I'm sorry but Armstrong will never be a " lead the line " type of player as long as he's got a hole in his bum. He lacks the physical presence. He needs a blood transplant from the likes of Dickov or Speedie.

Ipswich under Alf Ramsey got promoted to the old First Division one season and then won the First Division title the next. As soon as Alf left they were relegated !

There are guys who been in the pro game all their lives getting fired on a daily basis because they got things wrong once too often

Yeah, the Chicken Chokers wouldn't do that would they ?

The woman on the right isn't Brereton's girlfriend is she ?

Most people who saw Armstrong's contribution at ' Boro would say he wasn't trying hard enough.

I agree, I'd play him up front from the start against Newcastle.

Thanks Tony.

The thing is Biz I think giving Mowbray 5/10 for his signings so far isn't unreasonable. People point at Dack and say what a great signing. Yeah, dead right, he's been brilliant for us and he's probably worth 20 times what we paid for him. What about the rest of them though ? Reed - good signing, Smallwood- good signing, Downing - good signing, Chapman - good signing. Bell- in and out of the team, can't replace Williams who's really a centre back. Antonnson - not good enough. Samuel - another one who was in and out of the team before he got injured. Armstrong - blows hot and cold, another one in and out of the team. He needs to play up front with someone like Graham to get the best out of him but we don't play that formation. Palmer, Rothwell, both ,are in and out of the team, Mowbray seems not to trust them. Brereton, a mystery to me. Then you have Davenport, Gladwin, Hart. What's happening with those three ? Llast seasons marquee signing Whittingham - paid off to get him out of the door. Caddis- signed as a squad player but did he really need a two year contract ? Another one we had to pay off. When you look at it in it's entirety it's not great is it ?

I agree, Bowyer or whoever was advising Bowyer did very well in the transfer market.

I'd sign the lad on loan if he's available. He's go so much potential he's worth a gamble. I wouldn't be prepared to take him on permanently though.

I saw something in the paper today that Lukaku is blaming his poor form on him building his upper body up.

If I'd have been told in July we would be playing this season with more or less last seasons team I would have delighted with the position we are in at the moment.

Wether you like it or not managers live or die by the success or otherwise of their signings. Mowbray is no exception to that rule. Having said that no manager in the history of the game has got by without cock ups, that's why eventually they all get shown the door. I would suggest successful managers get about 75% of their signings right, average managers around 50%. Below that and you could be skating on thin ice. Of course in the parallel universe that is Chicken Choker Land the normal rules don't always apply.

I think results wise we're doing better than I expected. The football we're playing is roughly about what I was expecting given we're playing almost the same team as last season.

I think you'll find that Rovers paid Barnsley 750,000 pounds for Steve Agnew in June 1991. Sherwood signed the following year. Agnew played 4 games for us.

Err, if I were you I'd leave Jordan Slew out of this argument. Just saying.

As long as the team scores goals our strikers don't have to be scoring every week. Trouble is not enough players are chipping in with goals apart from Mulgrew.

I remember going to a game at Ewood one day when the weather had been just the same as yesterday. They gave it a go but it was ridiculous, there was more standing water than grass. it lasted till the 40th minute when the ref said he'd had enough. We were losing 1-0 at the time so we weren't too bothered, and no we didn't get our money back.

Me, I wasn't excited, I didn't think he'd have the required mobility for the Division we were going to be playing in and that's just how it turned out. One of two other posters on here thought the same and that's before he turned out to be a flop.

I agree, if our coaching staff were that smart they wouldn't have sign Whittingham last season only to have to pay him off this season.

I'd prefer Joao also, he scored two more yesterday.

I can only remember one headed goal in all the games he played. He was first to the ball in a crowded goalmouth and he headed the ball in from almost a crouching positin. The lad had a good leap but where the ball went after that was anybody's guess.

Now you're talking, Rudy could head the ball better than most. Unfortunately quite a long career is starting to catch up with him injury wise.

How many headed goals did he score ?