What's all the doom and gloom about.

Sure the games against Wigan and Pompey have not gone to plan but look at the position we are in compared to last season. It's not over yet either, and there will be results both for Rovers and the others that will not be as expected.

We are in a great position from last season come what may. The apathy shown by some on here reflects the apathy of the town toward Rovers.

If we don't get behind this team then it's not only the CL that we will be saying goodby to.

BELLAMY YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Axe on for Gray. At right back with Lucas moving to the left!!!!

Gretna?

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Gretna it was. When playing in the Unibond they played in preliminary rounds of FA cup.

Which Scottish league team has played in the English FA Cup other than Queens Park?

I have watched this debate with some amusement over the last few days, and even though I am a smoker, I can have some sympathy with those who do not.

The thought that springs to mind for next season, when the smoking ban comes into force for seated areas, is who is going to have the job of enforcing the ban?

I am sure that in the home areas the ban will be self enforcing, due to the thraet of losing ones season ticket, being banned from the ground etc., but are we to assume that in the away areas the self same stewards who now implement the no standing rule with such gusto, will also be lambasting the hordes of Mancs and Scousers as soon as they light up?

Somehow I don't think so. I am sure that as I sit in my seat in the Blackburn end, I will not only have to endure looking at the standing sods in the Darren end but they will be puffing on their fags for all they are worth.

The Gov't should just ban them wholesale and increase income tax by 10% to make up their lost revenue.

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Great idea Aggy. Everybody who doesn't smoke should get their income tax increased by 10% and folk like me who already contribute through tax on fags should not get the increase. Perfect.

unfortunatly you are right

its perfectly normal for you

for some reason, we would get jailed for saying it 

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I must remember that next time someone calls me a Brit!

On the question of what anthem we should use for England games, Land of Hope and Glory, God Save the Queen, Jerusalem etc etc, the FA have now decided that the best chioce would be the theme from Bob The Builder. (Or should that be Bruce?)

i'm not a smoker but these smoking bans at football,the pub,the town centre is total rollocks,pc madness,i bet half of you groaning and moaning are ex smokers.once this has full effect it will be us poor drinkers next  

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Quite right, ban alcohol at Ewood. The number of alcoholics that sit in the same row as me, who come in after kick off, leave 15 mins before half time and then come back in 10 mins after the start of the second half, rally annoy me. Do they want to watch live football or is it the plastic glasses that they have a fettish for?

Once the smoking ban comes in I will just invest in Sky TV and watch my football from home and leave all you sanctimonius folk on here to your clean air. I certainly hope that you will all be walking or cycling to the game in future so as not to polute my air space with carbon monoxide fumes that I haven't chosen to breathe either.

So, the chances of us playing in the Intertoto Cup receded just a little, which is undoubtedly a good thing. I really don’t want Blackburn Rovers to be knocked out by a team from such places as Tit (Austria), Tos (Russia), Minge (Lithuania) or Crap (Albania). It would make the Trelleborg episode seem like a lottery win. However, recalling some graffiti from the other side of Accy about that infamous Trelleborgs game, Burnley being twinned with Crap does seem to make much more sense.

Just love this paragraph. It would almost be worth losing to Crap, just to see the inbreeds putting twinning signs on the outskirts of Padiham!

Thank you so much Bob for a great read.

BBC site says Ref. is Phil Dowd.

Would rather have had Clattenberg myself.

Whilst being a huge fan of mark Hughes and his modern style approach to fitness and team preparation and acknowledging Souness is behind the times with this.

we shouldn't forget that Hughes wouldn't be having the success he is enjoying was it not for a succession of wonderful signings made by GS

Friedel, Neill, Todd, Gray, Tugay, Pederson, Reid, Dickov are all crucial to Hughes success and were picked up for a combined figure of less than £6 million.

Not many managers could achieve such success in the transfer market so I'd think a little before launching into a scathing attack on the man who re-established us a Premiership club.

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As Shillito quite rightly says, there are some good points you make there Brownie. However I feel that all those players you have mentioned have made great strides forward under the Huges regime, especially regarding fittness levels. I don't think that they would have been in this situation had Souness stayed nor more to the point his backroom staff like Saunders etc.

The problems we had with players fittness are now echoed at St.James' Park, and the Toon Army are berrating Souness on this aspect along with him playing certain players out of position. Seem to have heard the same moans somewhere much closer to home before don't you think?

He's also from Bolton; too close for a person to be truly neutral.

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It's all obviousley part of the FA plan to make fans travel the longest distances over the holiday period and the poor refs the shortest!

As far as the draw is concerned, we all knew deep down didn't we that Man Ure and the Arse would be kept separate.

The worry is as mentioned by someone else how far the referees in each tie will go to ensure the "dream" final.

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A very pertinent point you have there Revidge. My personal opinion is that the draw is a total fix and I can just see the Football League top brass creaming themselves over the thought of a Manc v Arse final.

Come on you Blues!!!!................................and you Pie eaters. Lets hope we can both get to the final and do some good for football and not TV.

Hello?  Anybody know?

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According to Millenium Stadium web site the final is Sunday Feb 26th.

Top class preview and a very enjoyable read. Many thanks for the effort on our behalf.

I really think that its a decent line up.

..........Reid played as a right back at Millwall so he knows what he is doing

Sorry Cocker but you must be having a laugh. Reid thinks the ball is a hot potato, and in my opinion it does not matter in which position he plays.

It was £1 for kids, I know cos I snook in for a quid!! hahahahaha

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And here was me wondering how the club are going to male ends meet?

Can anyone fill me in with the rules re kit colour clashes. How is it when we play a team whose shirts are white eg Bolton or Spurs, we have to wear our away strip. Yet Brum were allowed to wear a white shirt against us today?

Whats the news on the attendance from radio lancs ?

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More Udders than Rovers. Darwen end has more Udders that there were barcodes at the weekend.

They estimate gate of around 8000

according to sky sports dickov booked for time wasting in the 44min !!! against huddersfield. Joke

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Booked for kicking ball into net when he had been flaged offside (According to Radio Lancs)

Had some good strikers in the past, have Huddersfield. Law, Worthington and, as some rovers fans will remember, Alan Gilliver.

Your mate heard of them, Modi?

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What a memory Den lad. The one and only Denis the menace Law. I wonder how many folks will know who the manager of Town was when Denis started at Leeds Road?

Great peview as always. We are truly blessed on this site with excellent previews.

No, but it does say this:

In a popular feature, we regularly set really taxing, teasing questions to test even the sharpest of football brains.

The 80th in the series is:

NAME THE FOUR UNCAPPED ENGLISHMEN WHO HAVE MOVED FOR OVER £7 MILLION (IN ONE DEAL).

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It is noticeable that the question asks for four Englishmen (Born in England?) but not necessarily capped BY ENGLAND.

May not help but just a thought.

Great new look. Well done.

By the way, why do only some avtars appear on my screen and some of the clickable smilies are missing on the enter post page?

As Gordon mentioned on the Baggies thread, Shearer has apparently told Craig Bellamy that if he ever sets foot in Newcastle again he'll knock his block off.

Might be better to look at next seasons fixtures before we contemplate signing Bellamy.

Just think if we signed him in the summer only to find the first match of the new season was the geordies at St.James'.

"Bellamy's season cut short as he has lost his head"

On a personal point I think he is a good player but I feel the dissruption caused by him in the dressing room would be a terrible price to pay after all the good work this term.

You never know though. Spending some time in Glasgow where in is not too beneficial to your health if one goes around saying stupid things in the wrong places, might have actually done him some good.