I'd quite like David Dunn back at Rovers, here are some thoughts: (i) He's not having a big fat squabble with MH as he did with GS (ii) To my mind he could be the natural successor to Tugay, although I don't think the little Turkish gonk is quite ready for the knackers yard just yet. (iii) We sold him for lots of money, if Brum need to off-load, them maybe we can get him back and make a profit. (iv) Most of the time at Brum he's been knackered and taken some big surgery. We get him back injury - free, two stone lighter and ready to play ( I know, a bit of an iffy one this) (v) Local lad comes back, MH gets him going, Ewood loves it. (vi) Would DD like to come back to Rovers? You think he wanted to go to Brum? Just like he didn't celebrate when he scored against us. He's like to come back to us like I'd like to get inside the knickers of.............I'll stop there

Thanks for the complements chaps. Maybe one or two of you could be galvanised to volunteer next time Den puts out a call for previews. It's really not that difficult, and I find it quite enjoyable. Maybe the two are linked? Anyhow, I don't generally do predictions but I think this is one of those games where Rovers come and play as they did against Charlton or as we played against Everton. Not really a prediction is it? Fingers crossed.

. Scotty, As I said, I'm sat on my arse expecting you lot to sort it out. Sorry. Can Rovers cancel the contract with whoever it is who runs the shop? As CLB has mentioned there was a time not too long ago where there was a Rovers' shop selling Rovers things for Rovers fans. No doubt the contract cannot be cancelled without financial penalties, but perhaps when it expires JW needs to have a look at this thread and have a think about merchandising. It's not just screwing the maximum amount of money from the fans. (The Theatre Of Merchandising can do that) BRFC is better than them.

It sounds like Rovers need to get its house in order here. It's all very well to "outsource" the chips, beer and hot dogs to another company. Let's face it everyone expects overpriced rubbish food and overpriced fizzy lager at a football ground. However I think there is a difference between them and the sale of Rovers' merchandise. Surely the club needs good standards associated with products related with its name? Maybe the club should put up a sign outside the shop reading "this shop is nothing to do with us, it just happens to be located here." or it should take back ownership and supply high quality goods with staff who actually do give a damn. Sounds like something that BRISA could have a go at.......? (I know, all suggestions and no participation)

Brilliant! I think that lot should do the entertainment at Ewood. I've gone right off the dancing hippos in tu-tus

Good lord, What are you on? It's a football club, irrational,illogical and completely stupid loyalty is par for the course. Go ask a Sunderland fan, a Torquay fan, or a Nottingham Forest fan. I saw the latter parade two European Cups around the city in the late eighties. Perhaps you need to switch your allegiance to Chelsea. It'll be far more comfortable for you. You'll enjoy it more.

