Tyrone Shoelaces

He doesn’t play for us.

I was thinking that. Get him in between Maguire and Shaw. Neither of those are quick.

Sarr, who is no slouch admitttedly, did Walker for pace tonight. Then there’s Dembele on the other wing against Shaw. He got done a couple of times tonight out wide but they weren’t good enough to take advantage. Greizman is the main man for me. Keep him quiet and we may have a chance.

Bit like watching Rovers. Dull until we score first and then we looked decent. Saka doing what any young wingers watching should note - when the ball is on the other wing - get in the box ! It’ll be interesting what happens if France should score first. Have we got a plan B ? JDT hasn’t come up with one so far.

He’s got better with age. Funny how England look better when they mix up the short passing with some long balls. JDT take note.

Griezman is the key player for me.

Best player in the comp without a doubt.

I think he gets overawed by the occasion at times. Then you don’t know he’s playing.

Plus playing on the pitches we have today, with the boots and balls we have today. Plus the protection skilful players get today. I saw Finney play when he was basically finished and he was still magic.

Saka ? Not for me.

I’m going to ask you the obvious question - did you see both of them play ? I did. When FIFA selected a World 11 to play England in a commemorative game in the early 1960’s DeStefano was selected for that team. If they were picking another World 11 would DeBruyne be in it ?

Me too. A genius on his day. Blackburn’s Messi.

Beckenbauer was absolute class a young midfield player. He moved back to sweeper to prolong his career quite early on. Back in the day DeStefano was brilliant, like DeBruyne only better. He never stopped running. Garrincha was another who could beat teams on his own.

There’s your next shirt Herbie. That was my first Rovers shirt. I wish I still had it, not that I’d be able to wear it. Just one of many shirts I had and never really looked after as a kid. You just wore them never thinking they’d be worth keeping.

Playing out from the back we’ll concede more goals from it than we score from it. I thought JDT called it the “ Dutch disease “ ?

The best player I ever saw. You can argue about who was the second best.

That’s a great shirt. I might be tempted to buy one in the summer. If not for myself but for my grandson. He’s only 16 but he’d need the Coddington or Mulvaney size. Then you see the date on the photo 1969-70 season. Fifty odd years ago ! Where did the time go. Several of those players are no longer with us unfortunately. John Barton looking a fine figure of an athlete on the end. Did goalies actually train back in those days ?

Bertie Auld was a nasty bastard if you got on the wrong side of him. Very spiteful in the tackle.

Sanchez of Chile broke the jaw of an Italian player with a perfect left hook and carried on playing !

I always laugh at that bit were Tommy Gemmell boots that Racing Club player squarely in the nuts.

You need to watch Racing Club v Celtic in the world club championship.

Yep, goal for me.

Exactly, not all of the ball is over all of the line. You need to see an imaginary line dropped down from the edge of the ball.

Yeah, Spain were a bit one dimensional in the second half.

Croatia rode their luck in the last 15 minutes.