Illness aparently Phil.

Whey!!! 3 more points...just a shame all of our rivals won.

Comon!!! Its about time we played well with ten men whilst others struggle against us with ten men...if you get me! comon blues don't let this ref mug us out of 3 points!

Jeff Stelling saying that Bellers is dropped?!...Must've meant Bentley.

I think Spurs have first option on Mido...but you never know we could try and get in there!He'd be awesome with Bellamy.

Not a great fan of this update at all. I agree with the wondergoals issue, and aswell as this I have around 10 players out with 3 month + injuries!! And wait for it, Holland beat Andoraa 18-0, with Van Nistelrooy getting a measly 14 goals...yep that's just the 14.

Mario would be an awesome signing on a free. He looks the only Brum player bar Upson who looks up for the scrap. Perhaps Rovers are bracing themselves for a bid for Lucas, or perhaps, mario right back, Lucas in the centre?

I know its a small media minority who aren't giving Rovers credit after a tremendous performance yesterday, but it blimmin winds me up. Take MOTD2 (Or London clubs 2+United). "The game hinged on 3 big hand ball decisions said the presenter", the two Nelsen hand balls and the Keane hand ball (which im shocked they showed)....guys aren't you missing one? THE HAND BALL BY STALTERI THAT COULD HAVE GOT US BACK TO 3-3!!! All the boys in the sky studio said it was a blatant penalty and that Nelsen's wasn't, so why couldn't they at least show it. Then onto the sun newspaper today: "Rovers' long punts up field looked to be winding Martin Jol up". The same Jol who called us a 'marvellous team' live on sky? It also said that our robust performance had Jol shaking his head. Where do these guys get off? Not one of our players in that paper had an 8, where as Dawson did?! For the neutral who only reads and listens to this garbage it looks as if we were lucky to get away with only a 1 goal difference. As I said I know it's only a small minority of the media, but still an absoloute joke after yesterday's game where we controlled the media darling's and England's elect 11 for 80 minutes.

Emerton was certainly alot more direct with his play today.

Very good point Den. I think it'l be Arsenal if anyone who gets 4th.

Gray wasn't as bad as some are making out, but a new left back in the summer should be on the shopping list. Absoloutely gutted though, I have so many spuds fans as mates and know they'll try to make out they deserved to win. Rovers mullered them for nigh on 80 mins (Albeit without making too many clear cut chances) and deserved to thrash them. I always thought that spurs were overated and Rovers proved how ordinary they are. One other worrying thing....at least five of them players will be in the England sqaud come this summer!

I thought Bentley's been wicked so far. Pongolle apart from his goal has been pretty woeful. Hopefuly Dickov will get a run later. Comon Blues don't let the ref win this one!

May've been posted, but teamtalk now confirming that Hughes has said that gamst will be out for a minimum of two weeks.

In seasons past he may not have (except ewood 2-0 maybe), when they've had the likes of Vieira winning every midfield battle. This season they've been appaling away from home. They won't like coming to places like Ewood Park. It should be Savage/Reid/Tugay licking their lips for this game.

Tugay looked class from the extended highlights I saw on sky. That pass for Reid was world class. Thought that Arca looked pretty good for Sunderland, if he could keep discilpined at left back then he could be a replacement for Gray.

Maybe football manager is right then

I also looked at them figures with some discomfort Exiled Rover. Surely they aren't accurate? Mokoena and Nelsen (the latter would deserve it though) on 25k a week, Sav 48k, Bellers 50k. flitcroft always used to be in the early 20's as did Freidel.

I know weve been very fortunate with keepers, Flowers, Friedel, Filan etc, but you cant help but think what a shocker our management hjad when they let Shay go. Surely they could see how good he was?!

How can we not create 1 decent chance against ten men!? as others have said que a stead goal on weds.

wow, I really didnt see that coming?!

Everton never ever let a 1-0 lead slip....so I'll stick my neck out and say that they'll hold it.

Thing is Joey pound for pound I bet that Bret is one of our fastest players. The damn bloke just never blimmin shows it!!

It amazes me how fickle we all are with regards to Tugay. I admit...I'm one of these people myself. One week he's strolling into our "legends" category, the next week he's a "liability" who shouldn't get a new deal!!! For me lets remember the good times if he does go in the summer.

Think the two worst things about todays performance by all accounts is our bad defending, again, and our inability to create one proper chance against a relegation threatened club.

What the hell is going on with our defence at the moment? Apart from Nelsen and Neil were shipping goals left right and centre. Hopefuly we'll get Tugay and Kuqi off. That lads inability at this level is really causing concern, apparently even Savage made a negative/funny comment about him to the media the other day as well.