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Because apart from you we've nobody looking out for him. The Chicken Chokers will be too busy watching the cricket and none of our " directors " will have their ear to the ground listening to the football jungle drums. Back when we really hadn't got a pot to piss in our directors signed 4 managers - Furphy, Smith, Lee, Kendall all of whom were poached away from us by Div 1 teams and went on to bigger and better things. Jim Iley was a bollock but they were entitled to one mistake. The board then was composed of guys who'd been around football and the lower leagues and they'd spotted the up coming managerial talent. We don't have that at the moment

The next generations top manager is out there. The chances of Rovers landing him is nil.

That's what I heard.

When we played Liverpool one time in the early 1960's I saw that shop get cleaned out by a gang of scousers. That was the first time I'd seen a " steaming " gang.

I've only seen him play once for a whole game but he looked a good stopper to me. I'd say better than Lenihan in that respect.

Cunningham would be a gamble we can't afford to take. You need a back line that is durable, not a collection of injury prone players. We've got enough players coming back from serious injuries..

Looks like a good place to work. Managing Directors son having a well earned break on the second grinding machine from the front.

The had a player red carded early on.

Maybe but beating the Aussies in their own backyard with a severely weakened team says lots about their strength in depth. We'll be doing really well not to get shown up in India.

India must be the number 1 Cricket nation at the moment. Even one test win there will be an achievement.

Some times with a back injury you have a friend for life. I speak from personal experience.

They'd never played for the 'Boro.

Being sat down doesn't help in that respect. Previously you could always move around a bit to keep warm.

I think he's got a bit more about him than Joe, more brains for a start.

You were brave to have the back op but I suppose if you're in constant pain something has to happen. I had sciatica once for about 3 months. It was awful. I couldn't walk more about 200 yards before I had to stop and rest my leg. The pain would go and I'd walk another 200 yards and I'd have to stop again. Then it went away without any reason. I can still feel a slight twinge at times but it's nothing compared with how it was.

You mean his fan club on here did. I liked the lad a lot the first time around. I thought he had a future in the game but once he sustained those injuries I would have left well alone. It was a risk we didn't need to take. He relied massively on his electric burst of pace and once that wasn't available he became a much more limited player.

In the Morsy-Dack incident over a year ago whilst Morsy didn't actually foul Dack he was un necessarily physical with Dack going after a ball that was going out of play. He helped Dack on his way. The injury was caused by the way Dack landed. I've seen Shearer do it with centre halves, he just helped them on their way over the touchline. How they landed is another story. It's being careless with a fellow pro's career.

It's entertaining in the same way that stopping kicking the cat when we lose is entertaining for the cat. Luckily for any cats out there I haven't got a cat.

My record collection of 30 odd years went the same way.

You've got a point there but all aggression and not much creativity doesn't normally end well

I think Brererton has come back the same player, unfortunately.

You could argue that Dyche's football is just a means to an end. The longer they stay in the Prem the richer they get. Money can buy you better players which should lead to better football out on the pitch. The Hughes team was pretty attritional in the early days.

Set up not to lose, we know how that usually turns out. Too much of the game gets played in our half.

We watched all 6 episodes of the " The Investigation " on Friday and Saturday night. One of the best things I've seen in a good while. It's a really understated depiction of the true story of the Scandinavian guy who built his own submarine and then murdered a female journalist. It's not sensationalist at all but a gripping example of how dogged police work wins in the end. It is sub titled.

I'm always happy after a win or a good away draw. Having said that even winning teams can be improved. The really good managers are happy with wins but they're constantly looking for ways to improve the team and their players. You should be happy with a winning team, if we ever get one, but you should never be satisfied. Rovers were happy and satisfied when we won the Prem, Mowbray was happy and satisfied when we got promoted. Look what happened then.