can't really odds what rover the hill has had to say. rovermatt as usual sticking the boot in in his one-eyed way. why is it always so bitter when we go out on pens?!

Get some of those inflatable boxing gloves and make it safe ... Ronaldo ... let's give him a shoeing, me first Lampard ... knackered after long season, Sven was too loyal, should've put Carrick in instead Gerrard ... not bad, but should've played up front with Rooney Owen ... just goes to show how waft modern boots are (see Rooney 2002) Hargreaves ... I take it all back, what pills was he popping? Ferdinand ... cometh the hour, wobble the lip ... definitely eating my words here too In short, lions lead by donkeys. It's painful to write off a future managerial rein as hopeless, but clearly this is the case. The court jester is dead, long live the court jester.

Agree agree agree with Mr Sid. Especially about Dr Who, far more entertaining than lumbering CyberKnobs on the pitch.

A decent team could easily give the Argies a run for their money. I wouldn't agree about them playing at 70% as they would've stepped up and won it in before extra-time otherwise. Of course England look far from a decent team at the moment, so Argentina would probably pummel us. What does Sven do at half-time???

Anyone see a pic of Sweden's second goal? It seems Crouchy responded to it meeting Allback's head by doing the funky gibbon.

Sorry but I just can't see it. McLaren a) is hopeless and b.) is Sven Junior. Hopefully he won't last long. Oh ... and I remember john Fashanu playing for England once!

Better than bare-backed sheep riding though, eh Bob. Although I suppose if it keeps would-be boy-racers out of trouble, can't be bad. If you got hit by a 40 mph daffodil coming out of Cherry Tree Drive you'd probably live to tell the tale, isn't it?

daffodil racing? Hmmmm ... sounds intriguing, tell me more.

The pay-off from teh Newcastle job alone would set him up for life.

Bloody hell. Has Reid still not signed a new contract? I say bloody hell more for the fact that someone could command such a fee. I mean, anyone. It's so ingrained in people's thoughts that players go for millions that they don't stop to think. Reid is a player I like , but he's not Maradona. For someone to bid 6 mill for him is grotesque, think how much good could be done with that money .... but football is obviously more important.

Hmmm, I'm obviously not too clever with the "Ignore User" facility. Jan, whether you're right or wrong, I just find the whole thing so tiresome. Whenever his name is mentioned you're on the scene like a ferret up a trouser-leg. Slagging off his efforts, and deriding those who disagree with you, frequently insulting their intelligence. It's the same old tiresome **** again and again and again. I've just had enough of it, so I'll have another go at using the "Ignore" facility. Ta. EDIT: Hmmm ... well you're on my ignore list, but obviously I just can't get rid of you. Nightmare.

Same old tiresome toss droppings from Jan. The "ignore user" facility just came in handy again.

I have an old Rovers shirt you can have (in good nick), but won't be able to send off until next weekend. Just PM me the address - ta.

All time classic of all time! Not 'alf mate!

Looks like everyone desperately wants to say "thanks for the effort but you were cr*p." but doesn't want to say it without dressing it up a bit.

Cheers Paul, thanks for all your hard work and all the best. A player with a fantastic, never-say-die attitude.

Immediately brought to mind Brian Kidd at his lowest ebb. Terrible days. Maybe we won't see Birmingham back in the top flights for a long time.

You could put a red rossette on a chimp and the people of Blackburn would vote him into office. John Prescott is a disgrace to public office. But no-one raises an eyebrow because it's par for the course. Westminster is just far too comfy and teh whole damn thing needs shaking up. The rot starts at the top with a Prime Minister who has only a passing regard for teh purpose of Parliament. I would say that the sooner he goes the better, but as Gorgeous George says, Tony and Gordon are two cheeks of the same bum.

Makes me laugh! If you don't want to know the sordid details of this story do not click this link, which is entitled, 'Simon Hughes bugg...'. Hysterical. ... and what's the big story, "Politician turns out to be free-loading hypocrite", well, strike me down, what a shocker. We should all be so very surprised, before we go back to vote for a mainstream party in a few years time.

There was talk that Scolari had been threatened by militant gays after his talk of "If there was a woolly in my squad I'd bin him" when Brazil's manager. But that seems ridiculous.

That's a dislocation. I think "break" and "fracture" can be used interchangably. An open (green?) fracture is when the bone pokes out of the skin. I just hope Rooney's a quick healer. I'd put him in the squad anyways. And I'd certainly be taking Defoe now.

Contradiction in terms methinks. He's managed to complete two games in two years - that is farcical. For all his skill, he can't win games from the treatment room. He's one or two breakdowns from retiring I'd have thought.

It's those stupid fricking fairy boots these gaylords flounce about in. They need to start playing in hob-nailed boots again.

Who puts them on the pitch? Who organises them? Who makes tactical substitutions? Who is the first to get the chop if the team doesn't perform? The manager. The success of the team is due, in some substantial part to the manager. If Sven Goran Dikineverybirdsen wins the World Cup with England it will be 80% England's World Cup and 20% Sweden's. I don't want some geezer taking charge of the team because it's just another job. It's got to be someone English who understands what it means to the country, who wants to do well in the job, because more than anything he is a fan of his own country. I don't actually think the job's that difficult. Not tactically. The club managers instill tactical sense in the players. International managers don't have the players that long to start messing about in that sense. Pick your best 11, get them in the right positions then get them to go and play. We don't need a foreigner on a massive salary to do that for us. I think foreign managers are over-rated and we should show more belief in those we have, it might open the flood-gates for English managers to get the top jobs. having said that, please not Curbishley, i just can't see him doing a good job.

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