He should be allowed to post on here again as long as he sticks to the guidelines. It's supposed to be a public messageboard .

Keep taking the ouzo philip !

Bring back Sven ! One of the redeeming features of Eriksson's tenure as manager is that England qualified for all the leading tournaments with relative ease. What of course he could not do is take England to the next level at the finals. By struggling to qualify in this tournament England are merely reverting to type.

Not pretentious at all : shows you have a certain je ne sais quoi

They came from the best academy of all : the back alleys of the towns and cities of Lancashire before motor cars forced kids off the streets. Sad fact is footballers have to be "coached" these days. The likes of those four never needed coaching because they had all the skills by the time they signed for Rovers as schoolboys. Not many "street" footballers around in recent years: Rooney is a throwback to 40 years ago and Gascoigne another.

Thought wrong luv.

No Janice. Celtic are your team, Rovers merely a flag of convenience.

Martin O'Neill admitted after the game that if Villa's was a penalty, then Rovers should have been awarded one too. Still doesn't hide the fact that Rovers' squad is not strong enough to cope with a few injuries and a third successive defeat continues the slide into the lower half of the table.

Excellent news. Now how about the hundreds of other pubs in East Lancs ?

Thanks for confirming what I suspected when I saw these at B & Q. Consumer organisations should force the company to withdraw them from sale.

Absolutely correct. It's been debated before but it's worth discussing again: Jack Walker's failure to build on the championship success in the summer of 1995 was probably his biggest mistake - even bigger than his appointment of the lamentable Bryan Kidd as manager a few years later. There were several top-class players on the market that summer (including Kanchelskis when he was still in his pomp, if I remember rightly), but Rovers (Walker) decided to stand still and stick with the squad they had, which in the fast-moving football world was asking for trouble. In effect, the club shut up shop for the summer and went on holiday while the likes of United and Arsenal continued working like they do every close season to strengthen their squad. Walker said he wanted the club to "wash its face financially" but the reality was having taken Rovers to the summit he hadn't got the courage to keep them there. As for the Riverside, it continues to be an embarrassment to the club.

Too right. Didn't even bother to listen to the wireless, I knew they'd lose.

Silly billy plod, getting it wrong as usual. Perhaps he should take his own advice.

I like this Bolton team. They're tough, hard to beat, play better football than they're given credit for and get up the noses of the metropolitan media. In fact, everything a good Lancashire team should be. Davies and Diouf are an excellent combination and will give Oooeeerr and the Georgan chap a torrid afternoon. Euro hangover and a 2-1 defeat I'm afraid.

Benni McCarthy has accused one or more of the Krakow players of making racist remarks. If correct, this would not be the first time that black players with English clubs and the national team have suffered racial abuse from players or supporters on away games in eastern Europe. Any of the Polish lads care to comment ?

Must have Blackburn blood (and beer) in him.

Newcastle had 48,145 yesterday for the defeat by Bolton... their lowest league attendance for six years. Obviously a club in terminal decline. Perhaps they ought to merge with Sunderland and call themselves North East United.

The point I was going to make but Four Bogs beat me to it. Rules 1 and 2 of schoolboy defending: never pass across your own goal and always have a man on the posts at corners. John Bray would have hoofed Bellamy's header to safety in Row Z but why didn't Emerton know where he should be standing ? Bad news about Reid. The long-term injuries to Reid and Nelsen (I doubt if either will play this season) makes it very difficult for Rovers to finish as high as sixth again this season unless reinforcements are brought in.

Good result, well played Rovers. Bellamy... immutable law of the ex.

Bentley hit the post ?

Bowen has already sounded out Ian Crook, an old Norwich team-mate now coaching in Sydney, about becoming his assistant. Sounds like the job is his.

Barry Ferguson launched his new book in Glasgow today - "Blue - The Life and Times of Barry Ferguson". In his book he describes his transfer from Rangers to Rovers as the "worst move of his career". From all Rovers fans, Barry, I would like to say the feeling is mutual.

Souness gave the impression he wasn't bothered about not winning some matches - an abject 4-0 FA Cup defeat at Birmingham City springs to mind - and by the end of his tenure with Rovers bottom of the league and heading for relegation he had certainly lost the plot. Thankfully we now have a manager who wants and believes that Rovers can win every match they play - including in Europe.

2 - 1 final Good comeback by Rovers; shame so few to see it.

Pathetic