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I wouldn’t have fancied playing in shorts so long. Flapping around you knees as you run. If you’re bringing a pass down on your thigh I’d like to be able to see my thigh. Jimmy Hill was the only one I can remember with a beard. Then Trevor Hockey.

Burnley must need 18 new players then. Get the cheque book Mr Pace.

It does have some relevance. We won the World Cup wearing shorter shorts !

It means his hairline is receding. He’ll be needing the Rooney treatment soon.

Maybe you haven’t got the legs for them Chaddy.

Looks like “ the tides going out “ for Dack.

Everything style wise comes around if you wait long enough. As I said Stanley Mathews in the 1940’s was wearing the same sort of shorts as players are wearing now.

Diana Ross struggling somewhat on the BBC Glasto coverage. I’ll persist with it though.

You mean like Bradley Dack or Joe Rothwell ? Of course there are always the Edun’s of this world.

Items that aren’t in my wardrobe.

Oh dear. You don’t let your wife buy your clothes do you by any chance ?

Exactly. Style victim. Just missing the knotted hankie.

I haven’t seen Twine play but lots of clubs were watching him. I haven’t seen Ballard play either. We got Dack from that level of football and he was a real class act before his injuries. There are players out there but it’s a 50/50 chance of them making the step up my estimation..

Wow.

There’s a photograph of Bill Eckersley , Rovers and England left back of the 1950’s, taken after training at Ewood. Bill was a notorious practical joker apparently. He sat amongst a group of players on the boundary wall In front of the old main stand. I’ve seen this photo loads of times over the years and I never saw anything unusual previously . Then I saw what must be the uncensored original version on the internet. Bill is wearing loose floppy black shorts and he’s pulled one leg of the shorts up a bit and you can clearly see his todger. You can tell he did it deliberately. On all the other photos it’s blacked out to blend in with his shorts.

That makes your legs look very short. I’m only 5’ 8” so I need to look taller any way I can.

Me too, although I try and get the white trainers a little less white as soon as I can.

I used to laugh at old photos of Stanley Mathews playing in shorts flapping around his knees. I never thought for one minute they’d make a comeback.

Oh and by the way - get rid of those beach shorts Jon, they look awful. The shorter shorts that the women players wear are miles better.

I’ll only be taking hand luggage also. To my shame I must admit I’ve got more clothes out in Spain than most blokes have in total. I need to start thinning down my wardrobe.

What were the queues like ?

Players don’t hang around for long after a relegation these days do they ?

I don’t understand what went wrong with Hilly. He was on the up not that long along ago. Highly rated as a coach. My mate reckons he hasn’t been the same manager since his dad died.

That bench is very, very weak - as are the two full backs.

Is Keith Hill still there ?