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Watched Rovers - Charlton last night - what a load of rubbish.
Am a great rovers fan and am sad to see the standard we've dropped to.
I know I'm used to watching Serie A and the standard is much higher over here than English football in general, but even compared to teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and Man U, Rovers just don't seem to have what it takes this year, even with the line-up they have.
What annoys me the most is the slopiness and lost balls, seems like watching Serie C2 over here. Also, why keep Baggio and Gallagher on the bench til the 80th? They were probably only ones that created anything decent in the 10 mins they were on. Come on Rovers, wake up!

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Have to admit I agree, I went on last night, the first time for 5 years. Fortunately it was only £10 otherwise I would have been asking for my money back. The standard of both teams was less than the conference/non league sides I am used to watching! I'll carry on paying my money over at stanley thank you very much!

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I though Charlton played very well, lol

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10 quid? Talk about a fool and his money easilly parted. ;D

Rovers will soon be where they belong. A mid table first division side along with Burnley a lower first division side.

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Whats the betting up there as to when Souness gets his P45?

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how fickle are football fans?

this is the same Blackburn Rovers that finished SIXTH yes believe it SIXTH in the Premiership last season.

i admit that Rovers (by their own high standards) have had a poor start to the season but every side goes through one in a campaign and hopefully this is Rovers.

lets be honest though - although they lost last night, they where still the better team (im not saying Charlton where or are a good side) and deserved something from it.

as for Souness getting his P45 - i doubt that very much indeed, ask any PROPER Rovers fan and they will tell you that he's the best manager we have had behind Kenny Dalglish.

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Adi,

There's a pint saying Souness will be gone by Christmas...

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adi says.............
this is the same Blackburn Rovers that finished SIXTH yes believe it SIXTH in the Premiership last season.

yes they did but rovers had dunn and duff,where are they??playing in teams way above rovers.............
from a burnley fan..........lmao @ rovers........we'll be playing them next season in div 1.

or by the way....charlton deserved to win last night,better passing,better skill,more heart and can score goals!

come on rovers fans give me the boos now! ::)

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I thought Charlton played equally bad football as Rovers.
Also agree that Souness has been a great manager, but I can't justify some of his recent choices. He's certainly made some money for the club, his buying good players whilst still blooming and then selling them at a good profit, but frankly I'm not a share holder, so I don't care much about that, just want to see some decent fooball.

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i'll take you up on that offer of a pint Tealeaf.

i still believe that Souness will be in charge at the Rovers come the end of the season.

as for booing from the Rovers fans Jason - at least their was enough of them on to boo...............................how many are you averaging at the moment??

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Hey Jason,

And the season after next season Rovers will be playing Stanley in Division 2!

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anyhow - if the unthinkable happened and Rovers did get relegated.

at least we will be guaranteed another six easy points from our friends down the road in Burnley.

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That'll be difficult....Burnley will be in the Premier then!

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[quote author=adi link=board=footy;num=1066727406;start=0#9 date=10/22/03 at 09:16:25]i'll take you up on that offer of a pint Tealeaf.

i still believe that Souness will be in charge at the Rovers come the end of the season.

as for booing from the Rovers fans Jason - at least their was enough of them on to boo...............................how many are you averaging at the moment??[/quote]

doh....i meant booing me......lmao
i want to catch up to teabag on -20

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sorry Jason - misread the Thread!!!

as for Burnley being in the Premier by then Tealeaf - do you want another Pint bet on that?!?

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I'll bet a pack of spaghetti and a home-made Bolognese sauce that he's still in the job at the end of the season... ;D

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OK - I'll bet a pound of black pudding on that...

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..that he ain't in the job..

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I hope he keeps the job.. Wouldn't want to see someone good come along and stop them getting relegated would we :)

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Who was that clown who succeeded Dalgleish? And the guy who succeded him? a right Laurel & Hardy double act......

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Roy Hodgson.

and if you think he was comical when he spoke English, you should have heard him in Italian when he managed Milan!

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I totally disagree.Souness has bought some players that are obviously past it.Amoruso for one.Looking back at the game in Turkey he was not up to scratch for international football.After spending all that money one would like to see something for it and to be blunt we have not at the moment.Hope the tide changes soon

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Well said, Mik, I agree Souness has bought some wicked players, but he's also sold some damn good ones - sometimes the economics have priority over the footballing. Lets hope things start picking up so I can come to Dorfen and watch the decisive match when they're about to win the league...... ;D

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Souness. The man is an idiot. The sooner he sod's off, the better.

