Mattyblue

Was it you skinning up behind me?

14 years!

Happens a lot here. Bell and Williams missed the post lockdown warm up friendly at Liverpool, but were ‘only a few days away’... didn’t see them until the new season in September.

Loved Scotty, but better than Duff? Never!

Same could be the said of the ‘92 and 2001 sides - but imagine this lot in the PL.

He’ll go when he’s had enough on his own terms. Remember that and it will save you all a lot of pointless angst.

I’ve worked with plenty of that lot in my time. They still say to each other on a Monday - ‘did you go on?’

This present side ain’t fit to clean the boots of their 1992 or 2001 predecessors. That’s why I had to laugh with some of the ridiculous claims of ‘ToP 2’ after we’d just had 3 put past us at Watford.

We used to hear all the same tripe from Dingles, then they actually made the promised land and now they struggle to sell 18,000 home seats.

Apart from the away end, Cambridge’s ground is exactly the same.

Certainly not seeing the relegated PL sides struggling as per usual this time - Norwich and Bournemouth top two, with Watford only a point behind. Suppose it shows just how weak the rest of the league is this season...

The international break, unfortunately, was inadvertently badly timed to coincide with the ‘anniversary’, it meant the LT had loads of blank space day after day to fill with ‘drawer stories’.

I’d agree that they are rarely mentioned unless prompted. I’d say we are the Mowbray Club now more than anything, I can’t recall a time where one figurehead seemingly dominates all aspects of the club (well maybe Jack) and conversation between fans - enduringly popular too. Though perhaps not surprising due to the power vacuum this regime has created within a hollowed out club.

They chose it for ‘Landlords vs Tenants’ novelty, not any other reason.

Not scientific at all, but take a straw poll with those around you when we are back in Ewood (whenever the feck that is), I’d be surprised if you didn’t notice it. There had already been a massive change in attitudes with match going fans I know and my away game crew in recent times in comparison to say 2016, nevermind 2012.

It’s rare to find any ex player that says ‘Rovers’, possibly due to the fact ‘Rovers’ isn’t ubiquitously this club, unlike ‘United’ (well, it isn’t, but is!) or ‘Forest’ and the likes of Faz have travelled extensively as a coach, but it is also very rare for our east Lancs fans not to refer to the club in that way to each other.

Scrapping in Mansfield town centre by all accounts... now if that sentence isn’t the lad at ‘rock bottom’, I’m not sure what is!

The club are enthusiastically touting he plays for the U23s on Friday, we’ll see if that actually transpires... https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/18888214.everton-plan-bradley-dack-lights-training/

I would have totally agreed... until recently. Now? There’s been a definite move to actual support and gratitude towards them, not just ‘we have to put up with them, we’ve no alternative’ If you haven’t spotted that shift, fair enough, but it’s happened.

Willem Tomlinson has pitched up at Chorley.

How the hell he gets the main presenting gig for Sky’s EFL coverage, fella’s stiff as a board.

He was also ‘pleased’ when he signed a new contract the year before, as that was also a club decision, so I wouldn’t put much stock in that opinion.

League Starts? I’ve obviously been misreading the stats then. Great stuff if that’s the case and he should be largely available going forward, as we’ll need it with the other two often out.

32 is a good season, his average is 20 odd. You’d wager that’s only going to get worse as gets older, but I suppose Mulgrew came here with an injury prone reputation and we got plenty of games out of him, so perhaps worth the risk given his quality - but it is a crucial position that already contains two players often out of action...

Bit disingenuous, just because he wasn’t deemed ‘injured’, does mean managers thought he was fit to play/can play twice a week. He does well to get over 30 starts a season and it’s often been way below that... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-ayala/leistungsdaten/spieler/78966/plus/0?saison=2012 With Williams and Lenihan also being injury prone it’s no surprise Wharton has not been sent on loan.