And that was quite early on, wasn't it? He bottled that and from then on he's given them the green light to play like thugs

Back on his bloody heels is right. I tell you what it is, he's bloody scared to score

Good point, well made. It's not worth it. But it is difficult to take. And they really made me believe for a while. Sheffield being as dirty as they come really is insult on top of injury. And I just can't believe those subs. How it league form doesn't suffer now. I'm just on the floor here boss, how do I pick myself up? I would honestly put that on a par with losing to palace in eighty nine. That's how bad it is

What is it with Gallagher, he's got absolutely no killer instinct at all. If he was a professional hitman he'd shoot himself in the foot. Sheffield United, back in the day they would've been called physical. I call them dirty. There was a few I was getting irate about. The substitutions absolutely killed us. What was he thinking, absolutely gutting. Only women and football can make me feel like this

I can't remember that. But I do seem to remember losing to Newcastle in the 4th round in 99, after we'd beaten Liverpool away. I also seem to remember Jansen scoring a peach in that Newcastle game, and the following season we went up?

Who's Chris Taylor? No idea on that one.

I'd forgotten that it was an Appleton game, thought it was Bowyer. But yeah, it really was appalling to watch. The frustration was unreal.

I can still remember the pain of the Millwall defeat. I can taste it. Just lumping the ball up every time , straight onto the bonce of the big unit they had playing for them. Diabolical. But naturally... "a reet good go that were".

Compare and contrast to the people we have to endure now

Four pages on the Matchday thread? Sad times

I think we're at the stage where it doesn't matter who the manager is. And I think Jon will walk at the end of the season

Well look where Bowyers been since. Blackpool when they were a division of two lower, Salford and is it Dundee now? He was way out of his depth, bit he gave it, deep breath, altogether everyone, 3 2 1 A REET GOOD GO

Nice. Good one to have on the wall. Just realised I've got a few tops. Kappa promotion top. Kappan training top. ASICS drill top. This retro one I've got coming. I just wouldn't bother buying anything from the club shop. Not until venkys go.

If it's in decent nick, yes. I guess it wouldn't still have the box 90

Yeah, I'm normally a large. Got my 2001 away kit out, which is a large, and the measurements on that corresponded to what is an XL for this kit. My order is in. I'm still gutted about missing out on 125th anniversary kit.

I was seventeen then. Oh to be seventeen now! Happier days. If was great following rovers back then.

Read this and thought to myself"this all sounds a bit familiar" Edit, oooops, forgot to put link in Valencia: Former La Liga winners and Champions League finalists in turmoil - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64545162

There was nice Garreh Bowyer giving it a "reset good go".

There's an article on the BBC website about dyche at Everton. With some words from some of his old players. Now this following quote really caught my eye. Admittedly, I don't follow rovers press conferences religiously, but I thought to myself, it's been so long since I've heard a rovers manager said anything like this That is what he did at Burnley. He said: 'I promise you, you will have a team that will give everything for the shirt, week in, week out, win, lose or draw.'

It's unbelievable what these pricks have managed to achieve in a decade or so. But it's their baby.

We know that demonstration won't shift them. I think the only way they'll piss off is of the club gets taken off them "oh no, out baby!") But how would that even be possible? They smell of piss, they've got breath like a rubbish tip fire, they've got skiddies for days, and proper man boobs. And they've got pork pies where their brains should be. It's embarrassing that they're associated with this club. It would need her enough if they cleaned the stadium toilets out, but as owners? Hell no!

Please don't give me that sort of hope. It's the hope that kills you. If they still own the club in thirty years' time, all of my passion would've been extinguished, that's if I'm still alive then. I find their ownership very difficult to accept. They may own the club, but they don't t own me, and I may have to take up crown green bowls instead

I read this and the first thought that came to mind is, "he's being told what team too pick then".

It's a very strange club, we were third and the manager said (paraphrasing, forgive me if I'm wrong here) promotion is not the objective. Coming out with shit like that (even if it is true) and having a craic on the bench as we take a spanking off of Rotherham. I mean it is a bad message, and it must be following down to the players.

Well there's the need to rebuild, I'll give you that. My contention is that it's not being rebuilt, it's gradually declining. But hey, there's nothing I can do anyway, except watch to see how it pans out