I saw them lose narrowly to Slovakia recently so I guess anything could happen. For Henry however, having had a disastrous world cup last time round, I think he could deliver now (a la Beckham after his 1998 shenanigans). Mais pour ce match je vais dire la France 1 La Suisse 1.

I'd add to that good list with a certain norsk God who's done ok with us.

£8.5m for Johnson already? Souness is probably scouring the quality of Serie B as I type this post.

Totally agree with joey's post. I've always liked Arsenal but last night they were anything but magnanimous in defeat. Henry going on air and stating that referee should have worn a barca shirt... oh dear oh dear. Monsieur Henry, en faisant la gueule, tu perds plus que tu penses.

A week ago, it was sour grapes of the highest order from Spurs. Arsenal fans were no doubt having quite a chuckle with the rest of us. Yesterday was Arsenal's go at the sour grapes. Eboue clearly dived - did Wenger forget about that? Did Henry really forget about it before coming out with "we were robbed" rubbish. Barca's second goal - Offside my butt! The ITV commentators (incidently I did think Venables seemed a little drunk) kept going on about offside and then when they showed the replay and freezed the frame, they suddenly went quiet, much like kids do when there's no freebie in a freebie advertised cereal packet. If Arsenal really want to complain about fair refereeing, they should have been 1-0 down with Eboue sent off for diving. Barca's second goal - no complaints eh? OK, that makes it 2-0. Spurs fans no doubt are having a field day today.

In terms of satisfying results this season: 1. Blackburn 4 Manchester United 3 2. Blackburn 1 Chelsea 0 3. Manchester United 1 Blackburn 2 4. Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0 5. Blackburn 2 Big Club 0 What a season! And remember this is the same season Souness did one at Ewood inflicting a 3-0 defeat on us on our own turf. Just goes to show, weather the storm and things can improve. Not for Souness or Birmingham mind. There is a God after all.

Blackburn 0 Chelsea 5 Newly crowned champions go on a rampage as Rovers put in the same performance as they did vs Liverpool.

Kuqi for me.

This is what will NOT happen (as it's my prediction): Blackburn 3 Liverpool 1 Dickov Garcia Reid Nelson

Is that the same game Jansen got injured in? I thought it was another spanish side we played...?

Didn't want to start a new thread for this: Crybaby Osman Aw...waaaaaaah sniff sniff Moysie Woysie sniff...those bad men have taken away 2 goals from me. Moysie (actual quote): "But in my eyes, Leon scored both goals. If he hadn't been in those positions, would we still have scored? Of course not." Er yes David. All own goals are from now on going to be credited to the nearest attacker. In the case where there is nobody within 6 yards of the defender except for the referee, the referee will be credited with the goal.

First goal I thought of when I saw this thread was Tugay's volley. Second was Emerton's belter (still think he had NO right to shoot from there) But Tugay deployed that shot like an assassin. Bided his time, composed himself, ready... ready... BANG.

good. Merci.

I would like a simple yes or no here: If Arsenal win CL, Spurs finish 4th, Arsenal 5th and us 6th....do we still get into the UEFA cup through the league?

This I genuinely feel isn't a game we're going to win. Pompey 1 Rovers 0 (pen)

That was a cross?! I thought he was returning the ball out of play because there were too balls on the pitch! Can't slag him off too much though for obvious reasons!

Sweet? Jewell would have actually exploded there and then on the pitch! Wouldn't be surprised if he actually ran onto the pitch and lamped the referee one while Bellamy was celebrating. UEFA cup here we come!

I went to a pub in the Mayfair area yesterday and met a nice Hungarian girl. She said she was fairly new to London and she liked going out in Soho and Mayfair. Then she told me yesterday she was out in China white bar last night and she met an irish footballer called Steven. I was going to switch subject but then she added “he plays in Blackburn Rovers’ mid-field”. Stunned, I showed her the video of Reid’s goal (vs Wigan) on my phone and she confirmed it was him. Then I told her I actually support Blackburn though I don’t think she believed me! London’s a bit far isn’t it if you’ve played a match in Sunderland and train in Lancashire? Unless Tuesdays are Rovers players day off?

Dat is lies.

Rovers 6 Wigan 1 Rampant Rovers Run Riot!! (I never get these predictions right so may as well stop trying)

Hyde scored a fantastic own goal - much more spectacular than Phil Neville's this weekend. Ball whipped in low from the right and for some inexplicable reason Hyde decided his best option was a great diving header that any striker would have been proud of.

We are Blackburn so we should somehow snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. But then we are playing Sunderland. Sunderland 0 Blackburn 0

rOBBIE sAVAGE to score the winner that sends Birmingham down. One day in the future if I ever have kids: Nayef Snr: OK time for bed lil one. Nayef Jnr: Dad, please read me a fairytale. Nayef Snr: I'll do one better son. I have a true fairytale and it's the most beautiful fairytale you'll ever hear. Jnr: Yay! Snr: It's about a young gallant man called Robbie S who sends the world's biggest club down into the murky depths of administration by scoring a last minute goal and dancing several jigs of delight in front of the local people. Jnr: Yay!! I love that story!!

oH... WE WANT EIGHT! WE WANT EIGHT!

Oh please. This is too good! I'll have to make a visit to our Solihull office this week with some newspaper clippings as the new office teapoint wallpaper. WE WANT SEVEN! WE WANT SEVEN! WE WANT SEVEN!