Tyrone Shoelaces

" I have no idea how Mowbray will set us up formation wise for the coming season ". Unfortunately I don't think Mowbray knows either.

Let's sign Ben White then.

I look at it like this - we were going down when he came in and we didn't go down. I think he sacrificed Rhodes on the understanding he'd get the money to spend on the rest of the team. When that didn't happen it was effectively game over for him and he bailed out. I can't blame him for that. Mowbray would have shrugged his shoulders and kept his bank manager happy. I remember at the time the two guys that came in with him, Irvine and Kelly ?, were both being touted for the managers job by people on here and yet we managed to bag both of them plus Lambert. They must have some responsibility for things not panning out yet nobody ever mentions them.

Show me a ball playing centre half at this level and I'll show you a centre half who's a defensive accident waiting to happen.

Yes but Dyche had a plan and a way of playing that he's stuck to from day one. I don't think it's ever involved ball playing centre halves, more like two guys who can get a foot or a head to most balls coming their way. He's also tried to stick to 4-4-2 and it seems to work for him. If you're going to play ale house football you need two strikers to chase down all the long balls.

I remember seeing him playing against Ajax when he was back in Greece before we signed him and he ran them ragged down that right hand side.

Well Macclesfield won't be in it. They've been relegated and Stevenage have had a reprieve.

They got relegated.

Ah well, that is the question, I can't see him fitting into the midfield 4. Is Mowbray expecting him to move on ?

Or a return to a real 4-4-2 with Armstong running off the big lad.

I'd have Callum Davidson or " Ankle Tag Boy " who's name I've already forgotten before those two.

I was only thinking earlier weren't the close seasons great in the early to mid sixties when you shut up shop in early May and came back in August with exactly the same team ? No incoming and only the young lads or old timers leaving, and absolutely no speculation about transfers ! What Chaddy would have made of it all I shudder to think.

Vladdy Gresko looked an half decent left back on initial inspection, it was only later on we realised he was bobbins.

You mean it used to be entertainment. After watching some of the games over the last year or two I'd rather knock nails through the back of my hand.

He played some great shots on Saturday. He wasn't over shadowed by Buttler at all.

We used to call it " A quietener ". IE it kept them quiet after that. Bill Shankly talking about a forward who was a bit lacking in fighting spirit. - " He's got a heart as big as a Carraway seed ".

Agnew had been a class act at Barnsley but unfortunately he got a bad injury almost as soon as he arrived. A bit like Jimmy Kerr who we signed from Bury. I saw him a lot before we signed him, I had a mate who was an occasional player for Bury's first team, and Jimmy was the real deal. He could have been another Archie Gemmell only bigger.

How bad must they be if the Chicken Chokers didn't have a problem ?

That's our cunning plan, we'll get him for buttons when it all goes tits up. Just like we did with Fergie when Accy went to the wall.

The two " big strapping lads " we have up front at the moment make Kalinic look like Alan Shearer ! What was that defender called we got from Rangers back in the day ? Dawson ? He was pretty average. I thought he came from Rangers ? One worse than that from Rangers was Stuart Munro, we spunked the town hall clock on him and he played ONE game for us. I think his signing was the final nail in Don Mackay's coffin. My claim to fame - I saw Stuart Munro play for Rovers !

How many goalkeepers have Brighton got ? That Sanchez who was on loan at Rochdale last season is a Brighton player also.

What was that full back called we had on loan from Chelsea ? The one that was at Chelsea for about 10years and got loaned out to half the Football League. He was bobbins as well.

That was the day I named him Christian " Bloody " Dailly. After that it was always "is that Bloody Dailly playing today ? " or " Is that Bloody Dailly leaving yet ? ". Imagine paying £5.25 million for a centre back who couldn't even head the ball.

I suppose we'll be bringing another batsman in for him. Of maybe a wicker keeper and let Buttler concentrate on his batting.

I think he's going to be looking at teams in that Division now so he'll have to take whatever is on offer.