Supergrass - Caught by the fuzz

Talk Talk - Life's what you make it

Puddle of Mud - Blurry

Last time I posted, we went on a great run but we seem to have fallen foul of the Mowbray slide yet again. If we f*ck this season up, and it looks like we're doing that right now, fault has to fall at Mowbray's feet. If he gets us into the Premier League, I still don't think he should get an extended contract (but he will).

I read that article and it made me furious. I couldn't repeat my thoughts about that buffoon and the article. Sky making Rovers fans the enemy... I left the UK just after the first game of the relegation season having beaten Wolves at the end of the last season to lose to them on the opening day just indicated what was going to happen and his hubris and arrogance after weaselling his way into the job... He is a scumbag.

I checked on his record at DPMM Brunei and his win rate is less than 50% so not setting the world on fire...

The inquest is ongoing. You can read about it here.

I tried a Rueben in Florida didn't think too much of it (American corned beef is just weird) hope our Ruben is better!

That's because it's pastrami, not corned beef! Completely off topic but that made me laugh...

And yes, I hope our Ruben is better than a Reuben sandwich...

Just read this story, and thought it deserved a mention, given all the bad press and scandal football has had recently. Great sportmanship from Boreham Wood.

http://uk.eurosport..../article/29220/

I'm sure this happened in a Football League game once too...

Footballer fakes sister's death for time off.

I feel sorry for the guy. What he did was wrong but it sounds like he had a bit of a breakdown. Not an excuse but people do strange things under huge stress like that.

Ex-Rover Keith Gillespie is declared bankrupt

How is a professional footballer who played at the highest level in recent years now bankrupt? He must have earned more money than most of us can dream of in a lifetime... Utterly daft...

I have no doubt he will...he's massive!

The only massive impact will be when he falls over in training.

What a sad waste of an incredible talent. Unless he pulls his socks up very, very soon he'll be out on his ear at Wet Spam and the next we'll see of him will be a balloon sized Benni on TV as a pundit. He's a fairly intelligent guy so why is he so bloody idiotic?

I don't like the porn kings, never have, but I don't think Sullivan is wrong. I can't work out how Benni thinks having a quarter of his body weight in fat is ok and not detrimental to his performance. I'd be busting a gut to be fully fit to play Sunday League!

I don't normally bet but I had £5 sitting in a Bet365 account from ages ago when England weren't on TV and the only way of watching was online. Bet365 had it on if you opened an account with a fiver. Thought I'd pick 5 horses for the Grand National at 50p each way. Last of the big spenders! Cue me walking away with nearly £17! Thanks Tony McCoy, I got in at 22/1 and also picked Big Fella Thanks... Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Christ, what a naked attempt to get a job?!

Although to be honest he is no worse than Andrews.

Oh yes he is!

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All pales into insignificance though when you consider we've lost one of our own and a family has lost a son/brother/father/partner. It was just so avoidable. God bless you John.

Agreed. What keeps ringing through my head is how do you explain to a young lad that his dad won't be coming home because some idiot threw a bin and it hit him on the head? Such a terrible shame for the family.

The arm-band thing is a good idea btw.

I don't know whether this should be posted here but we might take a lesson from Stoke on how they got rid of the trouble-makers. A register was created for fans who wanted to go to away games. You'd sign up and then you'd buy tickets and have to provide the register details when buying tickets (like season ticket numbers). What that means is that the person buying the ticket under that number is then responsible for the behaviour of the person using that ticket. It would take time but the people buying tickets would soon make sure they behaved if the message gets through that racist behaviour, fighting, constant standing, drunken behaviour and such like would soon get them banned. The other thing that I think HAS to be brought in is a no-alcohol rule. Let people have a couple beforehand in the pub but not in the ground. It'd soon stop idiotic behaviour.

To the family of the fan who has died and to Prestonblue, you have my deepest sympathies. Having lost my mum-in-law on New-Years day, losing a close family member is one of the hardest things to face and this incident in itself is truly tragic. Please pass on my deepest sympathies.

I can honestly say I have never been so disgusted by fellow 'fans' before. I've never known a bunch of complete and utter morons following Rovers. I'll be picking my away games very carefully from now on and sitting at the back of a stand is a complete non-option. It gets populated by fans who drink beer in the stands, smoke, stand in the gangways and abuse other Rovers fans because they think it makes them look big. I watched one p'ssed up lad literally stand there punching the wall over and over just because Keith Andrews came on. Beer plays a big part in all of this and a tragedy like this is most likely all about p'ssed up fans having 'fun'. Some fun. A real tragedy for the family and I truly feel for them. A lot of true fans who have followed Rovers for years away from home have been openly saying they'll never go to away games again. All of this is a real shame when a little self-control might have stopped something like this happening.

A sad ending for me,should have been Roberts heading to barrow boy land not McCarthy.It does appear though that he burnt his bridges with Allardyce and there was no turning back...shame really.

I think he burned his bridges with the fans as well. There will be a large booing noise the next time Benni turns up at Ewood to play.

No there are two people to blame- Benni AND Sam.

Sam waged a war on Benni over the last two months to make sure he left.

Disingenuous and wrong. Sam continually said that Benni was the most talented player at Rovers and he wanted to keep him. He also said that he needed to meet his targets weight wise and gym wise and never has. Benni has done HIMSELF no favours at Rovers and has manufactured this situation himself, not Sam. Benni did this. Don't blame Sam for Benni's actions.

This may sound really odd but on Wednesday I got a strong feeling that the players themselves were happy that a disruptive influence had gone. They were more relaxed and it showed in the first half. How much of a disruptive influence Benni was remains to be revealed. I suspect a considerable amount.

People can't seriously be having a go at Sam over Benni?!?!

They certainly are and Philipl jumped on the bandwagon not very long ago. He hasn't changed his mind (again) yet.

I can't believe what I am reading here thinking back today first off for going awol he should never get paid as he refused to turn up for training also I see blaming SA for him going is total madness I suppose now if he does not get the call up for the world cup I suppose it is Sam's fault? blame everyone else it is clearly his own fault he is paid a handsome sum to make sure he is fit and available for selection hitting his weight targets yes maybe he did not fit in with BFS system but he still an an obligation to the contract stay fit and challenge whoever is starting for a first team place and I have to say after his antics I would not be at all surprised if the manager of S.Africa does not pick him I have to say I back Sam on his stance because whatever happened there is no excuse for not turning up for training am glad he's gone as he can't cause dressing room unrest we can get someone in who wants to play for the shirt bye bye fatty don't let the barndoor hit you on the way out

Punctuation? And paragraphs please.

Can't help thinking this wouldn't happen with Hughes in charge.

I think it would. I don't think it matters who the manager is with Benni. Look at his record.

Lets put this into perspective for once.

Benni has fallen out with his manager at Porto, Hughes at various points, Allardyce for trying to instill some discipline (which is laudable), his international coaches at least 3 times if not more and various ones of those. Is there a pattern? Of course there is. Tris saying it's because of Sam's tactics is like saying I refuse to go to work because my socks aren't black. It's not relevant. If he was a pro he would knuckle down, meet his targets and get fit. It's the only way he has of staying in the team and therefore playing in the world cup. He's that good that he can get away with it, or he was. Time is not on his side. Benni has displayed a disgusting attitude towards his employers and the fans let alone the manager who really only wants to get the best out of him.