The conceding of crucial late goals has been going on since we got rid of Big Sam. It got to it's worst level under Coyle when it was one of the main reasons we got relegated. I don't think we've really addressed the issue properly since then. Last season opponents weren't really good enough to cause us problems at the death and if they were we were usually winning by more than a goal by then. We're not sufficiently solid in defence to allow teams to come at us for 10 or 15 minute spells and get away with it. The best place to play out a game is in your opponents half not in your own.

Two more points down the drain and another goals against at the death.

Handy player in his day. He didn't mind a bit of the rough stuff if it was needed.

Kalinic got slated on here when he did the same thing at the recent World Cup.

If " The Daily Mail " told me today was Wednesday I'd go and look at a calendar. They'll know a bit about liking Hitler though, they were part of his fan club before the war.

I used to go to the festival every year. Jeff might get 15 minutes on an open mike night in some pub off the Royal Mile.

Good question Jim. I think we all know the answer to that one. Different times now. How many guys actually play amateur football these days ?

Me too.

I don't like Ronaldo but it doesn't stop me thinking he's great player. Somebody once said to me - " You can fool everybody else but don't fool yourself ".

Our Achilles heel of only being able to play for a half is still with us going off today's score line. As other people have said , last season we could do it and get away with it. Not this season.

I try not to let my personal likes/dislikes get in the way of trying to be objective regarding football.

No point putting him in any game until he is fully match fit. Given his history of injury we need him to be fully ready. Having said that if he recently played in several friendly games for Watford he shouldn't be that far away.

I like Bennett but when he's playing out wide he's in his least effective role.

I've long since ceased guessing how the club's finances are run. Does anybody know ? My thinking is that Mowbray landed on a big ladder regarding Dack and his standing with the Chokers. Turning £750k to £15 million probably looks like spinning straw into gold to them. They're probably thinking he can turn £7 million into a lot more now. If the lad flops they'll possibly be reconsidering having another punt. Maybe they'll look into cashing in Dack's chips. All this is speculation of course but when the owners are so mercurial anything can happen.

I'd love to be able to listen to stuff like that but I'm an Internet dinosaur. Depending which way you look at it you're lucky/unlucky that I can type this.

Not really, if this lad doesn't look the part I can't see us getting another £ 7 million to spend any time soon. It could also have repercussions regarding our ability to hold on to Bradley Dack.

A pal of mine used to be a scout for Man City, I used to go with him occasionally. He only liked to scout players at away games. Will that Do ?

No, we're not back on anything like equal terms yet, having said than anything can happen in a Cup game. We seem to be moving in an upward trajectory at the moment after plumbing the depths at the start of last season. As long as the Chicken Chokers are running the show nobody can be confident for longer than 24 hours. I think a few of our recent deals were slipped past them whilst they were jumping up and down watching the cricket.

I'm afraid you're right. Let's just hope he doesn't get distracted by all the attention.

Rugby League is still popular in the Greater Leeds area.

They could probably double what we are paying him comfortably. Especially if they've got rid of that Chadli, he'd have been on big bucks.

We were on holiday in the Cotswolds. I'd just popped into a local supermarket leaving our friends in the car with the radio on. When I came back my pal who was a Darlington fan said - " What do you want first, the good news or the bad news ? " I said " The bad news " . He said " It's just been on the radio, Shearer's gone, but the good news is he hasn't gone to United ".

I never did my cruciate but I've had plenty of sport induced knee trouble over the recent years. I've a " Bakers Cyst " at the back of my right knee as big as half a tennis ball. Having said that I can still get around ok so I'm avoiding the knife for as long as I can.

Close but no cigar.

I'm not in the " Mowbray walks on water team " because everybody is fallible. Having said that he deserves 99% of whatever credit is going for dragging our club out of the gutter. I don't know how many other managers could have done what he's done. If he walked out tomorrow he'd still be on my list of genuine Rovers heroes.