Tyrone Shoelaces

I’ll say it again - “ You Can’t Put Friends In The Bank “.

Yes he’s quite slender for a centre half. Get him on the Guinness and steak, that’ll fill him out.

Led Zep did nothing for me either although I always thought Jimmy Page was a brilliant session guitarist. I’ve heard him playing on lots of records by other musicians and he always brings something to the record. Anybody see the two biographies on TV the other day on the Stones ? Mick and then Keith. Very interesting programmes. When I look at my generation on film and see what we’ve become politically it makes me really sad. What became of that Sixties spirit of hope and optimism ? I can see the Punks going the same way. All that radicalism, where did it go ? Maybe that’s for the other thread.

Jesus, I’d forgotten my mum was playing in goal for us.

Me too in a fortnight. I’ll give him a wave if I see him.

We certainly wouldn’t have got the sort of money we were talking about at Xmas.

You can’t underestimate the Chokers level of idiocy .

Well I’d have gladly stopped funding him.

You wouldn’t normally put your striker there though. What skills had he got that suited him for that role ? Like most strikers any tackle they make in the area usually ends up in a pen these days. Shuffle things around a bit ok but not that.

Or signed if I’m being honest.

Gally, having a short spell at right back was the most jaw dropping.

That’s the thing. You have to play the game that’s in front of you, not some hypothetical game.

Never mind the long throws, we couldn’t even get the short throws right last season. When you watch film of old games what strikes me is how quickly throw ins were taken compared with today.

Do you remember the time we threw him up front at Luton towards the end of the game ? Running in treacle doesn’t do it justice, more like running in quicksand.

Anybody watch “ Rocketman “ the biopic about Elton John ? Was it any good ?

The worst one I can remember was the foul on Jason Wilcox at Old Trafford. Paul Parker completely chopped him down in the penalty area and nothing happened ! This was in the days were that should have been a pen and an automatic red card. We were winning 1-0 at the time as well. Just one of a very long list of poor decisions we were on the receiving end of whenever we played the red rats in those days.

We watched “ Inspector Montalbano “ tonight. I’ve been sort of a fan in the past but that was 2 hrs of my life I’ll never get back.

Best shin shot I’ve ever seen. He shinned it harder than some players can shoot.

If he’s learnt anything in his career that’s what he’ll do. Not like Mowbray who thought he’d have us playing like City. We’d have 65% of the ball and lose 2-1 every week. He’d seen Mahrez play out wide right and thought “ Who’s got a good left foot in the squad ? “ “Oh I know that left back I’ve just signed ——-fancy playing on the right wing son ? “

Yes you’re right. Although at most places I worked you could normally get a sub on your forthcoming wages. One place I worked you could get loans. They loaned one of the apprentices enough to buy a BMW motorbike. Later on they wanted to fire him for being a dipstick but they couldn’t get rid of him until he’d paid off the loan.

If the style of play doesn’t suit the players skill set we’re in big trouble. Or should I say the manager is, you can’t sack all the players so it’s the manager who usually has to go.

I subsequently read it was in his oesophagus. My cousin, who was a real Blackburn lad but played only rugby union unfortunately, died of the same thing in his early forties. He’d been quite a heavy smoker in his youth. The landlord of a pub I was a regular in also had oesophagal cancer. He’d worked for years in a bookies as well as being a smoker.

“ Prostate “ or “ bowel “ ?

What was he bowling with - a tennis ball ?

It’s funny but some players can seem to hang there and others can’t.