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Not as if Buckley is in form either. Has not kicked on from last season to my surprise.

Its not Tugay is it? Joking, but I'm sure he'd have a good eye for talent.

Whatever did happen to Stuart, who started this thread? A very enthusiastic poster, and a good one, who suddenly disappeared without trace. Anyone know?

Raya---We don't mention him much. What a loss. Wonder if there are any sell-on clauses, because he's worth a hell of a lot more than £3.5M now.

I don't think the owners ever said "and by the way Tony you're not allowed to buy any defenders" !!

He did. I saw it on Bend it like Beckham!!

Not going away then are they? Bugger! I'll never see us in The EPL again.

Loved it! Seeing those kids sitting over the fence and remembering I used to be one! And what a crowd.

One way or the other!!

It will be very dicey then I imagine. Would help if we got promoted. Its the coaching staff's job to ensure he's a regular and playing at his best by then so we come out of it well either way. A contract with a release clause in the multi-millions would be the best the club could get I'd imagine. Easy to say!

Says he wants to sign and it'll be for 3 years. That means we'll be going through this all over again in 2 years time! As for predictive text, I wrote "he wants to sign" and it came out as"he wants tossing"! Spooky eh?

Good idea!

I was there too and we did our usual transfer from the Darwen End to the Blackburn End (unthinkable now) and came head to head with some very nasty characters. What a sweet victory that was! We did it again 1964-5 with Everton, 2-0 down and won 3-2! A latish winner from Duggie. I could only tell we'd scored from the roar of the crowd because the snow was piling down! That was also a fantastic game. Poor fare we're served these days compared to that. EDIT--make that 63-64!

A front line of Brereton,Dolan and Hedges doesn't exactly strike terror into opposition defences does it? We need someone central (and tough) to take these centre-backs on. With Dack just behind him to put him through.

Oh, I heard it wrong then! Still a good story!

On a light-hearted theme, my favourite QE2 story is: She was chairing a meeting of the Privy Council and actually speaking when a Tory MP's mobile phone rang. She stopped and said "you might like to take that, it could be someone important..!!!" You can imagine him shrivelling up eh?

One of those games where our young players will get knocked around. The more senior players need to step up the aggression without being sent off.

February!

Its a second chance for people who didn't buy one at the start of the season to buy a season ticket now for the rest of the season. It caters for people have been impressed by our start and think it might continue under JDT. As such it should be commended. Had the Club introduced this at a lower cost per game than "full" season tickets there would have been an outcry from existing holders. Let's see how many are shifted. That doesn't close the argument on the cost of season tickets, they are too high but have to be reduced from the start of the season, not now.

Says a lot about us too and about what we are signing.

No,he hasn't signed for anybody including us!

We can sign him again in a year if he wants to. No-one else seems to be interested, to my surprise.

I've heard that a number of times now re Ash. Believe it when it happens. Adam I believe, brother here and all that.

Morton Gamst Pedersen------41 today. Happy Birthday Morton! Not the best player we've ever had but a loyal servant over a long period. EDIT---In all fairness I should add that he was capable of moments of brilliance.

My experience of him is at Ewood. Pitches were always mud heaps in winter then, yet Dobing would walk off at half-time absolutely spotless! The fans in the Enclosure, as it was called then, let him know about it as well. No question he had talent but went missing too often.