Best time to start beating your chest regarding Rovers is just as the referee is blowing his whistle for full time.

He's our player so we can't walk away. Lets just hope the Chicken Chokers don't watch our games these days'

I was a bit surprised that Williams didn't sub for Lenihan.

I felt he was worth a goal start for us. Without any doubt the best I've seen at Roversand I go back to Fred Else.

This season or last season ? Must be something really serious.

Any news of Ben Gladwin ? Has he been abducted by aliens or kidnapped by Somali pirates ?

I could be wrong but I can't recall us spending £7 million on a 19 year old striker before. It's no good dodging the issue, for that sort of money he needs to be performing on the pitch.

That's more or less my view also. If he was a kid coming out of our youth system nobody would be expecting him to take games by the scruff of the neck. We wouldn't be too bothered if he was coming on for the last 20 minutes in games. The problem is he isn't just one of our kids, he's the player we've spent the most money on since the Rhodes era by a long, long way. With that fee comes expectations wether people like it or not. Big fees bring big pressures. Even the great Jimmy Greaves insisted on having his transfer fee set at £99,990 because he didn't want to be known as the first £100,000 player.

Mm, if that's true it's not looking good for the lad.

" Player recruitment " ? We'd have to double the size of the players car park first.

If we're so " well stocked for centre back options now " why do we need another one in January ?

Grabban at Forest is also doing ok. I see the midfielder that we missed out on that went to Villa is doing really well for them. Having said that the way we're fixed for midfielders he wasn't a massive miss. I also see Henderson, who's a poor mans Danny Graham at Rochdale, got two late pens yesterday. He'd do ok coming on for the last half an hour. 9 goals already this season for a very average team.

A bit of dosh to spend in January could be the difference between the end of the season being really interesting for all the right reasons or just petering out into a scramble to stay in mid table. These next two away games will tell us a lot about our chances. 2 points would be good, 4 would be great, 6 would be fantastic.

Mm, Sunday morning fun isn't what it used to be.

Like it or not he's our player.

Dalglish was certainly smarter than Dack. Having said that he was smarter than most players.

For me that more or less picks itself but I can't actually see that being the starting line up. You could give Evans and Graham a rest and start with Rothwell and Brereton. I expect Mowbray to start with Smallwood though.

Just me and Mowbray then that can't figure out where he should be playing.

I don't think I'm inclined to agree with you Jim. The way he bamboozled the Everton centre backs in that friendly said a lot. King Kenny wasn't the quickest either but he had the strength and skill on the ball to get the better of most defenders. When I look at some of the Premier League strikers that have played for England before Kane came along, they weren't up to much.

If you're new to a club/team and you want to make a good impression it goes without saying you need to be playing in your best position. I think the issue with Brererton is nobody really knows what that position is.

Coyle was just a self inflicted wound. You get court-martialed for that in the services.

It gees up the rest of the team also. All I ever want from Rovers players is they give 100%. I can accept opponents being more skilful but I can't accept it when other teams out enthuse us. Mowbray seems to be turning the corner in that respect after a lot of years were the players looked like they didn't really enjoy being out there.

Doesn't look like Chapman figures much in Pulis's thoughts.

We need to be making it clear now that nobody leaves the club in January whatever the offer. If we don't the constant stream of speculation could damage our chances of a very successful season.

Do you really think that West Brom will loan us players that will strengthen our position in January ? We'd be lucky to get Harper back.