if there are still people queing at 5 they are hardly going to say "sorry we are closed" and put down the shutters!!! then again!!!!

4-0 Rovers att: 28,346

no problem shillito15 but i think imo people don't like to get excited and get their hopes raised anymore because when it all goes wrong its such a dissapointment and you feel guted!!!! if you expect to lose and you do the blow is easier to take and then if you expect to lose and then you win the feeling is immense!!!! happy days n all. yeah the entire game tomorrow can be decided by a chance, a goal and referees decision etc but thats just football and why i and all of us love the game. the bottom line is we scored more goals than the scum last time and won!!!! i know fergy has a semi final record but maybe the luck is starting to turn, this season has not been one of his better ones and im hoping the cracks continue. i think we have a much better chance of winning this tie than people realise but at the end of it, its just my opinion

i don't understand why some folk are being so down hearted about this game!!!! i know people have the right to their opinion but we are on a great run at the moment and are looking well good. bellamy is almost hitting top gear and our teams performances have been well good recently have deffered the bully boys tag slightly an immense atmo on wed and hughsey preparing the team for a chance to go to a cup final again, i can't see us losing. Manky's defence is weak, for all those who were with me at o.t. ont he 24/09/05 would of seen wot a pasting their defence had, couldn't handle us, we had threats everywhere and we should of been 4-0 up at half time. we aint lost to them for a while now, maybe we are their bogey team they won't be fancying the trip to ewood, we have to make our home advantage count!!!! even if we don't win tomorrow, i will still be keeping the faith for the 2nd leg

do rovers still do the school trips? obviously this will be a money spinning loss but the attendences will rise and thats what they want. i remember in the 90's they done quite a few, 10 schools of 100 kids and thats 1000 more faces. because its a school trip, there will be a huge disscount for them, but if rovers play well and the kids haven't experienced the magical feeling of watching your local club and the atmo, word of mouth spreads and they will keep coming back.

he lost the captains arm band due to the manager asking the players to vote on who they wanted to be captain, not a happy axe!!!!

we got the hammers away!!!! another tie that caught my eye would be millwall v chelsea, only if millwall can get past everton first in the replay

if the game wasn't on tv, we would of sold this one out!!!! 1st leg semi against manky at home, its guna be immense!!!! anyone have the lastest fugures of ticket sales?

bellamy needed 90mins!! well good performance by peter with 3 assists!!! was a cruise, good job by the lads but everyone just wanted the victory and can now prepare for manky, we are looking good rite now!!!!

cant wait for this one now, the atmo is is going to be banging and im well up for it!!!! gray will be back at lb tugs and sav in the middle bentley on the right bellamy and dickov with kuqi comming on after 64mins feel for riedy being left out (if he is of course) as his last few games for us he has been immense!!!! peter hopefully will make the bench which he well deserves after saturdays performance!!!!

if hughes plays our 2nd string team to rest a few players for the big one on wed's we could line up like this: enks neil zurab matteo gresko emerton thompson flitty peter jansen bellamy jansen may have packed his bags already though bellamy has been sub the last few games so he may start peter could be given a chance thompson, flitty, enks and gresko have hardly had a game this season. if we play our strongest side they will be done in for wed's after seing how tired they were 2nd hald vs pompy they need a break. on paper this looks a good side, i doubt this will be the 11 who start on saturday though

depending on the score line after the first leg!!!! hopefully we will be there in our drones singing easy easy easy

awsome preview bob mate, well good fairplay!!!! who's cares what side manky put out, lets give them a pasting at ecstasy park and party on at the theatre of nightmares celebrating our return to cardiff!!

if he played vs Q.P.R and then left, he would be cup tied for the club he has signed for as long as they are in the next round eh???? so i doubt he'd want to play if that is the situation.

well said mate, imo if he did't have the accident he could have been an england regular. in his hay day he was immense. happy days

anyone think jansen may play?

if jansen goes then he will come back to haunt us i know it!! hope he plays against QPR!! we might have a sell out for a send off if it happens !!!!

i likes the sound of that, happy days

it would be one hell of a convoy!!

probable team then friedel zurab todd nelson gray emerton savage tugay m.g.p kuqi bentley/jansen still loads of options for us. instead of zurab at right back we can put emerton or reid. in midfield bentley, thomo, reid or emerton can fill in on the right side. if bellamy is unfit bentley or jansen can come in to partner kuqi who played excellent on wednesday, really got stuck in fairplay. thats a guy who wants to play!! kuqi monster!!!

now theres a surprise, lawro predicts a 2-1 defeat on boxing day for us

yeah they will be even worse we will hopefully take our chances this time and if we do it will be a pasting!!

from the 7 pages ive read ont his topic i agree on:- 1.the draw was a fix, they will do anything to keep ars and man urinal apart. and the best reason it was a fix was because a few fans mums said so!! shame on that tho because us against wigan and the other 2 against each other over 2 legs would be well good games!! 2. tickets should be allocated st, ts and then open sale. thats fair. 3. manky over 2 legs will be a close game, with us at ewood first, it would be good to go to the theatre of merchandise with a lead but if we don't its not the end of the world as we know we can beat then at their place too. 4. 8 games in 34 days, thats alot, the sqaud is going to be tested to the max. 5. the most important point, KEEP THE FAITH!!!! we will make cardiff and take the cup home

i remember that mate, i was there, was well bad what happened to you. knew we would beat boro lastnight, had that feeling in me bones we would do it!! can't wait for the semis against manky!! happy days!!!

must be lawro on the bbc giving ###### squad news! after seing wot they do with blackburn on m.o.t.d. i should of known the info was fake!! do they do any reaserch there? i appologise for my post, my mistake well chuffed to see jansen there!! happy days!!