Tyrone Shoelaces

It's taken me whilst now to summon up the enthusiasm to read your latest missive. I'm glad I did though. You're dead right about the FA Cup being tarnished.

Thanks for that Matey, obviously my memory isn't what it was. You could be right about the one he punched in.

The goal against Burnley showed what he was good at. He had a great shot in both feet. If I recall correctly he banged in a right footed shot that was blocked. As it came back to him he instantly hammered home another right foot shot from a really narrow angle.. I can't knock his two footedness, he could strike a good ball.

He wasn't a good header of the ball, that's why he missed the target in that game. The only headed goal I remember him scoring was in a goal mouth scramble were he nearly went down on his hands and knees to head in a loose ball. If you can show me any other headed goals I'd be interested to see them. He had a great spring in his legs and he frequently got his head to long balls out from the back but where the ball went after that was another story.

Maybe he wasn't a " Super Star " to begin with.

I think his peak was when he was here previously to be honest.

Regarding MGP and set pieces. When we played Wigan in the game that ultimately relegated us we got a free kick in the last minutes of the game. It was a fair way out and towards the right hand side so everybody packed into the goal mouth. It was the last throw of the dice to get an equaliser. The ball had to go into the " mixer " as they say. MGP put the ball into row Z. I couldn't believe what I had just seen ! A school boy could have chipped it into the area between the penalty spot and the 6 yard box.

What do you think we'd get for them ? Magic beans don't count.

Get your line and length right and you'll get wickets. Stokes got it right at the end, on or about the off stump.

If we can get a small fee for him I'd say sell.

That;s not really a surprise is it.

We should have been in for Grabban. Instead we went for " jam tomorrow " and blew our kitty on an " investment ". I'd have rather had the " Cow " than the "Handful of magic beans ".

I was right in line with that header. How he managed to put that wide I'll never know. He'd half the goals to aim at.

That just shows how stupid they are. Nobody at the club has more influence on the fortunes of the club than the first team manager yet they penny pinch on appointments. At the same time they're quite willing to blow £ 7 million on " investment " players. Absolute fools.

I'd be surprised if we get anything above a pittence for Smallwood or Hart in January. I could see them being loaned out though.

We're not in the right shape physically or mentally. Not just the players but the whole set up. The film I saw of our training left me with the impression that it's all very cosy, everything is done for them they're being spoon fed to the nth degree. Not enough is being demanded of players in terms of real effort and commitment.

On another tack it crossed my mind the other day that Premier League teams are turning the game into a non contact sport. The amount of players that just throw themselves down on the ground in tight situations is getting beyond a joke. What's less funny is how the refs fall for it 9 times of 10.

I wouldn't exactly say that, Arsenal stepped a gear and started playing like a Premier League team in the second half. If Leeds had have been playing Rovers it would have been over at half time.

And athleticism, desire, will to win. organisation etc etc They looked 4 goals better than Rovers at the moment. They just need a finisher.

Compared with Lowe Smallwood looked like Franz Beckenbauer.

We seem to be a centre half factory, I make that Wharton, Platt, Magloire, Grayson, now this lad.

Maybe Mowbray and Waggot could sack each other.

Old saying -" You owe the bank £150 thousand, you have a problem. You owe the bank £150 million and the bank has a problem ".

He's signed his share of flops lately Merc. Gibson, Vydra, Lennon, Brady, Hart, that's just off the top of my head.

Can he tell us which players on current form actually deserve to be playing for Blackburn Rovers first team ? Because I can't think of many.