I heard that it was training with his shorts off that made him start doing it in the first place. He was watching out for a tackle from behind...

Fulham were poor, but you've still got to beat sides like them. Subs should have come on earlier IMO. Give 'em a decent run out. Peter on for 10 mins before he touched the ball, I think, and he only came on after 80 mins! Foul on MGP not given, Savage lunges in to rescue the situation and gets booked. If the first foul was given Robbie wouldn't have needed to lunge in. (Although probably didn't need to lunge in anyway...) Bentley excellent even though kicked black and blue. He's not some fancy dan with good touches and no heart. Ref should have given him more protection. Boa Morte anonymous. Usually a thorn in our sides. One of the dirtiest players I've ever seen (dives, flicks elbows, two footed challenges) but the press make out he's a skillful, cultured player! In any event he might as well have not played yesterday. Have his legs gone? I heard Fulham were happy to listen to offers on him and I thought that was daft as he was one of their big players, but having seen him (not seen him?) Saturday I can see why they would take bids! Ref - Clueless AGAIN.

Don't like the red triangle bit. We're in a new era, it's to retro. Red and black away strip will see us have success. Orange too like losers yellow from yesteryear. Other one...garbaggio.

There's a thing called the urban heat island effecct with cities potentially being a few degrees celsius higher in temperature than outlying areas. Even the laws of ohysics are against us Sorry! Don't known what I did there!

3 and 3 for me, too. The away shirt 3 is superb!

They always say that you could have gone when there's no chance that you can. Standard women stuff that.

How out of shape did he look against Arsenal!?! Just shows how he's fitter now than he has been for years. I think he's in the best form I have ever seen him in. Class!

When you have no pace up front the opposition pushes up and condenses the midfield. It isn't necessarily lack of movement, but the fact that there's no room to run in to in the first place.

At least the debate hasn't descended into patronising self-righteousness. Oh, wait a sec...

I hope that Newell keeps his job. He's made some inadvisable comments for which appears sorry and he's apologised.

Gally played on the left for Stoke, didn't he? Why disrupt Bentley, who's playing well, by playing him out of position?

Are you being ironic, somehow?

Adam, you might not know when to use a full stop, but you're right about our lack of pace. ;-)

Maybe his old youth team pal, Robbie Savage, could sell the club to him?

I don't think any of the team actually live in Blackburn. He would live in the subrbs of Manchester like he did before. I really can't see this happening, though. There's nothing in those articles to say that he'd come to Blackburn. All just smoke and mirrors, probably not even that...

If the bottom was ever going to fall out of brand Beckham, which it inevitably will, a move to Blackburn would do it.

Nice preview!

He's versatile! In one article he's a defender, winger and midfielder!

Less pace!?! LESS PACE!?! Have Jay's legs fallen off?

I was going to mention that. Moo-ing ISTR! If it's that memorable when he's mooing during another interview he must _very_ rarely show himself to the media.(Except on the pitch where he lets actions speak louder than cows, I mean words)

At last, a clever solution to the low crowds at Ewood. Install a gable end! Do they have gable ends in Turkey?

(Wrong thread, sorry, but I can't find that thread whinging about the ticket office) I was on hold for half an hour today trying to get ticket for a friend for tomorrow. Counted down from being 15th in the queue. When I got down to being next it cut me off saying the service sought was busy. Couldn't they have said that half an hour earlier? Why go through the charade of a queue?

Nobody I know got to that game on time. The stand must have been empty up until 5 mins before it got called off!

Watch his flick ons. The only man in the world who can flick the ball on...for himself. Imagine him playing up front by himself and doing this. The blokes a genius... He may be ungainly but give the lad a chance. He'll come good. He did a good job for us, albeit as a bit of a shock tactic at times. Seemed really popular in the dressing room, too.

Chat with a mate in the pub last night about Rovers crowds and he came up with an idea I've never heard before. Have the Rovers players actually spend some time in Blackburn. ISTR seeing Kevin Gallagher shopping in Tescos, Colin Hendry out having a few beers etc. If you see the players around town you relate to them more, partly contributing to the popularity of Dunn, Duff etc. Good idea or not?