What a ferkin sorry state of affairs. It really is I am ashmed of my own homeland. Because ONE or TWO, yes one or two individuals in a crowd of over 20,000 make some noises? no, because of the "racism" thing? no. I'll tell you why because the fact ONE or TWO people can do that and it takes up 15 pages on here, it covers all the newpapers, it has totally out performed what I thought was a most enjoyable game. The will always be morons, of ALL SKIN COLOURS. I can't beleive it is even an issue I really can't. A bloody drunk(I'm assuming) makes a noise like a monkey and posts with KKK come up, you IDIOTS you really are bloody stupid IDIOTS. How many of you know what the Klan is about, let me tell you it goes far beyond monkey noises. Please if you are going to throw names around know what you are talking about. You know if I had a nickle for every black guy that has racially insulted me I would be bankrolling our club. It is so insignificant in the big scheme of life, it's such a total waste of energy. Every week our fans sing Burnley fan's peel bananas with their feet, is that OK? Sounds sort of racist to me.

Funnily enough, I'd swap those markings. Toogs pass out right for Jansen's goal was sublime. Whereas Bert was about 30% (and I've measured this scientifically, with a ruler) "on top of his game." When he is on form, defenders are soiling their pants. Today there was no need for the placcy bag in the Brum dressing room, that's for sure. One pass gets you an 8? Toogs is finished in my opinion. A fancy pass here and there means nowt when the opposition is walking right through him. Emerton did OK today diassapered for a bit but was instrumental in keeping us moving forward many times.

Are you being serious or just trying to back up some prior claims you have made. I don't see how he cost us two goals today. If you are talking about the fluffed clearance in mid air because he was the only Rovers player who seemed to know what was going on then you are really streching it. Jay McKevley is responsible for one of the goals in my mind, he got completely lost on Melchiots run. Embarrassed is most like. Could every one including the nice Norwegians that come on here please get of the bloody MGP thing I am sick to the bloody back teeth of hearing about him. When Hughes deems him ready he will play. You would persevere with the defensive partnership that went missing for almost the whole of the first half?? Sad truth of the matter is, you may be right.

A cheeky little back heel too. Dunny was respectful I thought, for those who watched on TV did anyone catch the shot where he sort of rolled his eyes after scoring. I thought that was a sort of a I wanted to score but Iam sorry I did. Well done to Dunny.

It's a bit heated here, Brownie I respect your opinion but here is mine. Dwight Yorke took our club and it's fans for a ride. More often than not when ever he stepped on the field he was taking the ######. He was lazy and really did not give a toss. Oh yes he banged in a few goals but whos to say young Stead would not have if he'd been in Yorkes shoes at the time. For the most part both him and Cole leeched off our club, making decent paydays from past glories. Luckily for us they were better when seperated on the pitch because the times when they played together they were abysmal and a disgrace to the shirt.

I've never doubted gally, he really can be a huge influence on a game. Mostly when coming off the bench, our super sub. If Bothroyd comes back and does well as he has suggested he can, Stead picks up, Jansen continues to improve (albeit a little bit) Hughes could have a bit of a selection problem on his hands. Matty still looks off, perhaps his knee I don't know but I will revert back to my original thought, he has lost the instinct. A couple of times today he was one on on out on the left and he really did not seem to know what to do. Matty of old would have skipped by, or at least tried to, the man on him. At least he scored, that has to help his confidence.

Well, this is all very interesting. I watched the game on TV so I can not be accurate but the crowd was coming through quite clearly. Lot's of booing but I did not hear monkey noises. None of the commentators made any mention of it either so if it was there surely it was only a small number. Nothing wrong with the booing given the link between Dwight and our club. Hopefully there was no racist stuff but I don't know for sure, if there was it's too bad. I would have booed him too had I been there given his poor showing for us during his time here. My biggest worry actually was with all that booing I thought for sure the lazy SOB is going to rub it in our face and get the winning goal. Yet again jim shines through, he has hold of something negative toward the club and it must be true, even though there are mixed reports of what actually happened. Good on you jim, jim could you like, just go support Stanley or something?.

Hey! What the hell do I know. Good, no great comeback. One thing I don't understand is how Cunningham was allowed to hold Dickov all afternoon. Thought the ref let the game go quite well. It was one of the more physical games I have seen for a while, he let a lot of contact go. Good game. The only time I think I have seen Dickov NOT follow the shot in was the one time the keeper spilled it. Very happy for Reid, he's taken a lot of stick from this board but he left it all out on the pitch today.