17th December at Craven Cottage Well (That’s for FLB) I don’t know why I volunteered for this one. I don’t have any mates who are Fulham fans, so I posted a “hello & have a chat” to Fulham fans on http://www.voy.com/13865/newpost.html Unlike this forum, the subjects get “dropped” regardless of the last posting so the original post tends to disappear quite quickly. I’ve dropped in some of the more interesting comments in a random “Stevie Wonder v David Blunkett left-handed darts match” style. Lets start off with some “interesting” facts: 1.Both teams are managed by Welshman, so they should be hitting each other with leeks across the technical areas. Or singing two part harmony versions “Men Of Harlech.” These stereotypes are fun aren’t they? 2.Both managers played for Rovers. 3.Ian Pierce played for Rovers and is now in the Fulham squad (which will be of interest to Hannah if no one else) 4.Both clubs were promoted at the end of the 2000-2001 season and have stayed up since. That season they beat us 2-1 twice. The bounders. 5.Both clubs have had rich benefactors. We’ve had Jack Walker, they’ve got Mohammed Ali. Both have lost interest, although Jack has a far better excuse. 6.Both clubs have bought a very expensive donkey: • Jean (the wonderful thing about) Tigger bought Steve Marlet for £11.5m from Lyon in August 2001. Steve was hopeless, perpetually injured, & went on loan to Marseilles in August 2003 then on a free to Wolfsberg August 2005 • Regimental Sergeant Major Sourness bought Grabbi for £7m in June 2001 from Ternana in Serie B in Italy. Soccernet notes that “Although he soon became something of a cult figure at Ewood Park the goals did not flow, and before long the rumours of a return to Italy emerged.*” *I think there is a spelling mistake in there – someone has hit the “l” instead of the “n.” 7.Both clubs have done reasonably well since they got promoted back in 2001 although I’m sure that Fulham fans will agree that both clubs have been rather patronised by the press ever since. If Fulham play Arsenal then it’s a report on the Arsenal game. If we play Liverpool then it’s a report on the Liverpool game. Author: Zoltan Subject: Fulham played Rovers last home game of the season sometime in the late 70s (possibly 1977/8) at the Cottage. Nothing depended on the result, and the game was drifting to a 1-1 draw when Rovers were awarded a last minute penalty at the Putney end. The Fulham 'keeper saved the kick, and the ball came back to the penalty taker who had the simple task of putting the ball into the empty net. Instead, however, he jumped over the ball and the Fulham defence cleared - apparently the Rovers player thought he wasn't allowed to touch the ball again, even though the Fulham 'keeper had saved his shot! This season we have already beaten Fulham at Ewood 2-1 with those two jaw-dropping wonder-goals from MGP & Tugay. 2004-05 we beat them 2-0 at Craven Cottage when little Zat Knight was sent off and Dickov scored from a penalty. Paul Gallagher slotted home the other. Then at Ewood, our last home game of the season, they stuffed us 3-1 with Leroy Rosenior and Craig Short both being sent off for girly-squabble pushing and pulling of pig-tails. It was Craig’s last game for us and he should have known better. A sad end to a fine spell with us. Author: noza Subject: Re: My memory was that w*nker Sourpuss claiming to be the better team even though you had lost miserably. Even now I sometimes forget not to hate Blackburn because of him. 2003-04 they stuffed us again at Ewood with Saha & Boa Morte scoring. Both Amorous and the wee ned Ferguson were singled out in both the Guardian and the Lancashire Evening Telegraph as having nightmares. The Sergeant Major blamed the old witch “Lady Luck.” Happy days eh? But hey hey, my my , rock & roll will never die. In the return match in April 2004 we went to The Cottage and won 4-3 with Cole, Douglas, Amorous and Steadinho slotting home. Did I just say slotting? I really must stop myself. That win took us out of a relegation place, and then three wins against Leicester, Everton & The Red Scum got us ending the season in a magnificent 15th place. Author: Bunty Subject: Personally quite wary of Morten Gamst Pedersen 2002-03 saw us win against them at Ewood in December with the big bad bald Brad having a brilliant game & saving a Marlet (see above) penalty. Rufus Breville (the full back, who would go on to become Frank Sidebottom’s toaster puppet) scoring a fantastic own goal. “ Roooooofus, Roooooofus” sang the Blackburn End in a, quite frankly, gloating and unsympathetic manner, Rovers’ other goal was scored by a waster called Yorke who accidentally diverted a Duff cross into the Fulham net. Probably off his fat arse. Author: Dave L Subject: Highlight against Blackburn was Sean Davis's injury team winner with 10 men to more or less seal the Championship in 2000. I was there and went absolutely ballistic Then in April we toddled down to Loftus Road (the decorators were in at The Cottage) and thumped them 4-0 with Hakan Suker twice twanging the twine*, pie-boy Dunn bending the net with a penalty and Duff bulging the onion bag. *Allah be praised, I’ve just remembered that second one – pure magic wasn’t it? I’m just going for a rummage in the video collection. Author: Southfield White Subject: Yeah watch out for our England centre back Zat Knight. He may even win a header against Paul Dickov if were lucky. If you’re thinking of buying him then you’ll have to give us £50, or we may even settle for a set of tracksuits like the ones we paid his previous club for. I think we’ve gone far enough back in time to list the players from that day and we can all go “Gosh, hasn’t it all changed?” We saw Friedel, Berg, Duff, Dunn, Shagger, Tugay, Cole, Vlad The Impala, Neill & Suker. Subs used were Taylor & Gillespie. There now follows a short film clip of monthly pages of a calendar being torn off and blowing away in the wind to notify the passing of time. Only in this case the film is going in reverse Finally we come to the first recorded league meeting of Rovers and Fulham. Ewood, 17th October 1936. We lost 2-0. That season we finished 12th in the old second division, one point below Fulham but above The Dingles who were 13th. On goal difference. The gap is widening. Author: BalDrick Subject: On a slightly more serious note, our games against you are regularly good indicators for how things are going at the club - beating you 2-1 with 10 men, everything was rosy; losing 4-0 at Loftus Rd in what may have been Tigana's last game (and the only one I can recall leaving early), we would have been relegated if JT had stayed any longer. As the 'class of 2000', I always make a point of looking at yours and Bolton's scores - who'd have thought after the way we and you ruled that league that Bolton would be arguably the most successful of the 3 in the Prem? We still hate Souness by the way, but you do too now don't you? Author: Colin Subject: Re: Fulham v Blackburn Rovers In reply to: Colin 's message, "Fulham v Blackburn Rovers" on Saturday, November 26, 12:36:21am ”We still hate Souness by the way, but you do too now don't you?” Yes we most certainly do. Stats: Fulham Home record this season P 7 W4 D1 L2 Goals for 10 Goals Against 7 Rovers away this season P 8 W1 D2 L5 Goals for 5 Goals against 13 Fulham’s top league scorers are: McBride with 5; John with 4; and Boa Morte & Jensen 2 each. Rover’s are: Bellamy, Dickov & Pederson each with 4 and Kuqi on 3 A veritable wardrobe of Rovers’ stats here and the same for Fulham here Fulham were beaten by “The Big Club” today (who registered their first win at St Andrex all season) so they can’t be that good. Can they…………….? 1p prize for the most outlandish "prediction" masquarading as informed guess-work which would result in bankruptcy if it were to be presented at a turf accountant. Go.........

