Paul Mellelieu

Don't do it.

If I can find it I'll dig out a new report called "The State of English cities" which is a survey of economic performance, growth and wealth. It makes for depressing reading for Blackburn. I've reported some of this before, but the town is ranked as the highest in terms of fall in family disposable income - quite a shocking statistic. I'll find it today at work and come back with some details.

The football we saw, in particular during the second half was as good as anything at Ewood for a long time. However reading the qualities today you wouldn't know that. We are still being completely ignored by the press and tv medias. i think we could win the Uefa Cup and they'd still be blathering about bloody Tevez or Harry or some other bugger. One other thing, I remember some pundit commenting that you can measure the quality of a team by its full backs. Well the two Aussies are as good as anything this season, and who could have predicted that?

Actually 1864, we created enough good chances in the first half to be 3-1 up at the break. Another super performance from the blues.

Rovers win by one goal.

It's all about opinions.... but to call the Turk a liability is wide of the mark. Maybe your exile means you didn't see his performance during the week.

I'm not sure an elbow in the face counts as a real tackle.

Apart from the final pass, the goalkeeper and can i add a lack of fight or desire to compete all over the pitch or close down our players or make a real tackle all night or have a single chance after the first 30 seconds. Apart from all that yes, they were a decent team.

Nice work Bob.

A super performance from the boys, albeit against unconvincing opposition. As enjoyable evening as I've had in recent years.

And there was me thinking it was a reference to a film which protrayed an episode in the Second World War when a group of young lads - many the same age as those who follow Rovers - sacrificed their lives by flying over Germany - which at the time was under the Nazi rule and was busy mrudering six millions jews, Gypsies, eastern Europeans, labour leaders, etc - in an attempt to flood the Ruhr valley. Now football supporters singing about that would be sick, don't you think?

Still no clearer.

I think it's a reasonable question. I could also ask we some Rovers fans start singing about the IRA when they've had half a larger. What's wrong with "Get into 'em"?

what has the Dambusters got to do with Rovers?

Lucas at fault for the second........now John Curtus might have got that one. Only joking Rev.

2-0 loss.

Bloody hell, Inspector 'Drog's got it right twice in a month!

A hard fought 1-1.

Dunn bid reported in the Star via NewsNow.

And not good enough.

I'm reminded of the man who has a watch that doesn't work, but gets the time right twice a day.

Rev - we created a host of chances against Everton but took only one. I thought we were very poor yesterday, but.... Two new strikers bedding in - and an unsettled defence, with the half fit Reid sat in front. And for once Prof 'Drog is right, about the Savage booking limiting his capacity to close down. We've Nelsen and Tugay to come back too, so no reason to panic.

I thought he was solid, but he was playing against Kevin Kilbane!

Is it jsut me or do Everton have one of the highest proportions of bone/meatheads in their ranks. At one point they sang ###### ground/no fans. Been to Goodison Park recently?

As usual a bit too much doom and gloom. A game we should have won with ease against a bumbling Everton team led by £15 million of carthorse. A patched up defence looked at ease until we were put under pressure, but that will be solved by Nelsen and ....the Dutch lad and a few games Sections of the quulity press are lauding the two strikers and rightly so. We have a couple of decent players up front who combined well. Worth mentioning that Reid didn't look fully fit and we missed the option of bringing on Tugay in the last 15 minutes to help us retain the ball. If there is a criticism to be made I think Hughes got the substitutions wrong. Mokeona should have been plonked in fron of the back four for the last ten minutes and one of the strikers taken off. Points would have been in the bag.