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Neill certainly wasn't irreplaceable

Although in Neill's final season at the club his performance were well below standard you can not argue that he wasn't a key player in our defence. In his seasons leading up to the 2006 WC (2003-2006) his performances for Blackburn were as consistent as any Rovers player.

I'm simply amazed at Mark Hughes' ability to find replacements after selling off players which seemed to be irreplaceable. Two key examples. Neill-> Samba (albeit Samba's not a wing-back, but a defender nonetheless.) Bellamy-> McCarthy AND RQS. Simply brilliant.. I thought we were gonna be in for a tough time after we sold those players... but it seems that what doesn't kill Sparky's team can only make them stronger!!!! ...BLUE ARMY (bring on December)

Lol, the massive deflection off Carr and into goal against Spurs was my favourite piece of work from him- wasn't going anywhere near goal before it hit him!

The Thrills and The Whitlams And Utada Hikaru for Dillo=P

This match i can never forget- 3am at my mate's place, was falling asleep before kick-off, havent had a league match give me a buzz like that since

What is Gresko actually doing now?? Did he just give up on football??

(Please don't use that word again) NO Hendrie??? ESPECIALLY after the controversy surrounding him and that alledged verbal abuse slung at a disabled united fan... shiiiiit, i've been giving my friend stick about that all week

Nelsen shouldn't walk in and grab the captains band straight away IMO He'll be struggling for match fitness.. the captain has to be a strong icon and cant be huffing and puffing at the 60 minute mark I'd tip Friedel or Todd to pick it up

Awesome result for the rovers!! does anyone have any video links of the goals?? living in Aus and there's little to no coverage of the Uefa Cup (that i can find at least!)

Question- if Nelsen was fit who would he play for?

In reference to our eternally-strapped transfer budget "money"- Flying Lizards

Sticking with 'Emerton- 7' on my shirt from two seasons ago- hey! it's been the best shirt since and it costs a bit more to ship it out to Australia! May have to consider in investing in a new one if he leaves this season though

Awesome to see Benni, Roberts and Jeffers come on board this season!! But.. would STILL like to see Gallagher make some more appearances- he's been over-looked by Hughes so far in my opinion! My pecking order for this season would go something like -Benni -Roberts -Gallagher -Jeffers -Kuqi (######, we've got a fair few number of strikers now) -Derbyshire By the way- anyone see Thommo leaving Wigan?? Poor guy just doesn't seem to fit in anywhere these days

and for those in Australia who watched the triple-header... did not have ANY sleep at all.. with City vs United at 11.40pm, Reds vs Spurs at around 2am and Rovers vs Bolton starting at about 4am.. almost came very close to regretting staying up that late when Vaz Te looked destined to score!!! Provided a bit of entertainment for me with that slip=P