Still thought the commentating was disgraceful. They were about as neutral as Italy in the Second World War!

Anyone else baffled by Sparkies comments of the game??

He has no complaints?? Surely if your a manager and you team has not won then surely you must have questions.

People were yelling out for him to bolster up the midfield in the summer and he didnt sign anyone, and now 4 losses on and were still complaining about injuries??

Whats the point in splashing the cash on first rate strikers if you havent got anyone suplying the balls...

We CANNOT keep playing the long ball game as the England International team did in the World Cup, it didnt work then and it doesnt work now!

We need to replace Gamst if he is not performing and nurture Bentley when he is in form like this (excluding todays iffy performance)...

Now is the time for investment in our midfield and one new leftback. Well in the Transfer Window anyway...!

Lucas Neil is leaving...

Brad Friedel - 35

Andy Todd - 32

Tugay - 36

Robbie Savage - 32

Stephane Henchoz - 32

Andre Ooijer - 32

Dominic Matteo - 32

Michael Gray - 32

Possibly:

Gomaa - 31

Im not doubting any of these players abilities god knows both Robbie Savage and Tugay have shown they have true skill and on occasion dont show there age but i would just like to see a more youthful side to rovers lineup and thought for the future.

I have so many players i think would be in our grasp and would love to see us bid for and im sure everyone else does too, but it always seems like we are going for the older options...

Hope is though, that some of these youngsters we have brought in on trial or a certain Egyptian forward can sign for the club.

I am worried about our strike partnership and left midfielder at the moment.

We also dont look to threatening coming forward and i think we need to STOP the fuzzing long balls forward in the hope of having a chance...

In my opinion we seriously need to look at getting at least 3 midfielders in the transfer window and Neil has shown us he nolonger wants to be playing for us so we need to replace him.

If we have learnt anything from the last several 'performances' it is that Mokoena shouldnt be in the first team and that Sparky should have at least signed one midfielder on loan/perminantly in the summer.

Its a premier league managers job to have a backup plan in case of injuries etc... and i wouldnt consider Mokoena that backup plan...!

According to SkySports:

Mark Hughes's Blackburn have handed a trial to Norwegian prospect Jonathan Parr.

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Anyone know anything about him, e.g. position??

Also any news on our other trialist?

Oh thanks herbergeehh, I should clarify my position.

What i meant was seeing as Gomaa is 31 going on 32, 1.5m is too much as we have already splashed out 2m or so on Ooijer, who's in the same age band as he is. That would total near 4m spent this season on two relatively 'aged' defenders, and Gomaa by all reckoning, isn't coming in as a first choice. Of course, if we were spending 1.5-2m on a 31 year old nesta, that would be a bargain! lol. So yeapz, that's what i meant by 'too much'.

Have to agree with you there matey, our squad is looking decididly aged at the moment. We have too many players on the wrong side of 30 and too many player approaching 30...

In 2-3 years our squad is going to look a bit silly if we dont invest in some youngsters more like Warnock...

Is it possible part of the reason were going for Gomaa (not doubting he's a top class player) is so we have more if a chance of Zaki wanting to come with him.

I been very impressed by what i have seen of Zaki and he's only 23!!

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbMO3mgQHk

Why am i glad we didnt sign Mido:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPiAB1i-d4

according to one of todays rags, in the gossip section is says we are after doyle from reading in the january transfer window!!!!

Kevin Doyle, he's a striker isnt he??

Suppose this means we wont be making Nonda's move perminant...?

The left side still looks a little weak I suppose, but that can be addressed in the January window. Damn injuries.

Physio Room has Reid and Roberts not back 'til Febuary.... Physio Room

Any idea of how much money he has for January??

Wonder which positions will be his priority in sorting out?

Thats if the Nelsen we know and love comes back after injury...

People change after long term injuries sometimes...

Another midfielder may be set for a trial.

LMAO!!!

I still think our squad needs a reshuffle.

With Bentley on excellent form and Peter and Gamst on the left, we should be looking at improving our center midfield and investing in a solid left back to replace Gray and Neil...

