Tyrone Shoelaces

Nice finish to the the video. Maybe they would slaughter them but do they entertain us like the old teams Phil ? I'd say not even slightly. Greaves would be a star in any era, he was a one off. Watching that what's missing is the knee slides, team dances, corner flag kicking etc. Maybe that's what passes for entertainment these days.

I think we dodged a bullet there. I'm not a big fan either.

That's him, probably a good coach but not manager material.

Then you have Jay Bothroyd getting an England cap ! I'd rather have Sam Gallagher, at least he tries.

Rochdale did a similar thing with Fred Eyre's lad who was a top youth coach at City. Totally out of his depth in men's football. He didn't last the season out.

That's what's wrong with the " modern game ",

Typical thunderbolt from Puskas there.

Who would you rather play in that midfield role ?

I've finally got around to starting the book. It's a good read, well worth buying. One thing that amazed me was he had a deal with Adidas were he would get £1 million if he made his debut for England ! Football's gone mad.

The one thing the famous video revealed that he could do was he could run with the ball once he'd got turned around and was facing play. Unfortunately there wasn't a massive amount of end product from these runs. A bit like Rothwell. We used to have a saying about certain players - " He dribbles when he comes to a pair of feet " IE they're a bit head down.

Our biggest problem will be holding on to our better players. Travis, Lenihan , Nyambe, maybe Armstrong. If the Chicken Chokers decide it's time to cash in again they could all be gone. That's why failing to go up this season could be a disaster.

I don't care what anyone says, for a tall guy he's a poor header of the ball. Maybe he closes his eyes.

Somebody needs to give him a quietener early on.

Back in the 1960's we had great bespoke shirts when we were getting gates not much more than the current ones. I can't recall the makers, shirts didn't have logos then.

Either play him up the middle or leave him on the bench. It's as simple as that for me.

That's were the " wingerless " formation is all going wrong.

Definitely a must win today after the last no show. I'd love us to put this lot to the sword but I'm expecting a score draw. My forecast is the season will peter out to a slight improvement over last season leading to several of our better players leaving in summer for more ambitious clubs. I sincerely hope I'm wrong but that's how I see the cards falling.

I was still playing 5 a side around that time so one birthday I treated myself to a real Sampdoria shirt to play in. " Phonola " was their sponsor then. There was a shop in the Manchester Arndale that sold real replica shirts from all over the world. It was a choice of the Samp shirt or the Napoli shirt with " Buitoni " as the sponsor. Best shirt I ever had quality wise, it was great to play in. I gave it to number 2 son to sell on Ebay when he was hard up. I think it went for £60.

What a bloody awful shirt. Was that really the best Nike could come up with ? Everything is wrong about it. I haven't bought a shirt for about 20 years. I'm still waiting for the club to bring one out worth wearing.

I was never a big fan of Sven's.

Brian Barry-Murphy at Rochdale has been linked recently.

How can you get to this level and not be able to cross a ball ? It's beyond belief. What do they do in training ? I remember watching Marshall and Carney in that competition were they were trying to score direct from a corner. Cairney got the ball in the net from both wings in a couple of goes and Marshall wasn't far behind. If you can do that you should be able to cross a ball.

He can run with it after a fashion but the next Bohinen, Berkovic,or Dunn he isn't.

The only two players that Mowbray has signed in 3 years that appear to like the physical side of the game are Johnson ( when he can be bothered ) and Smallwood. The rest of of his signings are just nice lads who haven't got a streak of malice in them.

Travis will never be an " unlocker " if he lives to be a thousand, that's not his game, just like Savage wasn't a playmaker..