Tyrone Shoelaces

Sounds like another De Neve to me.

I’m toying with trying Hedges up front instead of Henriksson. He can’t possibly be worse. Pickering can play instead in Hedges old position.

So we should sign a right wing back to come and play a few games for us until Alebiosu returns from Africa ? I can’t see many decent players jumping at that.

Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star

Yes that’s true, but when I’ve seen him play I haven’t seen anything that would lead me to think there’s an exceptional talent there. He’s neat and tidy on the ball but that’s it.

They’ll be here forever. After the coming nuclear holocaust it’ll be just them and the cockroaches left alive.

Like most centre halves he’s a bit slow on the turn. You need to be rapid in that respect to play in that position. I like the lad a lot but I see him as the right sided centre back in a three as his best position. He’s doing ok as a right back and he’s doing his best to stand in for Alebiosu.

There’s such a thing as going 2-0 up too soon. The winning team can get caught in two minds - do we press on for more goals or do we defend what we’ve got and try to conserve energy ? The losing team can only play one way, go all out and try and get back into the game. Anybody else at Maine Road when we went 2-0 up after about 10 minutes only to lose 2-3 to a David White hat trick ?

I don’t know when that happened as he played the whole 90 odd minutes of the game. There was an incident in the first half when he was sent sprawling into the hoardings behind the opposing goal by an opponent who caught him off balance. However he played on after that bad fall. I expected him to be subbed at half time after that but he stayed on.

It’s like the lad Brierley who we “ signed “ before letting him slip through our fingers and go to Brentford. He’s out on loan at Exeter at the moment. He could have been Wharton’s understudy here. Not his fault though.

Never in this world. He’s totally unsuited for any role that requires diligence. A “ strolling player “.

Earl-Jean - I’m Into Something Good

Well if he does I don’t think Baradji will be the one to replace him.

That’s what I thought. Just what we need.

Me neither, so I was surprised at Roversfan99’s post.

Why sign another Tronstad ?

He did nothing wrong today playing as an orthodox right back. He still got forward on several occasions. If he gets left out for the next game the lad that replaces him must be a good ‘un. I was impressed with the Nigeria outside left, Simon. A poor man’s Jeremy Doku.

Bang on the money.

Keillor-Dunn ?

That’s one thing you can’t afford to do if you come out of the back line with the ball at your feet. You must keep the ball within your team at all costs.

I thought the “ midfielder “ “ with a goal threat “was Baradji ?

The usual all action performance from Ryan. Heart in the mouth moment when he was sent crashing in the backboards but he seems to have recovered well. Playing himself into the next game as far as I can see.

Me too. He’s neat and tidy on the ball but - he isn’t particularly quick like Damien Duff, he’s not very big or aggressive like a Speedie, doesn’t appear to like to run with the ball from centre midfield like a Dunny, doesn’t look to be a goal scoring late runner into the box like a Lampard. He’s not a destructive first time passer like Wharton. I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Arsenal scouts must see something I can’t. Johnny Byrom was scoring hat tricks in the old First Division at his age. I could see what the fuss was all about then. Clubs like Arsenal can afford to hoover up all these “ promising “ kids for peanuts. If one in ten make it they’ll be happy. They’ll just blow the other nine out for various small fees.

The Monkees - Take A Giant Step

Nobody is going to sign Carter until they’ve seen him play at least a dozen games without him breaking down again.