Rafa has continued to face criticism despite his team not actually playing for a week

… are so boring! Despite the entertainment of troubling times in Anfield, the threat of Benitez to resign if they sell players without his consent may have held some weight in the year after the CL win in 2005. However threatening to leave a club that many tipped to finally mount a serious title challenge yet find themselves far behind league leaders Chelsea. Give it a rest Rafa. He should have spent the international break shaving that ridiculous goatee off, now that would have been time well spent.

The return of the Premiership this weekend is long overdue, and luckily as Rovers fans we are going to see a double dose over the next seven days. Firstly we take the short trip down the road to our other Lancashire rivals, the Gartside Wanderers. Then it’s down to London to face Fulham. Bolton have been stuttering at home with only one victory in 6 games, Fulham like Bolton have 3 losses at home which is in stark contrast to their home form last season when Craven Cottage was a real fortress. The perfect chance to pick up some well needed points away from home then you will have to agree.

Hopefully Lord Nelsen will have fired up the dressing room after New Zealand gained qualification to next years World Cup. There is further reason for the defence to be more resolute this weekend with Samba putting pen to paper on a new deal at Ewood. Not that being more resolute compared to previous performances would be hard bearing in mind we have conceded an average of the 3 goals a game away from home (and only scoring a paltry 0.6 goals a game). A very disappointing return even if we have played the top 3 clubs in the country. Why didn’t we get to play Liverpool during their rough patch!?

I do fully expect Rovers to get some away points in either/both of the next two games, and hopefully I will be proved right.

Steven Reid is still on the road to recovery

Special mention about Steven Reid who is set to join QPR on loan as he continues his return to football after a catalogue of injuries. Here’s hoping this return is for real!

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