Tyrone Shoelaces

Whatever happened to the days when away games were always problematical but you could be reasonably confident of winning at home ? It would have been better for attendances if our home/away form could be reversed.

I see Ipswich play tonight. Not only do they get to replay a game they looked very much like losing but they get extra time to get ready for it !

It certainly helps. Being entertained is another one.

That says it all really. A young lad making his 2nd appearance. The more experienced players should hang their heads.

Certainly not as a starter. Maybe for the last 15-20 minutes.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

He defended that like a winger, not a full back, or even a wing back.

There are people who wouldn’t go if it was free as long as the Chicken Chokers are our owners.

I got a text from my grandson earlier, I hadn’t realised he’d gone over from Liverpool. He said the best thing about the game was the pie he had.

The other old chestnut is - who would get a better tune out of these players. Look at who we had missing yesterday, half the first team. Would this team have played so poorly ? Toth Alebiosu, Carter, McClouglin, Wharton, Hedges Tronstad, Cantwell, Taylor-Hickman Gudjohnsen, Ohashi There were players starting last night that in normal times wouldn’t even make the bench. Let’s have it right. 5 key players with bags of experience all missing.

Yet when Pickering first came I remember watching his highlights video and all it really showed was him as an attacking player. I think it showed him making one tackle. Obviously he’s gone backwards since then.

No, it’s way below the Travis and Tronstad level. Let’s hope they can rise to the occasion.

It picks itself really.

You might as well say “ The next time we play Barcelona “.

We seem to have a good team spirit at the moment, that can take you a long way in this league, but we are getting desperate for some players to recover from injury. We’re losing at least one first team regular with every game at the moment. it’s not just the starting eleven that is being weakened. Players that could come on off the bench and do a job are having to start leaving the bench weakened as well.

Under normal circumstances I’m sure Tronstad would have come off as soon as he was injured last Friday. As it was he had to stay on.

Dobie Grey - Out On The Floor

Given the team we’ll have to put out tonight any sort of a positive result will be good.

Atcheson may be on the bench for tomorrows game ?

Landlords were real characters back then. We had one called Shufty. One night my mate complained about his beer being cloudy. It was summer and the tap room window was open. It immediately overlooked the canal. Shufty just picked the glass up and threw it out of the window and into the canal. Another time we were complaining the fire was low in the taproom. Shufty came with a shovel full of coal and threw it on the taproom floor. He said “ Help yourself lads “? He had a big fish tank that he sometimes topped up with the dregs. You only knew there were goldfish in it when you saw their noses up against the sides of the tank. It’s a swingers club now. Funnily enough every time we pass it Mrs Shoelaces reminds me it’s a swingers club. I think she’s trying to tell me something !

At least Taylor-Hickman will be available. He’ll have to play the Tronstad role.

I’m not surprised, he’s a good player probably playing at his peak age wise. However I wouldn’t swap Alebiosu for him now.

I would have thought the way we are set now would be perfect for him. The sooner he’s back the better although Morishita seems to be warming to the role.

Probably as a result of that tackle from behind at Preston. Like that one on Ohashi at Leeds last season were we didn’t even get a free kick !

I know, awesome decision making skills plus the ability to make the pass. He knows where to pass the ball before it arrives. Then Mateta fired it wide !