This is horrible, I hate when we score early, we always seem to take our foot of the pedal when we do. We are in serious trouble, chance of turning this game are very very slim, our chances of going down are almost certain.

lets say we got 7.5 mill for him. which classy midfielder would we replace him with? who do you think would come to blackburn now, given the state of the team, club and finances. Certainly no one has good as barry fergusson - that's for sure. The team should be built around him. Sorry don't agree... Everton paid £2 million for Tim Cahill who is playing just as well as Barry Ferguson, if we could get someone of similar quality to Cahill for that price and still have £5 million or so to play around with then we should do it. Even players like Carrick are going for around £4 million. The more I think about it, the more I think I would snap their hands off for £7.5 million. I must admit I have not seen as much of Cahill as you have LeChuck but from what I have seen I can't say he is playing just as well as Fergie. Sure he's knocked in a couple of goals but overall? I defer to your judgement due to the fact you have seen more of him than I but I just doubt it. However, if we are comparisom shopping how about Dafoe at 7 Mill, there's one I might have rather had. I wish there was a way to pick out the old posts cos it seems to me when Cahill was brought up on here just about everyone poo pooed the idea. First Div player, already got reid and Neill, what is Souness getting kick backs, some of the comments I recall. When we were in for Bazza all I remember, with the exception of a few who thought he was too pricey (Rev and Myself for sure), is comments like we should break the bank, top notch player, we must outbid Everton, we have to have him. Funny how things change so quickly.

Philip not really sure what you think my reservations are I tend to agree with teapreacher also, except for the passing ability. No doubt he is good but the best mmm, thats open. I am just saying he does best with a bit more time and space, a luxury he is not often afforded. On the Tim Cahill thing, remember a season and a half ago, Souness was sniffing around Cahill and the sentiment on here was that he was not good enough, how things change huh? Can't wait for tomorrow, it's o the telly over here too. Fulham next week as well.

At his best when the game is ahead of him?? I think I would have to agree with that, if he has space. If the wee fella is allowed some time on the ball with options ahead of him he looks outstanding. Problem is, in the Prem it does not happen much. that is compounded by the fact our forward line does not offer much in the way of movement, SPL it happened a lot, teams playing 'gers would sit back giving Fergie the room he needs, good forward movement, hence Fergie looks like a world beater. He needs a partner or two to take the opposition's eye off him and help stop him being pressured. Next, best passer of the ball in British football?? I don't think I can agree with that sorry. Bazza has an air about him but I think to make it work Sparky has to make him the pivotal man, leaning me toward your case for having him replace Tugay, but, and it is a big but, can we teach our forwards to understand Fergies game and learn to read what he is going to do. Then and only then will Fergie become the "top top player in the prem' that Souness predicted. Just my thoughts, now tear em up.

Will it still be considered stupid if it has the results Hughes is hoping for, better links throughout the club. Success for BRFC, if it comes, both short and long term, should justify this move. Can't really fairly judge it as stupid until we have seen the full impact.

No problem Colin, one of the points I was trying to make is it is not unique to the USA. Course it's rotten, no one likes it.

Um, fair enough you have to run a business and all that but there is a balance. It is, after all, compassion which makes us human. You make a well functioning society sound like a pack of wolves, culling the weak...... I would say a pack of Wolves is as good an example of a well funtioning society as you will get, or was. Until the maruading Europeans almost wiped them off the face of the planet. Bryan, RIF is Reduction In Force, sorry. When I worked in England I worked for an English company. When I started there was 2500 employees when I left 6 years later there was 800. The same tactics in getting to 800 were used as is here and yes it took some time for the individuals to find out. Of course compassion is important, infact it is my belief that compassion comes first it is a Human trait, an instinct if you will it's just that sometime one must learn to overcome that. Yes it's difficult. Now as Colin said, back on topic.

Do you really screw your "friends and colleagues" like that? If so, then with friends like you I suppose they don't need enemies. In the words of Jim Royle "Gut wrenching" my arse."" Colin, GROW UP. When you do, would you like to come work for me heh heh. What would you do Colin, the financial situation demand you have a RIF of 25%. Tell me how would you handle it. Do us all a favour, don't try to tell me what my feelings were you have absolutely no idea, none.

