Eddie

Majority of the first half, other than during a quiet 15 minute patch from about 20-35, we were excellent I thought. Second half, probably best not to talk about. We hung on though and that is all that matters.

The reason why I'd like a Wigan-Rovers cup final is because I could really see us winning it. Somehow another trip to Cardiff to face Arsenal, though it would be great and we'd stand a chance, doesn't fill me with the same confidance as us against Wigan.

Beware the Welshmen

It's an ID Card Glenn. It won't be telling people who you sleep with, what you do on weekends and if you happened to do drugs while you were in high school. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. Tiny little card that you stick in your pocket and will offern another form of identification that everyone will have and is also a new government database. It will cost a bit just like everything else and I can understand being opposed to the cost but beyond that don't really understand the problem. Works fine in several other major countries and you never hear a complaint. My only slight problem would be that I don't think they should be optional, defeats the purpose, and I don't think you should have to pay for them when you pick them up. I know through tax payments you'll pay for them anyway but it would make more sense to me if it was just done quietly that way rather than make you stump up the cash on the day which will prevent many people from taking them and also will make people more opposed as they actually have the pleasure of handing over the money.

A very sad day for the club and everyone involved, though it probably had to come. Wish him all the best in wherever he goes next, just hope we never see him scoring against us! If he does manage to get back to his old best then I hope we see him back at Ewood playing for us again someday.

Yes but you could see a veryweakened looking starting line-up from that. Van de Sar Bardsley, O'Shea, Brown, Richardson Ronaldo, Fletcher, Smith, Giggs Rossi, Solskjaer Somehow don't think that's what it will look like though...

Yes Flopsy, but most don't. I think the British are overly obsessed with the potential problems there could be. The ID card will create no new risks, perhaps a new thing for criminals to use and a new area for errors to be made, but the same ones could still be done today through passports, credit cards and a variety of other databases and sources. I'm not saying that the transition to ID cards will be entirely smooth, nor do I think you should be required to have one on you at all times or anything like that, but the actual basic concept is logical and is used throughout the world. I'm amazed in many ways that it doesn't already exist as it is more useful than a passport as it is easier to carry and than a drivers license as everyone can have one from birth. It just seems like the scare mongerers are out on this one and everyone is paying attention, I'm not exactly sure why.

I actually think ID cards are quite useful, have them here over in France and basically always have (obviously not but they have had them as long as I've been around) and I'm not sure what the problem is. It's a useful form of identification if you don't have your passport or drivers license on you and if it is the same as the French system you can use it for travel within the EU and it can fit into your wallet, which is quite nice. Don't know what all the fuss is about really? Being put onto a government database? You're probably already on one. Waste of money? It's a proposal with quite a few benefits and so it isn't that much of a waste, no more so than most things other than health, education and the few basic fundamentals. Infringes upon your personal liberties? Not really unless you are going to do something stupid.

Those aren't good odds at all. If you consider the number of times he's tried and has yet to do it in any competition for us I wouldn't be tempted into that bet until the odds reached around 100/1.

I'm sure more people will have bought there ticket on matchday and also will in the few days building up. Perhaps the result on Saturday will help sales as well.

Xbox man myself so I know my money is going towards an xbox 360. Only problems I have with getting one now is the reported problems they are having and the fact that microsoft seem to intend on bringing out lots of improvements to the current model in a year or so.

Not a chance. In Tugay and Friedel he not only found players who do a great job for us but who would of, in their day, made basically every Premiership team. Dickov is effective, glad to have him, but despite the good work he's doing I think we would all like to get someone better in. He's turned out to be a good signing, but not in the same class as Neill, Tugay, Friedel or a few others.

According to an interview I was with Hughes this morning, though obviously it will have been done yesterday, he has not left yet and a decision will not be made until after the board meeting on tuesday.

I think that's about the second time in a month you've corrected someone's spelling Flopsy...how things change!

I'd love to think we could do this, but I just don't think we will. I have this bad feeling it's not even going to be that close and a defeat in both legs by a goal or two. I really hope it isn't like that though.

Well the good old preston supporter at the bbc has predicted a 1-1 draw...how surprising.

Souness was the right man for the job up until that summer. After the 6th place finish things went downhill and would have never turned back, but I don't think there was a better man for the job up until that point. Now that I no longer feel angry at him leaving and how he left the club I don't have any hatred towards him and actually think of him being a good manager. Despite everything that went wrong he never undid all of the good things he had accomplished. It's credit to Souness that we thought the club had fallen away when we were languishing in the bottom half, when he took over we were in that same position but a division lower, we could never have dreamt of trips to Cardiff and two seasons back in Europe.

I don't think you'd need to be drinking to think that's a remote. It might just be too weird for me not having the controller in both hands. It's good to change but that might be a bit too drastic, I'll have to try it out.

Alright...apologies for taking the post off topic.

I don't like the look of that controller...reminds me too much of being on a plane.

You can get them here in France, though I'm waiting a bit before I get mine. Core System you can walk in and pick up, Premium has a 2-4 week wait.

We've played all the big teams away from home apart from Spurs and that will mean our second half attendances should be a little bit better. Also should consider the fact that we've only had one league game while we've been in the top half, that was tonight after a packed christmas period against a pretty uninteresting opposition who only brought 400 fans themselves so 19,482 of our own lot isn't too bad. Consider the other day at Wigan, around 20,000 and 5,200 of those were so Wigan only had 15,000 there. I'd expect that with better games to look forward to in the second half of the season and with things on the up and a very positive feel around the place then we could see that average make it up to 22,000-23,000. Who knows, maybe it could even get higher, not really sure.

Well you won't see me at Ewood anytime soon!

Totally agree philipl. Use a bit of common sense here, not only is it ignorant but it also damages the club, not only the reputation. As has been stated several times there is a large asian population in the Blackburn area. It is because of this that if we are looking to increase crowd sizes then we should be looking to bring some of that into Ewood and convert them to Blackburn supporters. Now I don't know about you but I don't think we'll see that happen while some sections of our supporters sing about "paki bashing", no more so then you or I would go to a game if we were surrounded by a bunch of asians, arabs, africans (whichever group you choose) who were singing about slaughtering the whites or whatever.

Don't agree with you there Jim. We sat back too much in the second half but they still only created two good chances. We dominated the first half and then in the second Savage and Emerton both should have scored after being set-up by Bellamy.