Tyrone Shoelaces

I take it you've had a great time watching the club fall apart in the last eight years ?

Me too, just as I would never go to Spain whilst Franco was in power, South Africa under apartheid, Greece under the Colonels etc.

Going off outcomes before promises has served me well in life. In football terms the last eight years or so as made me very cynical about goings on at Rovers, I wonder why ?

From what I read in " Private Eye " regarding accountancy businesses THREE accountants would be better.

Another Speedie or a Dickov would be good. Too much to ask for another Bellamy.

A bloke I knew was on the scouting staff at City. He was tasked with evaluating Ted MacDougall. He came to a similar conclusion- one of most technically limited strikers in the Football League. He was actually allowed to watch a training session and couldn't believe how bad he was ball control wise. He gave Ted the thumbs down - just before United splashed the cash on him.

All I could go off is our actions not our words. Talk is dirt cheap. It took us all our time to get in two bargain basement lads in Davenport and Rothwell. We were trying to bring in a replacement centre half and seemed to be struggling to meet Charlton's valuation. Maybe the Chokers have just realised the season has started again, who knows.

You've got Graham sitting on the bench and playing simultaneously.

Without giving any credence to the Nixon theory that the Chokers suddenly slaughtered millions more chickens I think there was a change of heart down the line regarding funding. We've gone from shopping in Poundland to Marks & Spencer in a few weeks.

Sounds great. Just what we need back here.

Morris is just a runner Chaddy . Put's himself about a bit but not much end product.

Turkey's been a graveyard for quite a few British players. Not many have been real successes there.

Weeks ago it didn't exist. Did anyone on this site predict we would spend £6 million on a 19 year old nobody had heard of a month ago ?

Maybe he was in the loan shop window ?

You were doing really well until you posted that team. You could always play Bennett in goal, we'd be more attacking still then. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. Like my old mate used to say - " A team of Bobby Charlton's would never win anything because they'd never have the ball ". On a more serious note Mowbray has created a few headaches for himself. We really have proper competition for places.

I thought he could have been the new " Berkovic " but every time he played there he seemed to look like he thought the " quarter back " role of directing the team around the field was too much for him.

I agree. Players like that are hard to come by in today's game, that's why they command large transfer fees. Would you put Tom Cairney in that league solely going off his performances with Rovers ?

That's a " lowlight " for most players. With Lowe that was par for the course.

I don't think I've seen a highlight reel yet that shows a player letting a throw in go under their foot or going for a header were it hits them on their ear. Highlights are normally the good bits.

Well I'd put Dack in that box, Dunny also, then maybe Berkovic. Tugay had more sense that to run with it too much when passing it was easier. Players who can run with the ball into the last third are a defenders worst nightmare.

I've seen what you've seen. A lad who likes to pick the ball up out wide and come inside. Maybe you've seen something different to me.

I think this Reed lad might be the answer there. We're certainly not stuck for choice in midfield. Start out with Big Ben up front on his own and we'll be setting him up to fail. That's not his position at the moment. He hasn't got the tools to play with his back to goal. In the future, maybe , who knows ?

He'd do as a Samuel short term replacement.

That makes more sense but we better have some grafters in midfield to get the ball for them.

From what I've seen he doesn't play " up top ". He likes to play out on the flanks.