Rovers have won on their last three visits to Griffin Park - a sequence which includes a 1-0 win over the Bees in the FA Cup in the 2005-06 season.

But they won't start planning for the game until they have got their festive Champ-ionship games out of the way.

And the club are looking no further than Saturday's game at Crystal Palace where they will be looking to bounce back from Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest.

Rovers No 2 Richard O'Kelly, who watched most of the game from the main stand after being sent off for objecting to Forest's first goal

"You have to give Nottingham Forest credit - just like you had to give us credit defensively when we took the ball off Queens Park Rangers last week," he said.

"They did a good job on us. They looked to press the ball. They had a good team shape and they closed us down quickly at times.

"They probably had more chances than us but we had more possession than them.

"Because we had so much possession, they were compact in defence and they broke quickly.

"They are a good side with a lot of good players, but if you look at the first half you would say the same of our players in possession.

"What we didn't do was to make our possession count - not so much in scoring goals but creating chances."

Meanwhile, Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell labelled Darius Henderson 'the best striker in the Championship' after watching him shatter Bristol City's 11-month unbeaten record at Ashton Gate.

Henderson claimed the first-hat-trick of his career with a dramatic injury-time goal after Alvaro Saborio's late effort appeared to have secured a point for the hosts.

Blackwell, whose team were last night handed a home tie against Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup third round, heaped praise upon the United hero's shoulders.

"There's no one better in the division," Blackwell told The Star. "I've always known what qualities he's got and the things he is capable of."



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