colin

I can. After watching him out of his depth against Cardiff I thought he had a decent game tonight. He generally won all the headers he went up for and his distribution seemed reasonably good. I'd just like to add that we need a striker. Cow's arse, banjo, barn door.

Shearer & toss a coin.

Perhaps we should all vote for Shearer in this one, the save the real dog-fight for his partner.

Dado_Prso_9, Good posts, appreciated.

Eh? What's Collymore go to do with this?

Get the red highlighter out Den................. You want a tale of goal-scoring? You want a tale of full-on blue and white? Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the story of David Speedie. It's a short story and lasts for just one season, not much to qualify as a "great" David Speedie joined us from Liverpool in August 1991. He was signed by Don McKay who was soon to lose his managerial post to Kenny Dalglish as the Uncle Jack era took over. He had previously played at (in no particular order) Barnsley, Doncaster, Darlington, Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool, Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Birmingham City, Accrington Stanley, Greendale Argyle, Weatherfield United, & Trumpton Psychopaths and had made a name for himself as a bad -tempered & petulant little sod. Like this: http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...playerID=699103 Then he arrived at Ewood where he became our bad -tempered & petulant little sod. He played for us for just one season. 43 games in all, 26 goals. Then he moved to Southampton in part-exchange for some bloke called Shearer. Re-wind...........26 goals in 43 games? Indeed, that is very close to two goals for every three games. As well as his aggression he has a great sense of positioning and movement, he seemed to be able to sense where the ball would be in a second's time and be there to meet it. For a relatively small player he won a remarkable number of headers. I was thinking of commenting on one or two examples of games where Speedie's contribution turned the game on its head. The last day of the season hat-trick against Plymouth to get us into the play-offs. His brace in the play-off semis against Derby, and his *ahem* winning the penalty in the final itself. However these fade into insignificance against one game where he gave one of the greatest performances I have witnessed by a Rovers' striker. 15th February 1992, at home against the then struggling Newcastle who had just taken on Kevin Keegan as manager. Naturally the Geordies came down in their masses and filled the Darwen End. We filled the rest of Ewood. Newcastle took an early lead before Speedie smashed home his first, just before half time, in front of the Blackburn End. His second was the most spectacular flying header I have ever witnessed and to rub salt in the Geordie wounds he went and celebrated in front of them. The third was an equally spectacular volley and again he went over to the visitors and punched the air. These days he'd probably be on a three match suspension for that, but on the day he created one of the best atmospheres I've witnessed at Ewood. So, there you are, my shout for Speedie. Not that it'll do much good because we all know which pair have got this one sew up like a kipper.

Here he is looking better than he did tonight clicky clicky

I'll agree with Scotty and Bellamy. A very poor display in the second half. The man Of The Match should have been renamed "The Least Worst." Still, we won. We've played far better than that and lost and I'll take that combination for the while.

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I know of three people called Ferguson involved in English football. I now don't like all of them to various degrees. Co-incidence? Or is there something out there?

If English is your second language, I'm sure that we would be a little more understanding. If it isn't, please will you expain what means. How's Martin Taylor doing by the way?

19:48 - Shouldn't we have a poll asks Colin? 21:40 - Poll up and running says Flopsy. Never been THIS influencial in starting a poll before. Must be those polaroids of Flopsy & the goat that I received in the post

Mad Andy for me. Shouldn't we be having a vote on this? It seems a good candidate.

Write a cheque to BRFC enclose SAE Posted Wednesday night, it arrived back here Monday morning. You blooming techos thing you have all the answers

0-1 Yes MGP!!

Listening to "Uncle Meat" by Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention. Sounds as disturbing today as it did nearly 40 years ago.

I may be wrong here, but I doubt it. Rovers will not be making a penny on the sale of pies, ale, & chips at the game. In all probability they will have sold the contract to "The Pie Ale & Chips Co Ltd" at the beginning of the season for £xxx. Probably with a clause in the contract for a few more £s for each home cup match. But the extra money is probably not worth Friedal's barber's bill. But £24 does seem a bit steep. But (again) as Theno said, the prices were lowered for Bournmouth and it didn't work, so Rovers' supports can't have their cake and eat it. The only other suggestion I can think of is a high-risk £5 for adults £2 kids deal. No doubt JW has got the economics of that one well worked out.

Just a quick word for MOTD. Yes our coverage was rubbush, as usual, but so was the coverage of many other games. Normally they have to cover 7/8/9 games. On Saturday they had to do a lot more. Hence the loads of "snapshots" at the end.

Write out one hundred times "Frankie Howerd" and "Titter ye not" and thank you for a most entertaining preview

Mad Andy He's looking good

If only it had happened at the other end........dear god let it happen soon. You can take your video replays and stuff them up your sphincter. This is the stuff that football is made of. Don't forget that if refs & assistant refs make mistakes & in this case the AR didn't make one, he was physically unable to get to the right place to make the decision. Maybe when all manager stop their players from: diving shirt pulling feigning injury asking refs to give out yellow cards time-wasting stealing distances at free kicks encroaching at free kicks spitting deliberately fouling then they may have the right to criticise the refs. And maybe when managers stop being hypocrites by blaming the refs every time their team loses and never saying a word every time they win by a disputed decision then they may have a leg to stand on. And just perhaps the next time Andy Grey or any other football commentator has to make an observation based on a split-second decision without the benefit of twelve slow motion replays, then perhaps we might just take his rant more seriously.

just to pour petrol on the fire

There's a loose thread on that garment. Left hand side from our point of view.

Like everyone else I'm chuffed that we got the three points today. From games over the past 18 months or so it wouldn't have been surprising if we had lost. Maybe GS has take "Lady (bad)Luck" with him to Newcastle. Or maybe it's just a lot more hard work and fitness. Something there that reminds me of the golfer Lee Trevino (I think it was him) who said "The more I practice, the luckier I get." But, I don't think anyone else has mentioned this. Was that first half, until we scored, just about the most boring and rubbish 40 minutes of football we have seen at Ewood? Does anyone know the bloke who was called over the PA system to go to Queens Park Hospital? "I think you'll know what it's about" said the voice. Presume he's now a Dad.

Not a rumour, I think it's been substantiated. (ha! does this still mean it's a rumour?) One of them (not sure which) had a shot on goal and missed when the other would have had an open goal if the other had passed. "Ooooh you selfish cow!" Then they stopped talking to each other and one of them planted a hedge of enourmous Leylandii trees and blocked out all the light from the other's garden. So the other one ordered lots of pizzas to be delivered at the other's address. Etc etc. All very mature stuff.