Give him the ball in the box and he'll finish, simple as. His positioning is perfect, he just needs a bit more strength to shrugg off big defenders.

I think he looks like he's bulked out a bit over the summer

I really loved Marabou Stork Nightmares by IW

edit: talking out my ass

It's very dense but Midnight's children is one of the best books ever writen imo

I just bought an album by a artist called 'Porn Sword Tobacco' (Explains Freedom).

I was mostly attracted by the name, but it turns out to be very beautiful ambient electronica recorded in a Swedish forest.

Wonderful.

New Modest Mouse album is simply superb.

Agreed. As is the new Explosions in The Sky album

Anyone heard of a band called Efterklang? I just got a copy of their album Tripper and it's really brilliant. Kind of glitchy electronic fuzz with some nice brass and choral singing. Lovely stuff. I imagine that this album was recorded in a snowy Danish forest and lots of animals came to watch. They left nuts and berries to show their appreciation (and were subsequently eaten by bears).

My response.... Meh

I'm surprised this topic has not come up

Showed fantastic composure for his goal today, albeit against some pretty lackadaisical defending.

That's 3 in 4 now

Has anyone stopped to think that perhaps West Ham want to put in the relegation clause?

That way they won't have players draining Premiership wages out of their coffers when they are living on a Championship revenue stream.

And another point, shouldn't we applaud Lucas for not succumbing to the usual 'big-club' glory-hunting syndrome?

We all bag the fans and media who jump on the bandwagons of big clubs.. so Lucas wants to play for a small club in London... who in some ways resemble a small club in Lancashire... lots of history... good solid support and reputation.. yadda yadda.

Was talking to a West Ham mate about this exact thing today. Totally agree, pg

Hope not, but I think it'll be 0 - 2

I cannot ever remember seeing Rovers play at home without wearing the famous blue & white halves

Has this ever happened before?

Historians??

Brilliant, I love all this stuff. This is what being in Europe is all about, weirdness at Ewood is just what the Dr ordered!

of to a goood start i think we should be beating basle and a draw against feynoord will do but im not to sure about nantes they are looking strong in the league and knocked out shlacke last round

Not sure about Nantes myself, Nancy on the other hand...

Moko on for Tuggs and Gallagher on for MGP

Bummer he's scored

1 - 1

Is Hell's Bells giving us many problems, I hear we've been booooing him

Glad we got the three points today, we have a pretty testing few fixtures ahead:

Liverpool

Bolton

Chelsea

West Ham

Villa

ManU

Tottenham

Attendance?

17,895

Although I'm not there so can't really complain

Attendance?

Rovers 0 - Pies 0 (Heskey)

Dillo, you are a genius and a real treasure. Is there any way you can link to the English amazon version for the book?

Edit: Sorry I found it now!

Slightly off topic but i was thinking, why do people make such ridiculous predictions they never come true?

Shows what I know

Hmm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...rem/4796354.stm

Blackburn v Middlesbrough

Match preview

It is a good time for Blackburn to play Middlesbrough.

Boro did well to get through their Uefa Cup tie against Roma. They will be euphoric but it will be back to earth with a bang for them here.

Blackburn are a good side. They get the ball down and play but they still possess the physical element which is fine. The more I see them, the more they mirror their manager Mark Hughes as a player. Physical but classy.

Prediction: 2-1

I think we could do well as promoting ourselves as 'the place to get your career back on track'

Todd

Hell's Bells

Zurab

Sav

Bentley

Gamst (although he was already at Ewood)

Have all got their life on the pitch back together

Perhaps instead of looking at the relegated clubs we should look at players who are talented but not doing the business right now. These type of players seems to be Hughes speciallilty...

Ah right thanks.

So I guess we'll know in the week...

Back to the top.

So where's all the news on this?