The one’s who have caused irretrievable damage to the club are not on the pitch sadly.

It’s a metaphor. Of course only those interested will have seen it but what happened to fair minded Rovers fans giving the guy some support. He’ll be playing in the last two games so giving him both barrels isn’t going to help. We move on from the Wednesday fiasco.

I’m pretty sure Pears feels bad enough without half the world laughing at him. Shit happens, Henderson (a much better keeper at Palace) did the same yesterday. It’s how we move on from Sunday that matters. Coventry may be a better team but we have to believe we can beat them or failing that, not lose.

What a depressing thread

We can’t change the team drastically for the remaining matches purely because the squad isn’t strong enough. Amongst the defeats we have had some decent performances for example against Southampton and Leeds. The main concern has to be who else can score goals apart from Szmodics? Where on earth have Gallagher’s goals gone? Dolan spends most of the time doing his tricks out on the wing instead of in the box where it hurts. We, the fans, can’t give up now and just have to hope the players don’t either

I guess that when even Championship clubs don’t take the FA Cup too seriously until the later rounds (if they get that far) then the competition has undoubtedly lost it’s excitement. But to be pandering to the Premier League who would rather fit in with UEFA’s requirements than domestic competitions is sticking two fingers up to the smaller clubs who dream of money spinning replays at Old Trafford etc.

I think we should worry more about their team rather than how many fans they are bringing. They will be tough opposition despite their position. We need to stop Bannon from running the show as he invariably does. We also need to avoid being bullied as they are a big physical side. Not giving away silly free kicks and corners would be a start.

Let’s just pray we don’t lose on Sunday or there’ll be lots of “told you so”’s on this board after the game. i get both sides of the away fans argument but it really shouldn’t affect the Rovers performance. We handled the hostile atmosphere at Elland Rd (which really brewed up with Pears time wasting) and got the result. IMO Rovers fans turning up and getting behind the team will have as much, if not more impact as 7000k away fans.

Most teams generally leave their quickest player as their last man at a corner. The centre backs are usually not that man. However, I agree we should sometimes leave at least one player on the half way line.

We can’t do anything now about the game being on Sky, the early kick off, prices or 7000 Wednesday fans, however Rovers fans can turn up in numbers to make sure the team gets the kind of support it got yesterday at Leeds. i’m sure the players would relish 20k or so Rovers fans urging them on to a win.

These kinds of results don’t come around very often. I’m glad I and so many Rovers fans were there to witness it. We need to replicate that next Sunday and in the remaining games.

Only seen the goals from last night’s game and some pretty awful defending was the principal cause. However, you defend from the front so the whole team are to blame. If we’re being honest, we were never going to get anything out of this game. Since before Xmas, Bristols form has generally improved culminating in a recent win over Leicester whilst ours has plummeted. It’s unfortunate that injuries to key players have plagued us this season but the biggest miss has to be losing Adam Wharton voluntarily without adequately replacing him. Whatever happens this season we need a good look at Rovers situation.

Can’t you arrange to buy the tickets from Ewood and pick up at Bristol? I’ve done that previously

After the performances against Ipswich and Sunderland we can go into this game with confidence but we must make sure we are tight at the back.

Forfeit the game? One of our most important fixtures of the season and you talk as if we shouldn’t bother turning up. Pathetic!