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Ah, the Ponderosa

ha ha, very good Phil.

Nor me. He could have got a better club than us at present.

Not good when someone as loyal as you feels this way Aggy.

Good signing, makes us into a proper team. The massive gap between striker and midfield disappeared when he played. Best striker we've had since the Yak. Agree with Parson we need more. If Graham got injured and Stokes isn't up to it, we'll still be in big trouble.

Well, as ever, it's more what they don't say, rather than what they do say - and there was no denial of rovers interest. Maybe he was just one of the short list, somewhere below van Gaal. Things look worse by the minute. Anyone got some good news?

That's what I thought as well. With the batsmanship first move being to get his front leg out of the way, a wide Yorker would have been the ball. Stokes just looked like a rabbit in headlights. Don't think him or Morgan were thinking straight.

Yeah, but let's not go overboard about Morgan's recent form. He only has difficulty with one ball - the first one.

According to the Bolton evening news today, the deal will go through possibly tomorrow. No mention of any problems there.

Both referees were just being silly boys. Seriously - both of them must think what they did was stupid.

Clive Thomas once blew the full time whistle between a corner being taken, and maybe 2 seconds later, the ball landing on the head of Zico of Brazil, scoring what would have been a winning goal in a World Cup game.

Yes Arbitro, if you're behind the ball you're onside - no matter where anyone else is. We've had this discussion before and it's a bit surprising how many people don't realise it.

I remember watching the roses game live on Granada for three days - many years ago. Come 6O'clock on the third day, closing overs being bowled with the result in the balance, Granada just finished the programme to go to the news. They never showed the final overs. Happy about that I was.

Yes they did, I was there - and it was against an old teammate of theirs, Fred Else who was playing for Barrow that day.

We're not allowed to discuss him Stuart?

A month will make no difference. Lambert doesn't want him and said he should have been sold two years ago. We played a totally different game at Boro and Lambert said that's the type of game he wants us to play. Quality playmaker(s) behind front players with good pace and movement is how he wants to go and left no room for Rhodes. No good bringing in a new manager then wanting him to play someone else's game.

The point is to highlight how the modern game is played.

Precisely. Watched the highlights of the city/Leicester game last night and Leicester were absolutely brilliant. The guys up front - especially Vardy ran city ragged. No standing isolated waiting for someone to give him the ball. He and his fellow front men ran their socks off and put city on the back foot for the 90 mins.Those guys made things happen and I'm quite sure that's how Lambert wants us to play. That's how I want us to play as well. Play the game at a high pace coupled with a great work ethic and lots of movement.

Was there for that game. That goal got surprisingly little publicity. - then again, maybe it wasn't that surprising?

Here we go - haters. Andy Cole was ten times the player Rhodes is. The fact that you compare the two tells me a lot Stuart.

I can only shrug my shoulders Stuart. He didn't develop because of Bowyer? His all round game wasn't as bad as the "intelligentsia" on here make out - but you don't even attempt to list his other qualities. Then he was only paid to score goals, but "with better players around him we would have got more out of him" - like what? We were going downwards with him Stuart. We needed fundamental change. He carried a ridiculous price tag. Lambert Sussed Rhodes out straight away, just as most managers have. Lambert has done the right thing for the future of the club in my opinion. He's gone and we can now look forward. Will it work? Who knows.

We blooming know he scores goals Stuart, that's all you ever say about him, so what's all this about us now having players to help him? We DO help him - that's how he scored the goals. You never, ever address points about his awful displays. The truth is that some football fans believe that if a player scores a goal every third game or so, then he's done enough.

I think you were happy watching that garbage week in,week out. rather than sell Rhodes Stuart. Personally, I think if Lambert wanted to fundamentally add quality and pace to the squad, he had no option other than to sell him. We tried keeping hold of Rhodes and bringing in freebies to bolster the squad for at least three years - and all that was doing, was taking us further towards the drop.

There was plenty of bounce at Cape Town Matty. Plenty of short balls went for four over the keepers head. If there's more bounce than that, they'll be going for sixes.

Big trouble now 116-6.