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joey_big_nose World Cup

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It's a pretty shocking state of affairs when 4 teams reserves are better than 70% of the other sides first Xis in the league. It is this more than any other thing which has ruined English Football.

If you go back even just ten years this would never have been remotely the case. It is outrageous and makes a complete mockery of the idea of competition.

If we signed any of the players from the Chelsea v Bolton team they would be our standout player. Same goes for Wigan, Bolton, Hull etc. Something needs to be done about it, it is a complete joke.

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It's a pretty shocking state of affairs when 4 teams reserves are better than 70% of the other sides first Xis in the league. It is this more than any other thing which has ruined English Football.

If you go back even just ten years this would never have been remotely the case. It is outrageous and makes a complete mockery of the idea of competition.

If we signed any of the players from the Chelsea v Bolton team they would be our standout player. Same goes for Wigan, Bolton, Hull etc. Something needs to be done about it, it is a complete joke.

Thing is Joey, we've already been there and done that. It's just that our benefactor has now sadly past away. Although he was a true Rovers fan he wouldn't have been able to throw money about like this lot do. Look at Whelan at Wigan, a multi millionaire who can't compete.

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It's just that our benefactor has now sadly past away. Although he was a true Rovers fan he wouldn't have been able to throw money about like this lot do. Look at Whelan at Wigan, a multi millionaire who can't compete.

If Jack was still here....his family would be FAR more wealthy in todays market, he was a very clever business man...we would still be up their competing, no doubt about it! Just a shame his Family isnt as clever or as kind!

As for the game - If Chelsea rest Terry, Lampard, Anelka & Drogba then I believe we have an excellent chance. Iv just got a mad feeling we can do it...and then for some reason we will get Villa in the Semi's.

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Thing is Joey, we've already been there and done that. It's just that our benefactor has now sadly past away. Although he was a true Rovers fan he wouldn't have been able to throw money about like this lot do. Look at Whelan at Wigan, a multi millionaire who can't compete.

Don't be daft, player for player we were not that much better than the rest in the Prem in 95, apart from the imperious Shearer and Sutton. Dalglish got the team to work well together brilliantly. Quite a few of our key players like Ripley, Sherwood, Wilcox etc, never even really got in the England team!

If we had picked XI second string players and packed them off to an away tie at a midtable side, say Sheffield Wednesday, we would not expect to win easily. Far far from it. The embarassment of riches at the big four and increasingly Man City is a modern phenomenon which is murdering any notion of a level playing field.

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Question is, if you could take a win tonight, or a win on Saturday, which would you go for?

Tonight 100%.

I think we're destined for some sort of mid-table obscurity this season (somewhere between 9th-14th), a two legged cup semi-final would really spice up our season.

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Thing is Joey, we've already been there and done that. It's just that our benefactor has now sadly past away. Although he was a true Rovers fan he wouldn't have been able to throw money about like this lot do. Look at Whelan at Wigan, a multi millionaire who can't compete.

I wasn't aware we bought top established international stars and filled our entire squad with multi-million pound talent...

Compare us more to Aston Villa and Spurs these last couple of seasons, not Chelski and Man City.

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A Win tonight puts in the semis, with United, Villa and probably Arsenal to beat over two legs just to get to the final?

Yeah oz, but it would lift the mood.

I just hope we go for it tonight, and whatever happens, don't feel tomorrow morning like we've been let down.

Nothing to lose - everything to gain!!!!! rover.gif

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tris if i could i would...didnt get out of course until 5.15 tho. gutted.

Where's your commitment? Train from East Croydon to Gatwick, hop on a shuttle, hire a car at Manchester - sorted! No doubt there are a few Chelsea fans doing something similar - you might even have blagged a lift from Manchester!

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Exactly, there is nothing to lose tonight, may as well get beat 5-0 to 2-0, we should just go for it and see what happens.

Will be severely disappointed if we don't go out to win it as a gameplan of sitting back and hoping to nick one on a set piece is suicide against teams like this.

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