I am optimistic. My reasoning may be flawed ... our two best strikers are just getting started and will be pumped up for the run in. Bellamy had such a good break and isn't burnt out. He is just starting to fire on all cylinders. Dickov will be ready to tears the rocks off anything that gets in his road. If those two stay fit we can get fourth or fifth. Come on you blues. AND if we dont get fourth or fifth who cares. We have had a great season.

4-0 rovers. Savage to get one of them.

cooooomme on

and dont forget your coat rio you wanchor

confidence. We will win 5-3.

The same thing happened to me in 2003. So I will tell you all the story. I was travelling in the Uk ... (I am australian ... but I hasten to add that my grandparents were from blackburn) ... I was in liverpool for a week. Caught the train and bus to get up to blackburn. Walked from the train station out to the ground. The little river was frozen over ... but I did throw a few rocks in to see if the ice would break. I was in the carpark out the front of the main gates taking photos of the ground from every possible angle. A little kid was kicking a ball around and he came up and said hello and wondered why I was taking photos of the ground. I explained to him that I came from a long way away and that it meant a lot to me to get some photos of this ground. He couldn't understand why I would be bothered following blackburn from the other side of the world. Anyhow I went into the club shop and relieved them of every possible trinket ... I still cant bring myself to using the deck of cards ... i dont want to dirty them. I pay for all the trinkets at the counter and say "can I also pay for a tour of the ground". "No tours of the ground today." I was shattered. I say to the lady behind the counter "you dont understand". Quick as a flash lady jumps on the phone. She hangs up and says "go over to that little door over there and the groundskeeper will take you for a tour". Groundskeeper comes out from the little door under the stand. Takes me in and under the stand. Walk out onto the sideline ... groundskeeper says ... "now you mustn't walk on the pitch" "oh please sir" "oh go on" so out I walk into the middle of the pitch ... get my phtos with hands stretched out wide. Full panorama from the middle of the pitch. I didn't get to see the Boardroom and all that stuff but it was still a magical 20 minutes. And I will confess ... when i was walking down the tunnel and out on the ground I was dead set crying.

Clap Clap Clap No disrespect to all and sundry but i think that is the best review I have ever read. The 4-0 at Craven cottage. My missus got frost bite on her butt that night. seriously. it was a mild case. but it was the funniest thing ever. duffer and dunn I cant help but reminisce. 3-1 to the bully boys. Them to go 1-0 up early. MGP, Neill, Savage to right the ship.

I am falling in love with Kuqi. I remember when we first got him I thought ... he's big, he's fast, he can jump ... he will do me ... but the man's work ethic and attitude are absolute top draw. Full credit to him. Two winners on the trot. Someone said above that he is a big paul dickov. But i hope he continues on his current run and turns into our Ole Gunnar ... the super sub. And what a big strong ugly quick angry super sub he is. The type of player who makes the opponent's defence brick it. i dont know the exact words to "You are my Sunshine" so bear with me You are my shefki my shefki kuqi you make me happy when skies are grey you'll never know just how much i love you please dont take my shefki away. KUQI! Plus a good mate of mine is a hammer. so i own bragging rights until next time. Someone on another topic said rovers have no memorable games. Just mediocrity. Fook that. The beauty of rovers is we dont know what we are going to get. But when we get it, it is great. Yes it was squeeky bum time. But lets all accentuate the positives. Another win. 21 points. We go into the (non denomination) end of year season ... we will probably lose a couple that we will all moan and groan about ... and at the end of the season we will probably finish 12th. But hey. Life is good as a rovers fan ... and we are without doubt a team on the up. wooohooooo.

I havn't read the entirety of this thread so I apologise if it has been mentioned before. I also brace myself for a hammering. A suggested solution could be a salary cap of some sort. I have no idea what you could set the salary cap at ... but just bear with me. It could be staggered in this manner ... Players raised in the "local area" do not count to the salary cap (so if we bring back Dunny his wages dont count). I accept that the definition of "local area" could have teething problems as to how far the local area extends. To hell with it. Lets say Lancashire/Yaaarkshire/etc. So any player raised in Lancashire doesn't count (irrespective of whether that player went through an academy of another Club). Players who have played at a Club for more than say five years dont count. So if we bring back Barry Ferguson ... he plays here for six years, his wages count to the salary cap for the first five years (but dont count any year after that). Also, Brad's salary wont count given that he has been here for five years. The combined wages of all other players at the Club must be less than X million pounds. All contracts entered into from today's date must contain "salary cap" clauses. Therefore, if the club drops a league, the players wages are automatically docked to cater for the salary cap in the lower league. The distribution of TV rights remains the same. That way the Club's get richer and sort out debt problems and the games will become closer as the impact of the salary cap winds in (it will take a few years). Once everyone is on salary cap contracts and the debt is sorted, ticket prices can come down and the salary caps can be reviewed.

robbie slater is still a half-wit and he is on tv in australia. can't stand the guy. hasn't ever got a nice word to say about rovers.

Thank you very much everyone. i didnt expect so many responses but you have made me a happy man.

i need help when i was in england last year i went and watched rovers beat fulham 4-0 (at loftus road) beat tottenham 4-0 (at whiteheart) and beat leads 3-2 (at elland road). not a bad record. anyway, i want to know the words to one of the songs that was sung because i always hum the tune and it reminds me of good times. i cant help you much except to say that everyone stood up with their hands wide apart and in the air ... the words that i remember were "annnnd theres oneeeee rovers [clap clap clap] ..... and we hate those burnley @#/?s" but thats all i can tell you. so i hope one of you guys or gals will help this poor aussie out.