i remember the good old days when the rovers store was where blues bar now is...that place was bloody huge and had all manner of rovers crap! (meant in the nicest possible sense)...but on the rare occasion i make it to ewood these days i'm always gutted at how rubbish it is.

although saying that i did stumble across a nice website for 'team' scarves if anyone is looking for a crimbo present for some one (thinking of getting one for my dad)

http://www.savile-rogue.com/productdetail.aspx?TeamID=3

nolan and roberts both read very well in their articles for the bbc website, not exactly deep philosphical statements or anything, but they both seem like pretty on the ball (pun intended) fellas.

Ripley had a degree in French or some such didn't he?

roy hodgeson seemed incapable of stringing more than a few words together on tonights commantaty however...

i would've thought that feyenoord would just wear their away kit as well...seems a shame cos having a euro shirt is always fun!

this thread is far too depressing for words...god imagine if we hadn't just gone insane after winning the title and ###### everything up!

even with out the money of the bigger teams, if we hadn't sold off most of the champion squad with in a few years and built on it...

i heard a rumour that uncle jack was very much against having lots of foreign players, and we could have had the likes of zidane (albeit circa 94 or so but still...)

god knows how true that is...

i feel getting rid of king col was worst.

karba diawarra anyone?

5 live's minute coverage says that we're 'bossing it'

is the live commantary thing broadcasting from the official site? *finds credit card*

i've managed to find shanghai sports, but's a random sports show...not a live game...

has anyone actually got the game on tvants?

i can't find shanghai sports on my tvants list (a little help anyone?) so i'm scrolling through the asian channels randomly (the names come up as boxes)...found the newcastle game and another random one where the score is 3-0

no rovers yet though

i think as long as you don't rub it in their faces (most) real fans don't really mind the odd away supporter...i know it pisses me off when i sit with my folks (just to the left of the directors box/squashy seats) and away fans get up and cheer..mainly cos i'm generally in a bad moodat that point. But if they just sat there and watched the game i wouldn't mind.

I sat with the geordies last season and not a problem was had...although i was just to the right of the smattering of away fans that went up...so in theory i could have hidden with them...or something.

does anyone happen to know the scoreline from this game?

(found it, it was 4-1)

oh and talking about prodigies, does anyone some english kid that was on ajax's books 10-14 years ago?

i remember when i was at school we always watched this video on Ajax's youth policy and they had this long haired english kid...christ knows what his name was, but i always (well, once in a while) wonder what became of him.

Lets just hope they get good staff in to serve the thirsty hordes.

not a chance mate,

i used to work on the bar at ewood, they get paid around 17 quid a game (5 hours or so work normally) so there isn't much perogative to work hard!

me and this asian kid i was working with getting racially abused by a citeh fan (cos i shouldn't have been working with him apparently ) was enough for me to quit after 3 games!

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personally i'm a tight wad student who likes nothing more than cheap as ###### lager (£1.70 grolsch...SOLD!)...but don't judge me too harshly, i'd have enough money for expensive beer and tax and that...but i've got alot of sleeping and sitting about to do...getting a job would vastly reduce that so i'm at bit stuck...

did anyone else think that brazil only beat NZ 4-0....making us better?

i followed the game on rovers.co.uk...sounded like fun but not the most challenging thing of all time.

shame for the kiwi's really but i hear a lot of their squad was unavailable?

is this on tv at all? i can't get back for it but i well wanna watch it!

In reference to our eternally-strapped transfer budget

"money"- Flying Lizards

or floyd's version? although thats more about having money than not...could refer to the greedy @#/?s that are taking all of ours i guess!

when i was in oz last year robbie slater presented the tv show on the premiership on fox sports or something.

dunno if this has changed since jan 2005 though!

he was pretty good like!

the saddest day by converge...seems to fit the bill for the last few games i've seen at ewood (don't think i attended one win there last season...which is a bit of an achievement on reflection)

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wish you were here by pink floyd...to the rest of blackburn...

aye, i got mine name and numberless as the morons in the shop didn't know what the squad would be (this isn't there fault, they are just generally morons)....i'll get gamst+whatever when the full thing is published.

i saw barker in a youth game a year or 2 ago and he didn't strike me as being anything special...seemed very clumsy.

but that was a whilse ago now so...

i hope we can get some good youth players through like...

wow thats all a bit harsh isn't it!

that typo is painful.

when i go i borrow my mum's season ticket (so she has more time to cook tea see ) and i sit to the left of the squishy seats next to the directors box (to the right as you look up from the pitch)

definately improved overall in the forwards situation in my opinion.

bellamy was in a class of his own, but getting rid of dikov and kuqi falling way down the pecking order (even though i do like him and he's good for a big lumbering powerhouse type).

2 proven goal getters, 1 with everything to prove and 2 good young forwards.

the futures bright etc...

i looked on the squad section on the website and they haven't given brown, franny and roberts a number yet so i assume not.

this may have been asked but i'm lazy...is the game live on tv at all tomorrow?

does anyone know how ticket sales have been doing?

if its a crap atmosphere i shall be annoyed...but far too tired to act, due to the ungodly hour of the match on the sabbeth!