Maybe the Chicken Chokers have told Mowbray " You can spend whatever profits you can make on Brererton and Gallagher ".

They need snookers now.

Anybody know any good IT technicians ? I think a tumbleweed just blew across my screen !

You wouldn't want a pair of the Brererton ones. They come with two left shoes and they cost a fortune. When I was a serious buyer of trainers for actually playing in I preferred " PUMA " until they started manufacturing them in fourth world countries like Treasure Island etc. I'm more of a fun buyer now so it's the fashion brands now like " Lacoste ", Oliver Spencer " etc. The last pair of trainers I bought were by "Trussardi ".

Not many players come back after being out that length of time. It's never a good sign.

It's just amateurish.

Put the thread on ice until next August.

You missed out the inexplicable loan of Harper.

Like it or not but Dack's worth nothing until he starts playing at his previous level again. Armstrong, we might get more than we paid.. Rothwell, the juries out as to what he's worth but it won't be a lot.

Or the fact that Robinson was a serious down grade on Brad. We were never going to get another Brad but Robinson wasn't anything like good enough.

Just what I was about to say. Maybe he could tell us who we won't be buying ?

A coach once said to me - " They don't bother booing bad players Tyrone ".

Plus he's been given finances and decided not to use them in the past.

That's more like it ! Good report.

To be honest neither did I. Towards the end he had the worst stats of any goalkeeper in the Premier League.

Yeah, give them 2 minutes and that'll be sorted.

Yes, Tosin put too much weight on the pass and Travis had to scamper after it. He dived in after the ball and another referee would have penalised him for that. He got his acting in before the other guy could and the ref fell for it.

I thought Robinson went downhill during his time at Rovers. Maybe it was to be expected given injuries and the aging process ?

Travis needs to take a good look at himself. It was the rolling around like he was seriously injured that got a fellow pro sent off. Once you get a reputation in the game for being an actor it's hard to shake off. I looked at his sock right away, not a mark on it that I could see. The ref needed to take his time and have a look for himself before whipping out the red card. Like I said earlier, seriously injured players don't roll around like that, an experienced referee should know that. I can honestly say that most of the time that wouldn't have even been a free kick when I was playing. You got tackles like that all the time. The ref's used their common sense then. Two players going in hard - it's just a coming together - play on lads.

Hard to understand. Green especially was magic. We also sent Ron Davies home as a young player. John Mahoney who played for Stoke and Wales was another.

Hutch had a trick were he appeared to over run the ball then brought it through with his trailing leg. I'd have to see it in slow motion to see exactly how he did it. Every full back he played against would stop when he over ran the ball only to be left trailing when he accelerated past them with the ball ! I've never seen any other player do this trick. Even Sir Keith found him a handful. Green was a class act who's career was ended by a serious injury after his big money move to Newcastle.

That wouldn't be my reservation regarding Rathbone, he puts himself about enough. "It's the size of the fight in the dog " and all that, I'd be more concerned to see if he was up to it football wise. Smallwood looked the part in that division but not in this division.

Huddersfield have made enquiries regarding Rochdale's young full back Luke Matheson.

Sorry mate. I knew it was West Brom but I wrote Villa, My heads going I think. My wife left the toothpaste out on the wash basin the other day and I decided it was shaving cream !

Burnley's North East scout sent him down. The same scout that sent all the Geordies to Burnley back in the day. Apparently Robson wasn't very big as a lad so they gave him a trial and said no thanks. Ron Atkinson at Villa had him on Guinness and steaks and the rest was history. Loads of clubs have let stars slip through their fingers because they thought they wouldn't develop physically. Of course there is the other side of the coin. The bigger lads that dominate youth football, until the smaller kids catch up with them physically.