Tyrone Shoelaces

What’s the latest on Twine ? Rumours are he’s having “ problems “.

Taking up your new job analysis - this new style demands some watchmakers and all we have are blacksmiths. How long do you think it’d take to train the blacksmiths to be watchmakers, and vice versa. Apologies to any old blacksmiths out there.

Yeah, if Barker had have been a bit quicker he would have gone right to the top. He didn’t do too badly as it is.

Lots of the time if you’re receiving the ball from the back four you’ve got your back to the opposition. Being able to turn away from trouble as you receive the ball is a skill you’re born with. Back in my youth Simon Barker was the one who was brilliant at it and he was very rarely caught in possession, always turned away from his marker and in to space.

Along with Charlie George and George Armstrong. The latter was the sort of winger we don’t produce today. Clever, tricky and always looking for work.

They’ll all bit part players. They can all run a bit, tackle a bit, pass it a bit, head it a bit but they don’t have what it takes to dominate the midfield.

It was an awful penalty, Southgatesque, everything was wrong about the way he took it. He telegraphed where it was going, it was at a saveable height without a great deal of power. How not to take a penalty. I could have saved it. What’s this “ create value in the squad “ ? I thought the idea was to win games.

Quite possibly.

Very good player in his day, only problem - his day wasn’t at Rovers.

The only problem with that is they are big lads that don’t play like big lads. Give me David Speedie over any of them.

Chocolate soldiers I’m afraid.

You must be the only one thinking that on this board.

If you’re only 1-0 up with 10 minutes to go it’s a pound to a penny that. 1) You’ll end up hanging on. 2) The opposition will get 1 decent chance in that 10 minutes. If they take that chance is another story. That’s any team, not just Burnley.

I’m talking about knowing what your best team will be to play Rotherham on Saturday.

There’s more to it than a “ style “ . Individual players need to be much better on the ball, better touch, more two footed, have a trick or two, able to get their head up etc. if you can’t do that at 22 or 23 and you’ve been at a pro club since you were 8 the next two months aren’t going to change that much. Different positions demand different skills sets. If Ayala was a brilliant ball player he’d be in the Premier League.

Yeah we’re back where Mowbray left us. Nobody, including the manager, knows what our best team is. 10 blokes could post a team on here and every team could be different and all 10 could be wrong on Saturday.

Yeah but when they got wet, which was often up here, they were bloody heavy then.

The boots they wore then didn’t help and the cumbersome shin pads.

The secret to any pass and move team is MOVE. We’re not giving the guy on the ball enough options and we’re taking the ball stood still.

Maybe the players just don’t want to play the system.

Would you be expecting him to take the next one then ?

He’ll never get a better chance to open his account.

That’s the difference. Defenders who are able to play their way out of trouble are few and far between and cost many millions.

What I’m calling for is for the manager to realise he’s at Blackburn Rovers in the championship and not still back at AC Milan in the champions league.

I agree about playing in our opponents half.