berner and Dunn have been used before Peter. I'd be interested to see the number of times he's been on the bench and not been used. For some reason Hughes either doesnt fancy him or doesnt trust him yet. I think it would be in everyones interests if he was to go out on loan similar to what Gallacher and Derbyshire hae done in the past. It would give him regular football, a chance to prove himself and Rovers a chance to monitor him in competitive games. I personally do not know whether he is good enough for this level or not. I'm certainly not advocating dropping MGP (not any more anyway!). However, it's two years since Peter first arrived on the first team scene and he still remains something of an enigma to us all.