Thankfully we didn't lose. Now it is worry about Huddersfield v West Brom and Brum v Boro and hoping we are still 3 points above the drop when we go to Boro. Let's see what Eustace manages with a week with the players.

Incidentally, betting and fixing is not uniquely a football problem. I visited the Economist offices to speak with an investigative reporter there. His boxing file was the same size as his football file and his cricket file was three times thicker than either football and boxing and in his opinion was by far the most corrupt sport.

I am not dismissing match fixing and betting. The cash flows are so enormous and tax free that a decently funded fixer can make handsome returns. The season we were relegated, the Hong Kong betting market alone was bigger than the Premier League and Champions League combined turnovers on its own. Lower leagues are particularly susceptible. The Malaysian and Maltese leagues are globally renowned to be fixed- yet another Malta Premier League player was jailed this week... The 2010/11 Nationwide League South stank to high heaven. On the dark web in 2011/12, I found a list of that week's fixed games across Europe. There were 112 games but you had to subscribe to find out what the fix was in each case. I remember Wigan's Premier League fixture was on the list along with other English games going down to the 6th level. When I did a similar search two years later, English games were remarkably absent. There had clearly been a recognition of the problem and things done in such a way to lessen the problem without ruining the reputation. Serie A never recovered from the first big Juventus scandal.

Good result for us. I expect the Wednesday game to be one of the tougher ones in our run in...

Whoever came after the class act that was JDT was going to look inept in comparison. From what I can see, Eustace is playing the type of pragmatic football essential in our circumstances. The more the opposition has the ball the greater their opportunity to test Wahlstadt. So against Millwall we needed 70% ball possession and that is pretty well what we got. I fully expect plenty of tippy tappy stuff today too.

Nobody but nobody will argue with these propositions - we are facing Plymouth without key outfield players and with an extremely dodgy keeper - if we lose this one, our survival prospects will take one hell of a blow So I am hugely relieved Eustace is prioritising protecting the keeper and not losing

Don't forget Ash Phillips will be giving a defensive masterclass.

No need to bet illegally in India when there are legal markets all over East Asia. My personal opinion is that games were rigged in our Premier relegation season. Why rig them?

Apparently the Indian illegal betting market is the biggest with over a billion being wagered in a single day more than 12 years ago.

Sticking to my guns- must not lose. Not losing to the club most likely to slip into the bottom 3 if we don't is absolutely paramount. The other fixtures see fellow travellers in distress either playing each other - Millwall v Birmingham QPR v Boro OR facing opponents at the top end desperate for 3 points - Wednesday v Leeds PNE v Stoke Huddersfield v West Brom So a point is unlikely to lose us ground to 22nd place. Incidentally, Brum v Boro which is those two sides' game in hand on everybody else is played on Tuesday night so we face Boro a week on Saturday after they have played two tough away games without having a midweek fixture ourselves.

I know Jon Dahl is youthful looking for a man in his late 40s but sitting on the under 16s bench!!!

There were a bunch of fees paid including 5m to the tantric agent (official no doubt plus plus) so cost of 43m is about the number I had in mind.

Sure the fixture list looks intimidating but the position Rovers are in makes us the sort of fixture clubs pushing for promotion really don't like. Plus the chances are we will raise our game with Carter, JRC and Hedges back from injury.... If you gave me a draw now or 50/50 win/defeat, I take the draw because Plymouth are one of the more likely clubs to do worse than us in the run in. So must not lose rather than a must win. Must win would be if we were starting on Saturday 2 points below 21st, not 2 points above 22nd. But of course a win would be very very welcome and apt compensation for playing them off Home Park and losing 3-0 under JDT. That Hedges miss!!!

With ten out injured, how can the argument be made the squad is not good enough?

Another must not lose. I understand the frustrations but this is the reality of our situation. We must not lose against fellow travellers in distress. I would like to see us taking more shots on the basis of if you don't buy a ticket, you won't win the lottery.

We are still deep in icky stick. But I think some of the negatives are over done. I will reiterate we are in the lap of the injury Gods. We shouldn't be but we are.. When I saw Leo starting my immediate reaction was Millwall shit houses were the last team I wanted to be facing but the reality they were neutralised for 90 minutes from putting Leo through the wringer. My guess is that protection contributed a lot to the perceived lack of urgency. There was a clear "don't lose the ball" instruction in operation after the Swansea debacle and we were good enough to reprise JDT ball and near 70% possession. Leo was rolling it out far more than Pears has been doing. People arguing there aren't at least two squads weaker than Rovers in the 11 clubs immediately above Rotherham haven't been taking much notice.

The game completely validated the point I made in the relegation thread. Our fate depends on Szmodics keeping fit and getting the injured players back and keeping fit. JRC and Carter in particular will bring qualities we were sadly lacking last night. Thankfully Pears being out didn't cost us last night although Pears would probably have stood up when facing that Millwall goal shot. That Millwall side were certainly no better than us and in the dog eat dog world of 2 going down out of 11 in danger (I am calling being within 6 points of a relegation place as in danger given the way both the previous 22nd and 23rd teams have put back to back wins together as had Millwall) there are definitely at least 2 of those 11 with clearly worse squads than Rovers.

2 from 11 to go down.

Szmodics Rovers

I wrote on a different thread that no senior heads rolling after a month (apart from JDT who was NOT responsible for the fax machine) meant that all three transfer deadline misses in the last two seasons were down to Venky's. This article in many words without actually saying so in reality pins the blame on Pune. For whatever reason- family bickering, inertia, idiocy, face saving making it worse, back door illegal betting, there must be other possibilities - Venky's have achieved: - wrecking the project which they could have adequately funded out of loose change by their standard of wealth before the Indian tax man came knocking - lost Rovers a chief coach who would have got us promoted - cost us Adam Wharton -got us a chief coach who might not save us from relegation - made Rovers 92nd out of 92 clubs any football club anywhere would want to have any transfer dealings with this summer and for the foreseeable future. I had hoped the first five years were a low point in Venky's tenure but we are back as a laughing stock shambles.

A fully fit Rovers squad should win this with a bit to spare. Injuries make this very even on paper so this becomes a Eustace v Harris head to head. Which coach has the better tactical nous and motivation skills. Eustace starts with a disadvantage with that accent which would deflate a helium balloon.

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No prospect of injured players returning this side of the break so we are going to have to wee with the willy we've got. If only we had the fight and character of Souness' time at Rovers. Huge test of character tomorrow night.

If we have a fair run in with recoveries and no/few new injuries we will be fine unless Eustace is totally useless. If Szmodics and Pears get injured or suffer catastrophic loss of form and confidence, Eustace will have to be a miracle worker to keep us up.

When Garrett has a poor game, he is simply ineffective. When Moran has a poor game he is a 90 minutes liability or 45 minutes as we saw at Swansea. Millwall under Harris are physically intimidating and will target Moran. At least Garrett will send them home with bruised shins and egos.