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Exactly Den.

Bruce has had a lot of extremely unfair stick on this thread, it surely wouldn't have been beyond the wit of Rovers to negotiate a beamback arrangement once it was clear it wasn't being shown on TV anywhere. Then again, it might have impacted on the sale of 579 executive packages. :ph34r: And in many ways it's not fair on those who have invested considerable time and money in time off work and travelling to the game etc.

Against New Zealand.

I think City are one of the worst three or four sides in the division. We MUST win this. 1-0 Rovers.

If we play like we have been doing so far - Salzburg 2 Rovers 0 Hopefully that won't be the case, a change will prove as good as a rest, and we can put in a much improved performance. Hope everyone has a great time out there regardless. I'm very jealous.

I have to strongly disagree with that, I've watched us at the lowest level we've ever competed at (old division three, League one now) and old division two inbetween. Ggenerally what was on offer on the pitch in terms of entertainment and off the pitch in terms of facilities was pretty dire compared with 1990 onwards. They weren't the "good old days" at all. OK, maybe some years we had a realistic chance of winning promotion, and at the moment we won't win the championship, but these days the equivalent is sneaking into 4th spot and facing a different grade of opposition like Barcelona in the Champions League. We also now have two fairly realistic chances of winning a domestic cup every year which we never had in the "good old days" Having said that, you get good and bad matches at every level and it is patently obvious when a player or group of players is not giving their all. Paul is right when he says we need a hero like Bellamy, if he produces the stuff of wonderment on the pitch for Blackburn Rovers - who cares what scrapes he gets into in his private life? You need that sort of figure at whatever level you're at, be it Tony Field, Roger Jones, Duncan McKenzie, Noel Brotherston, Simon Garner, Alan Shearer, Damien Duff, Craig Bellamy. Someone the fans can identify with (whilst they're still at your club these days) who has you on the edge of your seat in anticipation, wondering what they're going to do next - even if they haven't done anything yet.! I don't think we have anyone of that ilk at the club at the moment. As for dropping off of fans, I don't suppose our rate of "churn" is much different to anyone else's - just that we haven't got the same number of fans to replace those who drop off having understandably got brassed off with prices, silly kick off times, a*******s like Ashley Cole etc.

On the basis of the brief highlights on MOTD, I must say we looked all at sea defensively. How we could do with our best pairing of Todd and Nelsen. Did it look that way watching it live?

That's the worrying thing if it is correct. Didn't see today's game but in two of our other three games we created no chances and one chance against Portsmouth and Chelski respectively. So it seems that in three of our four games thus far we've mustered just 2 chances! The other worrying thing was why one of the forwards didn't have the bottle to step forward for our penalty. You'd have thought they'd have been snatching the ball off one another to add an easy goal to their tally in the current climate.

When he and Darren Peacock played together in the middle, you could get a double decker bus down the centre of our defence -sideways- and it wasn't all Lorenzo Amoruso mark one's fault. As for whether the town of Blackburn is or isn't a dump, that's not really the point. When you're lucky enough to be receiving 12k per week (back then) from the club and have the option of living in Manchester, Cheshire or the Ribble Valley AND things are going pear shaped on the pitch you really should have more sense than to make disparaging remarks in a foreign publication.

There's no accounting for poor taste but harsh to criticise the guy for that. Edit: Beat me to it MK.! And put it far more succinctly as well.

In terms of strengthening the first eleven and squad for a joint assault on Europpe and attempting to maintain last season's League position it's been extremely disappointing whilst those around us have strengthened. However, given the fact he seemingly has been given no money to spend, the manager has done extremely well. The real problem might be central midfield where one injury and one suspension could cause havoc. On the other hand if reports of a 4m pre Bellamy warchest were correct (hmmm.....seems very unlikely now) then we would have 6m available to spend in January following Kuqi's sale should we need it.

Sounds par for the course for Rooney as well. Rooney involved in more controversy - surely not. Nice balanced article in the Sun as well - after all it's not as if our international superstar could be at fault in any way.

If we lose, it would tend to suggest that we'll have an extremely hard season to put it mildly. Although Sheff utd. played extremely well opening day v Liverpool. 0-0.

Because he's miles past his "best" if that's what you can call it. What an awful signing. Never rated him, was part of one of our worst ever central defensive partnerships when he was here and helped get us relegated. Was carried for many seasons by the majestic Hypia at Liverpool and then as his form deteriorated even further was farmed out to Wigan and it seems now even they didn't want him. I'd rather keep Matteo and that's saying something. Hope to god Todd and Zurab stay fit otherwise it's Championship here we come with Henchoz and our untested Dutchman at the back, 64 years young. What a farce after finishing 6th last year.

Ditto - they might have 52 tickets left in a while.

Tend to agree with Col. I can't believe the controversy this thread is causing, I'm in the "couldn't care less camp" To me when the atmosphere is good, the drummers make no odds whatsoever one way or the other. When it's poor I actually think they liven it up slightly.

I was waiting to see what the club were going to come up with. But 479 is ridiculous.

Perhaps he's seen enough of Jeffers already.

Yeah, the established international had an absolute blinder didn't he?

I must say I'd rather people would stop using my name in this way. I don't know that John Williams had anything at all to do with me being removed from a Roverall View. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't but I'd rather people didn't simply presume on my behalf that that was the case. I'd like to think that everyone connected with the Club surely has a million and one more pressing issues they could be devoting their time to than that.

There was a Liverpool fan who texted TalkSport today appalled at the prospect of signing Neill. Said it would be like Portsmouth signing Ben Thatcher! For 2m, make Neill sit in the reserves until the January window. 3m, snap their hands off, given the contractual situation.

Yes................us remaining in the Premiership for the forseeable future whilst our nearest "rivals" (in geographic terms if not competitive terms get comparatively poorer and poorer! Errrr.............. we are your Lancashire United already in all but name aren't we Gordon? Haven't noticed Preston, Blackpool, Burnley, Accy Stanley Rochdale, Morecambe or Carlisle, in the top flight in recent memory. No true died in the wool fans of those clubs are ever going to support us but you've a fighting chance of picking up support from the next generation of youngsters if you have a Shearer, Duff or Bellamy. Can't for the life of me see anyone above a certain age wanting to support "Lancashire United" either. As for the youngsters, surely they might as well support us?

Bit harsh on McCarthy that imo. Quite a few times during the two home games he's received the ball in promising positions and looked to give it but has had no options. Symptomatic of how we're playing. There's little or no movement off the ball and we're not playing for each other like a "team". Almost as if we're in the "Just give it to Bellamy and he'll score" mode we seemed to be in at times last season.

Neill played really well against New Zealand, albeit against poor opposition.

Some people just have a certain presence or aura about them. Dalglish was in that category, possibly Keane is too. Although I doubt the throwing teacups style of management works these days.