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I think he’d like to be a Cantwell style player but he’s miles off at the moment.

I don’t fancy Miller at right back to be honest. He doesn’t look nippy enough to me. Plus his passing leads me to think his crossing of the ball will be a bit slap dash. Right side centre half is probably his limit.

He’s not got the qualities you need to play that role. First and foremost, you have to play in a disciplined fashion. You need to be able to spot danger before it happens, intercept play, tackle, move the ball on quickly, and don’t get drawn out of position when you have possession. Lots of opponents will let you carry the ball forward when you’re playing in that position, they’re hoping to catch you downfield when they win the ball. None of this fits the bill with Taveres as far as I can see. I see Taveres as a Cantwell wanna be.

I’m pleased for him but a pound to a penny some manager will be saying to one of his players who have also been selected - “ See if the lad fancies a move “.

That game against Brazil where Mullery marked Pele was the best I ever saw him play. He was tremendous that day. He kept Pele, who was probably at the height of his powers and playing in a great team, relatively quiet. Big Mal talked a lot of sense most of the time, I learnt a lot just by listening to him back in the day.

He’ll never be able to play the Tronstad role. He’s not diligent enough.

TGH for me unless we need him in midfield. Failing that if we get one of our crocked centre halves back we can play Miller at right back. It’s bad news for Rovers but good news for the lad. He’s earned it.

Me too, it’s incurable.

Robert Cray Band - Change Of Heart, Change Of Mind

Thanks for the info. I didn’t mean to disrespect you, it just sounds way out regarding the 7-0 score. I know the first 11 aren’t brilliant but from what I’ve seen of the U-21’s they aren’t any better. Are you sure he didn’t get the score the wrong way around ? An older guy ( Ribeiro ) losing his rag at a younger player doesn’t surprise me. Been there, done that, to my shame. Kids not rating the older players doesn’t surprise me either.

That sounds like a load of bollocks to me.

Tell your wife to hide all your sharp knives.

Rochdale have already decided that they’re going to lay a new pitch in mid season.

I’m with you, I fancy us to get something here. Our current formation is made for away games.

There’s playmakers and then there’s spear carriers for me. Tronstad, Taylor-Hickman, Forshaw, Montgomery, spear carriers. Cantwell, Morishita, Baradji, playmakers. Tavares, Henrikson,- wanna be playmakers.

Dale And Grace - I’m Leaving It All Up To You

Toth, a fit Wharton and Carter, Hedges . With Tronstad that’s basically a whole defence out.

Then we had Cantwell, who is normally available for selection, out for what seems like 2 months and he’s not even back up to speed now. Toth was really looking the part, now we are back with Pears. Montgomery was good for 20 minutes at the end of a game and then we lost him. It’s as soon as we get one player back we lose another one. I don’t normally shy away from criticising the managers at Ewood but I think Ismael is getting a raw deal at the moment. Just putting a competitive team out there is an achievement. If things are as bad when we get some of our better players back that’ll be another story.

Forshaw wouldn’t be playing 3 games a week if Tronstad’ hadn’t have got injured.

The number of players we have out injured is killing us at the moment.

Playing Alebiosu in a back four would negate a lot of his attacking opportunities. Not to mention the point that non of the centre halves are good enough to play in a two.

Over half of the squad “ he put together “ are in the treatment room. Given the teams we are having to put out at the moment I can’t see us pulling any trees up.

I see Mark Wood has had to return home. I always thought it was a risk given the amount of bowling he’d have to do on hard Aussie wickets. It was a risk worth taking though in my opinion.

He was described as being “ in imperious form “ in my paper today.

If I had to put my finger on one thing - they don’t know how to leave the ball. They have to play at everything. Nothing is more dispiriting for the bowler than to see the batsmen not play at something you’ve put a lot of effort into.