Ummm, haven't Charlton just looked into banning Man United fans following their refusal to sit down at games and also all of the problems they have caused recently.

I'm sure if one of our current players had thrown an elbow out in the same way that Shearer did on the weekend the press would be all over it. I seem to recall a few weeks ago Mr. Shearer having a go at a Grimsby player for "doing him" with an elbow, he was certainly quick enough to do the same thing to Weir on Sunday. Quite funny that hardly anything has been said about the Shearer incident

I also blame the Walkers for the snow in Stoke on Trent

Shut up you complete and utter muppet. Can't you find somewhere else to spoute your @#/? as I'm sure we've heard enough of it on here. PS-How did the meeting with John Williams go??

When I did Football Aid last year the tactics from our previous game were still on the board. Wish i'd snaffled them away now!!!

So here we go again. 1700 people are fortunate enough to be making the short trip to the City of Manchester Stadium. Once again we have managed to sell our allocation very quickly for this tie and it appears that we could have easily sold a considerably higher number of tickets. Current Form Rovers approach the game in good form, lying 4th in the current Premiership Form Table with 4 wins and 2 defeats in their last 6 games. Rovers goal scoring powers ;-) have also been highlighted with 12 league goals in these 6 games, second only to Chelsea in respect of goals scored. Manchester City are 9th in the Form table with 8 goals in their last 6 games. Current Form (All Competitions) ROVERS WLWWLW CITY LWLWWL Manchester City have been fairly strong at home this season and have recorded victories in their last 3 home games against Villa, West Ham, and Everton. Rovers have lost their last 2 away games at Chelsea and Liverpool (a result that may have been different if Zurab had stayed on the pitch) Past Meetings Rovers have had the better of the last few meetings, with Manchester City recording just one win in the last 7 matches between the two teams. Overall records show the following; ROVERS 43 wins CITY 37 wins 23 Draws The last 6 meetings have resulted in the following scorelines; 0-0 1-1 (Dickov 78 - Sibierski 45) 1-1 (Anelka 50 - Flitty 55) 2-3 (Sinclair OG 44, Amoruso 61 - Tarnat 4, Barton 59, Anelka 54) 1-0 (Dunn 13) 2-2 (Thompson 26, Cole 54 - Anelka 80, Goater 90) Former Rovers Obviously the one name that springs to mind is that of Andrew Cole. Cole arrived at the City of Manchester Stadium via Craven Cottage where he did a good job for a struggling Fulham side. He has got off to a perfect start for his new team scoring 5 goals so far. There was some talk of him returning to Ewood Park in the summer, a move that was greeted with some excitement by certain members of the BRFCS faithful. No doubt can be put on his ability, he has scored goals at the top level of football for all of his career and he has been lucky enough to win all of the major competitions in a hugely successful career. Another name now associated with Manchester City is Tim Flowers. Flowers has been the goalkeeping coach at Manchester City since leaving a similar position at Leicester. The man with 'bottle' will always be remembered by Rovers fans as an integral part of the Premiership winning team of 94-95. Players to Watch Stuart Pearce has been keen to introduce a youthful look to his Manchester City Team. There were 4 homegrown players in the starting 11 against Fulham in their last Premiership encounter. The likes of Croft, Ireland, and Jordan have established themselves under Stuart Pearce and he even seems to have tamed Joey Barton, who is one of 4 players to have appeared in every premiership game this season. Musampa has been impressive to watch and creates a number of opportunity's for the strike duo of Vasselll and Cole, who have managed 10 goals between them this season. Likely Line Ups Manhester City have Joey Barton suspended for the first time this season, this will see a shuffle in the midfield with the possiblility of Claudia Reyna coming into the fold if fit. City also have question marks over the fitness of Musampa and Onouha. Expect to see Manchester City line up as follows; James, Mills, Dunne, Distin, Jordan, Reyna,Musampa, Croft, Ireland, Cole, Vassell Rovers have doubts over a few key players with Savage and Nelsen both struggling to shake off injuries in time for Saturday. Matteo may be fir but Micky Grey definately misses out. Expect to see Rovers line up as follows; Friedel, Neill, Zurab,Todd,Gresko??,Pedersen, Savage, Tugay,Emerton, Bellemy, Dickov After starting to write up the team I have absolutely no idea who we might play at left back. If Nelsen is fit we may see Neill at left back with Zurab on the right and a centre pairing of Todd and Nelsen. I hope all those who have managed to get tickets have a good day out and cheer the team on to a great success.

