Nice work as usual bob!

here's basel's 1st team squad : http://www.fcb.ch/start.html

constanzo is a decent keeper (got to uefa final with alavez), baumann is a top class defender and petric is the up and coming star of croatian football.

most of the forwards are big lads!

I've seen ivan ergic when he was at perth glory, made the serbian world cup squad. The two aussie boys chipperfield and sterjovski seen them a fair bit. Chip on the left and sterjovski on the right, hope the full back are alert with sterjovski being the bigger threat.

I do agree Pleasure, but the thing is you can practice and practice set pieces but it only takes one player in the 90 minutes to turn off for a split second and you're screwed-like we have been that has now cost us at least four points in the last three games.

I think our players need a montage in corner training!

1-1 draw

Benni and zamora

the reserves squad for tonight gives a few pointers. andy taylor aint in the squad.

http://www.rovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/New...~916448,00.html

Probally because andy taylor is at blackpool on a months loan

Anyone else read big sam's rant to sky about the ref almost costing them the game as he was affected by the crowd? Umm wasn't there two penalties eariler that we should have been paid?

2-1 Rovers

1-1 I can see, still a good result.

Best of luck reidy, hope you recover well.

Atleast its a stress fracture, now they still are serious but most get over this and don't have this problem again, not something like a slipped disc or something degenarative......

Not a bad game overall. Liverpool came to play for the first 3 minutes, then went quiet and started up again for about 15-20mins of the second half. Good display by rovers, great goal line stop by zura, him and ooijer worked well together. Bentley unlucky at the end there, but some good crosses from him throughout the game.

gate receipts aside, i have to ask-- with austrailia already qualified, bahrain bringing their olympic team, was it really necessary for the socceroos premiership stars to play ?

From an australian point of view, yes. They rarely come to play here and its about time a few of them said no, our country is important to play for. It's like saying should the english players travelled to croatia? I know the flight time is extremely different. Anyway we needed to win to get seeded anyway.

Needs to play for North Korea to do that Dave.

Also Bert almosted missed with a hip injury, lets hope he pulls up ok for saturday.

true...

i dont normally ask for poles but think we should ask for one for who should be capt...or is it poll

i hope that was sarcasm poll boy

Fantastic strike from about 30 yds; which reminds me: does anyone know why Bentley was not playing for the U21's last night?

Because he is now 21, so he is no longer under 21, i presume that is why

Great preview

2-2 with 19 players finishing the match

Well well well my Blackburn friends..

Finally we get a draw against an English team..! Seems like 23th of November is the date we are all looking forward to. Shame we didnt draw Spurs but Blackburn is not bad either..

Hello and welcome, word of advice, you won't make any friends here saying you prefer spurs

Brown, bet most players would love a debut like that. Welcome to the premier league!

Great work once again bob!

1-0 to rovers, with the winner by ooijer in the last 15mins

Great result for the lads! Come on the group stages!

Rovers 2-0 Salz

Well done to emerton, if he keeps this up, there might me a few more people at ewood with emerton on their backs next season

Half Time

0-1 Rovers

No a bad draw, as it is that early in the cup chelsea won't be to bothered with it, as they would if it was a semi or quarter final. We could beat them from their attitude towards it!!!

Ou La La 1-0 rovers! Nonda

Great header