Undoubtedly bad that I've created this new thread when it's being discussed in the Good / Bad topic. Please lock this and feed me to some lions. Apologies. (BTW - How's about "Djorkaeff? Good / Bad" as a title? Gives a bit of a clue as to what the thread is about)

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Beat me to it Abbey - then more recently, Sam Dingle, and now longsiders1882. Doesn't seem a bad lad/lass really - for one of them. Nah - that can't be right - I'm off out to smash up some shops in Ewood instead.

We had no success in the 80's? OK remind me what outstanding achievements burnley had in the 70's then please? (Other than relegation) Our success in the 80's includes doing the double over your lot, getting to the play offs on three occasions and winning a cup at Wembley. "Your later succes does not grate at all" - BTW if you reckon you'll make the Premier League next season then you really are losing your marbles.

longsiders - your signiture - 'even if you are in a minority of one, the truth is still the truth' - Ghandi. Didn't David Ike say something similar? As for your post. Personally I'm not old enough for the "success" you enjoyed in the 50's, 60's or 70's to "really grate". Maybe it's our success of the 80's, 90's and 00's that really grates with you? Be honest your football club is a bit of a joke in comparison to ours and has been for years. Let me remind you that we've never played in the lowest division and we've certainly never been one game away from leaving The Football League. One or two on here suggested that we should merge with Preston. I'm sure that if we were to take a vote on it that idea would be heavily out voted. You believe what you like though for the purposes of your "arguement".

Those'll be the bright lights of Leeds. "Sophistication? Sophistication?!? I've been to Leeeds!"

A schoolboy error there Manchester Blue. Just because longsiders1882 comes across as being reasonable and fair minded, doesn't mean that as soon as he makes a post on here he's off to his own messageboard to say how "unbelievable" we all are. t'Blah t'Blah t'Blah Good question 92er by the way. Clearly too much for our man from burnley.

Light Instructions Sox - after your trousers fell down have you tried "Mounting Your Light"? Actually, don't answer that - I don't want to know.

Great post Sox - as ever. I took the cycle light instructions to the match. Looks a real winner and I've ordered one. I just need to get a bike now. Cheers Paul (Hope your lad had a good night).

Don't want to repeat what everyone else has said but this really is starting to stand out. Nissa looks like an extra from Barfly at the moment. He went down with cramp in his right leg and then his left leg siezed up as well. How impressive. A lot of our players don't look fit or they looked tired. Maybe this new regime are going straight into it - working them really hard in training - to get them up to the correct fitness levels that other Premier League teams enjoy. My heart bleeds for our players.

That's the Pie Eaters Arms - aka The Hesketh Arms.

Excellent. I expect John Williams is weeing himself with excitement.

Words also fail me. Hughesy - you scare me at times. Have you tried writing to the club with these ideas?

Is that a sneak preview of next years Season Ticket Renewal pack JAL? Tris - if they were to "send Limos round with kebabs" I'd actually consider moving to Chorley.

I can well understand why people haven't renewed season tickets and aren't turning up, and despite all the lists I happen to think that it' because the football has by and large been absolutely bobbins for the past season. When that improves people will start coming back, but it'll take time and some may never come back. It still doesn't make it right. It's about supporting the team through the good times and the bad. If people just want to go and watch good football and be entertained then they'd make Old Trafford a 300,000 seater stadium and they'd play Arsenal every week. That would be interesting. Anyway - Paul, I appreciate that it's short notice but can you post those bike light instructions to me for tomorrow night? Just in case of course.

If you think we can't do better than a bottom half of the Premiership team then you're wrong as well. I'd guess that the "Top of the second tier" starts at 5th - 7th?. It'll take time though - due to the rubbish that the other fella left behind. I take it your over looking the fact that our last manager told Jansen to go find another club? That his time here was over? That basically he would never make it at the highest level? "Souness did better than all of us expected" - did he?. "pretty small town club" - in your eyes maybe - clearly not in Mark Hughes'. I doubt he'd have left Wales to come to a "pretty small town club". "OK the way he left us was a bit sh!tty" - half of me says that I wished he'd stayed - and got the sack. But then the other half knows that it saved us a small fortune. Hughes, and his team, will turn this club around. Sure I'll never forget promotion, nor the Cup win (fantastic days) - but don't go telling me that's our lot. We can do better - we can certainly play better and with more passion and imore deas than the last 12 months have thrown up. (The Cup win and a Euro Qualification go hand in hand BTW - it was unavoidable)

1. Why do you despise him? 2. Why "RoverDrake" if you're from Portsmouth? (i.e. Drake was from Plymouth?)

There comes a time, now and again, when someone sums up so succinctly your thoughts, that there's no point trying to add anything else. Wise words Radagast.

Souness - you're a disgrace. Thanks for the "team" you left behind. Same players - different team. Jansen - 5th choice striker - advised to go find another club - scored the winner (played left wing (how revolutionary - left footed attacker at left attacking midfield) to begin with - then CF) Our defence was better organised by the way. This is the start of something better. It'll take time. Hughesy will have to get the best out of a bad bunch I'm afraid. He'll have a few quid to spend in January, probably not a fortune, just the money saved (from the inevitable sacking that didn't happen) and a few quid saved in wages from Cole and Yorke. G. Souness - the luckiest man in football. I promise not to mention his name ever again on this messageboard. He doesn't deserve it. Hughesy!!

Glad you liked it Sox. I could have re-written that preview three times this week (if I had time, OK it would have been a lot shorter, which is probably a good thing). It's been extremely eventful over the last few days and I totally agree, a wave of optimism is quite rightly evident. I think the vast majority of people are genuinely excited about tomorrow's match - many (including me) for the first time in ages. I'm glad everyone is talking about the game and the new manager and a new start for our club. However, there's also the "Blackburn Hooligan Joke!" thread to read if anyone want's a little light relief from all this Blackburn Rovers stuff.

Hughesy - who is being negative?

Bryan - It depends on how much money Hughes has to spend in January to make this team his own and whether or not he chooses to get rid or try to get rid of some of the "dead wood", that's if he perceives that we have dead wood anyway. If we were to get relegated then souness will have to carry the majority of the blame in my mind, although Hughes would also have to carry a percentage of that can (21% to my mind). Anyway none of this will happen. Hughes appears to have a plan. Which is nice. Some of the newspaper reports I read also state that he is meticulous in his preparation for each game. Having watched Hughes' press conference yesterday when I got home from "work", I am already impressed with him. He was methodical and came across as a very determined and focused bloke who knows exactly what he is doing, where he is going and how he is going to get there. I'm confident that this guy and his back room team, (Jim Bowen, Eddie Niedezy... Eddie Nedwkkqw.... "Steady Eddie" (if he comes)) will get the current set of players performing, and we'll move up the table quite nicely.

Jim you scamp. Get it in context. To date: 8 people have voted that they aren't happy. 29 have said they're undecided (they don't count). 238 are well made up and 6 wanted Lee Grooby (they don't count either) That's 3.3% who aren't happy. Or 96.7% who are extremely happy!

Surely thats just a tad uncomfortable?! I wonder if Dave has got Lars Bohinen's as well?