Gray has been a liability. On too many occasions he has positioned himself too deep and the offside trap has failed. This isn't the first game he's played this poorly. Luckily we've had Brad to bail us out. What's more worrying is our midfield. Reid and Bentley have been non-existant, Bentley's crossing is horrendous (Bring on Bert I say). Pedersen hasn't been much better. The only midfielder who can say they've played so far is Savage, but then, he couldn't hold off Lua Lua for the goal... tough man by left teste. And bloody hell, how crap is Dickov...

I did a quick predictor thingy using that machine type dealy and came up with this... 1 Man Utd - 90 Pts 2 Chelsea - 90 Pts 3 L'Pool - 75 Pts 4 Arsenal - 68 Pts 5 ROVERS - 65 Pts 6 Spurs - 61 Pts 7 Wigan - 56 Pts 8 Bolton - 54 Pts With the fixtures in hand, I reckon we can get enough to steal fifth. Spuds have a tough run in, as do Bolton, and to be honest, I can see Bolton capitulating towards the end of the season. In current form I also see Manure stealing the title from underneath the noses of Chelski, and Portsmouth maintaining a good run of results to claw out of the bottom three with WBA destiend for the drop.

I thought Bentley has also picked up the tempo a bit in the last five to ten minutes... He's had some nice touches and done some alright things... pity we have no Bellers

Emo's already looking lively

Pederson has drifted back into the game Bentley has done a couple of nice things but is looking tired I'd bring on EMmo and Peter for Tugay and Bentley, shift Reid into the middle and Pedo up front

Free Kick... come on Pedo!

That's alright, I'm not silly enough to post in direct in the forum... CRAP!

Friedel with another blinder... Gray man what are you doing???

What the hell was that for?

I hope nothing stupid happens and somehow we get down to 10 men. Oh an another thing, whilst I know its not exactly above board, these web streaming video broadcasts are great...

What the hell has to happen for that horsefaced cheat to get a card, a shocking tackle on Reid, a blatant push on Savage and nothing... and what happened at the end of the half?

Great Work Brad... man what a game

Hmm all this talk about sub-freezing temperatures is quite welcoming in a some sad, weird way. We're expecting a lovely 36 degrees today, the same tomorrow, and a similar temperature on New Years Eve. True, it's good beer drinking weather, but bugger me if the odd helping of artic frost wasn't welcome. Oh and I was up at a little place called Mildura in North West Victoria over Christmas (where I grew up incidently) and it was 44 degrees and at midnight it dropped to a reasonable 39. Makes you wonder eh...

Just did a check of the FoxSports website and the game is being telecast live at 1:00am for all you Aussies out there. By the way, I reckon it will be a tight tussle, possibly a 1-0 to us, Dickov the scorer, or even 1-0 to them, with Murphy bagging it. Can't comment on the away support as it's a bit of a trek up to Ewood from hereabouts.

I awoke at 5am to watch the game and through bleary eyes and hazy mind watched Rovers absolutely dominate the match. It was a pretty scrappy affair with not much in the way of quality play being shown, aside from Tugay (again MOM) and Pedersen, who tore it up on the wing. Overall they played well, Kuqi had countless chances but is severely lacking in quality. He's essentially a six foot version of Dickov without the moaning. Savage played well, as did Emerton and Nelsen was a rock in defence as usual. Tottenham had one shot in the first half, which proved to be their only chance for the match. Second half started and the ref was buggering things right up. Two clear penalty shouts, one where Kuqi was being groped, manhandled and gangraped in the box, all for nowt. Another couple of lacklustre shots on target by Rovers, but constant pressure and finally some flowing attacking football. And then the red mist set in. Todd (luckily wasn't caught by the refs, but the camera caught him) headbutts that pie-munching git Andy Reid and Neill clatters into Davids for a second yellow and is sent off. Still, even with ten men, Rovers still looked the more likely to score and really should have won the match. If only Bellers was fit. In the end 0 - 0 and to be honest, a disappointing result. I came into this match thinking they had a good shout for the three points and they showed they were up for it. A little too up for it by the end of the match. Always thought Spuds were overrated. 1 point gained or 2 points lost. You decide. I for one think we should have won this, but do take heart from the number of chances created, sadly the finish isn't there. C'mon Rovers, one more striker please.