Hello people . I'm not here to wind anyone up , just to offer my perpective from a Palace point of view .

Regarding Dowie , he is not under contract at the moment and he still hasn't signed a four year contract although the offer has been on the table for a while now . His family live in your part of the world and he has stated on several occasions how hard he has found this even though he has said he will not relocate them because he doesn't want there lives disrupted .

On top of this something very strange happened in the reserve game against Chartlon last night , where he walked of the pitch at the end looking downwards and refusing to acknowledge the Palace fans which is a first as far as i know . Theres also been an ( unconfirmed ) rumour that his agent has let it be known he is avaliable .

Of course all of this is just speculation at the moment and as a Palace fan i would be devastated if he left so i hope it is untrue ...If he does go to your lot though you would have got yourself a superb man manager , after all he took us from relegation fodder to premiership in 5 months with only two loan signings .

Out of interest what has Dowies attitude toward the youth team been? Has he brought many young players through?

Information I have is that of the 20 applicants there are at least 3 from current Premiership managers.

Good source from inside the club too.

Well Williams himself stated in the LET that a number of the applicants are already employed in top jobs so I guess it makes sense.

Wonder who the 3 could be though?!?

- Worthington

- Redknapp

- Dowie

Actually ###### it could be anyone bar the ones who are obviously out of our league.

Just one thing Mr Souness before you go - please please please please take Emmerton with you

Now then that's a bit unfair!

On the basis that Emerton was a cracking player at his previous club and he's also looked good for the Aussie team, maybe, just maybe SOuness wasn't getting the best out of him. Emerton is one of the players who's progress I'm looking forward to under the new boss.........

Poor Kieron Dyer.

Wouldn't play slightly out of position for sir Bobby, how will the arrogant little tit like playing as a sweeper behind Shearer and Robert?

Feel a sense of relief about him leaving at the moment.

We've been stuck in a rut for a while now, the wheels were spinning away but we weren't getting out of it to be honest.

Unfortunately for NUFC fans I can see him definitely falling out with the stronger characters in the dressing room, the likes of Dyer, Robert & Shearer spring to mind.

No hard feelings towards Souness however, I respect him for the good things he acheived at our club.

He's certainly got his work cut out with the massive expectations of the barcodes fans and sorting another dodgy defence out.

No more "souness' Blue n White army" being sung from the Blackburn end then eh? How will we cope?

Lets just find some geezer with a really bizzarre name that won't fit in with the chant

Shearer said he wasn't ready to manage a team yet didn't he when linked with the Newcastle job?

Strachen, eh. You must know a lot about football then, son.

I must not know much either then

Strachan for me too.

What about Paul Sturrock?

Bulk order of Kleenex for JimMk2 please

Bye Graeme, no hard feelings but I think it's time for a change at Ewood providing we get the right replacement.....

Its hard to judge players in reserve matches.

Exactly.

Jansen could, and would IMO offer more to our first team than Boothroyd.

I wonder how matt jansen is reacting to this news!!! Bet he thought he was in with a shout when hearing about yorke

Exactly.

God knows why Matt thinks he should stay here to have 'one last shot' at resurrecting his career with us, he never gets a frigging chance.

Is this Matt 'I'm a idiot who most likely broke the rules of my contract by riding a moped' Jansen Why does he deserve another chance, he's shown nothing

For a club in our situation it makes sense to give one of our best players in recent years another shot at the big time. I'm not denying he made a silly mistake, that's clear for anyone to see but how we'd benefit from a few flashes of the 'old Matt'.

He hasn't had the chance to 'show anything' because he's been bundled in with the stiffs, he'll NEVER get back to his best doing that.

I wonder how matt jansen is reacting to this news!!! Bet he thought he was in with a shout when hearing about yorke

Exactly.

God knows why Matt thinks he should stay here to have 'one last shot' at resurrecting his career with us, he never gets a frigging chance.

Dress it up however you like, it's a poor, poor signing.

Barmyflags.co.uk could sort it and have done a good job in the past. Not sure how the design/payment etc can be arranged though.

Much better proposition: how about one with how many years since we were last beaten by Burnley!

A real kick in the balls for 'em

How about donations from mb towards this..it could be our very own and on display at EVERY home game?

Thats a cracking idea. I'd chip in definitely.

Newcastle seem to start like this every year, don't see what the fuss is about.

Freddie Shepherd is an absolute clown, feel sorry for Robson, one of the true gents in football.

Maybe Todd ain't fit?

Im sure hes not fit. If souness hadnt been such an idiot todd would have at least played a game in pre-season and had a chance to get fit.

And what if Todd wasn't fit to play pre-season?

why wouldnt he be?

He started training the same day as the rest of them.

At the end of the day he was wrong to refuse to play. Souness should of fined him. Not hold a personal grudge against the fans player of the season and refuse to include him in a squad ever again.

All I'm saying is that you have no idea about Todd's fitness, we'll leave it at that.

Maybe Todd ain't fit?

Im sure hes not fit. If souness hadnt been such an idiot todd would have at least played a game in pre-season and had a chance to get fit.

And what if Todd wasn't fit to play pre-season?

Good Morning!!

Well ive had time to relect and i have to disagree with what most on here are saying. I agree with most of what is being said about soueys tactics and i think if he doesnt start getting in right soon and were still in the bottom 3 by the end of september he will be gone. Basically a defeat to Portsmouth at home and i dont think he will find any excuses. That will be the final straw.

As for last night. We were playing against an amazing team. I thought we did ok. We were missing several key players. I dont have any complaints about the game. In fact for me that game has pleased me alot more than the last 2, sounds stupid i know but its the first time in a while we have looked like a premiership club, and in the 2nd half it was without playing well. Basically its in the mentality, i get anoyed watching rovers because every time we lose the ball i get nervous because we look like a nationwide club and look like we can crumble and concede at anytime in any way possible. Last night i thought we had a strong fighting mentality and playing anyone else apart from arsenal i think the scoreline would have looked better. If we can play with that mentality and keep our key players all season we will do fine.

However, that is credit to the players, not souness. I still think he needs to sort it out and he has until 5:45pm on the day we play portsmouth to do this. If we dont get anything from that game, even if we beat united or newcastle he should go. He needs to stop messing around and get it sorted. Find his best 11 and play them where they need to be played. He needs to swallow his pride and drop emerton when thommo is fit. He needs to swallow his pride and drop matteo when amoruso is fit (or play him at the back). He also needs to swallow his pride and stop being such a kid with andy todd as in my opinion he could have done a better job than nissa while amo was injured. This is Blackburn Rovers, not Souness Rovers and the sooner he realises that the better.

Maybe Todd ain't fit?

If Souness was headed for the chop, he wouldn't have been given the money to sign Pedersen and Coridon.

I wouldn't say that's entirely true. More like a last roll of the dice in my opinion. It's happened quite a few times in recent seasons.

One that springs to mind is Peter Reid at Sunderland. He was given cash to splash, (think it was on Flo and Stewart), but was shown the door a few weeks later.

Souey's only saving graces now IMO could be the signings of MGP and that Corduroy bloke whatever his name is.

Lets hope he's given the baptism of fire Vs those blasted Mancs on Saturday then. We can all see we're crying out for a bit of skill/flair/excitement.

name someone you were sat with

Quite a few People, D.Connors/Mallon