2-1 Rovers McCarthy & Emerton for us, Anelka for them. Davies and Neill sent off.

Mijailovic denies McCarthy claims

It's true, vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's browser attract far more coverage than those that are found in any of the alternatives, but there's a very simple reason for that. IE is used by approximately 83% of all internet users - therefore exposing an obscene amount of people to, potentially, pretty serious security threats when a flaw is found - as opposed to the comparatively small user base held by Firefox (approx 12%) and Opera (approx 0.69%). As long as IE continues to dominate the browser market, it will always be the number one target for for malcode and exploits. BTW, for those of you that do use Firefox, make sure you get the NoScript extension installed. It negates all executable content until you specifically allow it, making Firefox even more secure than it already is.

For those with electronic and experimental inclinations, October's been a good month. Some bits I've picked up so far... Kode9 + The Spaceape - Memories of the Future LP Squarepusher - Hello Everything LP Milanese - Extend LP Clark - Body Riddle LP Calibre - Deranged EP

I'd rather eat my own balls than use IE. It's only been a matter of hours since the release and security researchers have already found a content disclosure vulnerability. It's the same flaw that affected IE 6, and that was reported to Microsoft over 6 months ago. Nice to know they didn't even bother fixing it before releasing the latest version. It's not critical, but it really should've been sorted. Details can be found here and a test/demo can be found here.

Think we'll do alright today... 2-2

2-1 McCarthy & Bert for us, Scharner for them.

(Edit -> See post above)

Jesus christ! What a volley by Bentley!! 2-0

Hmm, tricky one this. Boro were knocked out of the Carling Cup by Notts County last night, so no doubt they'll be looking for a good performance this weekend. Huth made his (slightly dodgy) full debut and could well feature alongside Woodgate (who was rested against County) in their defence on Saturday. A sensible prediction would be a draw, but as most people have already pointed out, Boro's form has been so inconsistent recently, you just never know how they're going to play. 1-1

Allardyce attacks BBC 'lies'

For those who didn't see Panorama, or are simply seeking clarification on some of the programmes content... a fairly decent synopsis of what was shown can be found on Teamtalk (suprisingly).

Newell names bung agent The same agent is featured on tonights Panorama, saying he knows of 8 Premiership managers who'd take a bung. (I wasn't referring to any previous post, Phillip. The link really should've been posted before the comment, which I've now edited to avoid any further confusion)

1-0 Rovers Ooijer header.

Thatcher's now being investigated about the Welch incident too. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/...c=ticker-103704

1-2 Rovers

Just spotted this on the NewsNow page... Rovers youngster on the end of awful Thatcher challenge

16,850 Apparently they're managed by Lothar Matthäus...

Rovers 1 - 3 Chelsea

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Rovers 1-1 Everton Reid and Arteta with the goals.

1. Chelsea 2. Liverpool 3. Man Utd (+ Hargreaves = swap positions with 'pool) 4. Arsenal 5. Spurs 6. Everton 7. Rovers 8. Villa 9. Newcastle 10. West Ham 11. Man City 12. Middlesbrough 13. Charlton 14. Bolton 15. Reading 16. Portsmouth 17. Wigan 18. Fulham 19. Sheffield Utd 20. Watford

Pompey 2 - 2 Rovers

Reuters - McCarthy allowed to withdraw from South Africa squad <thr33>