Tyrone Shoelaces

I'm a bit worried that the serious injury Raya had a few weeks ago has knocked his confidence. Thanks as usual Tony.

So is Danny Graham but Henderson plays 90 minutes every week and has had a pretty injury free career. Scored another one on Saturday. He can play the hold up role and score goals. He's got a mean streak as well so centre halves know to tread softly when they're marking him. He'd be good to bring on after 60mins, at least you could throw him up front and not have to protect him out on the wing. Mm' Grabban or Brereton. Who got the best deal there I wonder.

l thought the Preston game had a draw written all over it as well but we got a spanking. I've a bad feeling about this game, I expect Cook to have them up for playing us. It'll be down to who wants it the most. Not much between the teams in terms of ability.

I got laughed at on here when I suggested that our Summer recruitment consisted in the main of midfield players who are all of a muchness.

Next to ability confidence is what makes a good player.

Didn't we sign somebody called Davenport also or did I imagine that one ?

Morris ? How many goals did he get for a good Shrewsbury side ? Then look at how many Henderson got for a team that escaped relegation on the last day.

If you put them both together you still wouldn't have a good left back.

Me too. Could be the strangest signing we've ever made. !

Depends what route we want to go down. Harrods or Poundstretcher. If it's the Poundstretcher route that guy Henderson at Rochdale scores plenty of goals in a pretty poor team. A good experienced pro that might be the new Bradley Dack, on the other hand he could be the new Frank Lord. That's one for the guys with a long memory.

Thanks for the review Tony.

We've already got Nyambe, Reed, Bennett and Travis who can play right back.

Definitely. I liked the lad a lot but his style of play pointed to a succession of muscle injuries

Brunt's another Whittingham for me. He's been a good player but his legs have gone.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in January regarding Reed. We'll know we mean business if a serious bid is made.

I see the Whelan family have handed the reins over to the new owners at Wigan today.

Correct.

I remember seeing him make his debut for Rovers and he really looked the part. A very skilful, clever player who was Bryan Douglas's understudy that day. He was about 5 ft 7 ins tall but about 9 stone wet through and he never really developed physically. Such a shame because he had plenty of ability.

My next door neighbour had that early in the year. he was out of hospital in a few days and out cleaning his car on the drive within a week !

We got lucky moving Fred from left back to centre forward. We were stuck for a striker in the reserves because of injuries and he offered to have a go, the rest was history. He'd have ended up at somewhere like Rochdale with Dave Wells if he'd have stayed at left back. The least said about Joe Haverty the better.

If we're still well placed when the window opens after Xmas will we be in for another striker ?

There's a lot of if's in that.

" Lowe challenging " ! He must have been calling the other guy names. Classic photo.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Jason Lowe captain England U-20's ? Enough said.

When Pogba was there as a lad nobody at UTD was too bent out of shape about his performances and expectations were quite low. When he comes back to the club with a massive price on his head they are concerned and expectations are high. That's football.