He doesn’t really have be dirty, he just needs to use his size. He needs a few lessons off Shearer. He was brilliant at using his physicality although he wasn’t the biggest bloke around.

Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman With the amusingly named “ Little Beaver “ on guitar.

He keeps coming out top of those voting.

M O M for Palace again tonight according to the BBC.

“ The fans are on the pitch “ —————-

What about Gilsenan ?

Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

I can’t see him staying to be honest. The Chicken Chokers will be desperate to cash in.

It was like when the appointed Coyle. I knew in the August we were dead meat. I don’t know what the odds were for us to be relegated then but they’d be reasonable. I just couldn’t do it.

Then other teams sussed us out - Mowbray had no plan “ B “ - and the season just fell away.

Not yet but you never know with them !

Shocking isn’t it. That says a lot about the mentality of everyone at the club. ” Lucky “ Ipswich have got 25 goals in that period and conceded 11. At the moment that’s a goal in more than every other game ! Rovers have scored 5 and conceded 21. A damning statistic that I would imagine has been the case with Rovers for the last few seasons.

He’s our only real option up front unfortunately. “ In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king “ . Long live King Gally.

The Yardbirds - For Your Love

Interesting. Not being able to play out the full ninety minutes has been our Achilles heel for a long while. Yesterday we did for once.

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band - Still The Same

I’ve got to admit I’m not a fan. He misses too many chances and he misses more game than a physical giant should. Fair play to him yesterday, coming off his sick bed to play his usual 60, 65 minutes. I had to laugh when the miss control got him past the Sunderland defender for the goal. I think for the wages he’s reputedly to be on we could do better. I see the Sunderland fans are complaining that he roughed their players up - about bloody time is my immediate thought. He’s up against his old club that let him go on Saturday. Let’s see if he can make them regret letting him go.

Earl-Jean - I’m Into Something Good

£18.5 million ? As Black Bart the outlaw said at his trial, “ Some men rob with a six gun , some men rob with a fountain pen “.

It’s just the usual modern manager speak for public consumption. What he actually thinks or says behind the scenes could well be different. As long as he doesn’t actually believe that I’m ok with it.

It’s not like it was the first time is it ? I felt the same when we employed Lambert and Irvine and Co.

The Rolling Stones - Hearts Of Stone

We’re at Ewood. Yes, a point would be good.

Any other club and it would be.

Good ball in and a perfect header from Dack. Headed down and just to the keepers side. It would have been a pretty good save if he could have kept hold of the ball. But I want our keeper to make good saves. Once it was spilled it was a goal. if at all possible we want one of our two keepers out in the summer and a better first choice keeper brought in.