Tyrone Shoelaces

That's what I thought. If you're going to get a red card at the death for kicking somebody at least do it properly, a la Andy Todd. Edit - or Tommy Gemmell against Racing Club, that's a classic kick in the nuts.

McGinn would have been a massive signing but would he have got the Reed treatment and been played out wide? Whatever happened to that Scots centre half we were chasing that eventually went to Sheff Utd ? Another player we were allegedly interested in, Dylan McGeoch , is currently warming the bench at Sunderland. Having said that when I saw him play in the flesh he was the best player on the pitch. Edit, the Scots centre half we were after was Ben Heneghan, currently on loan from Sheff Utd at Blackpool. He played for them yesterday.

Well Mowbray was bigging Barnsley up massively yesterday on the radio. I shudder to think what sort of fanfare Brentford will get !

I see Wharton and Joe Nuttall both scored yesterday. Wharton's making a habit of it at the moment, 3 in 2 games. When does his loan period end ?

I'd say no to Armstrong, I think he's playing at a level beyond his ability. Reed was good, albeit criminally misused, Rothwell, yes given he didn't cost much, Cunningham looked the part but we'll never really know now, Tosin could come good but he's not our player, Downing Mm, I'm not sure I would have signed him given his age, 2 years ago I would have said yes. Davenport ? Why. Was he any better than the lads we already had ?

I haven't ever had a good word to say about the chicken chokers but I wouldn't blame them if they said no to Mowbray if he goes back cap in hand.

You can do it that from that point if you like but I was thinking more of since Mowbray joined us.

Yeah he can shift when he gets on his bike.

Let me pose you all the question I posed Chaddy earlier - if you could turn back the clock how many of Mowbray's signings would you still sign ? A handful at the most as far as I'm concerned.

It's not the first time Lenihan has been caught being drawn to the ball instead of staying with his man. Old Midfielders habits die hard.

If you are going to play up front on your own you need good service. Plenty of good early balls played into the danger areas either on the ground and in air. If you don't get that you'll struggle unless you're the next Shearer or Kane.

So where would you play Brereton then ? If you had your time again how many of Mowbray's signings would you still sign ?

The sending offs were right at the end when emotions were high. I like a meaty challenge. All this " There was contact " shite coming out of the mouths of grown men when it's a challenge I could have ridden when I was 10 years old makes me sick.

Anybody else watch this last night ? I enjoyed it, the atmosphere was fantastic. River Plate were by far the better team for 85 minute but two mistakes killed them. I thought the ref had a good game. He let a lot more go than ref's do over here. It kicked off a bit at the end but that was more to do with the two late goals than anything else.

Their " investment " goes down every time he plays.

And Brereton's strengths are ?

I seem to recall you being pretty keen to sign those 2 strikers at the time Chaddy. Feel free to correct if I'm wrong.

You're deluding yourself. It was more exciting then just watching just watching Ronnie Clayton run out before the game.

Just came on now. He spent most of the interview telling us what a good team Barnsley are.

They're still waiting for the Mowbray interview on Radio Lancs. Either he's giving them a real bollocking or he's saying his goodbyes.

It's not just about the number of goals conceded, it's the type of goals.

We need you in the dressing room before the game !

He's not as sick as me !

It was a more linear game in those days, now it's more lateral. I've said before we ought to put the goals at the side of the pitch these days. In that era when you got the ball in midfield you'd 4 players at least in front of you to pass to, now you've got 1. Having real wingers playing out wide made the pitch bigger when you had the ball. When they get the ball now the first thing they do is come inside or give back it to the full back. That just condenses the play. Mowbray's teams take the ball stood still all the time. The team in that video were taking the ball on the run. That makes a massive difference.

Compared with today's football it looks like they're playing another game entirely.