IN part two of his exclusive interview, ANDY COLE talks about his move to Rovers and his 'feud' with

EWOOD hot-shot Andy Cole today insisted he has no regrets at quitting Manchester United for Blackburn Rovers despite the fact he's swapped a title race for a relegation scrap.

Rovers might be going great guns in the Worthington Cup but their league form still remains a major cause for concern as they go into Sunday's final against Tottenham at the Millennium Stadium.

And no-one is more disappointed than Cole about the club's perilous position in the Premiership although he's still convinced he made the right move in coming to Ewood in the first place.

"I've no regrets about coming to Blackburn whatsoever even though we have struggled," said Cole.

"It's been very, very, very disappointing from a league perspective.

"We've thrown away games when we shouldn't have had and there have been lapses all over the team so I've found it very frustrating and sometimes that frustration eats away at you.

"But I'm hoping we can still turn that around between now and the end of the season.

"We've got to try and win six or seven games between now and the end of the season otherwise we are down.

"So, hopefully, the penny is going to drop sooner or later and we can start getting some results on the board."

When Graeme Souness agreed to pay United a club record fee for Cole in December, many believed his arrival would help to breathe new life into Rovers' flagging season.

Earlier in the campaign, the team were carving out chances aplenty and it was crying out for a natural predator like Cole to get on the end of them.

Since his arrival, however, those chances have subsequently dried up, leaving Cole and strike-partner Matt Jansen to feed off the scraps up front.

"It's strange because, before I came here, everyone said how many chances the team were creating and they just had no-one to put them away," said the England man.

"But it's currently the opposite of that now and, since I've been here, we've conceded an average of two goals a game.

"When you are doing that, it's too much to expect to win 3-2 every game.

"Maybe you can do that in the First Division, but you can't get away with it in the Premiership because it contains far better players."

For Cole, the low point of the season so far was last Saturday's woeful 1-0 defeat at Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.

The controversial sending off of Lucas Neill was a contributory factor but that failed to disguise the quality of Rovers' performance on the day and Cole insists it's time to get back to basics.

"Saturday certainly was poor and that has to be the low point of the season for me.

"But the show must go on and I believe we have the spirit here to turn things around.

"Sometimes, though, good spirit isn't enough in itself to get you through so we need to start putting the performances in and concentrate on keeping a few clean sheets."

For this weekend at least, though, Rovers can put their wretched league form to one-side and concentrate soley on the task of lifting their first major Cup since 1928.

During his days with United, Cole won virtually every major honour the game had to offer -- apart from the Worthington Cup itself.

So he's desperate to complete the set at the Millennium and his experience could prove vital if Rovers are to see off Spurs.

"This is a very important game for the club. We've got a lot of young players here as well as a few senior players, too, who have never played in a major cup final before.

"So the manager will be looking to his more experienced players to help the other lads through," said Cole.

"Hopefully, our young lads can go out there and not worry about the stadium so they don't freeze.

"But you never know what can happen in Cup finals before they're a one-off occasion."

Sunday's game has also been billed as the Andy Cole versus Teddy Sheringham final by certain sections of the national Press.

When they were at Old Trafford together, there were reports of a rift between the pair and Cole expects the tabloids to drag that up again over the next couple of days.

"That happened the other day when a Mickey Mouse reporter wrote something and they are like my little boy in the way they ask their questions.

"But that's the media and these are so-called experienced journalists so, no doubt, that will crop up again somewhere else between now and Sunday.

"It doesn't upset me, though, it just shows up their mentality if that's all they can write about me because I don't speak to them."