When it comes to football normal rules don't apply. Gareth Bale £600K a week = Madness.

It wouldn't surprise me, we're only consistent in our inconsistency.

Exactly. If we aren't going to sign players who are better than what we have we are just throwing good money after bad. The Hart signing was a classic example, what exactly did he bring to the party ?

I had a weeks notice on my contract when I worked in industry. " Less than 2 years " would be a dream for most people.

Dolan's done more in the three months he's been here than Big Ben has in three years.

Bad day at the office all round there.

Me too, he'll get plenty of game time given Holtby rarely plays the full 90 minutes.

They were top drawer in their day - " Stage Fright ", " The Shape I'm in " etc. Not massive hits like " The Weight " was but great songs.

Dickov terrorised more centre backs than those two ever will and he wasn't much bigger than Jimmy Clitheroe. It's what's beating under the badge that matters more than just size. No point playing a direct game with what we have at the moment, the ball would come straight back at us.

Doesn't it make a difference when you have a target man to play to. When you look at our two big strapping lads they haven't got the physicality that Livingstone had.

You can add the Sunderland goalkeeper that we were " tracking " for months that ended up going to Rangers or Celtic, I forget which one now. There's a bit in my paper today - " Arsenal have signed the Iceland goalkeeper Alex Runnarson for £1.8M. Arteta may add yet another goalkeeper to his ranks and Brentford have turned down multiple bids for the highly rated David Raya. Arsenal's third choice, Matt Macey wants to pursue first team football elsewhere. " Not so highly rated at Ewood Park by some though.

Best pass I ever saw at Ewood in recent times - From just outside the right hand corner of our penalty box a ball like an arrow right into MGP's stride out on the left wing almost on the edge of our opponents penalty box. The passer - step forward Aaron Mokoena. That cross from Kuqi out on the touchline right onto MGP's foot for that volleyed goal wasn't bad either. Regarding Buckley, good players can always turn away from trouble into space. Ordinary players turn into trouble lots of the time. Simon Barker wasn't the quickest but he was brilliant at turning away from trouble and into space.

I went to both of those games. It was 2-2 away at Derby. I must have got a really early bus from Rochdale to get to Blackburn to get the coach. Me and another Rochdale lad who later emigrated to New Zealand - Alec Becconsall.

Or putting SEVEN past Spurs.

Yeah Andy Burgin, we got him from Halifax for a handful of magic beans and a toilet seat. Twice the left back that Bell will ever be. Mick Heaton on the other flank, a free transfer from Sheff Utd !

We could do with a Steve Livingstone now.

That's when you earn your corn as a winger. You have to keep wanting the ball, even really good players make mistakes and when they do you need to be ready to take advantage. I don't get the feeling he's the sort of player that would go into his shell though

You only find out if they're good enough to play at a higher level by playing them at that level. Playing with better players can improve a young players game a lot in some instances as we're seeing with Dolan.

Like that right back we had on loan from Chelsea a few years ago. He must have been loaned out to half the football league by now.

That quote seems to have missed out " Rhodes ". I need a new lap top. This one has a mind of it's own.

That's what should have happened when Rhodes was sold but that money seemed to vanish.

I know it gets quiet on transfer front here from time to time but we've never got to the point were we are reduced to discussing who wore what number of shirt 60 years ago.

In the old days that's were Brererton would have probably played. He's not a central striker and he's not a winger.

I hope the lad gets back soon, he looked to be in with a chance of breaking through to the first team on a more regular basis this season.

He was a very good player. It'd be nice to have him in the side these days.