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Looking back to last season where we came 6th.Up until about the last 8 games we were down in the relegation zone.then a series of good wins brought us up to that position.Agreed we did well.What is happenning at the moment seems to be that any players disagreeing with Souness will be sold on eg. Dunn.The same happenned at MU with Beckham.The players will decide however.If they are not happy with the manager they just play crap, get bad results and the board sacks the manager.

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Blackburn Rovers have at least another 3 seasons in the premiership guaranteed

Winter, Spring and Summer.. har har!

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After the result yesterday Harry and Tealeaf i will agree with you.Its success that counts and nothing else.Last seasons results are old news.No good playing well and getting nothing out of it.noqw we are 5th from bottom.If things do not start picking up then its bye bye Souness.However the good thing is that Stanley won yesterday

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[quote author=HarryX link=board=footy;num=1066727406;start=0#25 date=10/25/03 at 22:00:12]Blackburn Rovers have at least another 3 seasons in the premiership guaranteed

Winter, Spring and Summer.. har har!

[/quote]

LMAO-ROLL ON NEXT SEASON.....BURNLEY 3 ROVERS 0

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Anybody in this world that thinks Burnley have an aspiration on taking on Rovers at the moment.Well that would be a travesty on reality.Get off the pills eh! Jason  :o

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Rovers? Burnley? Who cares?

The important news is...the mighty Stanley are live on BBC 1 on Sunday November 9th at 1pm.

The renaissance continues...SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLUB!

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What's the show?

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antiques roadshow

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Turned 30 on Sunday.
Got an Accy Stanley shirt.
Thanks mum.
Got tickets to Chievo - AC Milan from my colleagues at work.
Think everyone must consider me football mad!!

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hi i think they played well aswell agains them souness had anthoer bust wiv the manager against soupthon is this jo darwen by n e chance :)

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Jo!

Any chance of a pic with you or anyone in your family (if yer shy) wearing he Accy shirt somewhere over there.  

I have put a section on the official accy website with accy fans around the world.. Roy is on it...

http://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/i...es/holiday.htm

Send me a pic and I will put it on the site :)

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Hope they get a good result tonight though i cannot see it.Liverpool flying at the mo.If Rovers do lose then that will put them out of 2 cups and so far down in the league.Can really see Souness going then.

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OK, Harry, will do. how about in front of a big rocky Dolomite mountain?

No, MCR Admin, I'm not Jo Darwen end!

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Oooh anything at all Jo... and perhaps one for my private collection as well ?.. no.. oh well ..Had to ask :)

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Hey Jo,
You could'nt stick Mario in a mini-Accy Stanley shirt could you?
Just a thought!

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Hmmmm... I could try, but my Hubby's convinced that Mario's a Juventus supporter (he's black and white) so not sure he'd be too happy about it.
Will give it a try though.
Have a great photo of Mario inside my dad's top hat on my wedding day if that would be any compensation...... ;D

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The Headlines Lancashire Evening Telegraph Monday December 1st 2003:
                                 
                                         9 GAMES
                                         9 LOSSES
                                SOUNESS - "I QUIT"
                                TEALEAF TAKES OVER

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Couldnt do much worse Tealeaf

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Well after dominating the game against Leicester and finally losing 2 - 0.Only one thing to say.' It was nice knowing you Graeme and we wish you success in your future employ' but elsewhere eh?

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rovers lost AGAIN.........lmao  :D

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have to say, they didn't deserve to lose! they played pretty well and created quite a few chances, far more than leicester...

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Will agree Roy but when all said and done it boils down to results.No point playing well all season and deserving to win but end up being relegated

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I thought they played very well, especially 1st half. Shame Cole and Yorke couldn't get their act together though. What a downer. I watched it last night on Sky Italia. had been looking forward to it all week......

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Without a change of manager,Rovers are finished in the premier this season. The problem is  this: Who will replace Souness. We know Parkes will do for for a while - after that, who.

Knowing Blackburn, they will probably leave it to late before they act, anyway.

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Regards standard of play,i did not see any
thing that resembled play.I do think it is time
to go looking for a new manager before it is to
late.

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It's quite simple. Rovers need to get a new manager in place and to have a good "feel" of the existing team ahead of the Transfer Window, which I believe is January...so unless Souness can get a big improvement by early December, he's on his bike. End of Story.

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He can by my bike.Then again the steering is on the other side as its a German one   [smiley=help.gif]Has this sign on it so it would be perfect for Souness  ;D

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Rovers v Everton is on live over here tonight, can't wait - hope they win at last, it's getting embarassing.

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Terrible state of play that Rovers keep losing.  Now i am really fed up with hubby being in a foul mood all the time, hope they win tonight.

