Tyrone Shoelaces

Trav started as a box to box player. That’s his best role.

I agree about the Baker goal. It was a well directed shot, but really ? The keeper should have just thrown his cap on it. If that had have been Pears ?

That makes sense to me.

Johnny Morissette - Meet Me At The Twistin’ Place

Could you see Gally getting the first goal ? That’s the diiference between real strikers and wannabe strikers.

The Coasters - Idol With The Golden Head

The hardest role to play on the pitch. That’s why players who can do it are on big bucks.

Their recent form has been very good up to their last game.

I don’t think he's ready either.

I think it’s worth a try. Nothing else is working. Cardiff probably won’t be expecting it.

He was very quiet for the U-21’s during the week. I expected more from someone knocking on the door of the first team. Having said that nobody played well in a 4-1 dicking..

Mm, and how do you know that ?

I would have changed things today. Pears Britain, Hyam, Baath, Pickering, Hedges Tronstad Travis Cantwell Gueye, Ohashi

The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer In The City

I heard a fan went up to the back of the net, pulled the ball out and threw it back on the pitch. I used to watch the ‘Dale a lot then if Rovers weren’t playing and I remember going to a league 4 game against Brighton ( yes that Brighton ) and there was a melee after a corner. The ball ended up in the back of the net and the ref gave a goal but the Brighton players claimed the ball had fallen in through a hole in the roof of the net. They demanded he consult his linesmen. So he goes over to the linesman, they have a chat, then the ref comes back and gives a penalty ! Cue more mayhem. Somebody had pushed the ball over the bar with their hand and it’d dropped into the goal through the hole apparently.

Yeah the QPR game was a shocker. When we were coming off I said to my son - “ Don’t worry about it, Kiddo won’t be here for the next game “. That was when Jack was running the show and you knew he would sort the job out.

He heard voices in his head telling him the keeper had carried the ball out of the area. Then he heard another voice telling to make up for the first fuck up by disallowing the goal. The best one I ever saw was when the ref blew up for time and took all 22 players off at Bolton v Rovers 20 minutes early ! Although the game at Rochdale in the 1970’s was a good one. I was down the end Rovers were attacking but it looked like the Dale scored a perfectly good goal at the other end but somebody pulled the ball out from under the net and threw it back on the pitch. The ref then disallowed the goal. The Dale players went apeshit so the ref sent one of them off ! After a long chat with all concerned he gave the goal and had the player he’d just sent off brought back on ! Anybody else remember that one ?

He needs to grow up.

Article that caught my eye in todays paper - “ The Songs That Defined The Spirit Of Punk “ These are the songs - Patti Smith - Pissing In The River Iggy And The Stooges - Gimme Danger Bad Brains - I Bikini Kill - Double Dare Ya Plasmatics - I Thee Head oats - I’m Hurting Bad Brains - Banned In DC Mm, not my idea of the song that defined punk. No “ 96 Tears “ for a start.

Anybody booked for trivial reasons like mouthing off, getting involved in pointless scuffles with opponents - I’d fine them 25% of their wages. Taking one for the team is different.

How does Dolan get 5 yellow cards ? He hasn’t got a tackle in him. That was one of the things that stood out when Dyche was running things at the Dingledome. They very rarely lost players because they got on the wrong side of the officials. That was in spite of them being a physical team. Since he’s gone they’re just like every other team in that respect. I learnt a long while ago that if you lose your place in the team it can take time to get it back. Meanwhile you’re kicking your heels and waiting.

Or in the water - Billy Fish ?

Not like Tiny Taylor to get sent off. A real gentle giant, that was his weakness really.

Mm, most of it was boring. Watching Spain play back in those days was like watching a submarine race. I appreciate the technical ability, they were top notch skill wise, but it didn’t get me out of my seat.

It’s like watching another sport entirely to todays football.