No way is Todd dirty, competitive, strong and determined yes but dirty no. I can't really even remember the last time I saw Todd execute a rash or unsporting challenge.

Though over recent weeks we have put a little bit of daylight between ourselves and the bottom three I am still very concerned. With our total lack of punch, imagination and flair up front I have no idea how we are going to score goals. A few losses coupled with a few good results from the clubs below us and we are right back in the mire. I don't think I will feel at ease unless we can dispatch both the Saints and Palace.

Did you see the goal he scored against Norwich at home?? or Burnley home??? Point taken but as a wide player he only seems to me to beat a man when the defender is tight on him. There were several opportunities yesterday when MGP was running at a defender and he chose not to take him on. I haven't he does not beat his man, he is also still lightweight with the ball at is feet, easily stripped of possesion. That said, he's come on well but perhaps not so much the last two games.

Well fairs fair CC, if you consider Burnley to be the centre of the Universe then Leyland can be what ever he wants. Me mum lived in Leyland for several years, when I went to visit I found it to be a very nice place, not sub tropical though I'll give you that.

Doesn't matter - good things come in threes and we will have been to Cardiff twice this year. Third time very lucky? Yeah, let the games begin. Hughesy 1 Wenger 0, love it. That is a great "up yours" in my mind.

Had a fair night out in Bristol once when we played Bristol Rovers, also great night in Chipping Sodbury if you can believe it or not. Local plod followed us all night had a great time though, bout 9 of us in 2 cars (we walked fo rthe drinking) nice pubs. Toward the end of the night though they started ot only allow us one drink in each pub then moved us on. (USAblues eyes become glassy reminiscing)

Nelsen had a fine match but he did have a couple of slips, letting the ball bounce once or twice when he perhaps should have dealt with it. Nothing became of it so I am admittedly being overly critical, no doubt eyebrows would have been raise and moaning would have ensued had it been Nissa or Amo. Not knocking Nelsen but the law of averages says he has to drop a clanger sooner or later, I just hope we continue to support him then. He is one of the best defnders I have seen for sometime, anywhere, and definately in Blue and White halves. the man has it in him to become a bonafide rovers legend. That ball he took down over his shoulder in the penalty area and cooly spun and cleared at Anfield was sublime and took extreme confidence. Of course if I remember correctly the commentators could only say how stupid it was to try that. Had it been Mr Rio Ferdinand they would still be wetting themselves and gushing ooohs and aaahs. Very very impressed with ryan Nelsen, very.

Too bad Seaman's not still with 'em MGP could have a hat trick from the corner flag. I can still see him giving Lehman the slip with one of them.

I still don't understand the bearing of Newcastle and their EUFA cup involvement on all of this. Could someone please be kind enough to explain why concessions have to be made for Newcastle in this instance.

The solution seems simple to me. Kick Off at 3:00 and don't bloody televise the match. Duh done deal. Won't happen though will it. Surely there is a budding reporter soemwhere would like to have a go at the FA in the papers for selling out it's fans. The game is dying and our very own governing body is the one that is supplying the poison. Could someone also explain to me what bearing Newcastles game had on the scheduling of our FA CUp semis, I for one just do not understand that one.

Will Arsenal fans have the same logistical travel problems as our lads and lassies do? Can the club put on transport to help our fans get there. One train pulling in a few minutes before kick off is ludicrous. I expect there will be quite a poor showing from Rovers. Talk about peeing on someones Cheerios

Nice to see the FA have listened to all the fans and their concerns about a noon kick off, NOT. Arseholes.

I thought Neill had a solid game. I thought he did very well. Johanson did well too, looked very composed though he seemd to slow up quickly as if he was injured. Really beleive Neill is just everyones favourite whipping boy. MGP took leave tonight and Emerton was a disgrace, Reid did OK but seems to not really commit himself in some situations, confidence perhaps. Good solid performance, but god is it ever ugly to watch. If we can keep this up for the rest of the season I can be happy with that but next season we must have someone to create in midfield and someone who is a threat up front. I am also now convinced Emerton has to go he offers nothing anymore. I thought for a bit with his resurgence when Hughes first came in we had something good but god is he bunk right now. Effective it may be but it is really hard on the eyes. The potential however is there for us to be something really good next season.

