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Sounds like Rhodes. Is he going to fit in with our style of play or will we move to two up front ?

He'd do for me, a quick player with end product.

Gestede has had a series of injuries since he left Ewood. It'd be like the time we brought Fred Pickering back. A pale shadow of his former self. I'd keep well away.

That may be so but I'd rather be throwing BA on for the last 20 minutes than BB. Who was the guy we spent page after page on speculating about signing him in summer without anything tangible to link us with him ?

The lad Grayson started for Grimsby yesterday but he was subbed around the hour mark. They won 1-0.

Thank God for that, he's a bit young to be having a " comb over ".

Tell him his dad was a good 'un.

A lot depends what division we are in next season. We could go up and Southampton could come down. Unlikely I know but not impossible. If they are planning to get the cheque book out now is a good time but lets have some genuine starters and not more " investments ".

I think we signed his brother ! The directors at my Rugby League team went down to South Wales to sign a Rugby Union player. Given the relations between the two codes at that time everything had to be keep very quiet. They watched the lad play and they were really impressed so the decided to make an approach in the Club House after the game. When they went inside a bit later on they saw the guy at the bar on his own. They made their position known and asked him if he would sign a contract there and then. The lad agreed gladly to sign for the sum of £1,000, quite a bit back in the day. What they didn't know was that they were talking to the players twin brother who'd lost a foot after he stepped on a land mine in the war ! After spinning them along for an hour or two the lad owned up to the fact he only had one foot and tore up the contract in front of the two mightily relieved directors !

We didn't take much care of the lad last time he was here to be honest. He made his comeback in the reserves on a really freezing cold night. What was the point of that ?

I see Henderson at Rochdale keeps scoring for a team down in the doldrums.

I keep reading the new manager at Southampton wants a real clear out so he can bring in his own players.

Hang on a minute, the lad's had a couple of good games against a background of a very chequered career regarding injuries and availability. Nobody will be knocking at our door to take him away on the strength of that recent record. If he's still doing the business in March then we should be thinking about a longer term contract. Three years after two games is just plain foolish, we're not back in the Prem yet.

I was pleased when we gave him the chance. I thought it was a smart move on Mowbray's part, you don't play at the level he did without ability. I'm pleased he's doing well but he'd have play well and stay fit a bit longer before I start out handing him a 3 year contract. That's just foolish.

On the PR aspect of the club Mowbray has been excellent right from the start. He's a great figurehead who speaks with real authority.

Not long ago I used look at our bench and shake my head. It was poor beyond belief. Now we have real strength and ability to come on and change the game if need be. We have at least half a dozen that are knocking on the door for a game.

Yeah the way he held up the ball for the third goal was great. He let the supporting players get beyond him and then played a perfect ball out wide to get the attack going.

We were always told - " When we have the ball make the pitch as big as you can ". Basic football tactics really.

Rovers 3 - Hull 0. City 5 - Dingles 0 and no shots on goal. Does it get any better ?

I thought they'd killed Saddam Hussein ?

He'll improve the team if he can stay fit, The big question is can he stay fit ?

I remember listening to a manager talking about Paul Lake who used to play for 'City. " Bobby Moore with added pace " was his verdict ! Praise indeed there but we never got to see him much because he was always injured. Another similar case - when Trevor Francis signed for Forest for a British record fee a journalist asked Bill Shankly why Liverpool hadn't shown any interest in him. Shanks said " Look at his style of play, all those rapid stops and starts, he'll be injured for some of the time every season ". Shankly was right about Francis, he spent a lot of his career on the treatment table. I like Chapman, he's a breath of fresh air and a throwback to when every team had a quick winger on one wing. Like somebody else said " He gets you on your feet ". I just look at his record at the clubs he's been at in a short career and he's been injured a lot of the time. Not the injuries were you're out for a week or two but the injuries that end your season. Anyway if we have signed him - All the best son and I hope you prove me wrong.

Yeah you're right he wasn't comparable to a footballer that night.

My view - Off the pitch Mowbray has done a fantastic job, on the pitch he's done an OK job but not great.

Bennett started out on the left against Newcastle and looked like a fish riding a bike.