I've watched that TV programme were expert tattooists put right cock ups or other tattooists really inferior work. I must admit I'm really impressed by their designs and how they incorporate the cock ups into a nice design. I still wouldn't want one though. If you want to become really rich in the future come up with a successful method of removing tattoos, you'll make a fortune.

I'm not keen myself. All of the guys I know in my age group that have had them done fervently wish they hadn't. It's a style thing and that's ok but just look at what some people were wearing back in the 1970's and how their houses were decorated ! Things can go out of style pretty dramatically. They could be the dado rail of body decoration.

He needs balls he can run on to, not balls were he has to control them under pressure.

Play him in that old " inside right " role and give him some decent service and he'll be a threat. He needs the ball early and he doesn't want to be out on the touch line.

The first time I did mine I got up onto my feet. I couldn't really walk or put real weight on my leg and the bottom half of my leg was just numb This was a midweek match. It shows how daft I was, when the trainer came on to have a look the first thing I said was " Do you think I'll be OK for Saturday ? "

When I broke my leg it sounded just like someone had stamped on a dry branch. You could presumably hear it all around the ground. I remember watching a Rugby League game were the ball carrier was tackled around the legs and another player jumped on his back gripping his arms. The lad fell forward like a falling tree. One of the other players was running in to complete the tackle. By pure bad luck the forehead of the tackled player struck the shin of the lad running in. You could hear the crack 60 yards away over the noise of the crowd.

I played for the local representative teams as a lad. When I started work at 16 I was playing for the works 2nd team for a while. This was a company that employed 3000 people at the time ! After a year I was playing for the first team in Div 1 of the old Manchester Industrial league. That was a high standard, most teams had a few ex pro's in their teams. The standards of the facilities were high also, Brazil used one of the grounds ( Manchester Ship Canal ? ) as their training ground in 1966. That toughened me up no end, I could go toe to toe with anyone irrespective of their size. I'd played in some sort of testimonial at Bacup Borough's ground at the end of one season and had a good game. After that game one of the staff there asked me about coming for a trial at the start of the next season. I was all ready to go there when I broke my leg playing for the works team in a pre-season friendly that turned out not to be so friendly. I got going again but broke the same leg in the same place in another bloody friendly at the end of the same season. After that I only played a few more games out on the grass, I wasn't the same player although I still looked the part in 5 a sides in the gym. It's all what might have been. The dream was over at 18.

A pal of mine was playing inside forward for Stockport Boys when Nobby Stiles was playing for Manchester Boys. They played directly against each other on several occasions and my pal said Nobby was in that class as a tackler. They both joined United at the same time but my pal had a bad knee injury that caused him to have to give up the game. With today's surgery he may have been OK but back then it was a finisher.

I'm not really a big fan of this modern wing back shite. There aren't many full backs who can defend and attack equally well to a good standard, certainly not at our level. You don't seem to get the Graham LeSaux's and Alan Wright's these days. You end up with guys who are deeply average at both elements of the game and who have real problems when they're up against a pacey winger.

I don't think playing at Ewood is much of an advantage these days.

That's when you need somebody who can get around the side of the opposition. The way we play if we do bring a winger on they're usually on their weaker side so they're coming inside all the time.

The first time I saw Wharton play it was his distribution that impressed me. He didn't get too ambitious, he kept it down to 20 or 30 yard passes into midfield or to his full back and the passes were nicely crisp and accurate.

We're capable of winning all four of those games after the Barnsley game but we're also capable of losing them all.

Boro are going to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.

Our goal difference is worth a point.

Players who can carry the ball like that and pull defenders out of position are a nightmare to play against. I just wish he would do it a bit more often.

Yep the guy who scored their goal looked a handful in the air. Not so good on the ground though.

In 12 years. 1958, 1962, 1970.

I don't mind the leading goalscorer being single minded in front of goal, you've got to buy a ticket to win the raffle.

Looks like we rode our luck a bit there, great goal from Speedo.

Pele Maradona Cruyff Messi Eusebio. Thanks for the memories Diego.

There'll be a reason why the bookies have the game at evens matey. Our inability to overcome gritty teams who come here meaning business.

I'd gave Trybull another game in that defensive role, I'm not sure that's Johnson's best position. Other than that I wouldn't make any changes.

I noticed that from the highlights, we'd no need to get involved when the game was as good as over. " Winners are grinners " and all that.

Just like everyone who's a Rovers fan I'm delighted that he's making a significant contribution on the pitch. I think the sort of " free role " he plays now suits his game. Picking the ball up in deeper positions and running with it, he can do that. Hugging the touch line as an old time winger or playing right up front as the focus of the attack isn't where he wants to be playing. However I'd like to see him making the same sort of impact in the games were we're up against it before I start jumping up and down.