Rovers old boys

[Boz]

Hill did not play Nugent every game after we lost Vaughan, used Lewis as a striker on occasion. I don’t think we stuck with the same team throughout the post Vaughan spell which I agree was dismal. Micky has more attacking options now than were available to Hill but thus far has chosen not to use them in recent FL games.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Hill did not play Nugent every game after we lost Vaughan, used Lewis as a striker on occasion

Well, I don't think Mellon should be following tactical masterstrokes like those....

Micky has mixed up the personnel in recent weeks, playing Watson, Mani, O'Connor and Duffy at times, so he has not been totally rigid in approach.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Micky has more attacking options now than were available to Hill but thus far has chosen not to use them in recent FL games.

Debatable, but if that is the case, it is purely because Hill binned most of his options in the January transfer window (Payne, Smith, Ferrier) and replaced them with dross.

 

[Boz]

Well, I don't think Mellon should be following tactical masterstrokes like those....

Micky has mixed up the personnel in recent weeks, playing Watson, Mani, O'Connor and Duffy at times, so he has not been totally rigid in approach.

I still feel Micky hasn’t made the best use of his squad so far, weak though it is in certain aspects. Think we’ll have to agree to differ.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I still feel Micky hasn’t made the best use of his squad so far, weak though it is in certain aspects. Think we’ll have to agree to differ.

Yes, we will. I ultimately trust Mellon's judgement, not least because he is party to a great deal of information which outside observers don't have.

 

[ADD]

Stratulis joins Marine on 1 month loan and starts.

 

[drwhoman]

Winner in injury time by Stockton in the Lancashire coast derby.

 

[bigmart]

Winner in injury time by Stockton in the Lancashire coast derby.

From his own half

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Jake Caprice scored his first ever senior goal today playing at left back for Exeter City.

 

[drwhoman]

From his own half

Yes - it was pretty impressive. Scored by a guy high on confidence. Shame he did not do it for Rovers!

 

[Boz]

Stratulis joins Marine on 1 month loan and starts.

Seems to have started well involved in two of their goals.

 

[ADD]

Seems to have started well involved in two of their goals.

Indeed. Taking all their corners and free kicks.

 

[O4anotherplayoff]

Paul Carden has left NPL side Warrington to take over as boss of Telford in VNL North. A better level for him to attract loanees and ex-players from us! Although Telford are rock bottom of the league at the moment.

 

[drwhoman]

He was not the most stylish Rovers right back but Stan Storton (66-70) was a very successful Manager of Telford who he guided to the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1985 when they lost 3-0 to Everton who were then, but not now, a power in the land.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

He was not the most stylish Rovers right back but Stan Storton (66-70) was a very successful Manager of Telford who he guided to the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1985 when they lost 3-0 to Everton who were then, but not now, a power in the land.

I remember that well. I think we had knocked Telford out of the cup a couple of years earlier in one of the early rounds.

 

[ONIGP]

I remember that well. I think we had knocked Telford out of the cup a couple of years earlier in one of the early rounds.

I was at the match; a full house if I remember correctly. It was a marvelous Everton team that season, probably the best football I've watched. It shows how much admission prices have changed that I could afford to watch both Rovers and Everton that season on a student grant!

 

[Sparky]

Paul Carden has left NPL side Warrington to take over as boss of Telford in VNL North. A better level for him to attract loanees and ex-players from us! Although Telford are rock bottom of the league at the moment.

Jay Harris to take over at Warrington in a temporary coaching role I wonder

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Stan Storton was a useful player. His brother Trevor came through our youth scheme and was bought by Liverpool but only played a few times before moving to Chester.

 

[drwhoman]

Stan Storton was a useful player. His brother Trevor came through our youth scheme and was bought by Liverpool but only played a few times before moving to Chester.

Trevor never quite made it at Liverpool, when they were in transition post Shankly but, as you say BBTC, he had a very successful ten years at Chester. The 70s were a good decade for them. I have discovered that sadly he died of cancer in 2011 at the age of 61. Stan is now 82. How time flies!

 

[bigmart]

Johnny Smith with 2, cole Stockton, Paul Mullin and very happy to say Conor Jennings scored tonight