Shocking for all Rovers - and football - fans. There are no words of comfort in these situations.

No doubt that McCarthy is a very gifted player, but.... - he's overweight - has a long, long record of indiscipline Firing on all cylinders McCarthy could have bagged between six and eight goals this season, and we'd be safely in the top half. No wonder Sam is unhappy with him.

Sign him up!

Probably the most stupid post I've had the misfortune to read. Astounding.

Barton sounds like some far right thug.

Only under my breath.

He's a smartly dressed man, and so has met my main criterion.

The Marais is a great district to hang out. My wife and i always stay on the Rue de Oberkampf (sp?) in a small hotel. Great area, smashing bars, and cafes (and a bit cheaper than the central areas).

That's ######!

Which is what r6 does.

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The point here FLB is that many of us have tried to argue with r6, and to be honest there is no point. He has made all kind of wild criticisms of Hughes personally and the club in general, which shift over time. He ignores the posts made by Den, Philip, myself and many others. There's no evidence he's ever been to Ewood, or seen any of the players he champions actually play. I'm just very, very bored of self-importance and ignorance. I can cope with one of those, but both at the same time are unbearable.

There's nothing subtle or nuanced about your argument.

Which kinda blows your theory out of the water then rsix. The club does give young players a chance, just not the ones you haven't seen play.

On brave and perceptive (your words not mine) Rover6 you are getting yourself in a fix. You patiently champion virtually any player who's under 21, and castigate the whole club (and football in general) for passing over these wonderful young players (that you've never seen play). If only, if only, they'd listen eh Rover6? And now that you can't convince a single soul that these young lads are good enough for the first team, you say that they should, maybe, possibly, be given a few minutes, perhaps, now and again.... BTw I saw that McEveley was scored two points out of ten in the Observer's fan's voice section .

Go tiger!

If the role's that easy why have Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United spent tens of millions on holding midfield players? They could have signed the Axe for next to nothing!

Championship '95 video, and "The Golden Goals Collection". Postage only, or I'll meet up at the ground. Paul

So where did you end up Paal? The truth is that for the size of the city, the food isn't great. CheshireBlue lists some of the better places. I would add Petit Blanc, in terms of its fixed price menu. Not spectacular, but good value. Lounge ten gets good reviews, but there are too many chains, serving only very average stuff at top prices. A case in point is the lack of decent Italian restaurants: I haven't been impressed with San Carlo, Piccolino is better. In Whalley Range you can check out Palmiro. Great when they get it right, but my wife complains that the food's cold! Also away from the city centre, there's the Lime Tree (Service a bit lax in my experience) Rhubarb, and Jem and I, all in Didsbury.

Stop digging Eddie.

It's difficult keeping up with level of ignorant crap here. God forbid if we got relegated again. The Tugay/Axe partnership has been forced on Hughes, although it has turned in two wins in recent games. Neither stroll about in front of the back four either, which is a bit of an insult, especially to Tugay. And it's a formation Brazil play. Why not write about something you know about.

So Hughes didn't want him that much then. Of course Hughes gets it wrong from time to time, but compare his resources to the rest of the premiership and I tend to conclude he's getting most things right, most of the time. Compare that to your carping, week in, week out: half the team is crap and should be sold, Hughes is part of some conspiracy that blocks young players getting into the first team, and the rest.

Manflu means I miss the game... Not happy. Not really what your point is, but let's put it this way, has Hughes stopped any of these young players getting regular first team football at Ewood? If Hughes really wanted Garner he wouldn't be plying his trade at the third level of English football. Ditto McEvely, who is about to get relegated. And Gally is about to join Garner, if he's not careful.

How about a) He wasn't good enough for Premiership football.