Why, is there a taxi waiting for him ? They keep changing managers without much success but they never address the real problem - the culture at the club. They are just like Rovers in that respect.

Different context - a cup tie refers to the actual game. A draw is the result. I’ve got a few more ties than that. Unfortunately the last time I wore one was the usual black one for a funeral earlier this year.

She said it took three hours from start to finish. Longer than a football game but not as long as a day at the cricket?

You mean a draw. In the UK ties are what you used to wear around your neck. Occasionally you get them in cricket. Incidentally Mrs Shoelaces went to her first baseball match in Cincinnati this week. Her verdict - “ rounders on steroids “.

Is he luckier to be our manager than Keano, Coyle, Appleton, Berg, Bowyer ?

Anything to get rid of these fools.

There are one or two on here who would have never been happy whoever replaced JDT. They were members of his fan club, so I’m not really surprised about that. They wanted the current manager fired after about 5 games ! To replace him with ? Strangely enough they haven’t had much to say since the result at Sunderland. I try to be a bit more objective. Players and managers are ordinary men, they aren’t gods, so putting them on a pedestal rarely ends well. I liked JDT as a person, he was a breath of fresh air when he came to the club at first. Inevitably the malaise at Blackburn Rovers overwhelmed him and he came to the end of the road. He realised that almost a year ago and he generously offered to stand aside in the summer when he obviously saw the writing on the wall. In my experience of over 60 years watching football I’ve never known a manager be held to a contract for any length of time once he’s made it clear he wanted out. The Chicken Chokers in their madness decide to break some new football ground. I didn’t know much about Eustace other than he’d done ok/quite well at Big Club. He seemed to be held in good regard by the fans there. Once he was appointed I was prepared to give him a bit more time than his first half a dozen games. I hope he keeps us up, after all that was why he was brought in. If he doesn’t I’d still be prepared to give him a go at next season. I anticipate another really ineffectual close season with one or two of our better players leaving to be replaced by more kids. With that in mind we are going to need a more pragmatic manager who cuts his cloth accordingly.

Yeah, don’t look here, look over there.

Or on the other hand the £8 million could have gone in their arse pocket, never to be seen again.

That’s if we’re all fit. Were a bit brittle in that respect.

You mean the 20 minute man ?

I give Samaritans a call before it’s too late if I were you.

It wasn’t a bit of an injury either - he was out for the rest of the season. Best that we stay away now.

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That’s essential in my eyes.

If we are going to win it I think we’ll need more than one goal. It’s doable though if we can reproduce the Newcastle/Sunderland form. At least Southampton won’t be parking the bus.

If we were to go down with the resulting shit show that that would entail I could see Eustace making a better job of getting us back up than I could JDT. JDT and the Chicken Chokers was never going to work. He was much too open and honest for them. Having said that he lost a lot of credit with me after the dingledome debacle and I never really had the same confidence in him after that. I been watching derbies since 1962 and that was without doubt the worst performance I’d ever seen from either team. Even in the 5-0 caning the dingles gave it a go, they were just outclassed.

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In the case of Burnley players that would be fair comment.

He even played a match winner like Reid out of position most of the time.

Would you pass to Gally so you could see him fall over the ball ?

I don’t think Giles was a dud but Mowbray playing him on the right wing was just typical Mowbray - crackers.

I’d rather he didn’t to be honest. All my memories are good at the moment, I’d prefer not to spoil them.

Maybe back to Sevilla to give it another go ? Sounds like he never really came to terms with Spain though.