Tyrone Shoelaces

Players are always right behind the manager until the day he gets sacked. Not just at Rovers but at every club. It's the nature of the beast. They all look after No1. Look at the managers we've had since Big Sam, how many players actually came out and criticised them ? They only time they complain is when they're not getting selected for the team.

There's much less heavy tackling now JIm. In the old day a broken leg was quite a regular occurrence. Every team would have a victim during the season. There were as many broken legs then as there are cruciate injuries today. I'm not a big fan of way referees have clamped down on physical play but they can take credit for the lack of broken leg style injuries. I broke my right leg twice and what really shook me was how easily it happens.

So was my reply.

You think they'll be paying at the gate then ?

That's more like it Tony !

Sounds like Dyche was rowing with Klopp tonight. Bad Loser.

Given the number of games he played for us he must top the list of the most ineffectual players we've ever had and I include Ashley Ward in that list. He was a very lucky boy to have a career in football.

It's not looking good with Davenport. Sounds like he's got a touch of Gladwinitis. Any news as to when he's likely to be fit again ?

Just say Mowbray was lured away by a more successful club. What would happen then ? We'd be back playing a guessing game as to who the Chokers would appoint next. We could go backwards as quickly as we've gone forwards. That's why I don't want them anywhere near the Club again.

Dingles v Liverpool tonight. I bet they've had the hosepipes out all day !

Don't give them ideas ! They can come over next time it snows if they like.

It's not been easy these last few years. We've either signed unknowns or guys who are a bit over the hill. I thought Bennett would turn out be a good signing. I also banged the drum for Nyambe and Raya when 90% of this board didn't rate them. Most of my optimism vanished when Coyle came through the door. I stopped watching football all together at that point. Were you jumping up and down when the likes of Gladwin, Caddis, Hart were being signed ? Who on here knew anything about Luetwiler, Downing, Smallwood or even Dack ?

I've watched him on Spanish TV when he was playing for Granada, he's come on a bit since his Rovers days.

If you look back on the Whittingham transfer thread you'll see a few of us weren't " buzzing ". I had a bad feeling about signing him, especially on a 2 year contract. I just had a feeling he'd hit the wall. Watching him play was pretty sad, his legs had gone. Didn't Cardiff only offer him a 1 year contract ?

I wouldn't touch anything that Murdoch has a hand in.

2-1 defeat Jim. Played on a mud bath of a pitch the like of which you never see these days.

Be a good replacement for Dack if he goes back down Saaf.

Looks like Shane Warne's flipper did him there. He was looking for the leg break.

He had it all really Den, He was pretty quick, two footed, could beat an opponent with ball at his feet, decent in the air, he could bring other players into the action, very cool in front of goal, his discipline was good and a Blackburn lad to top it off. Our loss was Bolton's gain. I believe he carried on the scoring streak against West Ham there, I remember seeing him score another 3 goals against them for Bolton in a League Cup tie. Unfortunately he was more or less finished when he came back to Rovers, just like Fred Pickering was. They should have never come back really.

It was the end of the road when he came to Rovers. He just got lucky with the deal. When I saw him play it was obvious he was playing from memory.

" Sense " and what the Chicken Chokers might do with a potential fee don't belong in the same sentence. The only predictable thing about them is that they are un-predictable. I've given up trying to predict how they'll react to any given situation a long while ago.

Or the midfield colossus that was Whittingham.

Goals would nice, starting games up front would be nice. Given he's cost more than the rest of the team put together I'd expect any £7 million signing to be the first name on the team sheet. The suspicion that this is some sort of " moneyball " type signing gets stronger with every cameo he puts in.

We beat Arsenal 3-0 at home in that cup run Jim, Byrom scoring 1. in the next round we drew 3-3 with West Ham away, Byrom scoring all 3. No wonder Bobby Moore hated the sight of him. Were you at that game Jim ? In the replay that Rovers won 4-1 he got another 1 and Andy Mac got another 3. Could it be that game you're thinking of ? Byrom got another 1 away at Norwich and 1 more in the home game with Sheff Wed in that years FA Cup. A very underrated player who incidentally made his debut for Rovers in the First Division at the age of 17 years and 4 months. Makes Brereton sound like a veteran.

I think if Samuel hadn't have got injured he would have gone out on loan. I reckon Doncaster would be first in the queue after tonight !