Tyrone Shoelaces

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.

I had a lot of time for Raya, I thought he had bags of potential. Having said that like every other player in the team at the moment he's not stepped up to the level of this league. He's making the same costly mistakes too often. Time to give the other guy a game ? Brian Clough used to say he'd break the bank for the best possible goalkeeper. " Nobody can lose you a game quicker than your goalkeeper ". He wasn't wrong there.

I agree, I'd be throwing the tea tray at the lot of them in the dressing room but after that you have to be as non committal as you can be, You can say " There'll be changes, I'm not having anymore of that " but leave individuals out of it.

These days it does.

Sounds like he's ordered a taxi for Raya amongst others.

What I want from a team in the blue and white halves is we all win our individual battles, we win more than 50% of tackles, we win more than 50% of the second balls, we win more than 50% of the contested headers and we run further than the opposition. If we can do that the results will take care of themselves. Lack of skill I can forgive, lack of effort, desire, or will to win I can't. When I contributed to the pre match preview I said the result would hinge on how many of our lot had the holiday brochures open. Well I think we know now. Enough of this tripe, show some bloody pride in the shirt and if you can't do that at least show some pride in yourself ! I've been saying this most of the time since Big Sam got the bullet and I'm sick and tired of it.

I'd give Johnno more imput into the first team. Can he honestly do any worse ?

Would you trust him with the cheque book in summer ?

Time to reset the poll I think.

Yeah, My admiration of Dougie is second to none but I saw them both play and Finney was ever so slightly a better player. He could play in every position across the forward line and look a natural. He was as good as George Best in my opinion.

I've seen teams playing like this to get the manager fired. Utd and Mourinho for one !

He's had no idea what his best team was all season Stuart. Letting Downing go without bringing a replacement in was crazy. Would you trust him with next seasons budget ? I wouldn't !

I'm fast approaching breaking point now. If things don't improve dramatically next week, and I can't see how they will, it's " A taxi for Tony " time. The guy's old school, we need a younger guy running the team. We're not just getting beat every week. we're playing like drains and we're as weak as p--s,

I'm sure I saw him play for Rovers once. V Middlesborough at Ewood seems to ring a bell. Ripley was playing for Boro that day and he had a terrific battle with Alan Wright who gave as good as he got. I said to my pal on the the way out of the ground. " That blond winger looks a good'un, I wouldn't mind him at Rovers ". Kenny must have had the same thought.

Who knows with this team ? In fact who knows what the team will be ? We could do with a win but I fear some of them will already be thumbing through their Summer holiday brochures and the Rotherham lads will be fighting for their lives. If we do win we'll need to be 3 goals up going into the last 10 minutes.

Sutton was a top class striker but I can imagine him upsetting a few. He seemed to be injured for a long while when we really needed him in the relegation season. I wasn't Sherwood's biggest fan. The likes of Batty and Warhurst were better players in my opinion. That he was a gobshite, if true, wouldn't surprise me at all. I've said this before but players come in two categories for me. 1) The players that can play and get you on top in the game. 2] The players that can play once the first group have got you on top. For me, and it's just my opinion, Sherwood belongs in Group 2.