I'm sure they are. I think they do play soooo regularly though that it must lose something. Twice, three times a season if the cup comes up, is more than enough just to let the rivalry simmer, five times is a bit of a joke. They should just kick the other teams out, play a 6/7 games between the two of them and winner takes everything.

Barca v Real isn't a derby you nin whit. Actually in a sense it is, at least in France you can have such a thing. You can have a local derby ie Blackburn Burnley Then you can also have a derby that is simply a match with a lot of tradition and history behind it where the clubs have become intense rivals ie Arsenal Manchester United I don't know if in English you can have the same thing, this is odd as I'm a native English speaker, just expressing an opinion really. What about the Breton derby (although Nantes isn't technically in Brittany any more)? No I mean they do have local derbies, but there are also big games that though essentially they are not derbies because of location, are because of history and tradition. This is where the local derby is seperated from just the derby.

Andy82 brother?

Barca v Real isn't a derby you nin whit. Actually in a sense it is, at least in France you can have such a thing. You can have a local derby ie Blackburn Burnley Then you can also have a derby that is simply a match with a lot of tradition and history behind it where the clubs have become intense rivals ie Arsenal Manchester United I don't know if in English you can have the same thing, this is odd as I'm a native English speaker, just expressing an opinion really.

Agree with that. He's simply the typcial MB scapegoat really. Not the best player ever by any means, but we've had worse, and he does have something to offer our squad.

By the teams I listed I really do mean favourite teams. That doesn't mean that their results have any effect on me, as they really don't.

Here in France I somewhat keep an eye on Metz. Despise Paris St Germain and love it when they lose, and Metz, not sure why, historically a great city and just taken an interest. Here it comes.....as my girlfriend is Italian I have watched the Serie A more over the last little bit, have to say it isn't very interesting, but I knew that before I started watching it every week, there I do keep an eye out for Siena. Small team like ourselves punching above their weight, my sister used to live there and ran into a bunch of them in the bar she worked in. Chicago Fire in the MLS. While I liked over in the states I had no local MLS teams in either San Francisco or Salt Lake (don't mention the new "real"), so since then have followed Chicago as I was a big Bulls fan since 89/90. Englang obviously, and also Guyana when I can. Mother's side of the family from there, Jamaica when they are at the World Cup, basically any West Indian team that makes it, and as they were the last ones to gave them a cheer.

Does that mean you'll put me up for free then? I did vote for you...haha

Must be a ladies man....

No point, they could google there way through it! Should be a chatroom event, both posters at the same PC to avoid any sneaky googling. Agree with 1864 apart from the Vs day comments, my old man wouldn't speak to me again if I let my lass go before me Chat room it is then. Come on...a penalty shoot-out of questions

Boooo This result is unfair. How about they decide it by being quizzed by the messageboard on Rovers trivia. Highest score gets the ticket?

Rover6, Hughes put MGP in at just the right time, and we are reaping the rewards. If he had been left out longer he would have left the club, if he had been brought in sooner he wasn't playing well. If, and this is a big if, MGP really does love it here and stays for years to come, I think we have a player who could be exciting and build an excellent relationship with the fans. He could be a real crowd pleaser, and that is something we have lacked since Duff, Dunn and Jansen (as a result of the accident) left.

If he goes out and performs then I don't know what the problem is. It would also depend on whether or not he consulted the club about this, and got their approval, if he did then there is no problem at all.

C'mon boys lets drag Gave up. If nothing else we can see who will perform the most favours as the voting enters its final stages, so lets make this close.

That line also got Gav my vote

Oh it's not a problem for me, I was thinking more for you. As if you are looking to gather information many might not reply to this topic as they have already done so.

It's the pills don't worry

I think we will also have the benefit of having different uniforms because of our halves, the design has to be changed because of that, if not it looks odd.

There's always one

"The only problem is I'm getting old and I don't think the manager would want me there" Well...at least there is some honesty.

That's a real thinker there jim

We've had this come up a couple of times, it would be much easier if you just dragged up the previous discussion on the topic.

I have to agree with a comment that was made earlier in that Jansen's former glory is his biggest enemy. As soon as he steps onto the field we expect him to be as he was pre-accident, if he doesn't start like that straight away, then we all simply say that he has lost it. I don't think he's been terrible this year, and actually think he has shown signs that he still has much of that talent, but everyone expects him to straight away be what he was, and that will never happen. If we aren't bringing in at least 2 more strikers in the summer then I think he has to be kept. Johnson is still too young, Dickov is getting on and though quite effective, we could do better, Stead and Gallagher lack experience and are too inconsistent at the moment, and Bothroyd, no matter what you think of him, looks like he will be leaving. If we were to have injuries and suspension like we have had this season next term, then we would really be in trouble if we dont have at least as many options as we have at the moment.

I might turn my attention to you...I find your little image at the bottom quite provocative haha.

Agree with you there Flopsy. Who knows what he might turn into given time though, he certainly is doing a decent job at the moment, so I won't complain.