Yes, this was my first game of the season and my last one was Charlton away last year in the league. I just can't see how we could afford to drop our prices any further without dropping down more than one division. By the way Tris, I would have sent you a text, but I don't have your number, makes it a bit hard. As for going to the Antigallican, I had planned on it but I was running late to the game so didn't have time beforehand and afterwards I really wasn't in the mood.

Cheaper tickets? I took a friend of mine who supports West Brom to the game last night and it was the cheapest game he's gone to all year. Prices haven't dropped at all for them since they have gone down, nor have they for Southampton, can't see why they would for us.

I would never choose the UEFA cup over survival, but I would certainly take a 10th-15th place finish if we won the UEFA Cup.

I didn't expect him to perform like a Trojan, but he didn't look like he knew what he was doing. He didn't pass it, cross it, take on his man. He simply got the ball and then stood in front of the defender until the challenge came in and then lost it. Everyone has bad games, but there are bad games and there are bad games. A good player would have at least tried something, had he failed then fair enough, but trying nothing is criminal as it is never going to produce the goods.

These things always work in generations. I'm sure that in a few years time a new bunch will break through and we will all be raving about it.

wakefieldrawks did you see the game last night? He would get the ball and then stand still in front of the defender, I am pretty sure that he tripped himself up while standing still at one point and then fell into touch.

I think it would be possible to have a list of the 100 greatest players, but ranking them within that 100 would be too subjective and would have too much debate. I would be surprised if something of this sort wasn't done at the turn of the century.

I haven't seen replays and it was on the opposite side of the ground, but it seemed to be bent around the opposite side of the wall to which Friedel was on, so there is no way he could have got to it (I think). However, whether the wall should have been further over or if a man should have been back on the post is a different matter.

Well, just got back, what crap. Where to start, very difficult as most of the team played very poorly. Gallagher, anyone who thinks he deserves a run in the team, think again. Benni, I don't know if he was injured after he was tackled early in the second half, but he didn't seem to put in much effort after it. Nonda seemed as if he was lost on the pitch. However, I think the problem with the strikers is much more a problem with the midfield. We create nothing and have no ideas or options to move the ball from the defenders to the forwards and create an opportunity; because of this the strikers get left having to try little flicks, solo runs and never really have the chance to shoot. It was a poor performance, though I don't think we deserved to lose, Charlton were equally poor. Things need to pick up soon.

Todd to return to the starting line-up anyone? Anyway, I'm off to the match now, c'mon rovers.

Also, tickets are still available and will be sold on the night.

You say that, but they scored first against Sheffield United and still lost.

Some team news: Henchoz has picked up a knock and might miss the game, Zurab is still out. Charlton have JFH back, Jerome Thomas and Diawara are back as well. They are expected to return to a 4-4-2, I would think that means that JFH will play up front alongside Bent.

If you had watched him against Arsenal only a few days earlier then you would have had very different thoughts. He was very impressive.

Not a good draw, hopefully we can make it through though.

Logically you are right Blue Phil, but you can also understand why it is important for the image of American Football (you know what I mean) that he moves to a big club. For his career it would make perfect sense to move to a club of our size, establish his name and reputation in Europe and then make a move to a bigger club, that is if he is all he is hyped up to be. However, if he does do that then those who are promoting him have to admit, at least for a short while, that he is not quite all that he is cracked up to be and that he isn't amongst the worlds best. This would be a blow both to his own image and to the sport itself. For this reason he is probably better off staying in the MLS, where he can never be exposed as being less than they say he is, until a big club comes in for him, if one does.

Great idea USABlue, very generous of you.

