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I think I was at that game. I think it’s the one we lost 1-0. Bonnetti always played really well at Ewood. Pity about the World Cup quarter final !

Bobby Bland - I Pity The Fool

First requirement of a full back - pace. Second requirement of a full back- you’ve got to like a tackle.

That’s were the “ fatigue “ thing puzzles me, how can you get fatigued when half the time you’re playing walking football ?

How many “ caught the eye of other clubs “ yesterday ? Any scouts there would have closed up their iPad at half time and gone home for an early pint.

The two aren’t mutually exclusive Jim. You can win and play entertaining football.

Just looking at the stats yesterday - we had 68% of the play and 1 shot on goal. They had 32% of the play and 6 shots on goal. Says it all for me.

We’re talking Luton Town here not Liverpool or Chelsea. 99% of players move for more money. We’re probably paying Pears and Walstedt what we could have paid Kaminski and Hilton.

He comes across as a likeable guy and compared with his immediate predecessor he comes across as a breath of fresh air. Having said that BRFC is in the entertainment business and we need entertainment on the pitch.

I admired the Spanish team of a dozens years ago that started all this “ keep ball “ style football off. The ball control, ability to find space etc was amazing at times. But ultimately I found it pretty sterile. I called it “ Kissing Your Sister “ football. Pleasant but not very exciting.

I think we played well in that game because nobody expected us to win. Therefore no real pressure. That’s the problem at the moment - as soon as the pressure is on not enough of our players are able to cope.

I get the “ high risk “ but where’s the “ high reward “ ?

Most of the time I find it boring. Football should be about goal mouth incident, , shots at goal, attacking play etc. it should be getting you out of your seat. If it’s not doing that it’s just tedious.

Not at Ewood but the Leicester FA Cup last season I suppose. The Sheff Utd FA Cup game was a good game but ultimately disappointing. They’re the last time I was really buzzing after a game and I thought we were on the right track. Then summer comes along and we know the rest. No significant investment, best keeper we’ve had for a long while given away, ditto Phillips etc.

I found myself at one point in the Watford game thinking “ If football was like this back when I first started watching as a child would I have got involved in the game ? “. This was after several passages of walking football , just passing it around aimlessly in our own half before we eventually lost the ball.

The “ when the teacher leaves the room “ syndrome.

Players can lose managers their jobs also.

Irrespective who we select there should be no training tomorrow. The whole squad should be sat down and made to watch a replay of today’s game. After that the floor should be thrown open for every player to comment on what they see is going wrong. Every player should have to comment - no comebacks- let’s have it out straight from the shoulder.

Shocking.

I think I’d rather have Garrett than Travis to be honest, I can’t see how Moran is worthy of a place to be honest. He’s a “ last 20 minutes off the bench “ player for me.

That’s the problem. It’s hard to decide where our strengths lie at the moment. Until we try another way of playing we’ll never know. Unfortunately we’ve signed too many good but small “ five a side “ players who struggle to compete when the going gets tough. I would have thought making us much harder to score against would be a good starting point.

He’s asking the current squad of players to play in a way that highlights their weaknesses and not their strengths. The buck stops at his door I’m afraid.

When did we last sign a player that you thought - “ Bloody helll, he’s a rough handful, I wouldn’t fancy my chances going up against him ! “ ?

When my rugby league team plays like that the rumours are - “ Have they been paid ? “