A cross in from West Ham's left wing came in it was going straight to Brad and he probably shouted for it. Lily decided to ignore him and swung a boot at the ball, it went straight up into the air and down somwhere near the middle of a very crowded penalty area. Cue more panic. Seconds later when Brad had the ball, he and Lily must have "had words" which lead to Brad shoving Lily in the back. It was nice to see them kiss and make up afterwards.

Cracker that one Grizfoot, very good Cheers

Where the hell did you find that? It's the funniest thing I've heard for ages. I'm aching.

Just to be picky. He might have £75m.

Indeed it is Yorick, indeed it is....... There are some of us who are hopelessly slushy & sentimental though. Just on footballing terms I really would like Dunn to return if only for Tugay to coach him for a year on how to pass a ball and how to hit a volley from a corner. .....and then Colin woke up........

Yup, not only that , but both Hansen & the lounge lizard Lawrensen said that Mad Andy's sending off was a travestry. So, let's wait for the card to be rescinded. As for the three points...........bye I'm not usually on for picking on officials, but that Assistant Ref was not very good. BTW Both Bellamy & Bentley were bobbins.

They are not all bad you know

That's a classic. I agree with Phillip that we are all to quick to forget that Souness pulled us out of a dire situation, cut some dead wood, some wasters, some fat-arsed layabouts, got us promoted, & won the Worthington Cup. Then as quickly as it all went right it went all wrong. Maybe he's a "Championship" level manager. I think like most here I can see similarities in his time at Newcastle with his last 12 months with us. An unhappy squad, bust-ups, tactical chaos, and rank bad man-management. If Villa win tomorrow he will be collecting his P45 (and a bag of cash.)

Evertons away record is fairly dismal Played 7 Won 2 Lost 5 Goals for 2 Goals against 11 Home & away they've scored 5 & conceded 16 in 13 games. They cannot score away from Goodison (but if they do they win 0-1) I reckon we can get 3 points from this game.

24 hours late: I was stirring some chilli in a pan in the kitchen and listening to Radio 5 when that third goal went in. I've promised Mrs Colin that I'll clean the kitchen ceiling at the weekend.

Anne Widdecombe, but I do have a bag over my head.

Indeed, just one pint of water before you retire and you will wake up in the morning to a perspiring Kelly Brook begging for more. "Sorry Kelly," you'll say "I've got a marathon to run, I'll be back in about three hours, keep the bed warm love." And in fact you'll be back, after running the marathon, and you will satisfy Ms Brook to her heart's desire. Then she'll cook you a fried egg sandwich. Naked. And it'll be all down to that pint of water.

Too true, but there have been a lot better too, none of them got a minute's silence. Not that it really matters does it? He lived, he's dead, and my Missus has got his autograph from 1969 and, as much as I would like to stop myself, I keep seeing ££££££££££££ rolling in front of my eyes. I feel a right git sometimes.

Dan, not sure if you are suggesting that beer is a solution to dehydration but beer/alcohol is a diuretic = makes you pee, therefore makes you dehydrated. Hence the pint of water before bedtime to stave off the overhang.

I missed it! Had to take the daughter*1 to Guides & then buy a kettle and some frozen peas*2 from Morrisons in Cheadle It'll be on again, I'll see it again. *1 the little bully told me to change my sig. to the choo choo one. *2 I won't bore you with the full shopping list, but I did pick up some good value runner beans and some Warburton's crumpets (two for the price of one) Probably made by illegal killer Muslim immigrants -just to get it back on topic before Flopsy punishes me.

"Maybe?" Grovel down before me you worthless worm. And if that was the first, (which it wasn't) then the second is currently on the "Immigration" thread in ICBINF. Grovel in the gravel. Ooooh yeh baby.

I think it was 20 points, rather like the Latvians in the Eurovision Song Contest. Sunderland dropped a couple of years ago with 19 points which is the record lowest for the Premiership, and they had the treat of 3 points for a win.

Gosh! I could be a BBC programmer. No problems Marvin, I think we always try and welcome the opposition here . Apart from one or to numpties on either side.