The idea that Rothwell is desperate to move down south to sign for a club lower than us in the division doesn’t make sense at all from any perspective. He could face the real prospect of moving to Bournemouth only to see Rovers go up instead.

Let’s not lose perspective. Bournemouth lost there and they’re still very much auto contenders. I hope we win but Luton are in good form and are strong at home. We shouldn’t be aiming for it but a draw there is far from a disaster

Really impressed with his attitude. No need to come back last night but clearly enjoyed his time here and wanted to be a part of it. Class act. Hope he goes right to the top. If he stays fit from now on it wouldn’t shock me if he’s a bolter for the WC squad. Be interesting to hear the reception for Trybull and Douglas when they return..

I thought it was one of the laziest performances from a Rovers player in a long time. Didn’t get out of a jog and stood still whilst Gallagher chased after everything even with 110 mins in his legs. Pathetic given the circumstances. Basically playing with 10 men. Happy to not see him play again this season if that’s how much effort he’ll put in.

I agree, I don’t think he’ll attract PL interest. But with our current form, why would you leave for another Champ club? Only Fulham are in a stronger position and I can’t see them bothering. I think he’ll still be here come 01 Feb, unless someone offers stupid money (£10m plus) which isn’t happening.

I’m not going to worry about this until it becomes clear that things are progressing. I can’t see us selling to Bournemouth unless the money is silly and he is desperate to go. But I don’t see why Rothwell would commit to them given that they’re lower in the league than us! Hardly a massive selling point. He’ll be holding out for a PL move which is fair enough.

How on earth have you read that from those comments? We’ve rejected the bid and the article says that we’re standing firm. How else can you interpret that??

Have to say, given our injury situation, being out of the cup is looking like more of a bonus with each passing league game. February is such a massive month. If we can hold Forest and WBA then I think we can really start to believe. Whatever happens from here, it’s been a phenomenal effort.

We know, it’s not new information. No one is denying it happened or asking people to forget, it just doesn’t need repeating at every opportunity. And if my opinion needs qualifying, I’m old enough to remember all of the above as well.

Phenomenal result with a depleted side. Loving this death spiral.

Butterworth is putting in one of the laziest performances I’ve ever seen. Disgraceful.

Can’t complain about that. Edun is a concern and Gallagher is unconvincing at best but we look very hard to break down. Buckley is running the game. Would still take a point right now but feeling slightly more confident we could nick it.

To be fair, our best results have come from having 7 defensive players. Having said that, we’re getting beaten tonight. I’m making my peace with it now. A point will be a bonus. I hate this sport.

Who is saying that? Has anyone on here told you to forget about it? The only comments I’ve seen are that we shouldn’t dredge it up all the time. Dont know why age has come into it. I was 22 when Venky’s bought the club, does that count?

How to deal with it..? It wasn’t Vietnam.

No one is suggesting that it should be forgotten about. There’s a middle ground where we understand the reasons behind where we are today but also realise that there’s little benefit in complaining about events which largely occurred over a decade ago and can’t be undone. Trying to run the club in a financially sustainable way and cutting our cloth accordingly during this transfer window makes sense, regardless of what happened before.

So when you get sunburnt do you simply sit there for weeks on end and constantly remind yourself that you should have put sunscreen on in the first place. Or do you regret the situation but focus on what you can do about it? We all know why we’re in this position and no one is disputing that. The fact is that we can’t undo the mistakes made 10 years ago and bringing it up now isn’t solving anything.

Haven’t read any of the reaction on here but assume there was plenty of comments suggesting that this is the beginning of the end. A defeat is not a disaster provided we react against Boro which is now a huge game. Not going to throw the toys out just yet. Regarding last night, it was a mess. Cannot understand why we persevered with Buckley and Rothwell in the middle until 70 mins when we were clearly missing a defensively minded midfielder. There was no need to change the system to 5-2-3 but worse than that was that he didn’t change it after 25 mins when it was clearly not working. That was Gallagher’s worst performance in a Rovers shirt. JRC was miles off it. Khadra looked a threat but decision making was poor. The rest were all below par at best. Think BBD going away for a week or two may do him some good. The ref was appalling but when you’re relying of refereeing decisions to beat Hull, you know it’s not gone well. We deserved a point perhaps but didn’t play well enough to deserve much more. First league defeat in months so need to put it in perspective but there needs to be an immediate response on Monday.

Be interesting to know how much our league position is having a bearing on these deals. Unless it’s a PL team, no other side in the Champ can offer the same first team opportunities and as good a shot at promotion. Can’t imagine Dilan would have signed for Barnsley.

I assume some of the details are sensitive and aren’t for Rovers to disclose. Disappointing and echo the thoughts re promoting vaping products. Find it amusing the amount of replies on Twitter asking whether the club will be giving out free replacement shirts with the new logo. Surely fans would rather have the more limited edition version??

Didn’t realise D’Margio Wright-Phillips plays for them. Did well for our youth team but I think we signed Dolan instead of him?

Wouldn’t say it’s been a particularly poor run. Should have scored more against Barnsley, played fairly well against Huddersfield and looked comfortable against Cardiff even with 10 men. Wigan is the obvious outlier but we know why that went PEARS shaped.

But the result is far more important than the performance. You can’t say that this looks like a death spiral apart from the small difference that we’re winning all the time. We have repeatedly shown that we can play better but today was another example of how difficult we are to beat which is a massive change to last season.

Samba came from the Bundesliga. Not sure you can equate that with League 1.

I don’t disagree re Kaminski but I think the last 2.5. months show that we can win games in different ways. We’re not going to win every game comprehensively but we look so hard to beat at the moment, we don’t need to be on fire up front to win. These aren’t fluky wins against the run of play with last minute winners, these are deserved, hard fought wins against teams at the top and bottom of the league and both home and away. Let’s enjoy the ride. Also, RoversTV. Shocking. A formal apology and refunds for all. Unacceptable.