2-1 Rovers

McCarthy & Emerton for us, Anelka for them.

Davies and Neill sent off.

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

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

how many does their ground hold?

16,850

Apparently they're managed by Lothar Matthäus...

Rovers 1 - 3 Chelsea

Do we know the attendance yet? Sounds pretty quiet on the radio, but then again I suppose it always does.

22,015

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

The several hundred (if not more) fans singing "shove your f***ing drumsticks up your a**e" several times last season didnt give him a clue?

Did he bang along to it? (Out of time.)

Pompey 2 - 2 Rovers

Reuters - McCarthy allowed to withdraw from South Africa squad

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