He has a clause in his contract that if a Champions League team comes in for him he can go for £xm (an amount I'm not too sure about). With his performances this season he must be on the wish list of most top teams.

Having said that I agree he does seem happy here, but the draw of more money and European football probably would be too much for the lad.

We won't be keeping hold of Bellamy for very long.

It was better than huff and puff. It was quality passing football that Arsenal had, for most of the game, no answer to.

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That's what the big money gets you

Loan Players tonight:

McEveley- full 90 in Ipswich's 3-0 defeat at home to Reading

Johnson- Unused not even on subs bench

Derbyshire- Unused sub

Gallagher- started but subbed after 76 mins in Stoke's 2-1 defeat vs. Derby

Douglas- Time wasting substitute as Leeds beat Dingles 2-0

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And you wonder why Hughes even bothers

Listening on the radio, we're creating nothing and they're putting in some dangerous crosses.

There are still tickets in the City end right?

Just reflecting on Curbs comments on  MOTD, when he criticised the ref and linesman for missing Dickovs 'offside' goal.

1.  It was very close to call and imo when the ball was played it was definitely headed and not deflected by the Charlton defenders head.  Therefore it was 'played on'.

2.  Although Dickov was just in front of the first defender at the time the ball was played the replay showed that the linesman could not see 'air' in between them.     

3. Unless there was selected editing he made absolutely no mention of the nailed on handball that both ref and linesman missed.  He needs to rem it could and should have been 5!

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....and the fact we bagged two more after the incident

Jansen known as Bambi? The only player referred to as Bambi was Martin Taylor as far as I recall.

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Well, 'Bambi on Ice' was John Stead

They're a disiplined defensive unit who hit teams on the break with two quick, relatively skillful forwards. They're obviously well coached defensively and at set pieces - as I've said numerous times whilst Souness was in charge, you can teach monkeys to defend well (which made you wonder what they did in training!). It's dire football, but effective. They'll get found out by the more creative teams later on in the season, but they'll probably pick up enough points to stay in the top half come the end.

Surprised no-one has mentioned Emerton's shocking miss of the open goal from Bellamy's cross. I'm not having a go at Bret as he scored a screamer, I just think the sublime cross from Craig highlights his quality. Could any of our other strikers do that, I don't think so. We're a different team when he's on the pitch - we can play it on the floor, go out wide, pass through the middle, or simply bang it up to Kuqi/over the top. The problems he poses for the opposition is great to watch. As somebody has said, he's our Henry, just hope he can stay healthy.

As for the game, well it was great wasn't it. I commented to my dad about the fact we can play the rough stuff and the silky stuff, not too many teams in the league can do them both. You've got to admire the job Hughes has done, he's made a very fit cohesive unit out of very average players with a few quality ones thrown into the mix (Tugay, Bellamy, Nelsen). Very impressed!

I'd like to nick Pennant off them, so I hope they go down

Jeez - has he ever watched a football match before!?!  That statement alone is priceless!

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I was just about to quote that! It takes a certain something for an analysis to make me burst into laughter - this guy has clearly found it

Is it in Lawro's contract not to talk about Rovers on MOTD? I don't think he's said a word in our post match analysis (which is pitiful I might add without Hansen) for at least a fortnight.

Watching the highlights again confirmed how soft Terry really is. Was the fairy even touched for his penalty? The Joe Cole challenge was also borderline red - there was no attempt to get the ball. A very harsh red mind, but I've seen them given.

Did I mention Brad is past it?

I can't recall their players gloating. People keep moaning about Chelsea's funds(including Rovers fans amazingly) and thats through jealousy. Rovers fans should know how that feels

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We have about £2.50 to spend in the transfer market in January mate. Admittedly we once were a big spending team, but that's in the past. People do complain about the funds they have at their disposal, and yes it's partly due to jealously. It's also due to a Russian criminal ruining the English Premier League with his seemingly limitless pockets.

I'm not even going to mention Moaninho, I think enough has been said about him already.

And is the jury really still out on Robben, Drogba, Essien and Cech?

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That'll be about £55m please

Mourinho has just been on sky, what a ######. 

Says they won 6-0, and we were lucky it wasn't more.

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I'd love to have been fielding the questions:

"Oh Jose, Jose, Jose, get over yourself you tw@t"

It's not hard to win with £200m+ of football talent in your squad is it

Who am I kidding? This second half he was shocking. He was giving Rovers yellow cards left, right, and centre, and gave Chelsea all the 50-50s, like the commentator said.

I was especially ###### off when Dickov got a card for the smallest of touches in a tackle the deserved no more than a foul, if that. After that, Terry lunges in with a bad tackle on a Blackburn forward (I forget who) and does not receive any sort of booking.

Sparky was absolutely right to be fuming and should not have been sent off anyway (and this was before the above-mentioned incidences, mind you, which shows just how poor Riley was). Can the referee's decisions not be questioned these days?

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It was Dickov for the free kick. He also was tugging at his shirt for Dickov's curling shot that went wide. Like I said, Terry is unbookable apparently

Is Terry not allowed to be booked? That's two yellow card incidents in the past ten minutes.

Jose Moaninho,

Arsene "I didn't see the incident" Wenger,

Steve 'Loyalty' Bruce,

Any Referee,

Any Linesman

Does Riley have a quota of cards to fill or something??

Hopefully there's a few empty seats in the Rovers end.

Mark Hughes needs a seat now.

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They'll probably make him pay too

Mokoena for Savage.

Oh well. At least we can play a human team next week.

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Oh they're a human team, they've just got a ridiculous squad. Their sub bench is probably worth more than our entire squad.

Having a shocking ref doesn't help - though the media are reporting it like they've run rampant all over us

Hughes has made a big mistake subbing Tugay

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He's probably knackered mate.

Dickov, barn door, couldn't hit a, banjo

Cole with another flukey goal - he's making a career on those

'Ave a word! so who else would you have in his place? You can be the best keeper in the world but if you defence is shaky then your always gonna conceed goals!

1 cock up does not deserve him the sack!

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Shaky defence??! You talking about the same Rovers team under Hughes I've been watching? He has gifted three goals this season so far, and counting (Lampard FK, Van Nistelrooy, and Cisse FK).

We don't have a wealth of quality keepers in reserve I agree, but they should have looked for a replacement during January, not giving the bloke a new contract.