You can't predict how young players will turn out, especially when they've only played a handful of games between them. At one point I thought Tiny Taylor and Johanneson were going to be our centre half pairing for years and look what happened to them. I would suggest that both of those two had more potential than Buckley and Rankin-Costello.

Yeah, he likes his hair very short.

I borrowed some electric clippers ages ago from my No2 son. My wife refused outright to use them. I wasn't too happy but I couldn't make her cut my hair.

I'll be trying to support the economy by getting my haircut if I can. It hasn't been this long for 50 years. It's getting on my nerves now.

Boro, I don't know what they do in training at Rovers. Even amateur players can cross a ball.

" Ask not for whom the bell tolls ".

I'm going to visit my mum. I've no real interest in the rest of the season. Rovers 0 - Leeds - however many they feel like scoring.

Moonwalking Mowbray.

We are standing still at best. When you stand still most of the other teams are moving forward. So one day you find yourself going out of the league through the back door. It's only a matter of time.

He put his finger on an issue that afflicts Rovers as well. Players getting into good crossing positions and then either putting the ball behind the goal or hitting the first man. You can bet that will be being worked on this morning.

That's what managers do. Our guy looks like he's waiting for the next bus.

How many other lower half wage bill teams have spent £12 million on strikers ?

" Avoid becoming fathers ", I agree, just don't let them have sex at all like they do with boxers when they're preparing for a bout. That'll improve their levels of aggression 1000% One of the old time American boxing trainers was very strict on this matter. He was training a very good American middleweight champion called Joey Giardello, who was a noted ladies man. He called around to see the boxer one morning at their training lodge to take him for some roadwork. After banging on the door he thought he could hear noises so he opened the flap of the letter box. He could see Giardello having sex with a maid on the stairs. He was reduced to shouting through the letter box " Don't come Joey, don't come for god's sake ! "

Might be before your time but the first game for two months after the big freeze in the early 1960's was Man Utd at Ewood. Fred Pickering had got married on the morning of the game and both teams formed up on the pitch as a guard of honour to clap him onto the pitch. Half way through the second half when we were 1-2 down Rovers had an attack break down. Fred's boot lace had come loose so he crouched down to re tie it just where the penalty spot is a the Blackburn End. United moved the ball up the pitch but then one of their players decided to pass the ball back to the 'keeper. Just as Fred got back to his feet. Obviously the guy hadn't seen him. The ball went straight to Fred who calmly turned with the ball and belted into the back of the net for a 2-2 draw. Nice wedding present.

Especially if they're playing for our opponents.

Sorry my heads gone today. I meant 'Boro !

When I first got married within 6 months I'd put half a stone on and lost a yard of pace.

My money's on Hull.

Yes, that's the crux of the issue. At Rovers the normal rules don't apply. Appointing Coyle when we could have had Warnock tells you all you need to know. I'll always be a Rovers fan but my interest is diminishing rapidly. I could have watched the Barnsley game at my sons place but I couldn't be bothered going up to his house. I'm glad I didn't bother now. Just give me a group of players I can be proud of, they don't have to be brilliant footballers, they just need to look like they want to be playing for us.

If I was a manager and the powers that be tried to to foist a player on me it'd be time to go. Especially given the circumstances of the Brereton signing. " Accepting responsibility without the power to control events " is to be avoided at all costs.

I want an new manager but not that badly.

I would have thought that will be a distinct possibility.

I once had to miss the game in which my team won the league. We were playing the second in the league, so whoever won would be champions. They won 4-1. I was an usher at my cousins wedding in Blackpool. For the locals his family lived on Carr Street in Blackburn. At least I got to ride in a " Rolls-Royce ", but it wasn't much compensation.

But not as ridiculous as our performance at Barnsley.

Is that so you can avoid them ?