200 looks a par score in these conditions. I agree that it was slightly strange to bat first but he probably didn't fancy batting fourth either.

Paul Cook reckons this has been the worst, toughest week of his career by far. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53339102 You know things are bad when it is worse than Easter Sunday 2001.

I was about to post the same thing. Blues Bar becomes Berkovic Bar....

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On

I think they were talking about newcomers from last summer to be fair. I don't think even Paul can deny that Brereton has been underwhelming (to say the least!)

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Ah fair enough.

Football is - and always will be - a simple game Tony. I've never been able to get my head around this 'false nine' stuff. In my day if I had a fast strike partner I would simply play five or ten yards closer to the half way line and drag the centre half or halves out with me, leaving a lovely gap for my teammate to exploit. And if they didn't follow me out, I was the one with plenty of space to do what I wanted with the ball then. Its hardly a rocket science playing up front.

Looks like we might have climbed a place today without kicking a ball, great result for Boro at Millwall, that!

The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine

Joe Tex - You're Right, Ray Charles

I'll link the last two together just to tidy things up a bit (and get another song by The Jam in there!) The Jam - The Place I Love

Limmie & Family Cooking - A Walking Miracle

Aye its likely to be a stop-start afternoon, if we are lucky to even get that. Typical....

Yes - this is what I have been wondering as well. E.g. when I heard that Downing at 36 would be looking for £20k a week (and I know this is just speculation) I thought to myself "Who on earth is going to pay that in this climate?"

Landscape - Einstein A Go Go

Well done that man!!!

I was under the impression that they (the owners) had actually invested in the academy?

Great winning goal by Arma. Very similar to the one the Southampton lad scored against City the other day. Didn’t see enough of the game to pass comment really but sounded like a typical Rovers “good performance when it doesn’t really matter”.

10CC - Donna

The Jam - In the City

The Rezillos - Top of the Pops

In Scotland, if you're an old firm manager you either win the league or you don't. That's all I meant really, I don't get hung up on minutiae and wasn't doing a statistical comparison of the two of them. Gerrard has failed. Same as Mowbray did. He only has one job and that is to finish above Celtic, and as soon as Rangers got close to them this season they nosedived. Sound familiar?

I was a huge admirer of him as a player, but I wouldn't touch Gerrard with a barge pole. Most of us on this message board could have had Rangers finishing second in that league with the resources and support that he's had. Funnily enough Mowbray had a similar record while at Celtic in the same league.

The Style Council - Down By The Seine