the main thing for me is this....souey got together one of the most feared striker partnerships for it's era, and in no way, shape or foam should be slagged off for trying to ressurect that at ewood park. he tried and it did not work...fair enough. it is one of them things that at least the guy is prepared to give it a shot....and not sit in the corner too afraid to try anything.

i think he will start with gally and stead up front. in saying that though if matty has a good pre-season then don't be surprised to see him starting against west brom.

i agree mate. so i can think that it was more to do with the money side of things....! i surely am thinking that souness has his eye on a good young striker. this dutch dude is totally unknown so therefore i think souey is taking gambles on signing strikers....we got to be very careful, because if this does not work out then souey will be copping the stick again.

andy did quite ok for us. as when or who was the last striker we had that averaged better than a goal every 2.4 games??

you certainly do have to think....you should take your own advice and think before you post such ridiculous suggestions. the black players that you have mentioned (apart from cole) are simply not good enough to stake a claim for a regular first team place. if you have been to ewood park to watch rovers you would see this for your self. you ask, why do people have to insult you....well, that is becasue you are making a good job getting on people's nerves.

Was that meant to be funny ? or a serious question well, i dare say that souey is not a racist. if you are still unsure then why don't you confront the man and ask him that question yourself. in my book it has nothing to do with race, colour or creed....if they are not good enough or simply not getting along with the man anymore...then they gotta go and to bring the race issue into it is totally stupid and grasping at straws. give you a tip....why not start your very own thread, that is actually relevant to football anywhere or something taht is about rovers....then you might get some decent answers. i agree trueblue.....i was not sure waht to make of that question. i take it that neophox is new to this board and there is no better way to get insults thrown at himself than to ask a question like that.

bradley lucas amo matteo gray thommo fergy tuges de pedro stead gally bench: emerton,dickov,jansen,encklemann,short the subs bench will change from game to game, but i think the first 11 should be as above without many changes and only allowing for them if someone gets injured.

agreed joey. also, it has to come to the stage where souey has simply got to give the young lads a chance, at this level. there is no point in bringing the likes of gally through the ranks and only giving him bit part appearances from the subs bench in most games. bringing in some experianced footballers and blending that with youth can't be bad and in my opinion is a great step forward, cause we are gonna find out what they are made of.

usa just a note on the bit about andy being offside, countless times.. he almost certainly was, and people rightly where getting really frustrated but in andy's defence....he makes a run, which his midfield team mates spot, but they don't play the ball straight away and only when it is too late i.e. when coley has got into an offside possy do they decide to play the ball to him.....now if they played the passes when he makes those runs he would not get flagged offside nowhere near as many times and folks on this board would have to find somebody else to whinge about

my guess is that souey knew that andy was on his way even before signing dickov....so if he is acting as a replacement for andy cole, then it is poor, very darn poor. dickov has no class at all and gets by on his workrate....but i am absolutely convinced that we need a striker that has class....to go with the work rate of his team mates. in this case dickov is not the answer.

i don't suppose you can recall the times that he ran his socks off trying to open the defence with hsi runs or trying to drag defenders away for the midfielders to run through, but where to ###### thick to realise what he was doing...or at least trying to do?? i totally agree with anyone that says he does not score enough goals....but i am happy with this because of, and as t4e syas...the other side to his game!

it totally amazes me how many fickle fans we have with the kinda of opinions and knowledge of the game that can only be expressed in a way that is commonly known as 'tunnel vision'.....what andy cole does not do in one part of his game, he makes up for in others. for (Please don't use that word again) sake, if you are gonna slag the guy for not scoring enough or not doing this or that, what about his team mates who constantly are not on the same wave length as what coley is. when he makes runs down the channel and trys to take a defender out the way....his team mates are not always on the same wave length....and he still gets stick for it. the guy may not like playing under souness anymore but he just can't win no matter what he does. he gets criticised for making runs that the midfielders don't see, or do see but only play the ball when it is too late. i shall be gutted when he goes.

i have just been reading the news of the world and there is no mention of it anywhere.

without flitty at the club or even in the side then we are niot as tough as we would like. he brings us taht toughness, somebody who is willing to but everything into a tackle to try and help us win a game...more players shoudl be like him. i certainly want him to stay with rovers, but if he moves on then it will be a shame.

just finished reading "last light".....a fictional novel by andy mcnabb,which was ok, but not as good as the first of his series that i read "crisis four". have just started reading liberation day which i am hoping will be a good read....quality novelist he is.

this will be a good signing for us hopefully! a bit of solidness to the defence now.

tend to agree mate. as well as a discussion board we do have some good laughs on this mb. for what it is worth i do think that the quality of the board has gone downhill...in recent times, but....it is the same old adage..."if you don't like the content on this mb, then plain and simply..don't view or post". cause what is just as annoying as people who post crap, is those who whinge and complain about it because as i just said "people don't have to read it".

i see your point kiwi...if it stuffs up on opening day...then people will not be happy. they might be using it to save money in the long term....but if it screws up....we have problems.

this thread is like the catchphrase from the jaws trilogy...."just when you think it is safe"...in this case "to go backl to the messageboard without seeing this thread brought back"......whoever brought this back to page number 1 is the great white shark....

that will be cracking that....sitting home after the win (hopefully) and watching the lads score again.

jimbo there are many reasons why people leave england...you have never met dave so to say that he is a disgrace to his country is completely un-founded and such a ridiculous and pathetic thing to say....no need for it, grow up.

at the moment status quo...legendary!!

i laughed when david baddiel said "it's simon garner".....and there was nor eaction from the audience cause they knew not who he was.....

i am expecting some sarcasm from this suggestion but a leader like gary neville.....would be great. he has been englands best full back in the last 15 years and battles for his country...some somebody of his stature would be welcomed by me....

if i aint mistaken, the linesman was closer and had a better view of the dis-allowed goal. so when the linesman goes running back to the half way line..it is fine with him, so how can the ref not give it when he was 30+ yards away from the incident. he did not give it because he did not have the testicles to give the goal in the last minute against the home nation that would have sent them out. gutless prick!