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jim mk2

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  1. Siggi at left back… where’s Harry? This isn’t going to end well
  2. Lovely post, great memories. I was lucky enough to meet Ronnie Clayton and Bobby Moore - they were "gentlemen" footballers from another generation, humble, respectful, different men and breed to the current mob. As for tonight, they've a good record against us in recent times and we've so many players missing I'll be happy with a draw.
  3. Point of order: we are Rovers, never Blackburn There has always been a floating support in Lancs. We used to go and watch Burnley in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Rovers were away or night matches, just to see some old First Division (Premier League) football. Always supported the opposition, mind....
  4. Buckley is a skilful player like Rankin-Costello so I'd slot him into midfield in his place; we will miss JRC's creativity badly. Travis could then provide cover at right back. A combination of Travis and Garrett in midfield would not suit our passing game - that's not what they're good at. None of this ideal. The squad looked thin going into the season and it is well and truly exposed now. Injuries to any of Szmodics, Dolan and A Wharton now is unthinkable.
  5. JRC’s long term absence is a huge blow - it can’t be overstated enough. He’s been outstanding over the past year or so. If it’s within the loan rules Buckley needs to be recalled from Sheffield Wednesday; the already thin squad is getting close to breaking point
  6. They were better. The Leeds team of the 1960-70s was one of the best this country has produced. I loved watching them
  7. Cricket gets even more depressing. No one wants to see them win - even at tiddlywinks
  8. Forgot about Baath. We could certainly do with him now
  9. In view of the centre half "crisis" I wonder if the club is regretting the decision to let go of both Phillips and Ayala?
  10. What a weird comment after you took the criticism of Wahlstedt literally .
  11. "Throwing it in the net" is an expression often used to describe goalkeeping mistakes. It's not meant to be taken literally. I'm surprised this has to be explained
  12. And in the meantime we have to suffer his costly mistakes and errors. We lost out on the play-offs last year on goal difference and how many points were thrown away through goalkeeping mistakes? The point is, I'm tired of watching a succession of Rovers "in progress" goalkeepers when there are experienced, perfectly good finished articles around at lower levels of the game who we could have signed and who don't make crass blunders week after week. I was right behind the goal when Wahlstedt threw one in the net at Millwall a few weeks ago and (apart from perhaps Ray Clemence v Scotland and one of two others I recall) in 60 plus years of watching I've never seen anything like it in the pro game.
  13. As it stands, and without any changes at the club with regards to ambitions and recruitment of players, I just cannot see him staying beyond this season. And why would he? He's young and ambitious and wants to coach at the highest level - which he now knows he's highly unlikely to achieve at Ewood Park
  14. Szmodics has become one of Rovers' most important players, so all credit to him after a difficult first season in the Championship when he often looked lost and out of his depth. I remember an early 3-0 defeat at Reading where he wandered around and hardly touched the ball. I didn't rate him at all. His 2nd goal against Norwich was the more difficult of the two I thought, many players would have made a mess of that chance. He does the simple things well, rarely gives the ball away and has an eye for goal which is just as well as we're not blessed with many goalscorers. Fingers crossed he stays fit.
  15. Comparing Wahlstedt to Friedel, ho hum. It’s like marrying a plain girl and hoping she’ll turn into Sophia Loren. Friedel was for sure a late developer and so it appears is Steele at Brighton after being worse than useless at Rovers but I just don’t see it with this guy. Hope I’m wrong of course but it will be “fun” watching him fumble and flap and cost us numerous points over the next few years on his way to the goalkeeping summit.
  16. So we have the prospect of facing Preston with no recognised central defenders, a reshuffled and makeshift defence with players playing out of position, and a "flapper" goalkeeper (copywright Chris Sutton) who gives away goals at regular intervals Plus a forward line with no recognised centre forward What could possibly go wrong? Rovers 4 Preston 0
  17. Bad news that - he holds the team together
  18. Steele is the big surprise for me. At the time he ranked alongside Barton, Fettis and a few others as one of the worst goalkeepers I'd seen in a Rovers shirt. Awful. I still find it hard to believe he's now a first team regular at a ambitious club like Brighton - testament to their coaching maybe or the poor management at BRFC.
  19. That’s like a golfer who can drive well but always three putts. Dealing with crosses is one of the basics of goalkeeping and Wahlstadt’s “weakness” on crosses makes him a liability at present I find it staggering that Kaminski apart we’ve had a succession of frankly rubbish goalkeepers who’ve cost us numerous points and victories in recent seasons and that we cannot find a steady, experienced goalkeeper in the lower divisions. I’m not asking for brilliance here, just a solid old pro who knows what he’s doing and not yet another “work in progress” keeper who may or may not come good but in the meantime causes thousands of fans to be tearing their hair out at the glaring errors week after week
  20. Travis without the hassle. I like Lewis but he seems to want to have a fight with everyone - including the referee
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