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Not to be even more pedantic but using "will" in this context is still correct, and just pretty standard football parlance. The conditional is being expressed by the prepositional phrase "with a victory".

Crap. In that case I'm meaning the 2011 win at OT. Only remember the 22-1 odds cos my wife left house and said stick a fiver on that for me. I did not place that bet.

Suhail gone early on giving the fake attendance! I feel a win tonight. Dont know why, makes no sense perhaps karma, but I fancy us. 2-1 Rovers, lets get at these whoppers.

Derby did a good job on him…

No Szmodics, don’t mind that

Impressive - has Mystic Meg risen again?

Good for him! Regarding Brittain - seem to remember he was also shit in the air (Alebiosu's most striking weakness) in which case i would rate them about equal but it will be interesting to see if opposing sides start "figuring out" how to negate Alebiousu over time to some degree

Think that was at Ewood. But yes, most predictable result in the world will play out in front of us tonight.

Delighted for him if he makes it but would be a huge loss for us. He was one of the least exciting signings on paper and pre season looked like he could be Miller’s back up for the right back spot but has took to the league brilliantly. Is he better than Brittain? Jury is out and it’s probably too early to definitively state he is but the biggest compliment is that we don’t seem to be missing Brittain who looked to be a huge loss.

I was wondering who the guy who looked about 55 was. New member of Coaching staff? Then I realised it was Forshaw.

I'd be more shocked with a win tonight than I was with the Bentley hattrick win at Old Trafford. And we were 22-1 that day. More for the circumstances than any disparity in the teams obviously. 3 pts would feel like justice, which is not usually our theme.

According to BBC there are 16,032 in attendance tonight

We know!

Win, lose or draw I hope we don’t harp on about the postponement after the match, it’s done whatever your view on it and now we have to go and win the match ahead of us.

Well, I think there is a long line of decisions, geared to deliver relegation-beginning with Suhail and Gestede's antics to drive Eustace away last year. And we all know last year's debacle followed a litany of other awful decisions. This iteration of club deserves relegation, but the town and the people don't...

And would move up to 5th, not 4th with a win. Apart from all that it's a cracking article. Edit- Actually think they would scrape 4th on goals scored with a goal win.

Have to agree, but its also silly having 2 left backs on the bench when Ismael doesn't play either, genuinely would make more sense to have another youngster on the bench, Litherland maybe?

Home form. All games = 9 games, 7 losses, 1 win, 1 draw (includes 1 cup game). League = 8 games, 6 losses, 1 win, 1 draw = 4 points out of 24.

Pickering not even on the bench tonight. Surely he's done here.

What was your ‘pathway’ into refereeing? I ask as I’m interesting in how this differed from what happens these days.

Unchanged from Saturday. Cantwell returns to the bench.

Finally. Good to see him back his quality on the ball especially is needed.

Todd Cantwell is in the building.

ffs we can`t afford to lose him,he`s our only major outlet for chances and decent crosses

The former Hants and England batsman Robin Smith has died suddenly at the age of 62. Watching him and Alan Lamb batting for England together was always a joy. His square cut was amazing. Sad that he struggled to cope with retirement. In his own words “The Judge was a fearless warrior: Robin Arnold Smith was a frantic worrier”. RIP