His turning point was when we got the defence sorted out. It’s not often he has to deal with shots from outside the box these days.

My genuine Baracuta Harrington is canary yellow so as you can imagine I don’t wear it too often. I have several other ones by other makers like “ Fred Perry “, “ Falconable “, etc. They are a very versatile jacket.

Harringtons ! That’s a blast from the past. I’ve got a nice one made by “ Baracuta “ when they were still made in England. I just checked their site - £250 now !

You could have sat next to me in the dressing room. If you don’t think you can win when you run out you shouldn’t be playing. It’s 11 v 11, anything can happen.

They have been for a while. Delap, Palmer and Rogers. City will be wishing they’d held on to them now.

Staying in this league is their idea of “ achievement “. Promotion ? Why ? Whatever for ? So the full glare of publicity can be shone on them and their dodgy dealings ? I don’t think so.

Nobody in their right mind will make a move for Wharton until he’s back playing again. That’s not likely to be until after the transfer window shuts.

Esther Phillips - And I Love Him

Winterbottom had to do whatever he could with the players the selectors chose. Sir Alf put a stop to that. Regarding Southgate as a bloke I really liked him, great son in law material. He came over really well as a human being on “ Desert Island Discs “ recently. As a coach he just didn’t have that X factor that separates the top achievers from the also rans. He could have coached England for the next 25 years and we still wouldn’t have looked like winning anything.

There’ll be other clubs interested so we can forget him. Players only come here when there isn’t a realistic alternative.

It was a strange appointment in the first place.

Derek Martin - Daddy Rollin’ Stone

I can’t see a way back for them in the short to medium term. There’s too much wrong with the whole set up at the club. I can't see them going down but they’re a long way from being a force again.

Graham Oates, Graham Hawkins, Mike Hickman, The Don, Stuart Metcalfe bringing up the rear on the right. Could have been from a corner.

Me too, right behind the goals in the second half.

We only miss him because we have to play Beck in his position instead of further forward. Pickering is deeply average as a left back. Beck will be twice the full back Pickering will ever be, he’s got pace and aggression for a start.

You pick your games ! One of the classics, along with the 7-2 demolition of the mighty Spurs.

When I was a kid it was all Spurs, then it was Leeds, then Liverpool. Kids at school in Rochdale being Spurs fans ? I take my hat off to the kids who were Rochdale fans down the years.

Leeds were better on the ball than us at Ewood.

He didn’t have the luck he deserved.

I was expecting a Berkovic or Bohinen style player when we signed Cantwell. The sort of player that says - “ Give me the bloody ball, I’ll sort this out “.

Much as I hate the chicken chokers results like this have been going on as long as I’ve been watching Rovers. In my first season 60 years ago we were drawn away at Fulham in the FACup. We got a good 2-2 draw. On the Monday we drew the dingles in the next round if we win the replay. Come the replay at Ewood a 0-1 shocker in front of a good crowd. Just never turned up. Since then if I’d a £1 for every result like todays I’d be rich.

We’d get over run with Cantwell back there. The lad must be the slowest player at the club.

Howling’ Wolf - The Red Rooster

Before Tronstad arrived I was usually pulling my hair out at the number of free shots opponents had from in and around the “ D” . Quite a few ended up in the back of our net. That doesn’t seem to happen anything like as often now. Of course in could all be a coincidence but I think it’s down the player patrolling that area.