Praise from that idiot Mowbray ,would just be false praise.

U23s next Friday

I remember when I was young, The goalies shirt was sometimes called a jersey.

Fail him.

I seem to remember TP scoring in my first away game at Oldham, scuffles in the car park going to the coaches. The print will be framed and hung in my living room.

No first team game next week. Get down to Leyland, Friday night to watch the U23s.

The only people whos thoughts count, are the ones who pick the squad.

They don't play in the same positions, so the comparrison is not realistic.

Rovers should give a free season ticket to every house bought. It could bring in a couple of hundred new fans. It would be a start.

Because Mowbray is an idiot as far as football systems go

It was quite lively in the seventies at Bloomfield road.

That advert is were I got my nick-name of Hovis, when I was in the RAF.

Whenever I have seen Pike play he has been satisfactory at right-back. The problem with the months loan, is that during that month we could have done with him here.

If you think the U23s is non competative, then you do not go to many of their games. You can only bring physicality to a game if you are fit yourself.

Pike would never have got from Fylde in time.

Having seen Johnson for the U23s, the only way he is bringing protection to the midfield, is by tiring out their players, because they have to go the long way round him.

The biggest problem I have is the fact that we have two right-backs, in Nyambe and Pike. Nyambe has an injury prone history, with lots of little niggles. So we let Pike, the only other competent right-back out on loan. Midfield and forwards, if we haven't sufficient cover, could be addressed by a change of formation. But in my opinion the defence system should always remain, at what our players are happiest with.

It is not as much the players who may be missing. But what ridiculous picks Mowbray makes to replace them.

Burns is the only one out of the players you have named, Who could play first team at this time

That would be boar-ing

You swine , you beat me to it

It's a good job you didn't E-Mail him.

I wish I had a ticket for the game. Bus stop for the ground is a hundred yards from my house.Never mind I shall make the most of tonight.

You mean a McNamee without the killing zone.

He still has to sign a contract, when he comes of legal age. If he wanted to leave, the pre-contract would be worthless.