Will we sign a new star striker, and he becomes the cocky jerk struggling with his repressed homosexuality ?. Or will we have to kill a cast member of ER ?. Some of these choices are not to my taste (e.g. Robbie, the Quo and Republica), so here are some of mine: 1. Ricochet-Faith No More 2. Golden retreiver-SFA 3. Stockholm Syndrome-Muse 4. Orgasmatron-Sepultura 5. Any from Eighties Matchbox.......'s first album Come to Daddy would be a great choice though.

I think he has a reputation for kicking people in the SPL.

In: Ruddy (long term replacement for Friedel), Carew, a right back (no names though), Ifill. Out: Amoruso, Jansen, Gray/Gresko (can't decide which), Bothroyd (who's poo), Flitcroft (past it) and maybe Tugay.

1. Militant Man Utd fans who are getting all paramilitary over this Glazier chap. Man Utd are on the stock market, and are part of the capitalist system that made them so rich. Therefore they are bound by the same rules as other companies and can be taken over by a bigger fish. It's called the free market guys. 2. Arsene Wenger and Ferguson. Just shut up the pair of you. The same goes for the bitter, paranoid twerps who support their respective teams. 3. Spanish Authorities/fans. One team got fined £415 for racist chanting at an opposition player who was black. Aragones is still Spain's manager. No team is really being punished for the increasing racism from the crowd. 4. UEFA/FIFA. They have destroyed football by letting the G14 clubs bully them into submission (should have let them have their Euro league, which would die after 10 years), introduce daft rules (e.g. the current offside rule), line their pockets with bribes and gifts, and condoned racism by not hammering Spain after that infamous 'friendly'. I bet if it were 1/2 an English crowd, they'd act harder. 5. El Hadj Diouf. Dirty, diving, cheating, spitting git who should be banned for a year or more.

I agree with this statement. £2-2.5m is enough for the kind of player he is in today's market, and that we need a striker more than another central midfielder. If we took a punt at Dean Ashton at around £2.5m, then that would be better. Brum are being awkward because Blackburn are the only club making firm offers, and they got out their pink handbags after the first bid. We have Flitcroft and Douglas for that 'tough guy' role in midfield.

I hope you're joking Blue Phil, that Barton is showing himself to be real trouble. He should be in court, or at the very least sacked from Citeh if the stories are true about the Christmas party. He is fast becoming another talented player who thinks he can do what he likes because he gets a few grand in his pocket every week. The arrogant little twerp should probably be in prison. If Barton went to Brum, what odds he would be involved in an 'incident' outside Spearmint Rhino ?.

Brum are a bunch of porn-peddlers who are annoyed that Blackburn have the audacity to try for one of their top players. The bid's structure was cheeky, and I don't blame them for saying 'on your bike', but the constant moaning is annoying. If we did 'tap him up', then we should be punished, with any money going towards the earthquake disaster fund. This will be a good PR move for Rovers, and will turn a bad story into a good one. Then, the FA/Premiership should investigate other stories of players being 'tapped up', and perhaps start with 'Sir' Alex Ferguson and Jaap Stam.

Yes 92er, there is. McKay supplies Hauge with his cattle for his farm.

The real thing has Epic, and From out of nowhere on it doesn't it ?. I'll have to buy them off my sisters, as one of them has two of their albums (Angel dust and one with a grey cover with a flame on it). P.S. Dan, is that the last Hoobastank song ?. I'm sure I have heard a single of theirs recently that reminds me a bit of Legacy by Mansun. I like their name, but not their music.

Muse were much better than in v2001, when they were a bit too 'out there' at times. Having songs like Stockholm Syndrome helps that as well. I thought the Streets guy did well considering he had to learn a whole set in about a week. As for Korn, haven't they only done one song, in the sense that every one is about how Jonathan Davis is screwed up in the head after being bullied and raped by his dad ?. That guy really needs to shut up and listen to Polyphonic Spree. I'm also getting into Faith No More, and may copy my girlfriends King for a Day album. That is damn good. P.S. The Johnny Cash version of Hurt is great, as is his cover of Personal Jesus.

