And we were still robbed !

I'll have a bet now he keeps them in the league.

You want to tell that to the UTD fans who are less than impressed with Pogba. Of course the £90 million fee will have nothing to do with that either. Do you really believe what you post ?

I had that once in a Quiz league I was in. I'd have never guessed it was West Brom.

It'll be interesting to see how he plays on Saturday. Shop window ?

Yeah Jim was good. A very calm and unshowy goalkeeper who was very consistent. He made that job look simple.

Not by me renrag. Even so that's not as great as it sounds. Eddie Hopkinson and Alan Hodgkinson, Tony Waiters all had caps at that time as well as Banks and Springett, Gordon West and Peter Bonnetti were coming through and got caps slightly later. Lots of other Div 1 teams had Welsh, Irish and Scots goal keepers. I didn't think he was big enough and I lost count of the times the ball ended up in the back of our net and I was stood there thinking " How did that get in there ? " A bit like Robbo in his last season with us.

Well how many times have we been in a similar situation.

I keep telling you I'm not a pro scout. However are you seriously telling me that there isn't another player in the whole of Europe that can't play a similar role for £7 million ?

The trouble is he's treading water at Rovers whilst we desperately needed a back up for Graham. We live in the present not two years in the future.

You mean Christian " Bloody " Dailly. Jim Smith tells the story that he'd heard through the grapevine that Rovers were interested in Dailly so he approached his board to find out how much they wanted for him. The chairman told him - " Not a penny less than £2 million Jim ". He nearly fell off his chair when Hodgson phoned him and started the bidding at £5 Million. He played hard to get and managed to get the fee up a bit further !

Exactly.

Thanks as usual Tony.

That's why it's a puzzle that we didn't sign a Danny Graham MK 2 and went for somebody completely different.

I never rated Fred Else. He was one of the reasons the brilliant attacking team of the early 1960's never won anything in my opinion. I only ever saw him play one outstanding game in all the games I saw him play. Brad was outstanding regularly.

I hope we've managed to sort out how to defend at corners. Craig Dawson is probably one of the best at attacking corners in the league.

If you watch that video that was posted on here Parson it consisted mainly of clips of the lad picking the ball up out wide and running in field at people with the ball. Other than that I couldn't see what his real attributes were. He didn't look to carry much of a goal threat. Worryingly he didn't appear to be particularly strong and seemed to go to ground easily. Another concern was for a tall guy he appeared to have very little heading ability. Would I have signed him for £7million on the strength of that video ? No.

If you don't like people using the laughing symbol on your posts you could always set an example by not doing it yourself.

It's got to have an effect. You may start of ok but you won't be at your best.

I've been accessing this site for years on my ipad, all of a sudden I can't ! I click on the site in the Google box and my ipad just goes straight to the wallpaper with my icons. This started a day or two back. Obviously I can access the site on my lap top which is what I've sent this message on. Anybody got any insights as to what is going on ?

If we did travel down on the day by coach that's just crazy in todays football.

We seem to have to break up that partnership on the hour every game. I think we all knew that Graham would struggle playing the whole match at a higher level when games come thick and fast.. We were unlucky that Samuel got a serious injury when he did. he would have probably been thrown on for the last 1/2 hr if he was available. Having said that we are where we are. Anything happens to Graham and we've got problems.

Have you ever played up front as a target man ? It's the hardest position on the pitch to play bar none. You've got to want to be there. Maybe Dack just doesn't fancy it.

It's not odd to want to play with guys who are left footed on the left side. It does give you a better balance. The ideal centre half pairing is a right footed player along with a left footer. Some players can pass adequately with either foot but can't tackle equally well on their weaker foot. How many pens do you see given away when players get drawn into a tackle on their " wrong " side ?

You're not making sense Chaddy. Players who like the ball played to feet usually move in field towards the ball and away from the defenders. Like Graham. Players who play on the shoulder of defenders usually move away from the ball and into the space behind the defenders. Like Armstrong. If you're looking for a player who can do both at top level you're looking at a £50 million pound striker.