He’s doing OK at the moment to say he’s never played there. Souey used to say real defenders enjoy defending and this lad does.

Dull as dishwater game. Any neutral or football fan tuning in hoping to see some entertainment would have turned off after 30 minutes. Kick, kick and kick again. Was there a line break in the whole game ? Did any of the backs get a real running chance. 1 try from a yard out in 80 minutes. The scrums are a joke. When I first started watching rugby the scrums were a means to get the forwards out of the way to give the backs a run at their opponents with the ball in hand. Now scrums are just a means of getting penalties.

It’s hard to say. The guys that were giving us daily reports of their progress last season seem to be conspicuous by their absence this season. I can’t understand why. Maybe they’ll be back when they win a game.

It’s like the goal he scored at QPR. Some people were saying “ it was only a simple tap in “ but it was the way he opened his body up and allowed the ball to come across him that allowed him to glide the ball into the far corner with his left foot. He could have had a bang early with his right foot and had the shot blocked. It was a cool finish for me.

That’s where he should be playing.

Jack Scott - What In The World’s Come Over You

Again not a gig but Paul Weller night next Friday on BBC 4. 9.00 Weller at the BBC. 10.00 Paul Weller - Live At The Barbican. 11.30 Paul Weller - BBC 4 Sessions. 12-30 - Arena - Dire Straits.

Mine were “ Hilger & Watts “ box levels. I also had a conventional “ Wyler “ level. That was my “ go to “ level for most jobs - 0.001” in 10”. The “ Hilger & Watts “ 0.0001 in 10” was a “ put the level down, go and get a coffee, come back and the bubble might have settled type of level.

No but the actual level cast iron bodies are expensive. They read to 1 thousandth of an inch in 10 inches. if you’re really fussy 1 tenthousandth of an inch in 10 inches. I gave mine away for £300 when I retired. Should have been worth well over a £1000.

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet The best intro ever put onto vinyl.

What do you do when some clumsy bastard drops the level and breaks the vial ? You can’t just throw away a level worth £1000’s. Not all level’s come from “ B&Q “.

My youngest son watches every Rovers game. Last season I asked him about Hirst. After a long pause he said “ Well, he’s better than Jack Vale.”

I did have a rubber hammer. I used it for forming lubrication piping to follow the casting profile.

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun

What about the glass hammer ?

When we up the tempo in the game and occasionally go more direct we look great. Maybe the tip tap in our own half is our secret weapon, send our opponents to sleep. It certainly works for me.

The Rolling Stones - Out Of Time

We’ll never reach our potential playing two water carriers, one of them being a pretty poor water carrier. Who picks the team ?

Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing

Or give a penalty.

Doris Troy - Just One Look

James Brown - Living In America

10 minutes good football, 80 minutes zzzzzzzzzzz. As long as we have Rice and Phillips together in midfield we’ll look laboured. What does Phillips actually do apart from getting bookings ? Bellingham carries the central midfield, anything happens to him and we’re Donald ducked. Trippier will never make a left back as long as he lives, he plays way too narrow.

The Box Tops - The Letter

Certainly a great game but Italy found a way of overcoming a fabulous Brazilian team. Unfortunately Brazil had the worst centre forward playing for them I’ve ever seen in a Brazil shirt. He made Gally look decent.