Tyrone Shoelaces

It like in rugby league - play in their half and wait for the mistakes to come along.

I just texted my son to see wether he was watching the game. His reply - “ Probably, totally sick of them at the moment “.

Pretty good ? How do you work that out ? He signed loads of players and a handful have been successful. But for the young lads coming through we’d have been in a mess.

Last years January window summed him up for me. Five new signings and not one had any effect in the slightest on the run in.

Mowbray got a lot more wrong than he ever got right.

Can we go through a whole season without drawing a game ? We’re due a draw sometime but I can’t see it being tomorrow. I’ll have a bet now - nobody will guess a the correct starting line up. I won’t even try.

Three of them Mowbray signings that have done next to nothing.

He’s been France’s best player in every game I’ve seen in this World Cup.

Exactly - for instance how is Kaminski’s value rising when he’s constantly picking the ball out of the back of the net ?

Greizmann has been their best player so far. Indispensable for France. I bet Argentina man mark him.

I thought the ref was great. Just let the game flow. That tackle on Mbappe would have been a card in the Prem. Maybe even a red.

They kept trying to score the perfect goal. One or two of those players would make a big difference at Rovers.

Modric is still the best passer of the ball in the game.

Watching us lose out every time since 1966 sort of wears down your enthusiasm. I remember not being able to get to sleep after we lost to West Germany in 1970. Same when we lost to the Dingles recently.

Problem is they’re the sort of players that will miss as many games as they play.

No it’s not.

I think it’s too early and I would have thought he’ll see it that way also. Belgium could be “ in between teams “ at the moment and it might be a good time to let somebody else have a go first.

That’s a strange line up.

Wood is “ Australia “ quick, so is Archer. The only problem is they are both seriously injury prone.

I think I’d rather have Travis playing right back than Carter.

That’s about the strength of it.

Apparently the series has been played in a really good spirit so far. Credit to both teams.

One good thing about the Central League is we used to win it occasionally.

Tony Dorigo later played left back for England.

That was how it was then. If you were kicking in before the game you looked at your opponents to see what foot they favoured etc. if you were playing left back like Laurie would have been you would be looking for the opposing No 7. He was who you would be marking etc. I remember seeing him playing for Shrewsbury at Rochdale after he left Rovers. Shrewsbury got a corner and it was cleared out to Laurie who was playing in midfield by then, He was standing about 10 yards outside the penalty area on the left hand side. When the ball came to him he hit it with his trusty left foot on the volley. It went like a rocket into the goal and wedged itself behind the stanchion in the net. The goalie had to punch the ball really hard to get it out.