Tyrone Shoelaces

I like Rice a lot, he’s a cracking player with a great engine but Wharton is a better, more penetrating, passer of the ball. There’s nobody coming through that can see and deliver a pass better in the England team. Other players might be better in other ways but when he comes down to picking out forward runs Wharton is superb. Probably one of last “ street ‘ footballers.

It’s £6-00 a pint where I drink.

It was his decision making ability that caught my eye when I first saw him play. He’s two moves ahead all the time. “ The ability to make the right decision at speed under pressure is what separates the top players from the also rans “.

Looking at the strapping he was wearing on Saturday he can’t have been 100% fit but you would have never known it just watching him. He’s known the dog shit training pitches and poor facilities. So you value it more when you get to a better place. The kids coming through the academy don’t know the rough side of football.

He played in more games than the play off final.

It’s all the more galling for me because the lad was quite happy at Rovers and we were under no pressure to sell him other than from the Chicken Chokers who had ballsed up the finances.

More or less. I can’t recall a player doing more on his own to pull the team through. David Speedie is the nearest one I can think of but he had a lot of support from his team mates.

I’d rather the close season was longer to be honest. I need a good long break from the circus that is Blackburn Rovers at the moment.

He carries his space around with him. All the top class midfielders did the same.

The new Jim Baxter, only he’s not Scottish.

Shearer esque goal tonight.

So much for the scouting teams at those clubs. They must be blind.

10/10

I think you mean “ undermined “ not “ under pinned “.

Yeah it’s so disappointing. Any other manager with a strike force of Gally, Dolan, Siggy ( if fit ) Vale, Leonard ( if fit ) would be looking to get 80,90 goals for sure.

Yes I think you are right.

I think they were waiting to see how last weekends results went. It’s hard to predict what will happen.

Sonny Charles And The Checkmates - Black Pearl

Eustace set us up with a packed defence so the keepers have as little as possible to do. With a better keeper we may be allowed to play a more expansive game.

Not much has changed since then.

Not your fault in any way but that’s a bottom six team. If we can ever get all of them out on the pitch at the same time of course.

Ben E King - Don’t Play That Song

When he came at first he wasn’t playing the the role that’s brought him all the goals. We had BBD playing there. When Sammi was playing deeper in midfield he sometimes looked like a fish riding a bike. Pushing him further forward was a master stroke. Just like what we did with Andy McEvoy. He was an average midfield player until we pushed him up front in an emergency. He never looked back and was up there with Jimmy Greaves and Denis Law as a top goalscorer.

The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind

Not every captain leads by being in your ear all the game. Some lead by example. You look at what they are doing on the+pitch and think “ if he’s doing it, so can I “ or “ I can’t let this guy down “. That’s Sammi.