Tyrone Shoelaces

It was briefly on bbc national tv news over here. When was the last time we were on national news ? When we got relegated under Kean ?

Khadra and Poveda I’d take on loan but I wouldn’t be signing them. Van Hecke, I’d sign if we can get him.

A chance like that won’t come again for a long while.

He also brought Alan Irvine as his number 2. If I remember rightly Irvine was on some peoples list for the managers job in his own right at the time. So in theory as strong a management team as we’ve had since Big Sam left. Something went wrong very early on and his time here was over almost before it had begun. His subsequent career at Wolves, Stoke and Ipswich was nothing to write home about.

In this case ignorance is bliss.

You knew he was subsequently going to fail at Wolves and Ipswich when we signed him then ? You’ll already know who our next manager is then ?

I’m an underwhelming non-entity Jim, is it my turn this time ?

Nearly as many yellow cards as they conceded goals.

It can only be a good thing.

Mm, blood pressure through the roof would be my guess !

But Tim Sherwood is a former Rovers hero, in some peoples eyes anyway, and knowing the Chicken Chokers as we do - Hughes or Sherwood ? Which one would cost the least ?

This is true. By fair means or foul also.

Mark Hughes is a “ former Rovers hero “.

As I said the other day, look at that long list of potential candidates. Then try to think of somebody who’s not on the list and who you wouldn’t dream of appointing . That’s the man ….or woman.

I’m not sure the likes of Cocu play the sort of football that gets you out of this division. If you have a top side you can football your way out but with the players we are likely to have you need to graft your way out.

Noooooooooo ! If He comes I really will start believing the wrecking of Rovers is a deliberate act. He was a disaster at Derby.

It just illustrates that some young players develop and some don’t.

Just thinking - would we be were we are now if they’d brought him on March 20th ?

I wasn’t expecting them to go long ball down the middle as much as they did. They’d obviously figured out the 4 at the back instead of 5 was our weak point.

I’d say Lambert was an ambitious appointment, especially when you look at the staff he had. The Chokers managed to find a way to fuck that up though.

In that case he’ll fit right in at Ewood.

As you say there’ll be lots of clubs after him unfortunately.

Not every player progresses at the rate. Some never progress. I remember seeing Billy Wilson playing in our “ A “ tam and thinking how does that fat kid get a game at Rovers. About 18 months later he wasn’t a fat kid and he was playing in the first team. The lad that was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch that day was released at the end of the season and had a long career in the Northern Premier League.

If he does come in it’s an appointment I couldn’t criticise. Possibly as good as we could expect to get ?

If he left in 2017 that’s old history.