Tyrone Shoelaces

He hardly put a foot wrong last night, even under extreme pressure in the last minutes of extra time. Very calm with good levels of concentration. Their much vaunted top goal scorer hardly had a kick although you could see he’s going to be a top player

Hinshelwood looked like a midfielder playing fullback.Fair play to him for playing in an unaccustomed position. Regarding Cresswell, he’s a very good stopper style centre half but I’m not sure he has the ball playing ability top Premier League clubs like in their centre halves. It’ ll be interesting to see if he signs for one. Quansah is a class act, if Liverpool had any sense they’d be holding on to him.

80 people killed in Gaza yesterday trying to get food. . The majority of them will be civilians, women and children. But don’t get excited about that, get excited about some chanting at a pop festival !

Mm, “ several clubs “. When did we last sign a player when “ several clubs “ were interested ? Rovers are a shambles behind the scenes at the moment, even the football dogs in the street know that. The only reason a player would come here instead of another club is for more money and that won’t be happening.

Nobody coming off during the game will give away much. It’s just the usual banal platitudes.

I don’t think Cresswell is at that level yet but going off last nights Quansah could well be. Him and Anderson were the stand outs for me. I was disapointed with McAtee, he’s not in the game enough in my opinion. He hardly had a kick in the second half. The same applies to Elliot but he looked to be suffering from the after effects of the knee slide against the Dutch. He had huge ice pack on it when he came off. Stupid thing to do. Scott was looking decent until he got fouled out of the game. Livramento ? Is he a right back ? I thought he favoured the left side. The guy actually playing at left back reminded me of Pickering, steady but lacking pace.

I’ll watch it later.

Quansah awesome 9/10 performance. We rode our luck at the end with the one off the bar. I never like to see a team defending the 6 yard box for 15 minutes. Anything can happen but we got away with it. Well done boys.

I’m surprised how slow he is. Rhodes level of pace, which is why the Championship was his level.

Stansfield should have been sliding in for that cross. You’ve got to gamble. MacAtee should he buried that chance he got. It would have been over. Now it isn’t. You can’t let them play balls into the box like that when they have two giants up front.

Just watching John Fogerty now at Glasto on BBC 2. Nothing is for ever.

My tickets for the Accrington game came yesterday. Not long now before we get to see all our new signings.

Sense and Rovers in the same article ? That’s not something you see very often.

I’m not bothered about Weimann, this season could easily be a season too far for him. Baath is a loss. Sanderson was a handy bench player.

I never felt the same about Clive Lloyd after that game I mentioned earlier where his bowlers were really trying to hurt the English batsmen, especially Close and Edrich. I think he went beyond what crickets stands for that day and it was a miracle nobody was seriously injured.

Jay And The Americans - Living Above Your Head

How about Fuku ?

I just looked up Ellis Achong up on wiki. Apparently when he was the pro for Burnley against Todmorden he once took all 10 wickets. When he batted he made 0. That’s cricket for you.

That Poku who plays for the Dutch U-21 team looks to be a real player. The next Doku. If we had any real money we should have been over there with the cheque book. Magic beans won’t do the trick.

I look forward to the international breaks. At least my weekends aren’t spoiled then.

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour

Another ex workmate of mine captained Castleton Moor back in those days. He lived near the ground and was in the nets every night. The pro at the time was Ellis Achong, of “ Chinaman “ fame. In one game Achong was bowling and the wicket was doing nothing, the opposing team were scoring quite freely off Achong. So, with some trepidation, my pal approached Achong and said - “ I think it’s time for a bowling change Ellis “. Achong, quick as a flash said - “ I agree, put Bill Jones on at the other end ! “. He told another story about a New Zealand pro called Badcock. He’d batted quite well in the first innings and had got a collection. The tea break was interrupted by a rain shower so Badcock had spent some of the collection at the bar ! When the game re-started Badcock came on to bowl, and ran up straight into the stumps and fell over. He had to be helped from the field.

I see Kerkaz has signed for Liverpool. I think that means Beck will be available again.

We do seem to get more than our share of these type of injuries.

The injuries today are different. When did we last lose a player with a broken leg ? It was a regular occurrence back in the day. You’d normally get one a season.