The seeds were probabaly sown in the summer when the manager told him he would sell him with a week to go of the summer transfer window left. Hes probably been waiting all this time until now to leave.

Benni had a choice. If he had gotten fit then I dont think Sam would have had any excuses not to play Benni, as it is, we can clearly see that Benni is nowhere near the fitness that he was at when he first arrived.

The fact that neither Hughes/Ince or Allardyce have managed to get Benni into decent shape clearly shows that the guy just doesnt have a great deal of motivation off the pitch.

Regardless of how you view Allardyce, you cannot defend Benni for the way he has behaved over the past week. Its not good enough by anyone's standards. Its petty, childish and selfish, especially when you consider how much we, as supporters have lauded him over the psat 3/4 years. We knew he wanted to leave but to have left in this way is pathetic.

Who is more at fault? Allardyce for demanding Benni to get fit and then not playing him or Benni for not getting fit enough in the first place, and then refusing to train in order to engineer a move away. Im not saying that Allardyce hasnt done anything wrong but Benni is by no means an innocent party here. He is no victim.

Some guy in Uruguay made this short film for £150.

Just been given a £30m film contract.

Recent films:

Men who stare at goats - worth a watch. Nothing particularly special but its entertaining. Kevin Spacey probaby the pick of a high profile cast. Ewan McGregor's accent was shocking. Wanted to like it a lot more, but it wasnt too bad.

Zombieland - Reasonable, but just had the feeling that id seen it all before. Not a touch on Shaun of the dead. Amusing in places without really being hilarious

Recently watched on DVD:

Public Enemies - Really enjoyed it. Not for everyone but thought it kept the interest for the whole film.

21 - Rubbish

In the Loop - Great film. Still funny 3/4th time viewing.

No country for old men - Watched again for the first time since release and it was much better the second time of watching. Fully recommended.

How about our away form?

Wolves are a poor opposition, and showed it against us.

Dingles was about the attitude of the players, and that was fantastic.

We did play well against Villa in parts, - and what about West Ham at home, I remember cries off 'attack, attack'. West Ham was a case of points lost in my opinion, we didn't take the game to them.

We also have the leakiest defence in the premiership, so maybe we should defend from the front, at least put a bit of pressure on them higher up the pitch. 4-5-1 invites too much pressure for us, I'm sure of it.

Wolves are poor opposition - but the formation worked

Burnley was about attitude - plus the formation allowed us to win

Played well in parts against Villa - well again, the formation didnt hinder us

West Ham - could have been our 'attitude' and not the formation.

Away form - Man Utd/Chelsea/Arsenal away from home in one month. Also explains the goal ratio.

451 can work. My objections to it are that it relies to heavily on Dunn playing a blinder. 442 will allow us to play poorly and win. that is its huge advantage. We know Benni can work very well with Roberts up front and id like to see Sam start with that next time out.

id be embaressed as a Rovers fan if anyone booed McCarthy. Im guessing it was more for the decision to take Roberts off and not for simply McCarthy. thats what i hope.

He is a very skillfull player and i would still easily class him above Roberts in almost every department except when it comes to workrate.

Roberts will never score 20 in a season. McCarthy has. That is all i really care about to be honest. Although this season Roberts really has upped his game to be fair. Deserves to be starting. i wouldnt sell McCarthy for anything less than £10m atm. Proven prem goalscorers do not grow on trees. Our strikeforce is arguably the most potent outside the top 4 if not including Arsenal. Each striker brings something different. McCarthy, on form is a matchwinner.

We went to Old Trafford and won without Bellamy, I think you're doing the team a massive injustice with the 'well rounded' comments. Without Bellamy we were a good team, with Bellamy we were a very good team...hence why we finished sixth.

This season we're still a good team, but we don't have an oustanding player anymore, which is why we will finish lower in the table. Alright, injuries have played a part in this season, but the general opinion is that Ooijer would be on the bench and Mokoena may possibly displace Savage, so we can't complain too much.

I don't wish to criticise McCarthy, he's been superb for us (I think there's another McCarthy topic around where I was singing his praises), but he's simply not good enough to be compared to Bellamy. I know he's been an arrogant little sod wherever else he's been, but for us he was absolutely no trouble and produced some of the best football in the Premiership week in, week out. As others have said, there's a damn good reason why the board were prepared to break the bank to keep Bellamy.

at old trafford Bellamy did play. Bellamy was a good player and he would have scored many more had he not been injured so much...however the potential disruption he could potentially cause in the dressing room was a risk which hughes took and is now occuring at Anfield. Benni is a different player. he's more skillfull and more clinical. Bellers would only have to touch the ball and the opposition were immediately petrified, but he doesnt have that flamboyance which benni posseses. if we had kept bellers and bought McCarthy then in my eyes we would have had the best strike partnership in the prem.