With the name of our beloved club being dragged through the mud because of the actions of two moronic individuals, Fulham on Saturday provides the opportunity to show the world what real Blackburn Rovers supporters are made of. Fulham fans will be a full baiting mode and the national media will be watching and listening to everything we do so let's show them the true Blackburn Rovers by raising the roof at Craven Cottage and giving Andrew Cole the biggest and best reception he's ever had. After all, he would still be at Ewood Park and we would not be bottom of the league but for a bone-headed former manager.

That solves the mystery then. It was you mouthing off at Dwight Yorke.

Elsewhere, former Rovers star David Speedie is in trouble for using the words "niggers" and blackies" several times during a speech at a charity dinner in Darlington. Perhaps Big Ron wrote his script.

Yorke Baboons Hunted By Cops says Page 9 of tomorrow's Sun. There the two are in all their glory mouthing off at Yorke. Telephones numbers are provided to ring if you recognise them.

Are you sure ? If so, it sheds whole new light on this incident ! Could be Villa or Scunthorpe I suppose ?

banned for life? Have you never done anything that you regret later after having a few pints and in the heat of the moment? If this nincompoop is proved to have abused Yorke the club has promised to take the "strongest possible action", which in my book means banning him for life. Quite right too.

Another memo to John Williams: Contact Steve Bruce and Dwight Yorke as well and ask them to put out a statement confirming that only one fan was involved. Yorke might also be perusaded to say some nice things about Rovers fans at the same time. This is a damage limitation exercise.

Rightly or wrongly, Rovers have now been branded a racist club. The club needs to nip this in the bud within the next hour by putting out a strongly worded statement emphasizing that only one fan was involved, that he was thrown out of Ewood and that he will be banned for life. Are you listening Mr Williams ? ? ? This requires action NOW, not a Tuesday to Friday effort like Tony Parkes.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Are you serious ? Dunn is as close to getting in the England squad as I am ! Even if he were fully fit and playing at his best, can you explain how he is going to be first choice in front of Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Jenas, Hargreaves or Wright-Phillips ?

Whoever insulted Yorke will be pleased to know his picture is on the back page of the Sun tomorrow together with 144pt headlines. Interesting test of John Williams today (Monday) to see if he deals with this incident quickly and decisively. Like he did with Tony Parkes.

Great entertainment doesn't win relegation battles. I'm more depressed now than before kick-off. Some observations: We are still bottom and we cannot beat the likes of Soton, West Brom, Norwich and Birmingham, our fellow strugglers. Hughes shows no sign of solving the dreadful defensive deficiencies that were apparent in his second game in charge against Bournemouth. Birmingham had the worst goalscoring record in the Premiership before today. McEveley is too slow for left back but who we play in his place I couldn't say. The alternatives are just as bad. Todd was awful and Johansson only marginally less so. We have nine defenders in the squad yet none of them are any good. Souness, I curse you for selling David Dunn and Andrew Cole. May Lady Luck pinch you on the bottom and give you a sore arse for the rest of the season.

Talking out of your derriere as usual. Yorke should be able to warm up anywhere he likes without some moron making monkey noises at him. Wasn't you perchance ?

Really ? I should think the editor has been sacked by now then. Really ? So victory away to poxy Palace makes him a wonderful manager ? I'd have thought that in the medium term the headline was spot-on. The Newcastle press are like the Scots: supporters with typewriters. They won't suffer a fool like Souness for long.

