Tyrone Shoelaces

According to todays paper Leeds have just signed Robin Koch a 24 yr old German central defender from Freiburg so that could be their interest in Kipre is over.

I would agree that Dack has the skills to perform that role but playing him deeper would mean most of the goals he scores would dry up.

I saw worse as an young amateur player. One guy got a bad break, he was crying out, it was cold and wet but we couldn't move him. We sent for an ambulance but the security guys couldn't find the key to unlock the gates to let the ambulance onto the pitch. Eventually they found the keys and got the gate open only for the ambulance to bog down on the pitch. We had to get the poor bloke onto a bench and carry him to the ambulance. Then we had to push the ambulance back onto the road. All in all in must have taken about 3/4 of an hour to an hour to get off the lad off the pitch. I've never forgotten that one.

Yeah, Rovers were playing Fulham at Ewood years ago The game had only been going about 2 minutes when their centre forward and our centre half both went up for a Fulham goal kick. Our guy heads it back down the pitch, their guy comes back down, stumbles, and goes over badly. You could hear the crack on the Riverside. The guy was an experienced striker aged in his late 20's and he never really played again after that ! A really innocuous incident that you saw many times in a games in those days that went badly wrong.

Could be his leg Stuart. I've seen it happen before if you land awkwardly and if your weight goes up your shin bone.

I've just seen the goals. What was Bell doing there. It was as good as a pass to Donny ! Under 11 left backs don't make mistakes like that.

Thanks.

Is he back at Brighton ?

Yes, very true. 60% athlete, 40% footballer. Having said that we should have made more of him by now.

I wouldn't like to have to play against him. Not many players will beat him in a foot race. He'll be great as a centre back when they ban heading the ball.

Do we do " nils " ? I thought there was a rule we had to give the opposition a goal start.

Warnock was head and shoulders above any full back we've had at the club for a good while.

Exactly, we all thought Matty would come back from the bang on the head but he didn't. Recovering from serious injuries can be 50% physical and 50% mental. Some players can do it and some can't.

If I were Dack I'd be signing whatever contract Rovers put in front of me. Who's to say he's going to reach the same levels again ? Looking good in training when your mates are deliberately taking it easy against you is one thing, doing it against opponents who know you'll be vulnerable to a bang on the knee is another thing altogether.

When I was out in Spain last year I was looking at shirt prices out there. Malaga and Granada are the two local teams. Really nice shirts but quite a bit more expensive than our shirts

That's better, I'd probably buy that Stuart. How much are you asking ?

I'm just hoping they bring out a shirt worth buying for once. The blue in the photo is the real Rovers blue. That's a good start.

Nice header from Lenny.

You forgot the goalkeeper that was coming who ended up back in Jockland.

Unlucky there.

You need at least 4 centre backs who can play at a good level, maybe even 5. If you can get a good bench warmer for peanuts what's not to like from West Brom or Leeds point of view. I hope we get the lad, I've only seen him play once but of that one viewing he looked to be a proper defender.

Regarding Nyambe's injuries lots of quick players are prone to muscle injuries unfortunately.

I would agree with that .If we're looking for a " stopper " style of centre half, and I think we should be, he appears to fit the bill. This " playing out " from the back at our level is tantamount to giving the opposition a goal start.

Crazy idea. Nobody I played with had a pair of those.

I hope this lad is a good 'un, but how many games did Lowe play for us ?