Tyrone Shoelaces

Mick Jagger - Memo From Turner

The Band - Music From The Big Pink

The First Class - Beach Baby

I think they just did. In the “ free hit “ games they’ve played well. When the pressure is on we look lost.

It’s like in any walk of life - if your attitude is wrong ultimately you’ll never reach your potential. When I trained apprentices the one thing I looked for was “ attitude “ . If it was good I could teach them all they needed to know, if it wasn’t good we were both wasting our time. What was that lad called that Utd blew out a few years ago and he then drifted from team to team ? He was majorly talented but his attitude was all wrong.

Martha And The Vandellas - In My Lonely Room

That’s why you have behind closed doors practice games. To try things out.

That’s the problem. It was pure luck this time.

Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To me

The Supremes - Stop In The Name Of Love

Plus if nobody is giving him the ball he’s not in the game. He needs to work harder on and off the ball for me.

On a par with the recruitment in the window of January 2022.

We needed some steel in central midfield and we have had for a while. Plus we needed a predator. The one that flew through the keepers legs and across the goal was a classic example.

He tries to nick the ball in the tackle way too often for me. Really go through with the tackle and more often than not you’ll come away with the ball. I’ve seen him do that once or twice Sheff Utd being the prime example. I’ve yet to see him go past a player or leave one on their arse a la Tugay v Gerrard. As Mrs Shoelaces once said about another player - his legs look like they’re pinned onto the bottom of his shorts.

My eyes yesterday said it had.

We need a performance and we need to be at it from the off like we were at Leicester and against Sheff Utd. None of this allowing opponents 20 minutes to get their feet up by the fire.

That’s what Friday’s game is brewing up to be. Having said that at least Norwich will come and try and out football us. That gives us a chance.

I was pulling my hair out at the number of long cross field balls that got cut out. The ball the was in the air that long they’re meat and drink to defenders. The thing about Gally is he never gambles. If the ball isn’t played directly to him it’s lost.

I find it disturbing that non of JDT’s substitutions affect the outcome of games when we’re behind. In fact most of the time they make us easier to play against.

Sam And Dave - You Don’t Know Like I Know

Not signing a striker and the lad from Forest has crippled us.

Or Wharton ? One thing is for sure - I wouldn’t be playing Morton.

It’s not just the lack of a killer pass. Not one of our centre midfield got beyond the striker yesterday. It’s not really Travis’s strength and when did you ever see Morton run past an opponent ? Szmodics should be doing that but yesterday he was ineffectual for large parts of the game . What we really need is a Dunn or Berkovic or a Bohinen who can run with the ball from our half into their half and commit defenders. We’ve got players in central midfield who can run after the ball but none who can run with it.

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changing

Earl Jean - I’m Into Something Good