Can't believe so many people think DG is crap... As has been said before, he's been played mostly off the bench or on the wing or up front on his own. Not every player has to be quick or big and strong. IMO he has talent, decent feet, good enough to make himself a yard of space and a good shot. Played right, for us, he would have scored a decent amount of goals in this league, and whilst it will be more difficult at Palace he will probably still get quite a few. If you don't think he's been treated shabbily, especially this season then... Edinho looks like he belongs in the academy team at best, I'd be furious if I was on the bench watching him play... Hopefully, like others have said he'll get a few for CP and come back in January when Kean has gone and get a shot under a decent manager.

I do wonder if the embarrassment of the post newcastle incident might have been the last straw for Jensen... He might think he can escape now without his reputation being in tatters unlike Kean

I just want to add my voice to the Benni must stay camp. IMHO he isn't as lazy as some people say, and there is a lot more to his game than just poaching. He can hold the ball up well, when played to feet, he can pass well and is probably the most skillful player we have. Sure he isn't the best at closing down the opposition but he worked fairly hard against City and made an impact against Utd. Whilst moving him on might give us room on the wage bill there are so many players I'd rather leave before him. Still at the end of the day you get the feeling Sam doesn't like him but it would a be shame if he let him go.

Going to see Editors tomorrow night, at manc academy, could only get one ticket off ebay so i'm on my own, i qonder what they'll be like, hope the guitars are still loud

Despite his 'weight problems' Benni had a pretty good season, especially considering his use. Call him fat if you like, I don't where you get your figures from, call him lazy if you like, I'd like to see his stats because I think they might surprise, but he scores goals. Quite a few goals in fact. Lots of stats can be twisted or be unrepresentative but his goals and games stats are strong evidence of his usefulness and the contribution he makes to the team. PL games 18 ( plus 10 as sub ) 10 goals This would be pretty good for most teams but coming at a team who struggled all season and finished in 15th I'd say they were very good. Cup games 2 ( plus 3 as sub ) 3 goals All together 20 starts 13 subs 13 goals Those stats don't lie. On the other hand he isn't getting any younger and if we got a good offer and Sam thinks he can get better with that money, great. But for all the Benni bashers out there, have a think about what contribution he made this season alone before you get on his back.

Fantastic to see Benni back to his best, when he is there he really is a great player. His problems have mostly been in his head, last season he seemed to be acting up for a while but when he did play a bit, he missed a few chances and I reckon he lost confidence, and then his place. When he came back this year overweight it was very disappointing and rightly he was told so. He did get himself fit and looked like he might be ready to crack on and then, sadly, his father passed away. When he came back he knocked in a couple of goals and I was very surprised to see him not in the 11 for Ince's last two games. His game and his comments ( especially the sweat blood bit ) make me think his head is 'right' and his body is fine. I may be optimistic but I think he can go on to be one of the best strikers in the division for the rest of the season and I predict another 10 goals for him this season.

i'm off to see Muse in Taipei tomorrow, from the bottom of the island to the top, hope they're as good as some of you make out expecting big things

My last game before heading back to Asia, I haven't seen us lose yet, so that probably means we'll lose, but I am an optimist, I reckon 2 - 1 in a very tough hard fought game

Can't wait for this, Europe was what we were gunning for all last season, now we are there we should enjoy it as much as possible. It is hard to believe any season ticket holders won't go to this, it is the most exciting game of the season so far. I think it'll be a fairly big crowd considering the lack of away support, and Rovers will do 'em proud and win 3 - 1, Nonda Benni Bentley

Not over keen on Wolfmother, sound a bit rawk for me. Was at cohesion live in Manc on saturday, Elbow were fantastic, if you are at all interested and ever get the chance to see them, don't hesistate, they are as good as you could hope live. Badly drawn boy was better than i expected, particularly his new song Born in the U.K., which was brilliant. Coxon was good, new band Snowfight in the city centre were really good too Also saw Get cape. Wear cape. Fly on friday and they were great too Live music is brilliant

Checkout the secret machines myspace site It has the three best songs off their new album and the best song off their first album All for free, good band secret machines

I, unfortunately won't be in the country at that time, but if I were I would wholeheartedly support this, standing IMO is much better and supporters desreve the choice, good luck

He/they are actually really good though, acoustic guitar with beats and occasional other instruments, little disappointed with what i heard of larrikin love Still loving the futureheads news and tributes and maximo park too

Rovers 3 - 0 Man C Macca Bentley Oooyeah We better win as my MC season ticket holding brother in law is driving me there and back, he reckons city will be battling relegation, Weaver is playing well but the rest of them are poor, Dunne is their hero at the back but to me he is like Todd on a bad day, they have little creativety in midfield ( unless DMB shines ) and nothing upfront, Dickov has been there main man and he can't shoot. Season was kickstarted on Thursday now we're gonna see some football.

