Welcome back Dunny! Just seen a picture of him on SSN training for Brum not so long ago - looked really tubby.

Great deal, as long as he stays fit.

The Mirror and Daily Telegraph report him as 'doubtful'.

I had a go at todays Guardian Christmas special - 3 out of 10

5 (stocking half full)

IT'S OVER!

YES!! Bentley!!!!!!

YES!

Porstmouth are 2 up at Arsenal

Ooijer has been one of our most consistent performer since about October time.

Im sure McCarthy doesn't properly understand the offside rule.

Scrappy 1-0 to Rovers. 11 500

1-1 Not too confident, however.

Agreed. But it is beyond me how a player who wants to leave the club is captain. I caught Neill just jogging back many times yesterday, he just isnt interested.

Did anyone else notice that we may have had a penalty for a handball with 2 minutes to go? They didn't show it on MOTD.

I was very impressed with him today. Hopefully he can make more appearances from now on.

We need to show the fight and determination we showed in the second half for a whole 90 minutes. This is Hughes' biggest test in management so far, lets see if he ever responds. We need to get back to basics (concentrating on the oppostion having no time on the ball).

1-0

I'd rather progress to the latter stages of Uefa and finish about 11th in the league. But, hey, look on the bright side, we are only 1 place lower than we were at this stage last season.

I'd love to know how somebody like him ended up at one of Europe's biggestclubs?!

It's wake up time...we have a pair of complete lightweights up front with nothing to replace them. I know Hughes is supporting them publicly, but i am certain that when he sees their pitiful efforts he must be fuming. Every time i hear the blackburn end singing mccarthy's name when he's performed another poncy flick it drives me mad. i wonder how many filcks Hughes did in his career......he just got on with the job of making the defenders life hell, and doing what he was paid for.

5 out of 10 on today's. Steady.

the real test for our 2 star strikers will be to put in a performance when the opposition actually turn up. i've yet to see them give a hrad time to a defence of any quality. when i see that for several games i'll be convinced. pulling off a few fancy flicks against feeble opposition when you coasting at home doesn't convince me...lets see them do it when we're a goal down against a quality defence.

Ill go for a scrappy 1-0 to Rovers. Good preview Eddie.

Everton away was one of the ties I didnt want. Bring 'em back to Ewood and we'll be fine though.