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When he came at first he was still a bit raw and he wasn't really a team player. As we used to say " He needed a ball of his own ". Once the penny dropped he never looked back. One of our all time great players.

Whoever it was bursting through for us at the end of the replay should have put that one away.

If they aren't careful they could drop straight through.

I'm not a fan but he's better than any of Brererton, Samuel and Nuttall.

Terrific player and a great lad too. When you look back we had absolutely no luck with really serious injuries during Jack's era. Shearer doing his knee, Batty doing his foot, LeSaux doing his ankle, Warhurst breaking his leg, Wilcox was out a long while. There were others that I can't recall now.Then you have M atty.

What do you think we'd get if we offered him back to Forest ?

That reads to me exactly what some of us have been saying all along. We had a sum of money, we got knocked back on several players we'd been chasing. So rather than bank it, we lumped the dosh on a tip off at the last minute.

If you want a Rovers site were everybody sits around agreeing with each other I know a site I can direct you to.

I think you're probably right there barring unforeseen injuries, even if we sign someone exciting he'll have to wait to get a place. It's the Mowbray way.

I'll be buying it when it comes out.

Have you asked yourself why in all the minutes he played he only had " one clear cut opportunity " ? I remember that good shooting chance he had against Newcastle that he put out for a throw in.

Just thinking about Keegan myself, he made himself bigger out on the pitch just like Speedie did.

He's not fast by any means but what he has got is a good change of pace. He can go from jogging to medium pace rapidly and he runs directly at people so they have to stop, then he goes past them. Chapman is a classic example of a player who has pace to burn but hasn't yet realised how to use it to the maximum.

My younger son " DazRover " is I'll ask him Den.

I get what you're saying but the way Premier League teams are throwing the dosh at players you've never heard of means I wouldn't rule it out.

I'm not on Facebook Den.

Well he'd contribute as much as that Jesse Lingard.

Not the greatest but on form he was better than the three left backs on the books at the moment.

I was there for the 7-1 caning of a pretty good Notts Forest side, that was probably the nearest we've come to that Spurs game. Having said that Spurs then were the equivalent of City or Liverpool today. It was one of those days when that team clicked and when they did they were a goal scoring machine.

Didn't Nicko say we were signing Axel Witsel in the " £ 50 Million Warchest " era ?

I'd give a lot to see extended highlights of that game Jim. I couldn't believe what I was seeing at the time.

I like him but I agree Grealish is a better player.

Yes, you're right. Another signing that didn't work although Gilliver did play quite a few games. To think we let Johnny Byrom go to Bolton so we could buy Gilliver. He became a legend at Bolton.

I don't think Dack will ever realise his true potential. He's not ready to live the lifestyle of an athlete. Look at Ronaldo and then look at Rooney now.

Yes, when we were struggling in the relegation season of 1965-66 we were desperate for new blood in midfield. Dougie having been injured quite a lot that season. We tried to sign Bell from Bury before the deadline day but he went to City instead. They were in the old second division but on the way up and we were obviously on the way down out of the first division. Having failed to get Bell we splashed the cash on Martin Britt from West Ham who came with a serious knee injury and played about 12 games for us without ever scoring a goal before having to retire ! Who knows what would have happened if Bell would have joined us ?