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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.

That's dancing ? I thought she'd tripped up.

Well what can I say ? When I saw the team I thought we were in for a really tough game. Looks like we can do no wrong at the moment. Long may it continue.

5-3-2 ?

I'm not knocking your team, we're a bit stuck for bodies at the moment, but I can't see many goals in that side.

Yeah, I've seen some crazy injuries over the years. Guys going up for a header, coming straight back down but landing awkwardly and breaking a leg.

Could be Evans is playing brilliantly at the moment because he's looking over his shoulder at the queue of blokes waiting to take his place.

Bugger, he was handy to have around. We're going to need more bodies than just Big Ben now.

Let's hope so. Are we going to play Brereton up front on his own or jointly with Armstrong ?

It's funny you should say that but when I watched the video of Brereton the player that sprang to my mind was Kalinic. I liked him, things just didn't work out for him at Rovers. Not done too bad since he left though has he ?

Just my gut feeling after watching more years of football than I care to count anymore. I really hope I'm wrong, we need a new striker desperately at the moment. Nuttall is too raw, Samuel and Armstrong are injured, Graham is a 60 minute man unfortunately. I can't see any point getting into a debate about it now. The lad's coming so that is that. We'll soon see who's right about this one.

At the risk of being called negative ( again ) I think we've made an expensive mistake signing this lad. I've seen other 19 year old kids have a good game or two against high profile opposition and then fade away. Watching him on the video I just don't think he's the type of striker that we need. He's a lot like Armstrong only bigger. I sincerely hope I'm wrong because there's a hell of a lot riding on this signing for Rovers. If I'm wrong and the lad leads us up to the top of the table I'll be back to hold my hand up.

No, an engineer.

Too many off field distractions and I got the feeling he thought Ewood Park and Blackburn Rovers were beneath him.

That's just your opinion. Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty. Me , I think they made the glass the wrong size.

I'm never happy with the team, we can always improve it. Do you think Fergie was ever happy with the Utd team ? He'd try to strengthen a top side every season"

A good team has a mixture of both flair players and grafters. The team we had that won the big one had it right. A ex pro pal of mine used to have a saying - " You'd never win anything with a team of Bobby Charlton's because they'd never have the ball ".