Tyrone Shoelaces

How many got you out of your seat so you could leave early ?

A very good coach and good at fixing broken toys. When you look at the cast offs he made good at Rochdale he must have something. He has the habit of getting on peoples nerves though. Living in Rochdale I follow them closely and he's been a bit Mowbrayesque lately. Chopping and changing the team and playing players out of position. I'd had enough of Bowyer though, when you've been around football a while you get to smell relegation in a team and his team ended up smelling of it. Our lot at the moment have a similar smell.

That happens a lot with young players. He'll come back stronger next season I hope. Picking a MOS won't be easy this season. too many underachievers. I used MOS instead of POS for obvious reasons.

We could do with Andy Todd kicking our subs up the arse. On another tack I see Keith Hill has got the black spot over at Rochdale. He'd got stale there. You can only work miracles for so long. Rochdale have defied gravity for a while.

That's when we had a proper kit !

Mentally weak teams concede goals at the end of the game, mentally strong teams score goals at the end of the game. That hasn't changed in all the time I've been watching football.

I used to just pull it on over my head ! If you read any football handbook it will say _ Club Colours - Blackburn Rovers - Blue and White Halves. If we play in quarters what do Bristol Rovers play in ? Blue and White Eighths ?

I had my doubts in the Newcastle Cup tie at Ewood when we went to a completely untried 3 at the back when 2 of the 3 were Nyambe and Bell. A crazy idea that meant we were 2-0 down before we got a toe into the game. The players look like they have major doubts as well now.

I know where you're coming from. We've got plenty of players but not many outstanding ones.

Deary me, how bad is that team. Is that what we've come down to ?

Yep, bang it downfield and let the ref sort it out.

When I saw Downing was going out on loan I thought that must mean we're bringing in a better centre half. Well I got that one wrong and so did Mowbray ! Quite a few people on here told me at the time I complained " We're good for centre halves, we need to blow him out ! " Well How good are we now ? Centre halves are more vulnerable to injuries ( well they bloody should be ) and suspension. Every team plays two, some play three. Plus one on the bench. Letting Downing go without a replacement being brought in as well as allowing Wharton and Platt to go out on loan was the height of idiocy !

If it was Tom Finney I would.

I don't agree with equating Mowbray and Coyle as managers at all but at the moment talking purely in team performance terms what is the difference? All the failings that haunted Coyles time here have returned with a vengeance.

I remember Blackpool going down years ago. They'd never been in the drop zone all season until the last ten minutes of their last game ! After Xmas they were safely mid table.

If in doubt put a boot through the ball and have a row with the goalkeeper later. First rule of defending.

I was thinking of Howard Kendall also.

You didn't get the joke then ?

Yeah we always start off like a house on fire as well !

I thought he was at home in any football environment to be honest ! Not better than Ronnie or Tugay though.

It's like working away in a team. You wouldn't socialise much back home but when you're away from home it's one for all and all for one. You go more than the extra mile for each other. All this high fives last season when we were dicking average to poor teams doesn't mean a thing. It's the players that grab the ball out of the back of the nets and runs to restart the game when you've just conceded a bad goal and then says " Come on we can beat this lot " or " Right , this is the last time we kick off in this game " or words to that effect. Our lot just stand there looking at each other.

Some proper players inside 'em would do me !

I never bought the " team spirit " story. Team spirit reveals itself out on the pitch when you're busting a gut for each other not when you're pissing it up on holiday. Anybody can do that.

Yep I like that but I think Shearer with Bellamy playing off him would be a lethal combination.

Yep, if I was Raya I wouldn't be expecting to play next week.