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Anyone know if this is playing live anywhere?

I think a more pertinent question would be 1-0 win or 4-3 win, good, regimented side who tackle well and play scrappy to keep the ball, or an all out offensive side who can play some pretty football but have no discipline about them. A healthy balance would be anyones first choice but I think I'd rather have 1-0 wins than be ripping my hair out hoping we can score more than we concede, because that kind of football will get found out.

Nob! I thought that was a bit c**tish to be honest too.

Lost? A referee

Quick question: What do you call a Scotsman at the World Cup?

I hate the prema donna, overpaid, over hyped bunch of tw@s that are the England players bar a couple BUT when it comes to World Cup time I can't help but get caught up in the euphoria. There's nothing better than going to a pub with hundreds of England shirts in it screaming obscenities at the opposition and bringing the house down when we score. World Cup fever is awesome and it's the biggest tournament in the world bar none. So what if people who don't even like football get involved, my missus hates the game but every two years when there's a tournament on she watches all the England games and screams and shouts at the TV as much as the best of us. It's a great occasion and what the f**k is wrong with having a bit of National pride from time to time, I'm sick of being told not to be English and the government trying to multiculturalise us all to the point where we have no national identity left, so if I can find a bit in football then it's all good! /rant

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I'm sure we'll all get to see how well he plays against QPR and then in the World Cup, so either he'll get found out or we'll see what he's really capable of and we'll either have a complete diamond of a player or a HUGE transfer fee. Even if he's only half the player Rooney was at his age, that's still gotta be worth at least £10m. Still I think the most prudent thing for him to do in this situation is to ride it out with us where he's more likely to get pitch time and progress in his ability. You can guarantee at the likes of Man Yoo or Chelski he'll be lucky to even get a seat on the bench and would probably spend a fair few seasons at the best reserve team level.

He's still got a season or two left in him at top flight, but think we should start thinking about bleeding Krul and Forster in, both look like they're gonna be class and don't want to lose them as we're gonna need them both in the long run.

Us defying the doubters again, quietly going about our business without the following circus. I'm also hoping that by next year the waste of space "journo's" will be fed up of writing the same old "messiah", "high expectations" and all that cliche sh#te!

It's a sickner to think we were always along side with the spuds, around the same level of football but we always just had the edge, now look at us, worlds apart. Hopefully it won't be too long before we're battling neck and neck with them again instead of the likes of Sunlund and West Brom.

I have the misfortune of living in Blackpool, so I guess it would be cool to get to see more Premiership games down here. It would also be good for us as we'd be guaranteed at least 1 side would finish below us next year!

To be honest I'm glad the smoggies lost today. We had the glory of promotion taken from our hands, having been promoted before we kicked a ball, I wouldn't want us to be promoted before we got chance to take to the field. I think it will be more gratifying and a better atmosphere when we win on Monday night, it's just a pity it couldn't have been a home game too.

I dunno about anyone else but when Enrique scored I was "up"!

check first post in this thread. Forgot about that cheers

Is this on TV or radio?

Not sure if this has ever been posted before, but it's the first time I've seen it and I had to share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WFHsSEDiZg

I hated football as a kid, wasn't the sporty type. However watching England in Euro '96 ignited a love for football and I remember thinking I wanna support the team this Shearer guy plays for. Ergo I was a Blackburn supporter for about a week. Hooked ever since. So I wasn't born a supporter, but I'll definately die one!!

To be fair, last time we signed a striker from Coventry he had a track record of something like 34 starts, 6 goals and we paid 6 million. I know there was a few raised eyebrows there, but what a quality buy he turned out to be. He's here now, lets give the lad a fair crack and get behind him, you never know!

Whatever the reasons for the current transfer policy, let it continue. Some good talent for the future being bought and quietly conducted so we don't get pipped at the post. For the first time in I can't remember since, I finally feel excitement for the future, like we're finally over the turmoil and moving back up to where we should be. The current transfer policy reminds me a bit of the Robson era, where we bought young, upcoming English tallent from lower leagues, it's just a pity CH isn't quite in the same league of management as Robson.

I just hope they stay up this season so we can maul them home and away, would be unreal if we could be personally responsible for sending the dirty inbreds down

nearly 40 mins played now, where's the fourth goal??

I hope this turns out to be a mauling and not one of those games where nothing else happens for the next 60 minutes!

Living in Blackpool this is gonna be a hard pill to swallow, I'll never hear the end of it! Blackpool always do well against the top sides though, they won home and away against Birmingham last season and brought two draws against Wolves too I think. They still finished just 10 points above relegation. This is not the end of the world, just a reality check.

Anyone else concerned that having taken so long to "secure" the funding to buy the club, where will the funds come from for buying players, especially when we get promoted.