Remember that season were we were that far ahead the bookies stopped taking bets on us for promotion ? Then Mike Newell broke his leg. We just scraped into the play offs on the last day.

Yeah, that was a really bad decision.

They’re both vying for pole position. You can’t afford guys that are yellow card addicts.

Bestie could have been anything he wanted to be. If he’d have had Messi’s mentality he could easily have been as good as Messi if not better. He was completely two footed and he was a good header of the ball, unlike Messi and Maradona who were all left foot. He was also a terrific tackler when he was in the mood. A guy I used to go to games with was a scout for City and he told me a story about Best when he was a kid playing for Utd res at Ewood. Best had been a bit greedy in the first half and some of the senior pros had a go at him at half time in the changing rooms. ” You think you can beat everybody on the pitch “ they all moaned. Best said “ When we kick off in the second half just give me the ball “. So they give him the ball and he just dribbled right through the Rovers defence and slotted the ball past the keeper. Eusebio was up there for a few seasons. Nobody hit the ball harder.

I just had a look at their site. Matt Jansen is their player liaison officer apparently.

Whatever happened to that James Brown we signed last year ? What was the point of that signing ?

We’re not getting yesterdays results out of the system though are we ?

Whatever happened to the Jack Hixon’s of the football world.

I think we drew the game were Todd got sent off but up till that point we were all over them like a rash and winning 1-0.

That’s why lots of games in the recent World Cup were so thrilling. The refs let the game be more physical.

Are they thermostatic valves or just the plain ones ? Thermostatic valves can jam easily. When you bled the rad did you turn the system off whilst you did it ? I presume cold water was coming out of the bleed valve. Did the radiator not warm up from the bottom at all ? When you are bleeding the radiator resist the temptation to remove the bleed screw completely. I made that mistake once about 10 seconds before the scalding hot water decided to put in an appearance.

He never developed. He was making the same mistakes at 25 as he was at 18. Some of his injuries were caused by him being rash and over committing.

That was always going to happen. They would have had to throw the ref under a bus and they’re not going to do that just for Rovers.

Yeah, if you’ve had a succession of injuries you try and protect yourself to the detriment of your playing ability. I think he’s now gone all in. Let’s hope it pays off.

Same applies to Brentford and Fulham this season. The minute you drop out of the Prem you’re standing still and the rest are running. The longer you’re out the further behind you are.

For most of the time “ survive “ is the operative word. Until the day you don’t survive. Looking over your shoulder all the time. We had it with Ince and Kean, bloody awful.

I’m not, for obvious reasons. The referee’s decision has to be seen to be supported.

Neither am I but I’d be more unhappy if he gets 3 matches. His previous record won’t be much help there unfortunately.

If it was Rugby League he’d get a “ sending off sufficient “ verdict. That way everybody would be happy.

If I were Hirst in particular I’d be asking to be recalled. He’s only going backwards here.

Khadra hasn’t got a football brain. Plenty of pace will only get you so far at a higher level.

Is it not ? He’s usually first to ten bookings in the squad. He’d be there now but for the fact he’s been dropped for half the games.

Brittain’s better on the ball without a doubt but nobody gave Nyambe a chasing that I saw. Plenty of times his pace got the right side centre halves out of trouble as well.

I was listening to Alan Mullery on the radio this morning. He was telling how Alf Ramsey told him to follow Pele everywhere in the World Cup game in 1970.. So at half time he followed him right into the Brazil dressing room ! When he got back to the England dressing room Ramsey said “ Alan, where have been ? “ . Mullery said “ You told me to follow Pele everywhere Alf ! “ That was the best I ever saw England play and the best I ever saw Mullery play. He was magnificent in trying to hold Pele at his best.

If I was a championship winger I’d rather be playing against Brittain than Nyambe.