Tyrone Shoelaces

Yeah starting with Dolan and Vale up front had me scratching my head too.

If you’re going to play four at the back it’s imperative that all four can defend.

To paraphrase someone else - keep signing lower league players and eventually you get lower league levels of play.

We weren’t playing on paper. I don’t care who you’re playing if you go out with the wrong attitude normally you get the wrong result. We took them too lightly and paid the price. Start with your best 11, if you have to sub them later so be it.

I’d say no option. It’s either him or Pickering with Edun at left back.

You don’t get tired when you’re winning. It’s repeated defeats that sap your energy.

Don’t want Armstrong back.

It’s like that season when Mowbray caught a dose of keepballitis. We were having all the ball and getting beat 1-0 lots of times. Teams in this division will let you have the ball all day long as long as it’s not in the last third of the pitch.

It’s not like we’ve got other players who could stand in anymore. Nyambe and Johnson could have done a job and if Magloire was still here he’d be on the bench for sure. What’s the chances of Brittain playing there ?

Markandy got injured in the recent U-21 game.

The injuries seem to co-incide with a permanent change in the weather. We should be ok until the clocks go back.

Downing was on loan at Rochdale last season. When he wasn’t on the treatment table that is.

I’ve never known a centre half more capable of becoming “ unfit “ at a drop of a hat.

I know, My IPad preferred Frank though.

I remember being shocked and disappointed when Franz Carr turned down a contract and left as a very young player. He was going to be a world beater apparently.

There aren’t any “ free hits “ when you’re top of the tree. Everybody wants to knock you off your perch. The sooner the players get their heads around that mentality the better.

If it’s just down to money we’ll always be out bid.

I’ve been to Arbroath and I never realised that. Malcolm Darling, who I once thought was going to be the new Denis Law, was born in Arbroath. Just saying.

Me and Mrs Shoelaces went to see “ The Puppetry Of The Penis “ one year when we were up there for the Festival. You can imagine what that was like. I’ve seen loads of shows will full frontal nudity on display, both male and female up there. I don’t know what the fuss is all about. I believe he’s on in Manchester in October, I’ll try and get that. With all this publicity it’ll sell out twice over now ! We were regulars at the Fringe for about 20 years until we got the place in Spain. It’s the best holiday you can have. You just need another holiday to get over it after. It’s also got very expensive. We can’t afford to do both Edinburgh and Spain now.

There’s always a risk of being over confident full stop. Confident -yes, over confident - you’re heading for a fall. I expect JDT will know that, he just needs to get it over to the players. Just don’t go full on Mowbray and tell them Reading are a wonder team.

He’s a bloody awkward player.

Fantastic player for us.

How many strikers are there out there that can run from deep with the ball like he can ?

Who can also play centre half. Chris Sutton or Paul Warhurst would do.

Who cares what they think. “ Winners are grinners and losers can please themselves.”