If we've now got a more commanding aerial presence in Ayala we could always play Nyambe in central defence. I can't think of a quicker centre half at our level apart from maybe Magloire. He's got pace and he can tackle etc, it's just his lack of heading ability that goes against him.

I find it really difficult to watch film of Rovers back in our recent heyday. It just reminds me of how far we've fallen.The Chicken Chokers have robbed me of that pleasure.

I can't think of another example of were a player that had been sent off and actually left the pitch was brought back on again by the ref. The sending off could only have been for verbal abuse of the officials and that hadn't gone away had it ? Just because the disallowing of the goal was an error didn't mean the sending off was. It was total chaos for about ten minutes until it all got sorted out. I think we lost that game.

Is that you Tony ? Give my regards to Mrs Mowbray.

He'll definitely want to start off by getting a result to stop the rot. I'd expect him to be happy with an away draw and I'm expecting Forest to be set up to get one. If they can pinch a win all the better from his point of view. He's had long enough to put a bit of his stamp on the team.

More hours in the day ?

Me too now. I used to be football daft until the last ten years. The Chicken Chokers have to be partly to blame for that but there are plenty of other reasons why I've lost interest massively.

Great cross from Richard Brown there. I thought their keeper should have done better with Speedie's shot, it was more or less right at him.

Until the minute the PL clubs decide they don't want to pay the 25% anymore - then what happens ?

Yeah I was there, chaos reigned for about 10 minutes. I remember being at a Rochdale v Brighton table topping Div 4 game, just think about that now. Early on in the game there was an almighty goal mouth scramble at the far end from me. The ball ended up in the net and the Rochdale players were celebrating a goal. The Brighton players went mad and drew the refs attention to the fact that part of the net wasn't attached to the cross bar and the ball had actually fallen into the goal through the gap ! So he disallowed the goal, cue the Rochdale players going mad. In all the chaos somebody notice the linesman was still flagging. The ref goes over, has a chat, comes back and awards ---- a penalty ! Apparently a Brighton player had handled the ball in the goal mouth scramble. Cue Brighton going mad again. Eventually Rochdale take the pen and score. It was a really feisty game, in the second half the Brighton centre half and Rochdale's centre forward had a stand up fight / come wrestling match and ended falling over the boundary wall and into the crowd. Anybody else at that Bolton V Rovers game were the ref got the time wrong and took everybody off about 15 minutes early ? This was in spite of that big clock on the main stand at Burnden Park. We were all stood about wondering what was going on when after about five minutes or so the players came back out putting their kit on. Some had obviously jumped in the shower because their hair was soaking wet ! We were losing 2-1 at the time so I thought we might get a draw when we got started again but it stayed 2-1.

I was complaining about Walker back then, he's got a serious goal conceding mistake in him every game.

Coldest I've ever been was at a Rugby League Challenge Cup years ago at York. It'd snowed on the Saturday night but Sunday morning was cold and bright. We'd phoned the York club up and the game was definitely on so the coaches set off over the Pennines for York. The ground was packed but about 2-00 it started snowing heavily again. If it hadn't have been a cup game it would have been called off. I was only wearing a suit with a collar and tie on an open terrace ! I was absolutely frozen. The only thing that saved my life was my mate shared a hip flask of whiskey at half time. We lost a game we should have won and to cap it all the bloody coach broke down on the way back. What people today don't realise is that fans back in the 1960's and earlier didn't have the access to casual sporting clothes like anoraks and cagoules or quilted jackets like we have today. Look at photos of the crowds then and most of the blokes will be in a suit wearing a collar and tie. If you were lucky you had an overcoat or a raincoat.

How do they plan to reduce the League to 18 clubs ?

That is a defensive line up. Obviously Southgate doesn't fancy going toe to toe with Belgium.

There was an article in my paper years ago asking fans of various teams what their worst football experience had been. A QPR fan wrote in about a visit he'd had to that open terrace in the opening shot. Conditions were similar to that only cold and sleeting. He'd just got over a dose of flu that week. Half way through the second half he collapsed and had to be taken to the nearby A&E at Oldham Royal just over the road. He was in hospital for a week with pneumonia after that ! If you think Boundary Park was cold you should have gone watching the Rugby League in Oldham. Their ground was called " Watersheddings " ! The clue is in the name. It had an eco-climate all of it's own, it could be really bloody cold in Summer there.

I haven't got sky so I won't be watching it.

Didn't the government intervene to ensure that the " Crown Jewel " sporting events like the Cup Final were always on steam television ?

Same powers that they have to tell pubs to shut at 10.00pm or to close all together. They have an 80 seat majority so they can soon sort out the Premier League, if they want to that is.

Benrahma is good enough on a good day, the problem is he doesn't have enough good days. I think signing him would be a mistake also.

The third Celtic V Racing Club World Club Championship highlights are probably the most violent although Chile V Italy in the 1962 World Cup got a bit lively.

Yes I thought that. Bennett got them both sent off.

I think I'm pretty sure what the answer to question 2 will be.

Keith Newton played for England in both full back positions. If you're two footed, as any pro player ought to be, you should be able to play on either flank.

Or me.

Yeah, I'd have thought they'd have gone for someone with more experience at that level.