I just think Hughes is being very clever in this. Good attacking midfielders are hard to find, especially English ones.

Put a bet on at the start of the season for McCarthy for finsh in the top 4 Prem League goalscorers. Will rake in £500 if it comes off!!

I just think the Dunn transfer is very clever for the following reasons: Getting him cheap & pay per pay - so unlikely to lose out financially No doubting his ability - any Birmingham fan will tell you he is the best midfielder in the Championship when he has played Can play anywhere in midfield Could attract some fans back for home matches Can create something out of nothing - useful when games are tight. Good option off the bench if no starting place for him Only negative is his injuries but that is something we are obviously aware of.

Well said. Some people are really acting like babies on this. His celebration shows he cares.

I think Hughes realised we had half our side out and we missing our key attacking players.

Lucas Neill has given us some great years of service. He has played poor in a few games but what is booing him going to acheive. Overally, he has been playing well this season and he has moved all along our back 4. I think he has handled himself well in all of this. Some players would have spat their dummy out being refused a move to Liverpool. His reaction last night showed to me that he probably could not understand why he was booed. He wants a new challenge, so what? It is not as if he has just been here for a few months or a season. The minority should leave him alone, as ultimately it will not change anything or more importantly it will not help the team.

Thanks a lot for that info!

Coming from Clapham Junction but thinking of going from Paddington.

Does anyone know the best train to get from London? Looks like departing from Paddington, from what I have seen so far....

Thing is, they have all had 3 long-term, serious injuries. Surely they will not be upto Premiership speed, match fitness until end of Feb/March time.

Damien Johnson can shut his mouth. He is an average player who plays for a Championship club, a club which is run by a bunch of idiots.

Yeah USABlue, we have (as a club) improved from last season.

Just woke up and whilst I made the point whilst intoxicated, there is no doubt with the transfer window approaching that Hughes is making a point to the board here. 'But you just have to work hard with what you have got, and that improves you as a manager and a coach.' What about improving our club??

Hughes today - frustration boiling over and making a personal point. His comments below are making a valid point and maybe a business comment. Players we want cost "a bit too much" Clubs like Blackburn will be left behind. This is just as much as backing as a big signing, we must do it. Crucial time or we kick Premierhsip and Sparky goodbye, Jack would know all about it and I am pretty sure his family will realise the club is onto a good thing. ps- I am pis*sed but this could be the defining moment for BRFC.

I slept in for work (taken a sick day) this morning as well..... Just to cap off a truly awful game.

How much longer will Hughes accept Nonda & Mcarthey giving the ball away every single time!! Just wait till we face good opposition and then we will get wasted! We played one of the poorestr teams in the Premiership and we still lost! Key was we still lost those second balls and if we keep losing them we will find ourselves in the bottom half!!

We were lucky to make the match for the kick off. As other people have said, we though there were special trains so we were probably more casual going to the match with regards to leaving Amsterdam. When asking folk in the station they had no clue about these special trains.... Atmosphere was awesome at the match. As for Amsterdam, I was not very impressed. It seemed a bit of a dump and it attracts the scum of society.

JamieUK - I wish I could say the same. When I find out he is starting matches, it does not give me much confidence. He really makes me worry at centre-half, not as bad in centre midfield. Problem is that he does not seem to have a football brain. However, Hughes etc see him every day in training and they must see him as an important member of the squad - so that will do for me.

The reason why we have been perfoming better in Europe is because the team we have been putting out consists of flair players. Prior to this season our first choice eleven has always had a bit of pace, power, energy, grit and tougness in it - players such as Dickov, Bellamy, Reid, Nelsen, Todd and Nelsen. These players are all tough, powerful and all have energy. These ingredients have been missing from our team for many games this season. We have many flair players whose style of game are best suited for the European stage - Bentley, Tugay, Pedersen, Nonda, McCarthy, Oiijer and Zurab. All these players are technically good but when the going gets tough we maybe are lacking (as a team) on being powerful and energetic as we need to be in the Premiership.

I thought Pedersen had one of his better games of late. We saw him take a few players on today and he got past his man a couple of times. Gray was good and it was maybe because he has got his match sharpness back.

There is a place called Escape I think which has beds in it I think.

I think we could win it today. BRFC 2 Spurs 0

We are the famous Blackburn Rovers and we're off to Amsterdam/Rotterdam!! Can't wait! Anyone in the Dam on the Wednesday afternoon.... keen for a meeting bar/place??

Great, we play them away in a few weeks.... what's the bets that we will be on the receiving end of the new manager's upsurge for Charlton.

I found Sir Alex's post-match interview quite interesting yesterday. Almost his in his first line was 'we cannot forget they were missing Reid and Nelsen'.