Well now that the Fulham result has cheered everyone up a bit we get to try our hand against another of London's smaller sides with a trip to the Valley on Tuesday night. The worrying thing for all Blackburn fans is that this seems like an almost certain win. Charlton are currently sitting at the bottom of the table with 9 points from 15 games, though their home form isn't all that bad. They won two, drawn two and lost three at home; to put that in perspective, if they beat us on Tuesday then we will have identical home records. The importance of this match cannot be overstated. A win would see us move up to 11th, still with a game in hand on several teams around us. While defeat would mean that we would be only 4 points above 19th (albeit with a game in hand). I don't think our squad has quite made up their mind as to whether they would like to have a chase for European spots or a relegation battle this season, but now would be a good time to make up their minds. We have good memories of the Valley from last year, making two trips, one in the league and the other in the League Cup. We won both, the league cup 3-2 (after a great comeback in the last 20 minutes from 2-0 down) and in the league 2-0, which was Curbishley's last home game in charge. Since then Charlton have had two managers, the first, Rocket Scientist Dowie, who seemed to think that Charlton was close enough to his family in the North to justify leaving Crystal Palace and using that as an excuse and the second, Les Reed. I have to be honest and say that I don't know much about him, not many seem to, so I did a bit of research. Unlike a lot of clubs who have promoted coaches or players in recent times (Roeder and Southgate), Charlton chose a man in Reed who has all of the required coaching badges and has actually been heavily involved in the establishment of the FA's dream of having wonderfully qualified men in football. His playing career saw him play for Cambridge, Watford and Wycombe, with his first coaching role coming at Wealdstone. He had previously been a Charlton first team coach in the late 90's before moving into a position as an England youth coach, helping to produce the generation of players who now regularly underperform in England colours, the Charlton fans must be very excited. In 2002 he was promoted to acting technical director and stayed in the role for two years, I'm not 100% sure exactly what that means that he did. He returned to Charlton last January as a coach and was promoted to assistant when Dowie took charge, though rumours suggest that he had something to do with the push that Dowie recieved. So far he has been relatively quiet and not made many changes, though I have to admit I was unimpressed by a manager who said that he had learned a lot about his side after watching his first game in charge and was now able to identify the areas in which they had to improve. This would be normal for a man who had just taken over, but seems a bit odd for someone who had been at the club for 9 months. If Reed is to turn things around then he will have to get Bent back to scoring ways. Their success last year was mainly on the back of Darren Bent's goals, so far he hasn't been nearly as prolific and a key to winning this game will be keeping him quiet. Other players to watch out for will be Ambrose and Holland, they have the ability to dominate a midfield and we will have to be good in that area in order to keep the ball and prevent them from creating chances. Reid has also been in good form recently, scoring his second goal for the club this weekend since his move from Spurs. He may be a little round, but he has a dangerous left foot and I'm pretty sure that Rover6 might have some stong views about his ability. I will update this preview with some team news when it is released, though we already know what our situation should be unless we pick up some injuries in training. Long term casualties Nelsen and Reid will be out, Tugay will return from suspension and Zurab may or may not have recovered from the muscle strain that kept him out from the weekend. I would suspect that we may well field the same team that won yesterday, though Tugay might return to the middle, seeing Bentley move out to the right, Emerton drop back to right back and Neill move over to left back. This does seem like our strongest side, but as the team performed so well on Saturday I would be reluctant to change something that works. My prediction for the game is a 3-0 win for Rovers. Last year I missed the entire first half of this game thanks to a friend who assured me he knew where we were going, 2 and half hours later we arrived at the Valley. If the man who was sat behind us happens to post on here then then this is probably a good chance for me to apologise, we didn't mean to take your foot rests as it seemed to get you very upset.

Loan deal, not a chance. Much more likely that we could actually buy him.

Very good 1864, though you are right, Nancy shouldn't cause us too many problems. They aren't a very good side and their recent success is something of a surprise to everyone. If we don't win this one then we will have really let ourselves down.

3-0 Rovers (I want to be optimistic for at least the next 24 hours)

How do you get to the PES shop by the way? I have the 360 version and can't find it.

We are still in 16th, but we do need results very soon.

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