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Well Sara he must be in a good mood tonight.A nervous 2 - 1 win but 3 points are 3 points.Considering the post i believe these smilies are in order and all in the right order [smiley=ban.gif] [smiley=pint.gif] [smiley=cuddle.gif] [smiley=icon_hump.gif]

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well hopefully that will be the turning point in Rovers Season.

and what a great start - 2 goals up in only 13 minutes!! I thought we thoroughly deserved the win last night although my heart was in my mouth when Unsworth missed from only 2 yards out!!

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God my hope lower limbs were in my mouth, never mind just my heart!!!  :o
Thought Rovers became a bit sloppy in the 2nd half, similar to previous matches. Hope Amoruso comes back soon and that Gallagher and Baggio can be in the starting line-up a  bit more often. :)

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Good God Jo lower limbs in your mouth????? you a contortionist or what

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Na ****** the older players.The newer younger ones should be milked in slowly.Reid is a gud un and he impressed me.Thompson a grafter in midfield and somebody tell Erikson that Jansen is back in the running.

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Well i will be b++++++ed.It does look like there seems to be a change in the wind.I would not have believed it but Souness does seem to have got his act together.The players are beginning to play like a team at last.Good win against Birmingham and a good overall team performance.Something not seen for a while

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Oh dear.....looks like I owe Adi a pint......

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never really in doubt Tealeaf - and you could buy it me at the Xmas party!!

ive just placed a bet with my mate that we will still finish in the top 8 despite our awful start.

fingers crossed.

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No problem. See you Sunday night!

P.S. - I'm surprised that no one followed on from my posting a few months ago on Church F.C. in the F.A. Cup in the 1870's or '80's - was I just imagining what I thought I read, several years ago? I've not been able to find a full listing of F.A. Cup quarter finalists 1870's onwards...Any ideas?

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hope your all going to watch stanley on monday night on sky

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Well after the 3 points of today it is a case of De ja Vu.Exactly the same as last season.Now we start climbing

Should have been going out tonight, but refusing to, due to Rovers standard of play this afternoon. Hubby in a foul mood again, due to the score at Birmingham.

Sara sod him lass and get out and enjoy yourself.I like football but realise there are more important things in life.Wife and kids come before everything

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What is wrong with Bburn R? They are in relagation fight and they are losing critical home games!

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Told you its time for Souness to go.He talks a good game of football but its points that count

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Is it really the manager though. I think its the standard of finishing that is the main problem. Cole missed another sitter on Saturday against Portsmouth!

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Souness - P45 by Easter (about 4 months to late)

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I think your being a little harsh on souness! At least he didn't follow on from the previous managers. Remember what Kidd and Hodgson did? At least Souness got us promoted and got us on track. Look, we got into UEFA cup twice!

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Harsh? I'm being nice to the man.

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Do you even support Blackburn?

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Sort of..............but I'm rapidly becoming disillusioned, not just with Blackburn but with Premiership football anyway. I gave up on the England team along time ago.

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Not suprised bout England. Especially after 2nites performance.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think Erikkson leaving as England manager be a good think for the nation? I find England as a football team boring.

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They're boring alright.....but that would'nt be to bad if they managed to win some silver for the mantlepiece occaisionally. They're just a bunch of all-round failures. And I just cannot understand the logic of rewarding failure with an extended contract & a pay increase for Erikson.

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So its not just me. Thanks!:cool:

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:rose8: Just watched the game on e ticket from the Liverpool site this may explain how bad Rovers were.
NEWS STORYHESKEY INSPIRES REDS TO 4-NIL ROUT
Paul Rogers 04 April 2004 http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/images4/lf...ers_120_01.jpg Two strikes for Michael Owen and an own goal from Andy Todd inside 23 minutes ensured Liverpool's Champions League hopes remain firmly in their own hands. Emile Heskey grabbed a fourth late on to complete the rout. With Newcastle putting four past Everton on Saturday to move into fourth place overnight, a victory today was nothing less than vital. That the match was effectively over as a contest after 23 minutes helped explain Blackburn's position in the table. Of all the teams to visit Anfield this season in the Premiership, only Portsmouth have looked a worse side than this one currently managed by Graeme Souness.

That's not to say that Liverpool didn't deserve their lead. They did and despite El-Hadji Diouf setting up Owen's second (Liverpool's third) and seeing his own cross turned in by Andy Todd, it was Emile Heskey who deserved most of the praise for Liverpool's sensational start to the match.

Heskey was quite brilliant in the first-half. His control and first touch were exceptional, his unselfish play set Owen up on more than one occasion and he was unlucky not to score himself early on when he struck a shot just over the bar from outside the area.

