I rate him, he's a footballer.

You can dress it up anyway you like, it's obvious to me that whatever thoughts Mowbray had about being able to make some decent early signings have foundered on the rocks of the Chicken Chokers complete indifference to our fate.

Nuttall wasn't good enough last season Stuart. He'd have to improve 100% to get in the team this season.

He's a willing workhorse who'll run all day but he's not a finisher. As things stand we won't be making enough chances to accommodate a player like that.

Dack could have a great season if he has a couple of good forwards to help him shoulder the burden. Expect him to do it all on his own and you'll soon find he's double marked out of most games.

It's funny but I can see all those 5 goals from that game in my mind's eye. Fergie got away down the right wing and put in a perfect cross. Lawther went up with Brian Labone and he was still up there when Labone was on the way back down. A nice flick header into the far corner. 1-0. Pickering got away down the left wing then cut in up the touch line. When everybody expected a cross he fired a shot in from an acute angle that beat West all ends up. 2-2. Pickering got away again in exactly the same spot and was looking to shoot for goal when an Everton player ( Jimmy Gabriel ? ) brought him crashing down. Dougie did the business from the penalty spot. 3-2 Rovers ! Both Everton goals came from half cleared corners with a midfield player firing in a shot in through a crowded goal mouth. Else saw them both very late and had no chance. Now what did I have for my tea last night ?

If you don't score goals you go down. We can't rely on Dack getting 15 goals in this division.

We'll live or die by our signings. The team as it stands is barely good enough to stay out of the bottom 3 or 4.

I'd equate Bent with that Wood who plays for Burnley, how much did he go for ?

I'm out in Spain at the moment and my books are back in England but going off my memory the game was in Nov 1962. It was 0-0 at half time. We scored through an Ian Lawther header after about 50 mins before Everton came back and made it 2-1 with two quick goals. Fred Pickering made it 2-2 with about 10 minutes to go and the same player was brought down at the Blackburn end for the last minute penalty. The snow was coming down heavily as Dougie strolled up to the ball in his usual fashion and put the ball in one corner as Gordon West dived into the other. A great end to a terrific game. That's when Everton first noticed what a good player Pickering was. The game were we came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 was against Liverpool the following season. Another great game.

Best of luck with that one. They must have more money than sense.

2nd shirt I ever bought after the vee neck short sleeved one that preceded it. We wore that for the first time against Everton in late 1962 in a 3-2 win. Bryan Douglas banged in a last minute penalty to win the game in the teeth of a blizzard ! Those were the days.

He'd run all day but he was a " blunt instrument " . Not good enough at our level.

I'd have signed any of those three before I would have given Conway a new contract.

It's hard to escape the feeling that we'll never really aspire to our old status as long as these idiots hold the keys to the club. They have us in a death grip.

My money is on " in tears ".

I'd be amazed if we actually have £3 million to spend on all incoming players not just one.

The one thing I've learned about Venky's that you can rely on is that they always take the wrong option. The " Feel Good " factor at the Club from last season is slowly ebbing away. A modest amount of money spent on a couple of players who would definitely strengthen the first 11 would have maintained our momentum. What do they do ? Just fiddle while Rome burns as usual. Have we any evidence they actually know we got promoted last season ?

Forget that then. Not unless the pound to magic bean exchange rate has shot up recently.

People keep saying that, can you name another one ? One of our most successful pre seasons when we had a great tour of Holland in 1965 led to our ignominious relegation in the 65-66 season.

Remember who told you first.

Great, will we see any of it ?

Sounds like our inability to play for more than 30 minutes in a game hasn't gone away. That's ok against Rochdale, not so good against West Brom etc. In my experience a good pre season doesn't guarantee a good season but a bad pre season means you're going to struggle.

Sounds like our inability to play for more than 30 minutes in a game hasn't gone away. That's ok against Rochdale, not so good against West Brom etc.

I can't see him being suited to playing up front with his back to goal.