Think I would prefer: Kaminski Nyambe Lenihan ? Bell Travis Davenport Rothwell Dack Brereton Armstrong

That third goal of Garner's is one of my favourites of all the goals I've seen at Ewood. Touch, pace and precision. He was far too hot for City to handle that day.

A fitting tribute by the lads to mark the passing of Diego...

Harvey Elliott - a flash yang cant

Beat me to it. Nice to see we were on the same (Jimmy) Page.

A mix of both sides looks pretty lethal. Friedel Berg Hendry Moran Bjornebye Duff Cowans Dunn Sellars Speedie Jansen

I was sat near him in the directors box at Ewood (long story) a few years ago when we played Leicester. I remarked to the person next to me that Pearson looked ill and slightly distressed. He was actually having a heart attack and was rushed to hospital.

Fantastic footage, thanks for uploading. Yes I think it must be behind the Riverside. I wonder if our own JRC is related to the Rankin in the film. I guess not but it would be nice.

Look at Jock Hutton at the 0.30 mark. Absolutely terrifying. He makes Grant Hanley look like Grant Shapps.

I think his intention originally was to completely come off his feet with a huge slide in which would give away a penalty and potentially get himself sent off. I think he changed his mind mid lunge fearing the red card.

Are you saying you would like to see Pears dropped?

I had to reply to this because, sadly, I believe it is absolutely spot on. Yes we will win a few this season, we will be good on the eye going forward and will wax lyrical about Rothwell's dynamism, Dolan's feet, Brereton's potential or how brilliant Mowbray was at bringing Elliott in, but ultimately we will end up like last season, and the season before that. Mowbray is a very nice man and his heart is in the right place. He has finally assembled a really good squad of players but none of that counts for anything if we keep losing. And we will keep losing because we are defensively shambolic. This fear of replacing him has to stop. Already this season we have faced teams whose manager has shown far more nous and savvy than Mowbray. Sentimentality and fear will yield failure again.

I've never really rated Lenihan. If I recall correctly, he became a makeshift centre half due to necessity, and happened to be there on Mowbray's arrival. I doubt Mowbray ever knew he was actually a midfielder. He has often looked suspect, and is badly exposed in the current set up in which the full backs play ridiculously high, especially the right back for some reason. The whole defensive strategy needs to change. We are far too cavalier and need to calm down a bit. It's as though Kevin Keegan has suddenly come in. Lenihan was in panic mode last night. Intimidated by Joao, he resorted to lunging in like a Sunday league hoofer.

Are you saying you think Pears should be canned?

Did anyone else think Elliott was far more dangerous when he switched to the left late on? It gave us the added dimension of crosses from the byline. This would ultimately suit a player like Gallagher centrally, whereas Brereton cutting inside everytime profits Armstrong. If we ever get them all fit, there are huge battles for a starting place. I struggle to see a start for Bell, Evans, Dolan, Buckley, Chapman, Davenport and others due to really terrific recruitment. We could have a massive chance this year if Mowbray can muster a mean, tight back four. The rest takes care of itself.

Kaminski, Douglas, Trybull and Elliott are huge upgrades on previous seasons, so well done Mowbray on that score. Putting Holtby and Brereton in their current positions has also strengthened us massively. I think our most worrisome conundrum now is the right back position. A combination of the attributes of Nyambe and JRC would be perfect but Ryan gives us zero end product going forward and Joe can be shaky defensively. How about (bear with me here) giving Travis a couple of games there when fit? He doesn't get in my midfield at the moment but played right back for years as a youngster. He is a better defender than JRC and better winger than Nyambe. His competitive edge and desire make him hard to leave out but I like our current midfield options too much to put him straight back there Worth a try?

I certainly wouldn't put him in a front three. Our current pacy style up front doesn't suit him and wouldn't suit the team at the moment either. He could take the Holtby or Rothwell role playing forward of the holding player (Trybull). He needs to be able to ghost into the box as he is the best finisher at the club. Holtby manages to do that, so Dack could too. I think Dack and Holtby will compete for the same position to be honest. Playing them together might make us a bit light in a midfield three. In all likelihood, one of them will probably be injured, leaving the door open for the other, so it may not be an issue.

It seemed to me that Lenihan played on the left of the two at the weekend with Ayala playing left last night. I don't think either of them are comfortable there at all. Maybe they can adjust but we don't really have time for that experiment. Williams is going to have to come in. The whole back four looked unsettled last night. One of the problems is caused by having Johnson and Evans together. They don't have the mobility of the likes of Travis or Trybull and the result is that Brereton ends up being criticised for failing to track all the way to his own six yard box. He is supposed to be in a front three for goodness sake! Where was Corry Evans at the time? With a more mobile midfield, I think the first two goals could have been snuffed out. Rothwell's tracking back is vastly improved this season and we are missing his energy and movement. I think with a proper centre half pairing and the return of our better players we can be very competitive indeed: Kaminski Nyambe Ayala Williams Douglas Holtby Trybull Rothwell Elliott Armstrong Brereton Probably our strongest line-up since the sensational team assembled by Bowyer some years ago. (Which he didn't have the experience /nous to get promoted).

I definitely want to see the above line-up but would like to have a look at Ayala and Williams together as a natural right/left pairing. I think Lenihan will be exposed quite easily in the coming weeks if he remains on the left of the two.

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before or whether I might have even posted it myself in the past, but the below link is from the archives of Great Harwood FC and is an extremely detailed look at the career of Bryan Douglas. I imagine it has more information on Duggie than anything else on the internet. For someone like myself who wasn't born until after he retired, but listened so often to my Grandad talking about him, it is a fascinating read. My Grandad was born in 1915 and died in 1994 which means he was born a year after we won the 1st Division title and died a year before we won it again. He started watching Rovers in the early '20s and I last went with him in 1993. He saw them all but thought Duggie was easily the best. So many stories. http://www.greatharwoodtown.co.uk/bryandouglas.html

This thread has developed into an absolutely brilliant read. Some of these stories are priceless.Keep them coming please. Reading earlier in this thread about the Kenny Samson Derek Statham comparison reminded me of a documentary about Bobby Robson. Apparently he couldn't remember his players names and always called Samson Derek Statham. He called Shay Given Shay Brennan, and best of all, called Bryan Robson Bobby.

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