Not wanting to fall out with you either Den...but hmmm when exactly did you start supporting rovers? According to him, and of course this could be more Dingle propaganda, we didn't play each other in the league for about 10 years in the 60's and 70's because we were in different leagues. No surprise there you may say, unless you know that it was because we were in the OLD first division, aka Premiership and you were in the OLD 3rd division aka league 1. 'tis the truth, unfortunately Almost the truth, Phillips account is more accurate. Of course the clarrot will hint at the and suggest they were in the 1 and we were in the third, but she forgets to mention not the whole 10 years. Twas during these years that Burnley developed their mythical history and big club persona that they used to swagger around the lower leagues with. Twas during these years t'clarrots were to be THE TEAM OF THE SEVENTIES. It is also the period when their arrogance had them come up with the song No Nay Never. Oh Boy did that ever ring true, just not how they had hoped though. For 10 years Burnley were at a higher level than us. Now, what about the other HUNDRED or so years?

She can't answer my little teaser though. Out unbeaten record? 30 games without defeat? The Van final Thingy, the Fourth Division Championship.

When is Sav expected to return.

Does it bother anyone else that we have to play Arsenal before the semi. For some reason it does me, perhaps I feel it will give them a better chance of sussing us out. We need a totally different game plan for each game, let's lock up shop for the Leaue game then go for the jugular in the semi. That will confuse 'em. Not as scary as they were but still very very good on their day They did struggle against notlob and Sheff U some perhaps we can get some joy from this. Still vehemently opposed to both the Semi and Final being played in Cardiff.

I don't undestand the fuss about the penalty either. There is no way it could have been waved off. Clear cut and just. MGP skinned the player by stopping the ball dead, player took him out. 100% penalty, no arguments. Also in agreement on the shout for Neill, nothing there. In fact if Neill had been concetrating on getting in there instead of how to win a pen we could have been a bit more comfortable. MGP sooooo unlucky with the free kick early on.

Thank you Colin

OK Then, and I'll bid you a goodbye. Enjoy your future visits to our fabulous forum. Fans Forum for East Lancs Premier Football team, still.

You are deliberately missing the point. Wherever I post I use the same name if available . I am not ashamed of anything I post anywhere. You obviously are afraid of the same transparency. Thanks Al I was looking for words like that. I do too, but mr steady knows that.

Aliases are only used by persons who have something to hide or be ashamed of. Are you afraid that your Dingle mates will not approve of your use of this site? I think it's more than that Al. If he is who I think he is then he is quite a scoundrel. Very hateful towards anything Rovers, clearly revealing his name would expose him to that. Credit to the ones that came on here under no false pretenses, one can always respect that. As for you mr steady, if I am wrong that's fine, if I am not then you really should seek some form of help, you have issues. The be all and end all of it for me though is, you have zero credibility so I'm done here.

Are you telling me your willy fell off or you don't vist any clarrot message boards. My guess is you are being evasive, in reality. If you can not reveal what you post as elsewhere then I can only assume you have much to hide. Me I'm USABlue, here, there and everywhere. Nothing to hide see.

Likewise you with the Rovers comments, I don't really think there was sarcasm in my post. Of course not ALL clarrots are the way I have described, only just about everyone I have ever met. Your embellishment of what I have written is a little irritating too, I don't think I said you were the MOST hated. Just that you claim to be "proper" fans watching a "real" team when if fact you act all aloof when dealing with fans who actually earn those titles. So maybe I am wrong about who you are, as I asked a long time before what is your clarrot handle, that will eliminte just about any doubt. I don't think you will reveal it because then I will know your true side, won't I?

Sarcasm being the lowest form of what?. Mr, look, if you ever took in what you read instead of applting your clarrot bias to everything you would understand fully that the majority of Rovers fans are very concerned about our attendances. Where do you think the scoffing of yours originates? It's from years and years of your lot mouthing off about your support, youv'e been harping on about it as long as I can remember. Even when you were massive, well in the First Division, (oh that's right you were massive) you often only pulled crowds in the low teens of thousands. Yet even then you thought you were so frickin well supported. Sure you would get the big crowds for the big games but often times you had only 13-15,000 for the visits of the less attractive teams. Remember this was back before the days of live footy on the box. You still regard yourselves as something special, your not, get over it, drop your mythical beliefs and then perhaps the tone will change around here. Real football team you call yourselves, what is that exactly? You are an arrogant bunch living on the past glory of a couple of good seasons over 40 years ago, think about it, 40 bloody years. You scoff at teams fans who only a few short seasons ago you rubbed shoulders with them, you scoffed at them then, citing your "history" and massive club theory. It's why you are despised by many of the REAL proper football teams and their fans.