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Hard fought well earned and very important point there and another game where we perhaps should have found another goal. Kargbo took the goal well and much improved effort but still looks like there is a bit of wrong attitude about him. Cantwell immense there'll certainly be interest in Jan if he can keep it up, played like a captain today. Deserved a point and hopefully they come up with a decent system in he break before our annual Coventry loss, still wasn't impressed with the tactics again today really but effort not in question.

Utter nonsense The only difference between them and us is they're well managed and ambitious - rather like Burnley.in fact. I'd written today off as a defeat and see it as a point gained. They all count in the relegation fight we're in

I didn’t see it, I was reading a report of the game being stopped. Great effort, we should do the same.

Was it Gudjohnsson, who chested the ball right in front of a Stoke player, who caught us on the backfoot with a through ball, and it was chipped over Toth into the net.

Not had a pie at Ewood for a while but possibly the only thing Venky's havent ruined - yet!

Pretty disappointed to drop two points after dominating the first half and going ahead. We seem to specialise in losing control of games. Could have ended up with nowt in the end. Anyway in more significant matters here’s a dispatch from the Oatcake: Disappointed with the result but how good were the pies!? Peppered steak.. delightful! Edible pastry unlike the garbage they serve down the bet365 now

We’ve spent three years out of four knocking on the doors of the PL, of course there would be interest.

He's been made Swedish first choice keeper, some prem team will snap him up in January for sure.

or Charlton, Ipswich, or Huddersfield

Toth pulled off a brilliant save, to keep us in it.

Wilder cant stop Sheffield U losing..

I agree, we suddenly started playing the last half hour, and could have snatched all 3pts. A bit of hope, and we stopped the rot at home, with a point.

Good fight back against a strong Stoke team. Expected us to roll over and concede a couple more after their first goal and that certainly didn’t happen. Only a point but it stops the losing run at home and provides a little more hope than the previous 2 matches. The sheff wed draw at home was the spark for a good run last season. It’s nice not to lose or have a late abandonment to ruin the weekend for once!

Best game I've seen Miller play in a Rovers shirt, won some crucial tackles near our box, or it could have been another defeat. Cantwell put in another decent performance.

So we’re fooooked

Not old enough to remember Iley, so has to be Ince for me. Woefully out of his depth. The only positive of his tenure was that we acted fairly swiftly in ending it when it was obvious things weren't going to get better.

How do you explain Birmingham City or Wrexham, then?

Thought that was a decent performance. First half was okay second half much much better. AK redeemed himself, fair enough. Some positives to take out of this and thank fuck for international break. Next three games look daunting hopefully a couple of results.

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After being critical of the manager recently I think he deserves some praise today for his substitutions. Ohashi for Gudjohnsen was a no brainer given the latter's lack of appetite but I wasn't too enamoured when Kargbo and De Neve came on. Both have us some pace and width and suddenly we were on the front foot and getting in behind. Kargbo could have had a hat trick and De Neve was a real threat. I wasn't too disappointed with our first half show and felt we should have scored at least one goal. I don't like making scapegoats and I can live with players not playing well but I don't accept players who don't out a shift in and Gudjohnsen tell into that category. I can't remember him sprinting at all and I was genuinely surprised when he came out for the second half. In the final analysis I feel slightly disappointed with a draw (although I would have snatched your hand off for that when they scored). We created some decent openings but don't have the type of player who can take advantage of them. Hopefully we can work on some things over the next two weeks and play consistently like we did in patches today. Alebiosu was our best player again today. His two last ditch tackles were of a high quality and his forays forward were really good. Our centre backs were generally good but Ribiero is out of form. TGH and Tronstad looked decent together and Hedges maintained his early season form. Morishita was disappointing again. I know it's early but I was expecting more from him. Cantwell over elaborated at times but he is still out most creative player by a country mile. Coming from behind was something we don't do too often so that was satisfying. We are in a scrap but some of the stuff I saw gives me hope that we can compete.

This is so far off the truth. They were in the Premier League and had qualified for Europe the year that foreign owners bought them. We'd have to do something similar to be appealing to foreign money.

From the reviews I've done this season he is generally very good, but definitely has mistakes in him too.

A good deserved point which I didn't see coming at half time. Toth made important saves to keep us in the game and other than Ribeiro (whose form is deteriorating quickly) I thought defensively we were okay. Just don't rate Gardner-Hickman. Thank goodness we have Cantwell - an enormous shift again to go with his ability. For once, De Neve looked lively and useful when he came on and needs to kick on whilst, hopefully, Kargbo's goal will do wonders for his confidence. Morishita annonymous for the second game this week and a big concern given we chased him all summer whilst Gudjohnsen, again, worryingly offered nothing (2 very good chances spurned in 2 games with very poor touch / control) - think another dud to add to a long list of Rovers' centre forwards who have bombed. Next 8 league games take us to the end of November and looking at those fixtures, I would be surprised if we come away with more than 5 points. Very worrying times.

Bizarre to me that he's still in this league. Every time I see him play us, he's a game changer. Must have his share of duff performances throughout the season to have been left malingering in the Championship at Stoke. Or he really, really loves oatcakes.

Thought Riberio was awful , loads of good positions and don’t think he found a rovers player once. Surely he wasn’t the best defender, worst for me