I enjoy a bit of sashimi(sp?) maybe tuna with wasabi v. nice

I got 23 goals last season and won the golden boot for my teamif you need a striker for the home game

Quite pleased tonight, got a good draw away to a tough in form team on a tricky pitch, plus we actually managed to score TWICE, not only that but we created chances, quite a few, if you saw the Sheff Utd game that is great news, maybe we are starting to turn the corner as regards to that, plus it all sounds like their defence was not crash hot, so with a bit of luck we might get a couple more at Ewood and make the group stages WooHoo cause for optimism methinks can't wait for Sunday now p.s. Leave off Neill, he is Sparky's captain it isn't gonna change anytime soon so we may as well get behind him

Absolutely ridiculous Lucas tried his heart out today, constantly prompting the team from left back, sometimes he got a bit out of position but a fair few of our more creative moments came from his runs forward, shame he missed the pen, it wasn't a bad one, a very good save. Brad amazing, all round not just the pens Brett was good again good in defence and attack Zurab and Oojier looked dodgy and don't look good together yet, worrying Gamst ran around a fair bit but gave nothing creative, every corner was poor very surprised he wasn't subbed off, we had two players who could have come on for him on the bench really don't understand that Sav made some good tackles and some good running but very little going forward Tugay did alright almost messed up big time but its his first game of the season and he didn't play that much in pre season so can't expect too much Bentley did fairly well, he and Brett have the makings of a great partnership when they get more used to it Jeffers surprised me a lot he looked lively, played pretty well on what he got, linked up with others well, with a little luck he could have had a pen too, all round much better than expected, I think he could make a good contribution to the team this season Benny service wasn't great and he did alright with what he had, I would have subbed off Gamst not him Overall the team was a bit poor, a bit weak at the back and lacking creativity in midfield, its not all doom and gloom though, early days yet quite a few new players settling in and Tugay not up to speed yet, Nelly to come back sometime, but I don't reckon we will be top 6 this year, but can still hope for top ten, also Newc (Sibierski hahahahha) and Spuds only have one more point than us so cheer up

Hughes said "several weeks" onthe official site so hopefully won't be too long Henchoz is interesting, didn't see much of him last season, a bit concerned about why Wigan let him go though

This will be my first game since Christmas 2003, been in Taiwan and this is the first time been back in England since. Can't wait for it, but it will probably be a tough hard game, hopefully though Tugay's return will make all the difference and give us that extra quality we've been missing. Sheff Utd 1 - 2 Rovers SU centre back scores from corner, McCarthy and Bentley for us p.s. anyone going from Manc to this, I know some are catching the 10:18 train but that's a bit early for me would love the chance to meet up with some other rovers, there don't seem to be any others in south Taiwan and i get surrounded by scouse fans, Canadians supporting Man U etc.

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Peel pated all sorts of different and new stuff, giving breaks to countless number of bands and genres, that is what made him great but there was a price to be paid in that some of it was crap. Elbow are fantastic, one of the best bands around, they make beautiful passionate poetic music, I'm am going to see them on Sept 23rd at Cohesion Live festival at Platt Fields Manchester, it is going to be great because they are also amazing live.

Kuqi wasn't really good enough for a side near the top of the premiership, but he was very useful last season and made a good contribution to the team, a fair few goals and I thought he improved towards the end of the season, not his touch but his all round play. He was very useful coming on in the last half hour of games and shaking things up. Sounded like a good number of people would have liked him to come on in the game against Chelsea. I'm a little sorry to see him go but 2 1/2 mil is a great price. Having said that he will do very well for Palace so he may well be worth it to them.

has bentley ever had a good game for us in the middle?