Dixon, Le Saux, errmmm

How true. Even Scummings in tonights LET doesn't mention the game. There was lot of bluster a week ago. Now nothing. Even that ex-con Payton has finally shut up.

This weekend I have been mostly listening to; Grandaddy - "The Sophtware Slump" PJ Harvey - "Stories from the Cities, Stories from the Sea" and a bit of Buffalo Tom thrown in for good measure.

True we need a bigger ground Just watch, by Wednesday morning we will be being told that there were 25,000 Dingles in the place!

Really? I thought the away support at the JJB was always situated down the side. Having said that, this is getting pretty boring. Even Roverites are on here talking about attendances. Who the hell cares? As for you Longsider. Forget making the tea. Time to get back to bed. I suspect your sister must be getting cold.

I suspect that is because The 500 club usually meet in The Lounge at The Darwen End. Obviously on Tuesday that will be out of the question so they get use of Blues Bar. Then again I might be wrong. Just guessing.

It would appear that the guy who confronted Savage and co is a known 42 year old hooligan from Nelson. He is already banned from every ground in the country. So one of the largest security operations in Lancashire not only let a known hoolie into the ground, but on to the pitch as well!

I take it you live on Belverdere Road.

I haven't got a link but there is a good article by Simon Hughes in this mornings Daily Telegraph. Sums things up rather well apart from another reference to "Tiny Moor". When did we ever call it that?

New home kit blue and white halves but thankfully back to white shorts. Away kit, black body, silver sleeves. Trust me!

I have stayed out of this ridiculous argument over attendance figures until this load of hokum. Burnley returned 300 tickets to Ewood unsold. And that's a FACT. There were no Burnley fans at Ewood that day in anywhere but the Darwen End Live with it.

What a load of toss. Olly Holt used to write for The Times, now he writes for that quality highbrow red top The Mirror. Says it all.

After last monday we are bound to get Bolton. Always providing they get past Oldham of course.

There lies the key. We might not like what Ferguson has done but if he pulls on the shirt we should support him. Call me naive, but I like to think if he is selected to play he will be professional enough to earn his wage. If he doesn't then boo him all you like.

Well done Radaghast. Vedder got his hair cut a while ago. Its good to know that amongst the bilge you obviously listen to you still keep an interest in decent bands.

A couple of quotes from a very good article by Joe Lovejoy; On Barry Ferguson “Clubs covet good players at other clubs. It happens all the time. We made our bid and it was ultimately accepted. The situation with Barry is not the same. The bid Rangers have made is unrealistic. They’ve offered £3m for a guy who cost us £6.5m. We won’t be doing business for that money.” And quite damningly on the previous regime “How well I’m doing is for other people to judge, but in the time I’ve been here, I think I’ve turned it around, not only in terms of results but in the way the players train and prepare. The players now have more information about who they are playing against, and because of that they’re not going into games blind any more. They know exactly what they’ve got to do. Given all that, I expect better performances and results.” "Not going into games blind anymore!" Blimey! What were Souness, Saunders, et al up to?

I wonder if Robbie said to the Birmingham board; "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow." To which Gold probably replied "O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!" Meanwhile at Ewood John Williams could be thinking "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

If we have "tapped up" Savage then we deserve all the stick we are getting. However, the thing that really sticks in my throat is the slagging we are getting from Bruce and the directors of Birmingham City. Is this the same Birmingham City that "encouraged" Steve Bruce to walk out on his previous job while still under contract? The same Steve Bruce who is now preaching about honouring contracts who had to go on gardening leave before taking up his present position whilst compensation was agreed? What right have they to take the moral high ground? Kettles and pots.....

It's £19 for season ticket holders. Madness!

One of the rumours doing the rounds this morning is that Birmingham are lining up Joey Barton from Man City as a possible replacement for Savage.

Sky sports this morning timed every injury and substitution in the 2nd half and worked out that it came to 8 min and 2 seconds! Where on earth did they only get 3 minutes from?

There is no Thwaites bitter at Lords Eddie. Its all Pimms and smoked salmon buffets. Don't forget your egg and bacon tie.

You lucky so and so. I have been to the Friday of test matches at OT and Headingley over the last few years and it is always a great day. The Western Terrace at Headingley is one hell of an experience. But I won't wear my Rovers shirt next time I go. Old Trafford really needs money spending on it as the facilities are now quite poor. Still, playing the Aussies is an event not to be missed. Enjoy!

Very dissapointing. We didn't lack effort but couldn't create hardly one goal scoring opportunity. Another thing today confirmed, Spurs are NOT a big club and are totally and utterly boring. Once they went a goal up they had no other objective than to defend, defend, defend. Oh and step forward Andy Todd. MOM.

Lost in the league to Bolton, Fulham and now Man U and Chelsea in the Cup. Happy days on Tyneside!