Two goals in each half showed Rovers' dominance at the Abbey Stadium as Cambridge sunk without trace. Sam Allardyce used a different side in each half apart from Bunn in goal.

1st Bunn Marrow Nelsen Givet Gunning Doran Andrews Grella Blackman Diouf Gallagher. Their top left corner bulged from 25 yards, with an Andrews free kick past Danny Potter*, then Diouf was allowed space and defensive confusion to finish in fine style, 2-0 in 37 minutes.

*yes, Stan, I was reminded of your comments by their goalie's name, but at least they've stood up to the Cambridge kiln which was half-baked... Big Sam better hope he hasn't lost his Bolton touch, or Blackburn could totter on the precipice of relegation this year. That band-aid approach to the end of the season should not be confused with a long-term answer. It will never stand up to the kiln that is a Premier League season. Still, first the holidays...

2nd Bunn Jacobsen Brown Samba Khizanishvili Warnock Judge Dunn Nzonzi Treacy (sub Brown 79) Roberts McCarthy and some familiar passing pairs set up two for Roberts to tap in. What was unfamiliar was goalie Jason Brown coming on for Treacy after he went down to a powerful tackle, and Jason brought more cheers than he normally gets all season every time he touched the ball. Treacy & Warnock provided the passes for Roberts' first for 3-0, Judge & McCarthy for his 2nd for 4-0, while Dunn was out-done with an overhead shot saved and one just over. So it's see-you-later Cambridge as their boat went down, and on the plane to Italy for a performance of Arriverderci, Roma# on Thursday. Come on, you've surely heard Dean Martin?

#Arriverderci, Roma
Goodbye, goodbye to Rome
City of a million moon lit faces
City of a million warm embraces
Where I found the one of all the faces
Far from home

Arriverderci, Roma
It's time for us to part
Save the wedding bells for my returning
Keep my lover's arms outstretched and yearning
Please be sure the flame of love keeps burning
In her heart

& for those few Rams' fans who follow this site, the trip to Arnold ("who?" - they're north of Nottingham) also brought a 4-goal win, 5-1. Ben Pringle's free kick set up the first for Academy graduate Jamaine Johnson to finish, then Ben cracked the 2nd from 20 yards so the Rams were also 2-0 up after 38 minutes. They started with Carroll Albrechtsen Stewart Johnson Nordberg Mendy Pearson Pringle Beardsley Prijovic Davies, found an active goalie in good form in Broster, cruised to 3-0 through Prijovic, used all their subs Ojamaa Atkins Dudley Mills & Forde, and had just rested Roy Carroll with Ross Atkins when Arnold's Freestone converted a free kick for 3-1 to maintain interest. Henrik Ojamaa made it 4-1, Ben Pringle got his 2nd, 5-1. Next are aspiring but twisted Chesterfield on Sat'dy, our Derbyshire friends/rivals. Speaking of the County, our dear cricket team is going for promotion trying for a win over Gloucs. today, to mark the 125 year celebration of Derby County, founded in 1884, as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Something to do in the winter when the holidays are over, right?