I'm doing the preview for this one. I'll probably start a new thread. It'll be posted this evening.

How funny is that site. She doesn't put her neck on the line often does she. If you gave me two choices for results on any match I'm sure I could get 80% right. She cleverly stated that the Arsenal Spurs game could be a draw or Arsenal could win...... not really saying a lot is it.

We'll nick Dunny back on the cheap when the big club get relegated. Does anyone know how long he has left on his contract. It would be interesting if he only has a year or so left at the end of the season.

I thought Sutton only played for the B team (well he was asked to play but refused). He could be one of them.

First time I have been on line since my trip to Villa, nice to see a few familiar faces and a couple of new ones too. First half was absolutely shocking, no positives at all and I suppose the only good news was that we were only 1-0 down at half time. Sav's corners were pretty ordinary and I agree with others on here who have mentioned the daft short corner thing. We all know MGP can head a ball so what's the point of having him out with Sav helping him to get an extra yard away from the byline. Thought Save was pretty average to be honest. Kuqi needs a goal, just needs one to bounce in off his arse or something. It was a poor miss to be fair. Had a good day out all in all, despite the quality of the game. At least the cricket was good.

If anyone wants to come and say hello I'll have my CLARKE 9 shirt on.

I'm going to this one, first match of the season. looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces. I'm not going to make a prediction as i always get it wrong. could be tricky with baros making his debut

We cant't drop Tugay after THAT goal on the weekend. I expect us to play with the same formation allowing Tugay to have a free role in the middle of the park. The biggest battle of the day will clearly be between Sav and Davids, whover wins that battle could easily win the game for their team. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see one of them get a red card to be honest, neither will be likely to back out of a challange. I expect Sav to to take Davids out (in the way Davids nailed Parlour) in the first 5 minutes of the game. I hate this fixture, purely because all of my family are Spuds fans and obviously I mouthed off quite a bit after the cup final win, since then our record against Spurs hasn't been that great and I have taken qite a bit of stick.

If it's quite alright I think I'll wait for Lee to get back from the press conference before believing anything.

Welcome to the site Kimberley.

Just had my brother on the phone, it's definately not down to a power surge. He is working near one of the stations and said that he has heard a few loud bangs. He is basically crapping himself at the moment. He's just jumped in the van and trying to get out of central London

Enjoyed it guys. Might need a few more friendly games and then maybe we could put some cash on the table. I was thinking if we could get 10 of us around the table and put a fiver in each it would be a nice pot if the winner takes all. Also be a fairly cheap evening.

I just lost $1000 might come back in later with some more cash if you guys don't mind. otherwise I will wait until the next game.

I will play tonight. Free from around 7-00 - 7.30 for as long as Kirsty will let me play for.... let me know what time you guys want to start and I will be there. Be good to play a few practice hands to get me back into it. I havent played for a couple of years.

I'll probably see you in there Manc Blue. I will drag Spurs supporting father in Law in there too. Sounds like all the TV screens are in the Lounge so I guess I will make my way in there.

I'll be at this one, although unfortunately I will be in the Spurs end with Mrs Ricky's Spurs supporting dad. If anyone has any suggestions of a meet up I will be up for it. I'm staying in London on Saturday night so I will be around for a beer on Sunday Lunch Time.

ben, as you can see I have posted that I have taken some posts off. Like we said if you don't want to join in don't bother. Just read the introduction which states this quite clearly

Just done a bit of pruning. Lets keep it on topic. For those who don't want to post sensibly and on topic, don't bother posting at all.

Zinedine Zidane, what sort of name is that. Not really heard much about him. Think Flitcroft would be a good signing