I think it’s waaay too big. We could be in the bottom 3 by teatime on Saturday. Having said that, if we draw and Huddersfield win then we are safe. Its a funny old game.

Thing with that side is we have no idea if that back 4 is any worse than what we are currently fielding. It’s probably got more bottle. Hedges, Leonard and Gilsenan may well be better than recent pairings of Dolan, Gallagher and Moran / Ayari. I look at that team and the only real misses are Szmodics and Tronstadt.

Did he? FFs. He likes to point out excuses and then say “we won’t use it as an excuse”. If it’s not an excuse then don’t flippin mention it in the first place.

Trojstadt, JRC, Carter, Wharton, Hedges and Pickering would be ok as a mainstay of a league one side. It’s how many of them would stop? We would still be woeful short up front even at that level.

Just noticed this is £15 a ticket. If Coventry beat Hull and still have a chance of playoffs they will pack that full Darwen End and hospitality out. Waggot be like…

Hyam. He will be like the League One Beckenbauer. As long as we don’t boo him.

I’ve finally watched the highlights. Hyam could have played it a bit slower and a bit more in front of Pears. However I think Pears is trying to get it upfield. As it’s coming at a bad angle to him, he’d be better launching it into the Riverside and bollocking Hyam. Pears really needs to deal with it better. And I don’t want to dig him out too much, but when he heads it to Hyam for the first goal he stands there and admires it for a second or two. What is he waiting for? A one-two? The minute he heads it he should be retreating back to his goal at full speed.

I said it before but Hedges is a big loss. He shouldn’t really be, but it’s because he offers something different. A bit of presence. The squad is littered with lightweight ‘ball playing’ midfielders who can’t compete physically and seem to shrink when the going gets tough - Ayari, Markanday, Moran, Dolan, Buckley. You start trying to pick a bit of a different formation and wonder who to put out wide and you are just swapping one non-entity for another. JRC would be the only other option out wide who may have more presence, but you’d really want Travis to then go alongside Tronstadt (enough said there). Otherwise you have to choose from one of the above-mentioned lightweights in midfield, or toss Garrett back in who, after showing glimmers of promise, was poor last time we saw him. In fact, I’d go with Garrett in the middle and JRC wider. At a quick glance, our record with him on the pitch looks better than most of the others and he doesn’t seem to have started many of the pastings except of West Brom. Otherwise it’s just rinse and repeat.

I never said they would. 🤔🤔 People are saying we are probably safe on 49, but we really aren't. Birmingham need to win 1 of two very winnable to go above us. Wednesday need to win one of 2 tougher games to go above us, but after yesterday it's difficult to say that won't happen. A point against Coventry (or Leicester) might save us but I really think if we lose both games we go down.

I mean personally I'd rather we went for 3 necessary points against one of the worst teams in the division rather than cling on to one.. But we should have learnt what the approach would have been after we did the same against Millwall. It's proof Eustace didn't take the Stoke game. We actually attacked them from the first whistle that day.

Exactly. Negative.

They don't need to. They only need to beat 1 of them - either a Huddersfield who were shambolic at the weekend or a resting Norwich reserves. You seriously can't see them possibly winning 1 of those 2 games?

Difference being JDT had spells where he won a few.

That second half was a party atmosphere for their fans. They roared their team to a massive victory. Best fans at Ewood all season, including Leeds and the Geordies. If Waggot doesn't open the whole tier for Coventry (which I'm not sure he will now) it will be a massive admission he fucked up by giving Wednesday the whole Darwen End. Still, he serves nice coffee and scones I've heard.

So you are saying in the 5 games we have dominated the ball, we have gained only 2 points and have a -8 goal difference. More damning stats against the manager 'head coach '.

I wasn't actually arguing with you, but as you seem to be spoiling for a fight then no, they werent quiet for "most of the game." Look at the times of the goals, look at the amount of time played and do the maths.

They did go very quite when we equalised until they went infront again. However early on and throughout that second half it was exceptional support. Loudest following at Ewood for some time I thought.

Imagine being relegated because someone couldn't click "send".

Birmingham will beat Norwich at home last day. Norwich will already be in the play offs and will make tons of changes like Huddersfield did last time we went down. With Wednesday having gone WDDW, I easily see them getting 4 points from here. I'm not even that confident another point saves us anymore from here unless QPR lose both.

Yeah I’m sure they'll be coming off Wembley no longer believing they can win at Ewood.

They weren’t.

Hate to break it to you but they don’t need 4 points if we don’t win another game. Birmingham just need to beat Huddersfield to pass us, and Wednesday need 1 win from either of their 2 remaining matches. Plymouth have a better goal difference so just need one draw from two OK fixtures. We could even be in the bottom 3 by 5pm next Saturday. I genuinely believe we need 50 points.

Just watched the 3 Forest penalties. The two fouls definitely are, and possibly the hand ball is as well. The problem is referees are too shit scared to give penalties now incase it’s over-ruled, so they just leave it to VAR. And in this case VAR is hiding behind the ‘not clear and obvious’ rule despite them being fairly clear. I’d love to take a forward make those challenges on a defender leading to a goal and the ref/VAR play on.

Coventry haven’t looked back since he left.

Reminder that when VAR was introduced, the developers said offsides dictated by the lines are only accurate to within 15cm So it killed the moment and there is no guarantee it was right.