Have we all missed something? David Jones is not a normal name where you live?

Davy Jones Locker of course!!!

Yeah I noticed that - it sounds impressive till you look at who he's scored against.

No offence, but does it really matter who he scored against. Surely as long as he can get the ball in the back of the net with skill there's no problem??

I agree.

Ok............? Slightly worried as to why you switched the 'looking' and 'good' around...?

Oh well, each to his own...

added to that, utd have a couple of great prospects coming through their reserves (namely richie and david jones)

God his parents must be so cruel... I bet he gets a lot of stick...

Not sure what his best position is, but if Mickey Gray is called a defender left, then Reto Ziegler sure as hell is too.

2,5m + Ziegler for Neill anyone?

Spuds have Neil??

I would like Ziegler as he is looking good but i think the most we could get for Neil considering his contract , in January would be about 750k's - 1m...?

I think Warnock is someone we should defo persue

With the injuries we have at the moment, all of the team looks weak.

With Savage and Reid out , we need someone to be a ball winner in midfield and link up with attack, but i dont think the axe is the answer.

Personally with Emerton hopefully back, we could put Jay mceverly at left back, and then have Lucas Neil in midfield in front of the back four, which would also allow Tugs to get more forward and be th play maker for the attack.

Good point, although i dont think Jay has looked convincing with his sub appearences.

One thing i would say is due to the injury crisis were having (similar to West Hams and Newcastles last season and Newcastle again this season), it would be a perfect chance for some of our youngsters to show how they would perform in the first team.

Id rather give a young midfielder showing promise a chance then rely on the Axe to solve our problems...

First off, I wasnt slagging you off I was hopefully trying to help you get round the problems you were having with PES and help you score and tackle - I know better now

Second, I didnt have to go through loads of threads as I read what everyone has to say on here and remembered what you had said in another thread about being at the match when you actually had not been (dont take this as a slagging because I was just pointing out that you had said one thing and meant another)

And last, I have been a great supporter of FIFA over the years and dont like the new one but my reply to you wasnt slagging what you had said about fifa more trying to understand what YOU had said about PES in the FIFA thread

Anyway, you wont hear another peep out of me from now on about anything you post (even if you reply to this)

Cheers

I got rid of it in the end... Funny thing is i let my mate Daz (Manu supporter), play it and he grunted and through the controller on the floor and asked me to put Fifa on...

WHAT You did it and you still cant score or tackle

Wait a minute, this isnt like the story that you went to Ewood then you didnt then you did and it turned out you wern't there at all was it

Thats clever, how many threads did you have to go through to see i had said something so you could make that joke...?

Look all i have said is i prefer Fifa, in my opinion Fifa is better as i have been playing it for longer!! I would recomend Fifa over PES6... Its my choice, and if any of you fools thinks its not ok for me to make my decision over a flipping PS2 game then your all sad.

Notice i didnt go onto the PES6 forum to slag it off, i said what i thought on the Fifa 07 thread. If you dont like that, go bury your head in a bucket of sand...

Funny that your slagging me off on the Fifa thread because i like it, how pittyfull of you all seriously! If you dont like Fifa then keep to your own thread!!

Well i am going to only post about the subject at hand. If people start messaging me insulting me what can i do...?

Interesting how you have complete morons saying stuff like:

Are you going to go and play on a motorway somewhere?

Preferably in the fast lane.

And then you have others backing him up and adding there insults... There i was thinking this was a football messageboard?!?! Oh how wrong was i?!

it says nothing about what type of midfield player he is anywhere?

It says he caught Sparkies eye...? As aposed to him being recomended to him... Interesting

didier agathe was on trial in the summer but we sent him packing as he was useless according to the reports.

Although he had one very good assist against Accrington (i think). Not enough for a contract obviously, but still...

RTM doesnt watch the games though, he watches Teletext.

Contrary to popular belief, i dont know everything you know.

No you cant start on me for not seeing all the games! Otherwise we'd all be having a go at each other...!