Of course Harry was a cripple when Mowbray was talking with Boro...

Second of a run of three games against the current form teams in our league and this lot have a deadly striker as well. I know we have a good record at Griffin Park but Brentford are currently 8 unbeaten since they lost 2-0 at Hull on 15 December. Yes we should get at least a point but any complacency and we will be coming home as empty handed as the last day of this transfer window.

This MIGHT be relevant. Hull Daily Mail newsflash that the Tigers are fighting a rearguard battle to avoid Grosicki signing for Middlesbrough.

Read that as I was booking a British Airways ticket on the other laptop!

Lorimer was phenomenal- for current fans, think in terms of the Reid blast at Wigan as average.

Sure- 62-65 side would have won the title with the right management and behind the scenes set-up. 69-70 were a second division team for a reason. Don Martin I would rate inferior to Danny Graham. Stuart Metcalfe and Eamon Rogers were both mercurial geniuses. Both capable of exceptional play beyond anything any player we have had since Tugay but both with massive limitations. Oh if only there were sports psychiatrists and fitness coaches in those days but that went for the entire English set-up 1970 onwards. I have no doubt England had the raw footballing talent to win World Cups but were beyond clueless at managing them.

Think we should convince the opposition we play 13 a side so we can get all our obvious starters in..

Two observations Rovers have scored some cracking goals in the 18 months Dack has been with us, and Dack's distribution is fabulous- I don't think that gets enough notice.

Bowen was a prospect until Rodwell kicked him..

Dack is exactly what the Dingles are missing. They have all the flair of a dead fly.

They are moving anyway to a house nearer Brockhall. And there is nothing to suggest it was anything other than a burglary by villains who dumped the cars because their fence couldn't handle them.

Shows how much In The Know Nixon isn't...

Yes it was the f...ing Home Office who killed that one over number of full caps. This was before Bulgaria got full freedom of movement. This will return as a problem for signing the continental youngsters people on here are complaining we are not looking at. Who on earth would want another Nzonzi anyway?

Donis was actually brilliant. We simply never used him- from management to fellow players. Sutty in particular had a blind spot when it came to overlaps on his right.

They were not auditors. They were management consultants. The first lot looked at the business as is and the second lot sent their strategists in from what I was told.

They probably had huge fun analysing the only multi-billion industry they are normally not welcomed into. In consulting terms there was no rocket science but Rovers have now got an enormous competitive advantage having 1) previously been so badly run so the benefit of the recommendations are easy to see thus giving credibility to their full reports and 2) being the only club which has had such a thorough and professional going over and a strategy put in place. I guess Venky's in India have also used strategic consultants in India which is why they had the good sense to bring two lots in to keep them honest. The fact this is such a one off is probably why it doesn't resonate with a football man like Stuart.

Awful decision especially as Barnet should have had a penalty just before Brentford went 1-0.

2-2 now with a penalty

Barnet have come back from 0-1 to lead Brentford 2-1. Brentford have a few players who can really smack it from distance so will need closing down from 30 yards out on Saturday.

Very smart man management by Mowbray. Reassures the side which slaughtered Hull, keeps Conway hopeful and throws down a challenge to Chapman. Pulis always kept Stoke players whippet fit if I remember correctly so I doubt he is doing any different at Boro. That said the medical staff might have a different view on conditioning to avoid injuries.

Mowbray knows the Mirror sub-editor..

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/olivia-attwood-bradley-dack-holed-13917854 Bradley, Rovers very own celebrity...

It was put to me this summer (so a year after their visit) they weren't "proper accountants" from the two big 4 firms. The rumoured £750k bill suggests they were management consultants rather than bean counters. Your analysis ties in with the club adopting a four window strategy for transfers once we were back in the Championship and explains why money was ear-marked specifically for a Brereton style signing in the Summer and fits with BA being targeted now. BA has only just turned 26 (6 December birthday) so will have a good resale value for another three years or more- he is only a year and a few days older than Bradley Dack.

Fantastic to have Harry back.

Another great from my childhood passing RIP