Going too far!

He doesn't want to go, we can't afford to sack him (he's on a very lucrative contract), therefore he stays. Not a damn thing you can do about it! And I think with the style of football he has England playing in, we won't play badly enough that his position becomes untenable. He'll certainly do enough to make sure he's fairly secure, but we'll still win s0d all! Depressing, innit?

"In my sort of job, you can't afford to give many tosses about what people think." Probably good job mate! An 'orrible little man, who has ideas far above his station. Campbell that is, not Garner!

and there was me thinking he'd just done his shoulder in. What was that a symptom of? Swine fever?

Nope, not at all. It was some Swiss chocolate-munching cuckoo-shagging git with a fanny for a chin that did it.

Thank you Phil, I was beginning to tire of this "the ref got it right" nonsense about the laws of the game. I still genuinely think it was a goal and we were stuffed because Johnny Foreigner didn't want us to win. Only another 2 years and we can have another crack.

The problem with international tournaments is that if you screw up, you have to wait another 2 years to try to put it right. Despite pathetic playground taunts from Revidge, I maintain that I support both England and Blackburn equally. There's no conflict, the two peacably co-exist. And yes, I am still mega-flipped off about Thursday. If you want to equate the emotions, losing to Germany in the semi's (twice) was as bad as screwing up in the play-offs with Rovers. Gutting.

I blame Tony Blair myself.

Is it the one where you get to wear a skirt and get to call Jimmy Hill a poof? Sorry, I'm washing my hair that night!

Neither.

For all of these people that don't care about England, but care passionately about Rovers, let's have a hypothetical question. Let's say England win Germany 06, how will you react? Personally, I think I'd probably drink myself to death, and generally go bonkers. Will you lot be joining in, or will you be sat at home with a sixpack droning on about how "winning a World Cup is alright, but it doesn't compare to Rovers beating Bolton on a wet Wednesday in November"?

I DO! He's a bent GIT!

England playing in a major tournament helps unite the country. It gets casual observers involved in football. It's not a disturbing phenomenon at all. I can't believe some of the balls I read on here sometimes. And once the tournament's over then a lot of people will have no interest in footy until the next one, that's the way it is. Some people think there's shame in being a "plastic" football fan, as if it's some sort of black mark against your family name. Pathetic.

What?! Some people are just so odd!

I have to say I'm not Sven's biggest fan. Owen flipping Hargreaves, Emile Flipping Heck Heskey, Paul Stuffing Scholes (why persist with someone who is so out of form?), Keiron Well Named Dyer, no Alan Smith, Dracula James ... argh! But, nevertheless, we had a perfectly good goal disallowed. All the "they played better" claptrap doesn't negate the fact that the referee prevented us from reaching teh semi's because he disallowed the goal.

Quality or not, they are OUT! Whereas England are still IN!

Will we still be talking about Damian flipping Duff in ten years time? Enough enough. It's crazy man talk. To paraphase Phil Lynott: "If that Duff don't wanna know, forget him!"

I'll go for the Dundalk manager, Shearus O'Sheepus. News travels fast across the Irish Sea.

It won't go to pens, you heard it here first!

No worries, no-one will have a flipping clue what you're on about though!

Might just be the meeja making mischief. Strange to do it on the morning of the England game though, hardly a slow news day, is it?! If it is true then that is banonkers*. * Bananas and bonkers.

Where's a policeman when you need one?

Let's hope we win the thing, waggy might stop moaning about Souness for a bit then. England to win. (Touch wood, cross fingers).

Was our winning the rugby WC pre-ordained then? Why didn't someone tell, I would've stuck a bet on! D'oh! When England win, people get carried away. I'm not sure if some of the comments on here are an attempt to temper that, or whether some people are just peeved when England do well.