At least we had Gallagher playing in the one position he’s likely to actually do something.

He’s certainly a good footballer.

He was picking it up off the back four all the game and knitting play together further up the field. Always available for a pass and rarely gave it away, turned away from trouble most of the time and he could pass off either side. Not a physical player though, he can’t be over 5’ 8” and about 10 stone.

I caught his interview tonight on Radio Lancs. The guy introducing it said “ you can’t ever tell wether Rovers have won, drawn or lost going off Mowbray’s demeanour “.

What do they do ? Play Monopoly ?

Where is McGeouch now ? I saw him playing at Rochdale for Sunderland a year or two back and he ran the show. Best player on the pitch. He won’t do much for the size of the team though.

I wonder Charlie had been ? He only just made it into his seat for the start of “ The Last Time”.

Well we’ve tried playing a team of midfield players now we’re trying playing a team of wingers.

When I saw the team at 3-00 my first thought was “ Apart from Travis who’s going to get us the ball ? “

Harvey Elliot isn’t coming back. Let’s see what happens this season.

You could give Mowbray £40 million and he wouldn’t get us promoted.

Let’s see how many we get this season. I’ll be counting.

That’s after he played a season as a winger.

You’re talking world class players in the main there that do it now and again in spite of all their skill. How many of that sort of goal do you reckon Poveda will get for us if he plays on the right wing for us all season ? 2, 3 ? Like I said earlier, watch the championship goals highlights any weekend and see how many goals come from wide players getting in up the side of teams and turning the defence around. Then compare that with the 1 or 2 goals scored by wingers cutting in for a shot onto their “ good foot “. I noticed in the film of him playing for Leeds against Morecambe he played mainly out wide on the left.

I’m not keen to be honest, it just condenses play into midfield. When I was playing right back I loved it when the winger I was marking went inside, it was job half done. Watch any goals highlight reel and see how many goals come from a player getting around the side of the opposing defence.

Going off the bit of film Poveda is possibly the most left footed player you’ll see in a long while. Why would anybody play him on the right wing ? I think I know, Tony once saw Arjen Robben come inside onto his left foot off the right wing and bend one into the far corner and now he thinks anybody can do it.

Interesting watching that bit of film with Ted Dexter facing Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith at their quickest just bare headed and with his sleeves rolled up to the elbow.

He was the England captain when I first took an interest in cricket.

He’ll get time on the pitch as long as we’ve got Ayala and Lenihan.

Another winger ? I’d be surprised but a team full of wingers would be a change from a team full of midfield players.

Coyle wins the title of “ Rovers Worst Ever Manager “ by a fair way if he’s being judged on performances alone. Saying Mowbray is better is damning with faint praise in my opinion.

Just an aside on Premier League wages - it’s reported in my paper that Kurt Zouma wants £130,000 a week to move from Chelsea to West Ham. Wages like that have got to have a trickle down effect on the wages of the lesser lights we are trying to recruit.

Charlie Watts died today. Who would have thought Keith Richards would outlive him ! Thanks for the music and the memories Charlie. It was The Stones that first got me interested in the Blues.

I used to get tee shirts from a company whose name I’ve forgotten. Their largest shirt size after XXL was “ Dart Player “.

That’s crazy. For that sort of money I’d want a player who’s going to be a match winner not somebody who’s on the periphery of the team.