He wasn’t as good as Wharton to be honest.

I remember both those incidents. I was at the Forest game. He did his ankle against ‘ Boro. He had the ball and he was trying to get away from Juninho. Juninho grabbed his arm and tried to spin him around. LeSaux’s body moved but his foot was stuck in the turf. He was facing one way and his foot was at 90 degrees to the rest of him ! It wasn’t much of a foul and it wasn’t a deliberate attempt to injure LeSaux. Going from memory I’d say he was out about 12 months after that. I can’t honestly believe a top level club would neglect the treatment of one of it’s prize assets to be honest but if that’s what he wants to say who am I to contradict him.

I just saw that United want to buy Branthwaite from Everton. They must be seeing something I didn’t.

Both games are do able. But looking at the stats Burnley are going to need more shots on goal. Was it just 1 today ? I honestly thought they might do well at West Ham. It was a really good time to play the Hammers, they haven’t got the squad size to be playing the number of big games they have recently. They’re picking up injuries. Something has to give.

LeSaux had an injury similar to that and he recovered so well he shat on us and buggered off when he was match fit again.

If you can find that one with Mowbray on set fire to it.

Which pope was it that actually played in goal ? Was it the Polish guy ?

He’s doing his best to keep them in it at the moment. When you’re talking keepers a good big ‘un is always better than an average sized keeper.

If it’s that bad I don’t think he’ll be needing a physio for a while. Let’s hope it looks worse than it is. I don’t like to see a player stretchered off. I had two rides on the stretcher myself. It’s not a nice experience.

Looking down their team they seem to be going for it. More attacking players in the line up.

I’m a bad loser and a good winner. My day is spoiled when we lose.

He’s never really got to grips for any length of time with 1) he’s rarely come up with a coherent style of playing 2) he doesn’t know his best team. 3) he’s never had a plan b when plan a isn’t working 4) he’s never been able to instil the ability to play games out - how many goals have we conceded in the last ten minutes in his time here ?

The close season is there to look forward to. Like I look forward to the international breaks. They can’t spoil your weekend then.

Two on the beach clubs - sounds a classic.

It’s going to be a mobile home site. You can rock up with your caravan and get a pitch side view. When you fall asleep your bed is only a few steps away.

I only read this site, it wastes enough time as it is. Plus at my age you can only take so much bad news in one day. When they appointed Coyle I gave it all up and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. My total interest in the club boiled down to just looking at my phone at 4-55pm on a Saturday for the scores. That was it. Unbelievable really given, wives, jobs, houses etc etc had all come and gone leaving Rovers the only constant in my life since I was ten years old.

Like you say, it was a mirage. I can’t remember the last time I thought we had a team with a level of commitment equal to the rugby lads, maybe under Mark Hughes ? Most of them didn’t take a backward step when the going got tough. I bet Ryan Nelsen had played a bit of Rugby in his time, he certainly played like he had.

Me too. I wouldn’t be interested in shaking the hand of many of them. Too many players that are just passing through the club.

Correct, starting Edun was a strange one given his lack of game time but once he’d decided to sub him it should have been done straight away.

Rob Kelly, that was the one I was trying to recall.

2-15 KO today.

I think they could keep Mowbray and crew purely because they are too lazy to do anything else.

I thought the Lambert appointment was the first sensible things the Chokers had done. Not just Lambert but Irvine and the other guy ( Billy Barr ? ) he brought in as assistants. One way or another it all fell apart in no time though.

I agree. For a start it’s a really good time to play West Ham. They’re playing far too many games for a squad their size. Injuries are starting to pile up.

The rugby was a great afternoon out, until I turned on my phone after our game to see our score go from 0-1 to 1-1 to 2-1 in the blink of an eye ! There’s something rotten at the heart of the club. I think we all know what that “ something “ is. I’m sick and tired of the lack of commitment to the club and the shirt. The culture of failure at Rovers runs right through the club, only a change of ownership will eradicate it. Players thinking that pulling somebody back by the shirt equates to getting stuck in. They make me sick, the lot of them. They should watch the part time pro Rugby League lads, the plumbers and joiners, they really put their bodies on the line every week for a pittance. It’s what’s beating under the badge that matters in sport and too many at Ewood have a caraway seed instead of a heart.