Tyrone Shoelaces

In my bit of Spain the don't use the word " cojones " in that context, it's always " huevos " ( eggs ) when they mean balls

I could be wrong but hasn't he appointed all the backroom staff ?

I agree with you regarding Gallagher, if he's going to be playing in the middle he needs balls played in front of him, either on the ground or in the air, that he can run on to. Expecting him to be a hold up player won't work. Playing as a lone striker is very difficult, I'd say it's the hardest role in any team. Everybody else is normally facing the direction of play, you're normally facing back down the pitch. They're usually the highest paid players in most teams for a reason. That's why the right service is all important. I wouldn't be expecting Alan Shearer in his prime getting much more that 15,16,17 league goals in this team because of the lack of service.

What normally happens is a manager comes in, decides on a way of playing, and the gradually signs the players that will make the managers chosen plan work. I've never had that feeling with Mowbray. That's why we're all scratching our heads as too how to fit Armstrong, Brereton and Gallagher into a coherent attack. That's unless Mowbray thought what we really need is a 6ft 4 in right winger who can't beat a man with a ball at his feet.

I bet you've got just the player for that role in mind. Having said that I agree with you. Nothing hurts you more than a central midfield player running from deep and drawing defenders out of position. Like when we had Dunny, or Berkovic and Bohinen. It's obvious Mowbray doesn't see it that way, like Southgate he's very defensive minded and prefers to central midfield players who spend most of the game in their own half.

That was my worry, goal threats are pretty thin on the ground from the rest of the team. I wouldn't call Armstrong a centre forward either. He's more a goal scorer playing up front. A proper centre forward is the fulcrum of the attack and you can bounce attacking play off him, like Danny Graham was. At the moment neither of Big Ben or Gallagher are centre forwards either, Gallagher is probably nearer to the role but he's still miles away.

We have lots of jigsaw pieces but they'll all from different jigsaws so far.

Only one home team won in the Championship today !

You're knocking Big Sam's perceived style yet you appear to have wanted us to go full " ale house " this afternoon. Somewhat of a contradiction there I think.

I didn't like saying that when the euphoria about the recent signing was in full swing yesterday. You can get a bit tired of getting called negative. But that's the truth of it. Not enough of a goal threat at the business end. Lets hope the kid from Liverpool knows where the goals are.

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" A squad of players " is exactly what we've got. We should be building a team.

One of the great Rugby League Finals today. Just a shame it was behind closed doors. Anybody that needs cheering up after todays Rovers no show I can recommend it. Most of the guys out there expended more energy in 5 minutes that our lot did in a full 90 according to my son.

Maternity Leave.

I said when they appointed him they'd finish the season above Rovers.

If we'd have been in their position and a new guy came in and got us an away win straight away we'd have been over the moon. I watched the Rugby League Final, great game.

That looked a pretty dire game.

That's not what Mowbray does with new signings.

Obviously nobody made him a better offer than we did. Just looks like Mowbray looking after another pal to me. At the same time as the club have been pleading poverty to the fans and can't afford to keep the stadium clean. Maybe he'll be going around with the litter picker and a green sack ?

If he's that useful why has nobody else come in for him ?

That's a pointless signing for me if it does happen. It's great to have all these new players coming in but I'm a bit concerned about keeping them all happy and having a settled team and a coherent, consistent way of playing in the immediate future. We all know Tony like to meddle. We'll soon see.

Two that even draughtsmen used to get wrong all the time - Guage ( Gauge ) and Gaurd ( Guard ).

There's no way we would have got relegated under Big Sam. The first thing I did when I heard he'd been fired was to look at the league table to see how many points we needed to get to safety. I knew we were in trouble from that point.

That's my concern as well. We need Gallagher or Brererton to discover where the goals are.

That Richard Brown attempted tackle was so late it was nearly from the match before !