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Stories emerging that McCarthy stormed out of Ewood after being substituted against Newcastle and has told Hughes he wants to leave.

Said the Englishman.

Everyone bow to the great Gord, for he knoweth all. Lancashire United anyone ?

His problems at Middlesbrough were temporary. They avoided relegation and he quadrupled his salary six months later by landing the England job ! What a sad tosser [a] for remembering that post and for posting it again.

Exactly. I hope all those who clamoured for Eriksson to be axed and replaced by an English manager are feeling pleased with themselves. Including the twits at the FA. I've said it before but England's international record for a supposed major football nation is appalling. When did Germany or Italy, countries of similar population size and with similarly strong leagues, last fail to qualify for the World Cup or the European Championship ? Both countries have also won the World Cup three times and reached the final on other occasions. England have reached one final in their history. Apart from the Ramsey era, and brief spells under Ron Greenwood, Bobby Robson and Terry Venables (in Euro 96), England have always been badly managed. The problem for the next England manager is the few young England-qualified players that are coming through aren't as good as the present lot.

Not that he has alot to beat, but that's Enoch's best post ever

Hughes deserves the plaudits but I hope he doesn't start believing his own publicity. He has made some howlers with selection and use of substitutes on occasions and he got it badly wrong in terms of tactics in the Uefa Cup this season. Only 7/10 so far ; he has to win summat before he can be compared with the great Graeme Souness.

He certainly did... night match if I remember, I was there along with a faithful few others. John Bailey had a cracking game.

I encountered that attitude in Swansea during their success under Toshack in the 1980s.

Dougan asked for a transfer on the morning of the 1960 FA Cup Final, another setback in a match which turned out to be a pivotal event in the club's history. The so-called tickets scandal involving Rovers players had been the talk of the town in the build-up to the game, leading to many supporters vowing never to go to Ewood Park again. Dougan's transfer request unsettled Rovers, who had been favourites to beat Wolves but played poorly. The press called it the Dustbin Final. To cap a bad day, Dave Whelan, the Rovers defender, broke his leg; unfortunate for him but his premature retirement from the game might have inspired him to become the wealthy businessman he is today. RIP Derek Dougan, good centre forward who shat on Rovers.

Thinking people would disagree. I don't know why you make such statements. You obviously have some intelligence, but your continuing tirades against Asians/muslims/Islam/Blair/immigration et nauseum make your appear silly, and uneducated.

Just imagine if ASEF had posted a link on a white man raping an Asian girl (or boy). And (white) pigs might fly ........... or is that a racist thought ? Read about it in the Daily Mail tomorrow.

Nonsense. Duff won (2 ?) championship medal with Chelsea ; Dunn did not want to leave Rovers in the first place ; ditto Cole ; Yorke won a stack of medals with United and by his own admission has lost interest in football while he was at Ewood ; Neill has only been gone a few months so it's too early to judge and Sutton won so many medals with Celtic and was such a success at Parkhead that he is probably remembered better for his time in Scotland than his career at Ewood.

Worthy sentiments but unrealistic in the money-mad world of football. It's obvious McCarthy has been tapped up by Chelsea with the promise of a vast salary.

Not sure what you mean but McCarthy's comments are bang out of order in my opinion.

Extraordinary remarks from McCarthy that must infuriate Hughes and are surely deserving of a fine.

In the league of tripe posted on here, the above belongs in the West Bromwich and District Sunday Methodist League (thank you Barry). Any true football fan loves the non-league stuff.

Must have been the booze : Warnock had a terrible game.

Why not ? You usually do .

Forget about Neill, this was a disappointing result for Rovers. Victory for West Ham and we would now be above Tottenham .

Right, but 15 - 20 years too late I'm afraid. Football has sold its soul to television and there is no going back.

Chortle. Must admit that I cannot see what Henchoz offers that Todd doesn't. Both are slow but Todd is tougher and reads the game far better. He's also a "leader" on the pitch. One can only presume there are personality issues here with the manager.

Oh dear, Guinness man rears his ugly blackhead. Cue defence of Rovers players in 1960 Cup Final ticket scandal.

Eh ? It's every man for himself, always has been. It's the human condition tha' knows. Ask Lucas Neill. Nivea's very good for a nasty case of pruritus. That and the ignore button.

Hundreds probably. These Yanks don't do things by half. Now where's that itch ?