Just goes to show you should never go out with your mates sister.

Replace Reid? His staying. Good player too. Just unlucky with injuries

Diarra on loan until Reid returns would be good though. I still think we'll need a midfielder when Reid returns bearing in mind the age of Sav and Tugay as well as Dunn and Reid's injury proneness. Diarra would be a good signing...

Can't say i really wanted him back but he was good 1st time round and hope he really does the biz now he' re-signed. Would like to see us go after Diarra at Chelsea to replace Reid now...

Well you certainly aren't the 1st to label Gary as a 'clever striker', but infact former youth coach Rob Kelly described him as this.

He certainly a potent striker, but not sure if he's the best player there. As MABP mentioned he lost his way with booze, fags and other vices and with that his desire left the game. However, he's made a remarkable turn-around this season and seemingly has got his act together.

Some of the other best players are Alan Mannus (Linfield), Peter Thompson (Linfield), Kevin Pressman (Portadown), Kevin Kelbie (Ballymena United), Garth Scates (Ballymena United), Michael Halliday (Glentoran), Kyle Neill (Glentoran), Elliott Morris (Glentoran). I'm sure you probably havn't heard tell of any of them but you asked if he was the best!

Larne also have former Blackburn Youth player Lewis Hamlin on their books. He travels over each week to play and train for them!! He's only managed the 4 goals this season.

Didn't Garth Scates play for us too. He used to score a few from midfield if I remember?

Glad he's doing okay and picked up some caps. Thought he might have left football. He was a talented youngster certainly, lots of different shots on him and clever round the box. Would be pleased to see him do okay if he does come back over. (Not for Burnley though).

Is he the best player in the league over there then?

Rev, it's a tough call this, but handing the lad 3 starts and 5 sub appearances, then it's likely to say he wouldn't cut it as a player. It was a tough ask for him to be an immediate impact and when an offer of £1 million came in tow with an exhange for Kevin Davies, then it was impossible to turn that sort of offer down, as Davies was in great form with the Saints. I only seen Beattie pay for Blackburn in the 2-0 defeat to Arsenal and how could you suggest that he was never going t make it as a decent Premiership player. Quite ironic to see that we also had a young Given on the bench as understudy to Flowers that say as well!!

That said, when I was approaching my last year or two as a teenager and living in Northern Ireland I had to resort to the match-day programmes as a source of information on Blackburns youth (cause Groobs wasn't in proper existance) and seen that both Beattie and Gary Hamilton were hugely prolific goal-scorers in the academy and reserves. Hardly surprising that they would go onto represent their respective countries at senior International level!!

I think that youth have to be given a chance in order to prove themselves, instead of 'feeding them to the lions' and firing in a few appearances from the bench. I think that Debyshire will be dropped for the City game and if we are in strong control of the game then he will get about 30 or so minutes.

He's a quality act and needs to lift his confidence a wee bit more and get rid of the nerves he seems to have in front of goal. No-one can fault his work-rate and he needs to start against Watford.

What happened to Gary Hamilton? really liked him as a youngster and thought he would make it for us.

I thought Derbyshire was no worse than most yesterday.

Just reading this, may have missed the new as i've had a few. Has Reid snapped his cruciate? If so this is terrible news...

My favourite three players were Dunn, Duff and Jansen when we came up. Now it finally looked like we were getting one back, the local boy, and he seems to be off to Bolton - anywhere but Bolton!!!

Do you HONESTLY think he would be anything like when we had him? Surely you don't? And if he ain't gonna be the same who cares wether he's at Bolton or even Burnley? I'd be pleased to see them paying for him to be injured and to go round town every week.

I'd rather concentrate on us getting someone of use to us.

Look at the size of that belly! Jesus!!

That picture is hilarious. Even more hilarious that a Premiership team are buying him after all the injuries he's had. He was good for us but he dumped us. We don't need him back.

Meanwhile Bruce indicated that they had received a tentative enquiry regarding David Dunn, but there had not been any "serious offers".

"He is fit now so it might be in our best interests to get a few quid and spend that on somebody else.

"As long as we get the money we want for him it will be amicable, but we've had no serious offers for him."

Bruce also said that if Dunn wasn't sold before the end of January, he would have no problem with considering the midfielder for a return to the team.

"I wouldn't say he's kicked his last ball for the club, but he is available," added the Blues boss.

"If he's doesn't go anywhere in the next three weeks then we may as well keep him.

"We've paid him for the last two and a half years so we may as well pay him for another three or four months!

"And if he gets fit and nobody comes in we've got a two year option."

I think he gives it away a bit that it's from us by using the phrase, "it will be amicable"

If Bruce was talking about any other Big Club player like this none of us would want him. Dunn's damaged goods, if were after Dunn we might as well try and get Bobby Charlton too, he used to be good.

I wouldn't want him back. He was a good (sometimes brilliant) player for us in his day was over long ago. The argument that he will be on pay as you play is rubbish too, that means 10k a week for not playing, 20k when they do. No thanks...