YOU'D have thought Graeme Souness would have had enough of Welshmen for one week.

Despite an international debut for his rising star Paul Gallagher, the Blackburn Rovers boss watched in agony as his beloved Scotland plummeted to new depths with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday.

But on Saturday he chose the Valley as the venue to quote one of the Welsh valleys' favourite sons in summing up the sensational 3-2 defeat to Charlton Athletic.

"It's not unusual," said Souness, borrowing from the classic Tom Jones number one hit.

That might seem a very unusual reaction to a game in which his goalkeeper Brad Friedel scored a 90th minute equaliser then somehow still found time to concede a winner.

But what Souness was talking about was the way his team dominated for long spells before seeing the points snatched away in the blink of an eye.

The Addicks' victory made them the first team to complete a league double over Rovers this season and gave them their third win in the last four top flight meetings between the teams.

In fact, Claus Jensen's winner, virtually the last kick of the game, was a carbon copy of the type of wonder strike Rovers were victim to against Chelsea three weeks ago.

Then it was a Glen Johnson drive that made it 3-2 seconds after Rovers had seemingly grabbed a point with a last gasp leveller, and Souness was only too ready to refer to it - and other games - following Saturday's latest setback.

"That's just another one," he said. "Go back to the first game against Charlton when we lost 1-0 after dominating the game.

"Look at Chelsea three weeks ago, when we got back into the game only to lose to that Johnson goal.

"Look at Leicester. We mullered them and lost 2-0 there so that's just another kick where it really hurts."

The only consolation Souness took from the game was that his players showed enough creativity and fighting spirit to suggest they will eventually put those lingering relegation fears to bed.