Tyrone Shoelaces

Give me their cheque book and I could do the same. Want a centre half for the future ? Just sign Gvardivol, the best young centre half coming through. Want a goalscorer ? Just sign Haaland, a goal machine. It’s piss easy.

That’s how I see it, we’re Venkies Rovers at the moment. Normal service with games against the real Blackburn Rovers will be resumed at some point in the future.

It looks more like Palace made us an offer and we snatched their hand off to me.

Pears makes at least one howler in every game.

Gene Pitney - Just One Smile

What makes you think that he’s got any of the skills required to play in midfield ?

You know the score Jim, how much of a gamble do you think Wharton was going to be ? I’ve been watching football for longer than I care to think about and I think I know what a top player looks like. They look like Wharton. Even Damian Duff didn’t impress me as much as this lad at a similar age. The lad will be a play making machine as long as he doesn’t get injured.

They used to be big time back in the day. I didn’t know they were still in business. Best polo shirt I ever got was by “ Sand “, they’re Danish. Mrs Shoelaces bought a business suit by them at the same time. The polo was in the sale along with a nice grey one, so I thought. When I got to the counter the sales guy said - “ The black one is in the sale but the grey one isn’t “ .So I put the grey one back and I’ve been kicking myself ever since. The black one is out in Spain and it still looks great after 25 years. How is it we always remember the ones that got away ?

Noooooooo !

Mm, he won’t be coming here then.

What is really galling is that not one penny of it will be spent on strengthening the team.

Pure footballing ability. Putting a smile on your face. Can Siggy leap over a Mini, or throw a golf ball the length of Ewood ?

Duncan McKenzie ? Siggy isn’t fit to lace his boots.

What sort of material do you play ? Anything I might recognise ?

Players like Wharton come along once in a generation at clubs like Rovers. Even the dogs in the street knew he was worth way more than what we accepted from Palace. The Chicken Chokers strike again.

I look forward to the day when the Chicken Chokers fuck off and we don’t have to go into these games with one hand tied behind our backs.

Really.

Who’s to say that won’t happen any way ?

They’ll never have a better chance of staying up. Sheff Utd - dead in the water from day 1, Luton - dogged for 60 minutes in most games but nowhere near good enough to stay up. Everton and Forest with significant points deductions. All they had to do was be better than 3 out of those 4 teams.

The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

“ The fans are on the pitch, they think it’s all over, it is now ! “

That’s a bit like saying Starmer needs to do a lot better than the current government . Really ? It would be nice if he could, but you need the tools to do the job.

I knew we were going down as soon as we appointed him. Not entirely his fault but all the stars were in alignment.

We paid money for Telalovic ? I’ll see if my old boots are still in the loft.

Mm, he was going great guns a while ago with the youth teams. I had him down as a future Rovers manager/head coach. Then he seemed to get marginalised under Mowbray. Stats man and chief drone pilot apparently. We’d have to see who applies and run a proper series of interviews. If it was between him and Rudy it’s obvious he’s a better bet.