The Reds took the lead after six minutes when Harry Kewell found Heskey who in turn set up Owen to drill the ball home past Friedel. Todd then put the ball into the back of his own net as he attempted to cut out a cross from Diouf.

The third goal was the best of the lot though. Diouf played Owen through in space and the Reds striker smashed the ball on the run past Friedel in the Blackburn goal. It was vintage Owen and demonstrated just what we were missing last week against Leicester City.

Liverpool's fourth saw Milan Baros, on for Michael Owen, tee Heskey up after 78 minutes with only Friedel to beat. Beat him he did with a low strike to cap a memorable afternoon and a Man of the Match display.

Final score: Liverpool 4 - 0 Blackburn

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What a bad game. Rovers were dismal!

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It was a good game from my point of view, I was disappointed that it was only 4-0 it should have been 10-0 no joking I was there. Unless Rovers improve they will be playing Burnley next season which would be a shame because if we played them every week we would be champions.

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I still have faith in them to turn things round. I dont think we will be playing burnley anyway, cos they are gettin relegated themselves:D .

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Bye Bye Graeme it was nice knowing you is all i can say

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If Souness lives up to his usual way of doing things he will have got rid of all the players who argue with him or dont see it his way, taken the team to the brink of finals, blamed everybody except himself, then will leave saying the supporters put pressure on the board or the players dont respect him. Sounds familiar, it should Liverpool were with out doubt the best team in Europe when he took over and are still trying to recover from his years of miss management.

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I can't agree with you Bazf, Liverpool were already on the way down when Souness took over he just took us even further down which will never be forgotten. I agree that Souness is one of those people who will blame anyone but himself and until he accepts that some of his signing are not fit to wear a Blackburn shirt there is no hope. Personally I would love Rovers to go down along with Leeds as my life would a lot quieter not having to listen to rubbish I've had to listen to for the past few years.

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If we lose against leeds today, we deserve to go down!

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Just looked at skynews, lost1-2 to leeds cant say Im sorry to here that, Mr Bagpuss the nice thing about Liverpool supporters is that they can agree to disagree and I think your stand for souness is great but a quote from Liverpoolfc.tv

"However his time as manager at the club has become synonymous with mistakes, ill-judged media representation, poor transfer decisions and falling standards on the pitcIn other respects as Souness himself reflected in December 1999 "in the right place at the wrong time". He explains: "What has happened since has gone to prove that I was not to blame for all the ills...my problem was that I tried to change it too quickly." He admits that he was shocked to the core by a change in the attitude amongst his squad and that this led to rapid hiring and firing as he sought to remove players who despite ability, offended this dedicated professional: "I found the change of mood in the dressing room both startling and alarming. How could standards have slipped so badly?".
Souness is an intelligent, articulate and highly motivated man, he was an awesome captain for the club and gave his all to the job as manager. Sadly his memory is still tarnished, but perhaps in time his faults will be forgiven and his valuable F A Cup win given the appreciation it is deserved.

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Now we deserve to go down. 2-1 against Leeds. :mad:

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cant wait for bburn to go down :)

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Souness stays beyond 7pm tonight = Rovers go down. This is a fundamental truth.

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14 Tottenham Hotspur32114174151-10 37
15 Manchester City32712134546-1 33
16 Blackburn Rovers3287174354-11 31
17 Portsmouth3187163346-13 31
18rLeeds United3287173463-29 31
19rLeicester City32513144157-16 28
20rWolverhampton Wanderers32510173069-39 25


19 Burnley401114155467-13 47
20 Rotherham United411113174456-12 46
21 Gillingham41128214059-19 44
22rDerby County411013184362-19 43
23rBradford City41106253458-24 36
24rWimbledon4064303480-46 22

How about a prediction league for these Relegation battles.

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well bazf, that didnt work :)

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Im preety crap at this computor lark:p

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it sometimes dosnt take kindly to tables, ask jimbo :)

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Your missing the point!!! Rovers need premiership. Division 1=Mates taking the p**s out of me!

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At least you have had this season to get used to your mates taking the p**s, you don't need to be in the premiership to get stick I've had to put up with it for years now.

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Well, your a liverpool fan. You ask for it!

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Well its about time Blackburn. 4-3 against Fulham and i am finally proud to be a Bburn fan. Well done guys.

They battled hard tonight. They deserved the 3 points. Nice 1 Stead.

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Despite your comment AnthonyS I hope you stay up and Leeds go down, I suppose I'II have to put up with more stick tomorrow now.

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Thanks BagPuss! I just wish there was a Fulham fan on here to grill!:rofl38:

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aye Jon stead has taken like a duck to water in the Premiereship