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What's the local call rate at lunchtime? Gordon Bennett.

If they end up winning s0d all (or at least, just the Carling Cup), I will laugh my socks off. Will be in Rome Sunday so not sure if I will see Carling Cup Final, but willing Liverpool to win.

Blimey, the communication problems there must be in teh Longside on match days! "Oi! Longsider!" "Me?" "No, you're relatively_new_longisder_with_underscores! Fool! I want the original Lonsider!" "Who, me?" "No, you're the Original Lonsider! Eff's sakes! Give me the original Lonsider, small "o" in original" "Sorry, he's not here today, had to go to podiatrist" "Cripes, give me Likes Stella Longsider then!" "With underscores?" "Nooooooooooooooo, otherwise I would've said!"

I agree with you Paul. I think most football fans are decent people, but there's some that have a lot of growing up to do. There's something childishly indulgent about causing trouble at the football. It's behaviour that wouldn't be tolerated elsewhere, but the rivalry seems to be a justification for acting like little hard men.

Get on the coach and wear a balaclava!

You usually play four central defenders?

Amoruso wasn't playing for us then, was he?

I'm still sore about Kevin Dingle Russell getting that lucky rebound off of Bobby.

Nice one speeedie, now you've given me a horrible premonition that we'll get done by Burnley on pens! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!

Hughes should shoot himself if we don't make the semis! Cardiff>Colchester>Der Scum>Leicester. Frighteningly easy path so far.

Think we're stuck with him until the end of the season. Just hope Mr Hughes has some strikers in mind as we're very short up front at the minute (in more than one respect).

Er ... they did have a few chances. We didn't play particularly well. Dickov should definitely have scored and that was a penalty in my book.

And that's pertinent in what way exactly to the Campbell quote I highlighted? My point was most of the trophies we've won had nothing to do with Jack Walker, when they were won is immaterial, Campbell's quote is a distortion, and now you've distroted my response to it! You dingles are all the same, arent you?!

"Not least"? Those millions helped us win one trophy out of however many we won. And he can't even get the slogan on the banner right. Typical.

Nice one.

So it's not so much Protestants v Catholics as West versus East? Hmm ... there must be at least a proportion of teh fans who just see it in religious terms. I remember an Aberdeen fan I used to know saying they went to a game versus Rangers and their fans were singing: "Eff the Pope". Against Aberdeen?! And what about Rangers fans urging Gazza to play the lash or whatever tehy call it?

But ... religion is intertwined with geographical location and club allegiance (if what you're saying is right). So ... isn't the choice of what club you support down to religion, at least in a transitive sense?

Having been on this messageboard for a while I feel that Jim and Exiled in Toronto have agendas other than an open discussion of Rovers at heart. They're quite happy to slag off anything and everything. It was just a throwaway line from me on a sh1tty day in East Kent, I doubt it will alter the standard of the "debate" in any way.

Streakyb, I think you are making the mistake of being logical, coherent and reasonable with people who want to moan and groan - it's makes them happy.

What?! Other than Duff, what monies could we possibly be owed. To get a club with a billionaire owner to pay us 17 mill at their leisure is disgusting. They're sat on the interest for a start, unless that's been factored in in the final payment. Doesn't sound right to me.

For the fans of Burnley and Blackburn (at least for those still living in the area), this is the biggest derby in the World. And for those living in Glasgow the Old Firm is. It's all very reminiscent of the yawnsome "my club is bigger than yours" rubbish that we have to withstand on here. As far as I know there isn't a "derbyometer" that can accurately gauge how "big" a derby is. Just like there isn't a "bigclubometer". In the end partisan affiliations dictate what your view is on this, but it does make for a lot of hot air as people end up chasuing their own tails.

Pssst, Bob, you've schpleded Dickov wrongly. If you change it now smarty-dingle-pants won't see it.

Yeah, Real v Barca is not just a meeting between top club, it's the fascists against the separatists, the centrists against the Catalans. Bet Figo would have said it felt like a derby after his first game vs Barca for Real. A pig's head chucked on the pitch - nice!

You must be confusing me with Duff, who likes Young Boys. Mind you, Blackpool does seem a bit "fruity" from what I can tell (got chatted up once or twice).

Not favourites, but teams I like to see doing well: - Accrington (lived there for a short while) - Blackpool (must be because they're in Lancashire, started when Tony Diamond went there) - Whoever's playing Burnley - Whoever's playing Rangers - Keep an eye out for teams local to where I live at the time, eg Margate. Like to see Shepshed Dynamo lose though - had to live in Shepshed for a while - it's worse than Burnley!