River Deep Mountain High - Ike and Tina Turner

Rolling Stones - Dirty Work

This could be like our pitch tomorrow if the match goes ahead.

Got a feeling this game may be in doubt because of heavy rain Monday night and all day Tuesday. It may give Mowbray a bit of respite because Swansea are on a roll and we are all over the place at the moment. Another sure sign of the depths our club have fallen this last decade from top to bottom.

Thanks Tyrone

Sorry if this is a bit off thread but has anyone knowledge of the latest publication of Mick Jackman's book. I am hoping to purchase a copy but most seem to have been published 2009. Thanks

Classy player and person - RIP Colin Bell Tyrone - was it Michael Johnson?

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Paul Lake?

I think not. He doesn’t anticipate what’s ahead of him quickly enough and has a poor first touch. Would get himself in all sorts of trouble.

Brilliant Skip. Was going to give the game a miss today and watch a Gene Wilder film but after your prediction, ifollow it will be 😄

These days every game we play with our 'possession based football' feels like a whole afternoon or evening - about 3 to 4 hours.

I posted in the Huddersfield thread just after the match that we had become a team of 'soft pussies' and need some tougher players in the team. I think around the 1999 to 2001 season, supporters were given the opportunity to select their dream team to be published in the 'Rovertime' programme. Here was mine which you can see was a 'hard man' side. Could do with a couple of these in the team now!'Killer Keeley' a bit unfortunate to make the team but in todays game he would have been suspended for over half the season

Too many soft pussies in our team over the last few years. Can’t imagine Campbell getting away with his antics tonight if he was up against the Axe or a Lucas Neil or an Andy Todd.

TM wants to play this possession based football apparently after watching Leeds be successful in getting out of the Championship playing that way. The obvious thing is that they don’t continue to play side to side, slow, back, side to side. They play with intensity through the lines from defence to midfield to forwards. Sadly, we are miles away from that.

I'd even go as far as to say Jack Douglas....

Anyone still think Douglas is an upgrade on Bell?

I always felt George Sharples was a reliable centre back who played most of his games partnering Dick Mulvaney. It was during the time we had been relegated and we always seemed to be a few players short of putting together a promotion push. In my mind a similar sort of player to Zurab. RIP George. Another player from the 1960’s that has passed away recently.

Before his 2 knee injuries, Shearer had blistering pace - just watch the 7-1 thrashing of Norwich. He did lose that bit of pace when he returned but he was such a top class player that he was able to adapt his game and play more with his back to goal, bringing others into play, bullying defenders, whilst still having the ability to score every type of goal. Still think there are people outside of Lancashire and Newcastle who do not realise what a world class player he was.

I must say I am becoming more and more concerned about Dack for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he has been out for over 12 months now, which seems to be a long long time. Was this such a bad injury or has his rehab not gone as well as expected? He seems to have had a couple of setbacks along the way and my worry is that if he returns and has lost some of his spark or half a yard of pace, then we may not have the player back who we are banking on. Sincerely hope that is not the case because we have missed all his attributes greatly. Secondly, and just as, if not more worrying is the curse of the last 20 years - Celebrity status. Just hope his recently found fame on trash tv doesn’t make him lose focus and affect his ability on the pitch.

Went to this game at Bath City's ground which I'm sure had the dimensions of a Primary School pitch - it was tiny. Horrible journey down and back up the M5. Also went to Port Vale and Barnsley away around that time and lost both those. We were in freefall but Kenny managed to turn things round. Still can't believe we lost these 3 away games with the quality of players we had.

Still not convinced Douglas is much of an upgrade on Bell

Buckley - false 9?

Brereton is totally knackered.

Played in the usual QEGS Under 12's - 15's and 2nd Eleven in the late 60's early 70's at Lammack on the soggy waterlogged, sandy pitches. Always thought I was a slow coach until I realised it was like running in treacle on those pitches ?. Got myself pretty fit in my late 20's early 30's and played in the Blackpool & Fylde Premier League for the Royal Hotel, which became the Boston Hotel with a few ex-pros, 2 of whom stick out. Kevin Moore who started off at Blackpool but made his name at Newport County, playing in the European Cup Winners Cup with John Aldridge, who of course went on to star for Liverpool. Kevin had a trick that was a cross between a Mike Newell shimmie and a Cruyff turn. No one could suss out which way he was going to turn. Also Neil Davids, who started at Leeds but played the majority of his career at Wigan Athletic. I once asked him who was his toughest opponent and he said, Mick Harford. He said that after playing against him he was battered, nutted, elbowed and black and blue and realised he wasnt going to progress any further than the lower Divisions. Interestingly, Mick Harford has been in the news this week about his concerns over dementia with the amount of heading he did. Sadly, Neil passed away about 10 years ago. 3 things that stick out in my mind after playing with ex-pros. 1. They hardly ever go to ground, they stay on their feet. 2. It's hard work trying to get the ball off them and they rarely give it away. 3. They think at least a second or more before any of us mere mortals do and appear to be strolling through games. Well, we can only dream I suppose. ?