Perhaps you're just getting older ? It happens to us all eventually ! I've long held the view that television will ultimately destroy football. Familiarity breeds contempt (who needs Sky anyway ? - there is so much football on terrestrial TV to satisfy even the most ardent fan) and that is certainly the case now. I rarely watch a live game and only Match of the Day when Rovers have drawn or won (I can't bear to watch defeats). Anyone remember snooker ? The whole country was glued to the box 20 years ago when Steve Davis et al were in their pomp but, again, overexposure, too many televised tournaments, killed interest. In all honesty, who watches snooker on TV now apart from housebound old folks ? And who's interested anyway ? My feeling is that Premiership crowds outside the top few clubs may have peaked last season and that there will be a gentle decline in average attendances. I say the top three or four because Arsenal, Chelsea, ManU and Liverpool are all in the process of or planning to increase capacity at their grounds. More money and more power to them: a depressing thought. In my view it is not acceptable for people to shrug their shoulders and say that lower crowds are OK as long as the TV money keeps rolling in and clubs are profitable. In the long term the game will suffer as fans get out of the habit of watching football live. There is a ray of hope though. Italy and Russia, to name two, are suffering severe drops in crowd numbers and Uefa is finally waking up to the fact that the Champions League, television money, the G14 junta is distorting the balance of power in European football and that middle-sized and smaller clubs, international football and the game itself is suffering. Whether they will actually take decisive action is another matter.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. I was feeling glum today and that's just about put the lid on it.

Bottom, bottom, bottom, bottom, bottoms. Still it's not all bad: we're having an exhibition of Morris dancing at the home tonight.

Hear, hear. If there's one thing that gets my goat it's the blaring, tinpot beat combo "music" that passes for pre-match "entertainment" at Ewood these days. Destroys the atmosphere while deafened supporters sit in stunned silence at the banality of it all. In't good old days the brass band would march up and down the pitch from half an hour before kick-off and there would be a gradual build up of excitement leading to the teams running out on the pitch. Believe it or not, the players used to come out to a big cheer from the crowd, supporters sang songs and the actual kick-off was accompanied by a roar. Compare that to the excruciating pre-match "experience" nowadays. Ban pop music and bring back brass bands. Who needs booze to deaden the senses when you have proper entertainment ? It might just catch on.

Very good, and I'm in complete agreement, but the numbskulls don't want to listen. In their eyes, because he was captain of the 1995 Championship side makes him a "great" player. Which is utter tosh of course. I've been watching Rovers on and off since the year dot and the only member of that 1995 side who should be guaranteed a place in the "greats" team is Shearer. Even then I would put a strong case for Fred Pickering.

Which puts me at a considerable advantage, because I have seen them play. In my opinion, they were better footballers than Duff.

Agree absolutely. Playing sport is far more important (and enjoyable) than watching or supporting a team. I played semi-pro football for nearly 20 years during which I saw only a handful of Rovers games each season. Likewise I have never been to a Test match because I always played cricket in the summer. Many people in Blackburn vowed never to go to Ewood Park again after the 1960 FA Cup Final tickets scandal and this Tony Parkes episode has the potential to cause the club the same sort of damage. It's typical of Rovers to disaffect supporters when they need them most. Another thought is that if Rovers were a plc the chief executive would have probably have lost his job over this. Poor PR or not, the buck stops at the top. Williams out.

It's a shame Duff won't get in because of Dave Wagstaffe or Mike Harrison. Both were better than him. Just another reason why people will vote Sherwood...how can they take your Forrest v Sherwood claims seriously now? Why so ? I'll wager you've never heard of Wagstaffe or Harrison, let alone see them play. For your information, I voted for Latheron because he is the best Rovers midfield player (in modern parlance) that I have seen (better than dear old Ronnie too). I would however be happy for Forrest, another top-class player, to be in the team. Sherwood was a good player but a pygmy in comparison with the other two.

It's a shame Duff won't get in because of Dave Wagstaffe or Mike Harrison. Both were better than him.

So you've admitted they are "greats" but you still vote for the idiots choice because you were instructed to by another of the unwashed. Congratulations. Memo to Den: this vote should not be counted.

Well done. No doubt living in Slough gives you a greater sense of perpective. Didn't you read the other posts on why Sherwood is not worthy ?

Where were you when Le Saux was voted in instead of Sir Keith Newton ? I feel sorry for Den with this. His laudable efforts to find the best all-time Rovers team are being undermined by those who are ignoring our great club's glorious past. Sherwood was a good player in an outstanding team but he does not qualify as a "great".