SIMON GARNERS 194

Another dewy-eyed page of sentimental dross in the Let again tonight. 'Hughes out','not going to Ewood again'...same old,same old. Our Tony's gone and the end of the world is nigh for some.

Will your 'cooling off peroid' do you,Parkes or the club any good...what is there to be gained from such an over-reaction Al?

Not too sure about that Phil,it think opinion is VERY firmly split 50-50. Strangley, feelings of angst appear to be more hightened amongst the older supporter

Fair comment Phil but NO one man is bigger than the club.....not even Jack Walker.No one can argue about Tony's good service to the club but also it's hard to argue against the fact that his involvement/influence at first team level was deminishing rapidly,infact it was vertually non-existent at the time of his departure. The case for Tony staying was firmly based on sentimentality reasons in my honest opinion,everthing I've read and heard to date just confirms this.

I have just read with utter dismay some of the appalling comments by so -called Rovers fans in the LET 'Tony parkes letters special' tonight and feel compelled to comment. 'I am disgusted with the sacking of Tony Parkes.As a fan of 26 years I hope many will join me in my decision never to attend another game. I have donated all my merchandise to charity' So writes Elaine who proudly boasts ' ex Blackburn rovers fan.' 'If anyone needs to go its Mark Hughes- he's only been here two minutes and he's been upsetting everyone' Words of wisdom from Joan. 'I'm sorry to say but with this sort of appalling management, they deserve to go down' Extremely unhappy fan Richard. 'I supported Mark Hughes as manager and know he's inherited a lot of problems but, he's certainly gone dowm in my estimation' It just seems to be another symptom of ''too old'' when you get in your 50's Oh please P. Connell from Darwen give us a break!!! What comes into the minds of people to write such utter rubbish?. Overdosed on sentimentality can these fans' not see beyond their noses. Hughes made a management decision....like it or not he is the boss and wants to bring his own man in.TP has been well paid and looked after by Rovers for 34 years and will no doubt recieve WELL OVER 100K from his testimonial.Cut the tears and cut the bullshyte. I hope you keep to your word Elaine....ever heard of the saying cut your nose off to spite your face luv?

Quite frankly shocked and appalled that Sherwood now leads the poll ahead of Forrest and Latheron. Sherwood has NEVER and could NEVER be described as a 'great'........ ITS A COMPLETE JOKE

If we cant beat Brum,a side like ourselves who are struggling then the warning signs are ominous. 2-1 Rovers. 18,900

Mark Atkins was born in Doncaster. Personally cannot believe the amount of votes for Sherwood..everyone to their own I suppose!

Just heard John Williams say on Radio Lancs that their will be NO internal investigation into who is responsible for the info leak to the press!!! What a fookin joke.....as if the club needed anymore embarrassment I must say there's a hell of a lot of over-reaction by supporters on the phone in,wish people would think before opening their mouths...our own fans wishing relegation on the club for what has happened is bloody ridiculous YOU STUPID,STUPID PEOPLE.

Unfortunately Waggles you pay a great disservice to the strength of feeling the Blackburn fans have towards Tony with those comments. I'm sure whoever Rovers arrange to play it will be well supported.

lol!...club board members to correct that Den!!

Good call USABLUE,to those calling the club etc..its not their fault that some snidey little callous gobshite enjoys sh1t stirring to the rags.Like others have said, that said gobshite needs to be rooted out and severely dealt with What worries me even more is that this person of dubious character must be very close to the top to know such information.....are we talking about possibly one of our own board members/players here? Mmmmmmmmm

Looks as if the infamous 'Ewood mole' has struck again...would love to clout it one over its head with a spade!

Frustrating 1-1 draw...Stead to finally score!

A very bold move by Hughes if indeed true.....I believe the manager should be backed to the hilt in his quest to find the right personnel for Rover's future,we need to move forward on all fronts. It had been argued many a time on here as to whether 'Mr untouchable' Parkes should be shown the door and fresh impetus given a chance..look's like somebody's finally been brave enough! Thank you Tony Parkes for your service to B.R.F.C.

Are you joking mate? Take away the so called 'sympathy vote' for Latheron and compare his record at Rovers to others now in that list..they dont come close.In my opinion a vote for either Atkins,Sherwood,Barker or Parkes ahead of Latheron is a vote of complete ignorance of fact.

I know who I'll be voting for as my second....the likes of Sherwood and Atkins dont come close to this fellas record at Rovers!!

I would have thought that in our present dire situation the players we need the most right now are the confident and big-headed type

1-1....a trip to Carrow road has never been one to look forward to as long as I can remember. Did you know that Norwich originally started out with the same kit as Rovers!

Still less than 20K Rovers ..... great vocal support again but we really need those stay aways to come back,hopefully yesterday will help.

OUCH!!!!!...bet that smarts

WELL PLAYED THE LADS IN BLUE 'N' WHITE! .....you put some pride back into the club today and we can all hold our heads high again! Emerton and Bothroyd deserve special praise.

2-1 Liverpool, no doubt Rover will give their all but the quality is just not there anymore.

There are two players in the list that stand out amongst the rest....... Ronnie Clayton and Eddie Latheron.I have a feeling Clayton will win this but Latheron should be given special consideration I feel........ Edwin Gladstone Latheron was born in Grangetown,North East England and joined Blackburn Rovers in 1906 almost by accident.He was discovered when visiting Blackburn to play for Grangetown against Blackburn Crosshill in an FA amatuer cup tie.Rovers had originally gone to watch another player but it was Latheron who caught their eye and Rovers paid £25 to bring him to Ewood! A skilful inside forward who,despite his lack of height, was good in the air he possessed fantastic ball control coupled with a fine shot on him.... he quickly established himself as a fans favourite with the Blackburn public.A prolific goalscorer himself, he was claimed never to be a selfish player and always prepared to do the 'fetching and carrying' for other team mates. Without question a driving force(alongside Crompton) behind the all conquering pre war Rovers Championship sides of 1912 and 1914 he was capped twice by England and represented the football League. At the height of his powers Eddie played his last game for Rovers on March 17th 1917.Five days later he went to fight for Queen and Country in the trenches of France and tragically just seven months later he was killed by a German shell.He left a widow and a young child.....he was just 28. Played league football for Rovers between 1906-1915, made a total of 282 appearances in all competitions and scored an impressive 104 goals. http://www.cottontown.org/Nimoi/sites/CT/r...ces/jb08178.jpg http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_...asualty=4032402

Oh dear...even our fans are losing it now!