Knowing he could see a train crash coming after the about turn in Summer regarding transfers he would have been wiser to go then. His stock would have much higher than it is now. I’m surprised he took the job in the first place.

Let’s hope so. The ability has always been there, the problem has been getting him to apply it.

Bartin was probably great at 16 but he never got any bigger. He was way too short to be a keeper.

Mm, I don’t think you’re right about that. The next month or two will tell.

We’ve got batting collapses off to a fine art.

It’s still in our hands. It’s up to us now. The people who thought certain teams ( Sheff Wed, Hudds etc ) were dead and buried a month ago mustn’t know much about football. The scramble always starts about now and teams that couldn’t buy a win previously start winning games you never thought they would.

A team mate of mine once made a save like that but as he was falling back to earth in the attempt to pull the ball into his stomach/chest he accidentally threw the ball into the back of the net ! You had to see it to believe it. Everybody was laughing, both teams, the ref, spectators etc.

Wasn’t Graham Moseley at the club at that time ?

I see they subbed him almost right away afterwards.

He also provided some must needed aggression. Other teams couldn’t bully us as they had been doing previously.

I like the sentiment but I don’t see how you can carry that out beyond saying things like “ we’ll always play attacking football “. Otherwise they’d still be playing 2-3-5 . I see my paper has Brighton playing a 4-2-4 system yesterday. Happy Days, the best Roverscteam I ever saw played that system with Ronnie and Dougie as the 2.

Or John MacNamee ?

Apart from the new kick off rule.

Tommy James And The Shondells - Crimson And Clover

“ Bucko having only played 30 minutes in 30 months “ ? That can’t be right.

Question Mark And The Mysterians - 96 Tears

James Brown And The Famous Flames - I Lost Someone

Billy Bragg - A New England

James Brown And The Famous Flames - I Don’t Mind

If I’d a pound for every game we’ve lost were I was pretty sure we’d win I’d be rich. Ditto the other way around. Football is a funny game, anything can happen. Being the favourite means nothing if you go out there with the wrong attitude. Come Rovers, give us something to shout about.

Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine

You need to read Jim’s piece more carefully. The crew neck is my favourite shirt. We probably wore that shirt unchanged for the longest time. We first wore it in late 1962 and we were still wearing it in the early 1970’s. My first shirt was the vee neck one Jim referred to.

The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore

At the risk of repeating myself - players basically fit into two groups. The ones that get you on top in the game and the ones that start playing when the first group have given them the platform to play on. I’ll let you decide which group Moran fits into.

Yeah, the shirts are awful but if that was your first Rovers shirt you probably love them.