edson

I get a frustrated as the next man when someone posts a comment including the line "A good source has told me....."

But, a good source (journalist covering the Midlands region) has told me that Gary Johnson has applied for the job at WBA, but that the club have other preferred options ahead of him.

I was rather shocked when he told me that GJ had applied, bearing in mind his recently signed 5 year contract.

Please don't shoot the messenger!

He wouldn't go behind Steve's back like that. It would undermine the level of trust they have between them and he'd likely be dismissed.

All things considered, never believe a journalist.

Lee Johnson has capabilities?

Yes. He can open his eyes, for a start. So that's one up on you.

He's a superb player. I'd be astonished if he's playing at this level again next season.

He did give us a lot of free-kicks to be fair when he should have let the game carry on.

It was the linesman who gave the Liam Lawrence foul though- not sure if Riley would have blown up if the linesman hasdn't of flagged.

I was fairly close to the incident and to me Lawrence went down like a fairy, but the problem was McCallister didn't need to touch him but did.

Did McAllister have a choice though?

Lawrence changed his run after the ball went away from him to deliberately collide with Mcallister, so other than evaporating into thin air, I'm not sure there's much he could have done to avoid contact.

It was a dive. He played the ball too far and realised it and then ran into McAllister.

Wasn't even a free kick as far as I'm concerned - since when has it been a defender's duty to get out of someone's way?

That's how I saw it.

Lawrence altered the angle of his run to collect McAllister's leg once he knew the ball had gone away from him. Had he run directly to the ball, he wouldn't have run into McAllister. Can't blame him really.

Sadly, The Mike Riley Show was in town and he wasn't allowing any physical contact without blowing his whistle. I'm not suggesting for one second he was biased, as he gave us numerous freekicks for bugger all. He was just incompetent.

Edson... without doubt.