Geee . That's confirmed it - you have turned native .....Already..... Actually BP I beleive the Natives have many languages and dialects, non of which include that word. It came after the English and assorted other Europeans destroyed the natural order of things over here. But that is another story, one we English don't care to take much credit for either.

Fattest yes, but by all accounts (and the fans I see in the crowds) the English are trying their best to catch up. Embracing so many things that are American why do you do that if you hate them so much. Stupidest? ( a good old Americanism that, most stupid I think is the correct English term) hardly, you show your own ignorance by that comment. Why do the English crave things American so much. When I left I had never heard of McDonalds or seen a Baseball cap but in the pictures, only a few years later I returned to find a proliferation of American fast food chains all over and it seems you are all doing a great job of making them a great success. Hell there's even one by Ewood. What can I teach anyone about democracy? just be thankful you have it and the right to openly voice your opinion, as offensive as I find it you have a right to express it. Please tell me your experiences in America that have led you to the misconception that Americans are the "stupidest" people. I would be interested to hear your life experiences of living amongst Americans that led you to arrive at that decision. If you don't wish to bore others with them that's OK just PM me.

Only happened once (by promotion) at a large engineering company in Blackburn. My former colleages were delighted that I had got the job and worked their butts off for me. Since then I have been involved with a series of startup companies and have chosen my own staff. I am confused now, if you inherited them how were they former colleagues? Was there a bitter individual that had been there over thirty years who was demoted to make room for you, as was the case with me, oh and Tony Parkes BTW.

Sounds like you've adapted well to the land of Shwarzenegger and co , USA .....Sad to see the Rovers going the same way What? you don't think that happens in Jolly old England, perleeeese wake up.

What changed is, in my opinion, the board were finally made aware of the division Tony's presence could have on the camp, as a player Hughes would have seen it first hand. A point, had Tony Parkes been fired before Souness arrived would Souness" personal battles gone on with the likes of Dunn and Cole, sneaky feeling I have is that Mr "Blackburn Rovers" was somewhere in the background egging them on. Just a gut feeling. He should have been moved on long ago. What a load of rubbish you talk USA Blue. There is and never has been any suggestion that TP has undermined any manager at Rovers. I have no idea where you get your rediculous assumption from. Incidentally your management philosophy is exactly what gives capitalism its unacceptable face. Employees are people, not some kind of disposable object that can be thrown away when no longer required. Have you ever been sacked? I'm sure it must be devastating. I too have been a manager for most of my working life and am proud of the fact that I never sacked anyone. So do you Al. Not actually sacked Al but made redundant after 91/2 years of service. Firing someone, or laying them off is a difficult thing for management also Al, but you apparently would not know that. Letting people go that have been your friends and colleagues for years is truly gut wrenching, espescially when you know AHEAD OF TIME. You have to keep working with these people and look them in the eye on Monday knowing that come Friday you will be meeting with them to tell them they no longer have an income. I'd say it is actually as difficult, if not more so, as losing your job. Yes I may come across as cold but I am not, more like battle hardened. Al until you yourself have actually done this you can only comment on what you know, which is by your own admission, only one side of the coin. As for the Parkes thing, my points were hypothetical, suggestive and unsubstantiated and I am not in the least surprised by your it never could have happened stance. We all like to feel warm and fuzzy don't we, sadly life is crueler than that. Chances are you would not even consider it ever happened, that might spoil some perception. Time may prove may right or wrong eh Al? Given what you say about capitalism I can only assume you support the opposite, so what do you stand for, communism, socialism, people not working hard, expecting the ones that do to bail them out? really acceptable those options. What is so wrong with taking care of a business, sometimes a few must suffer so the whole can survive, it's not just capitalism Al it's also the way of Mother Nature, think about it. Only the strong survive. Lastly, I have taken over as manager where the old boss was demoted and still there, I was also informed that he would be going nowhere, an untouchable. Obviously still bitter about his demotion, he caused nothing but unrest and dissention. He retired, things got good.

Parkes is fired Rovers get a Penalty, what did Hughes know that we don't.

How many chances did Mr Cole miss.

jim'll be up for that one.

What changed is, in my opinion, the board were finally made aware of the division Tony's presence could have on the camp, as a player Hughes would have seen it first hand. A point, had Tony Parkes been fired before Souness arrived would Souness" personal battles gone on with the likes of Dunn and Cole, sneaky feeling I have is that Mr "Blackburn Rovers" was somewhere in the background egging them on. Just a gut feeling. He should have been moved on long ago.