It's the second game of the season, we have a few new/inexperienced players, and we always have a better second half of the season. So let's not all explode with fury, paranoia and bile yet. It'll be best not to sack Souness ASAP, otherwise we'll probably end up with a plonker like Hoddle or Reid.

Saw them at the Staffs site, and they were simply brilliant. Even better than my England cricket hat I wore. Other good bands were Divine Comedy (great cover of no-one knows), Kosheen, Keane, Embrace, Aqualung, Scissor Sisters and the Strokes. P.S. I'm disappointed that you like Korn Dan. Their brand of angst and whinging is as bad as Pink's.

We only won 2 games out of 5 in the 90 minutes under Terry Vegetables, despite being at home. We only beat Spain because they had a perfectly reasonable goal disallowed. TV was an OK manager for England, but not this demi-God some think he is.

The more this non-story gets overblown, the more I think the FA are trying to sack Sven without paying the millions of pounds in compensation. How many other people in the world have had an affair at work ?. We all knew Sven was a shagger, as Nancy was married when they met, and he poked Ulrika. So this is no real surprise. As a manager, Sven has been quite good. If you remember how crap we were with that goon Keegan (who was installed after a press campaign), we have done OK. Sven's managerial flaws are that England play a bit too defensively at the wrong time, and he has a fetish for a few naff players like Heskey and Phil Neville. He can't really be blamed for the fact that our midfield lacked the skill and confidence to keep the ball. Their clubs' coaches deal with that sort of thing.

Hendry, Gallacher and Given

PM me the name please, and I won't tell anyone..................apart from Alan Nixon .

Saunders is too busy planning a biological attack during the upcoming US election, eating babies, and having sex with your wife (and your pets). Dean Saunders is too busy being the source of all evil to teach technique.

I'm annoyed he went on a free. We may have got a bit of cash for him. Maybe Ferguson can leave for two Fruit Salads and a Black Jack, whilst We can swap Gray for a Flymo. I just hope we can get a decent striker in before the season starts. Dickov is useful in a squad, but it is worrying if he is going to be the main, experienced striker.

I think that may have been down to Stam aparently calling Gary Neville a 'ç_nt' in his autobiography. Not particularly good for team morale that.

Looks a bit like dancing cry baby Christiano Ronaldo to me. But with slightly better hair.

I apologise for being pedantic, but Greening came from Man Utd's youth system, not Boro's. Downing is the only player I can think of making it to the 1st team.

On the pitch, Cole has struck a pretty good partnership with Stead, and may be a hit next season. After a bad start, Cole looks good again. Off the pitch, Cole has been a bit of a mardy brat. By running to the PFA because Souness was a bit rude to him in training or whatever, saying that he only cares about his game, and not helping the younger strikers, and by still moaning after that holiday, Cole appears to be a nob. The dilemma is whether to keep him, pay the bonus, and have a potentially good partnership with Stead next season. Or to get rid, keep the bonus money and ditch a spoilt manchild. If he goes, I hope we can get a decent replacement.

Fowler is not worth 1-2m pounds in my opinion. He was good at Liverpool, and OK at Leeds, but rubbish at Citeh. He has little in the way of real pace that he had at Liverpool because of his injuries, and lacks his ruthless finishing that made him so feared. If we sign him it will be because we're overawed by his reputation and younger days at Liverpool, and that he's a good friend of Souness. It won't be because he's still a great player.

If we sign that has-been, then I may be tempted to join the proper anti-Souness camp. Fowler is old, knackered and useless, and Man City would be laughing if we bought him. If he comes in, I would seriously worry about the future of our team, and the mental state of our manager. And if we pay any money for him, let alone 2m pounds, we would be stupid.

Re Waggy: Williams may not be a 'football man', but he seems pretty competant at keeping this club afloat from what little I know. And that's better than some insanely keen Rovers fan who has no knowledge of business management and is likely to push it as much as Ridsdale. His loyalty to Souness may seem a bit strong, but surely that's better than having a two-faced snake like Peter Kenyon stabbing managers in the back. I agree about Robert Coar though. He is a blinking Burnley fan for goodness sake. Maybe you need to take a deep breath, put your hatred of Souness aside, and realise that the club are being run fairly well.