Hull are lucky to be still in this. How are we not 3-0 up? I don't think I can take another nailbiter.

Gallagher should have scored.

If Hull get anything from this it'd be tragic. What a poor team. The right side is lacking for us. Dolan has been poor, as has Travis. I know he's filling in. Brereton could have made it 2-0. The game for Dack to come on and seal the win?

Looked a painful one for Scott Wharton.

You'd be forgiven for thinking he wasn't, he keeps drifting. Even when he's in position he doesn't seem to be very effective as well.

Travis isn't a fullback is he 😕

It look like he went through the back of him to me.

Thoroughly deserved after that blatant and dangerous foul on Brereton that the referee decided was fine.

Previously they've had a free pass because they've had two games in a week. Can't make that argument today. Brittain and Hedges are massive losses.

I notice a lot who say... "Not from the area." Or... "Don't understand the rivalry." Code for, I got on the bandwagon and haven't a clue about the club and I'm too thick to google.

They were lucky it wasn't 10-0.

Remember it changed to this in 92? Hearing it on the radio on the way home from the games too 🙂

They've had plenty of time to sort this.

I haven't seen enough of their games to know about how important he is for them, but from what I have seen he seems like a player with pace that inspires the rest of the team. So I hope so too 😄 Edit: unlikely but I like the headline...

It isn't, that's the point. Sadly, because we'll miss out on a very good young defender who we know can do an excellent job for us. Hyam may be an improvement but I can't really choose between the two, I thought Van Hecke was brilliant. I'd prefer Van Hecke over Ayala for age/injury related reasons.

The cash for some long term security wouldn't be bad.

I just remember him running around aimlessly like an over enthusiastic dog and thinking, wtf have we signed? Is he actually a footballer? Is this the final insult by Venkys to try and find the worst footballer in the world. A year later we signed Gallagher for £5m and then there were two. I'm glad both of them have improved over the last year or so as they are both likeable lads.

On BBD, the problem was at the time we needed a new defence and Mowbray decided to spaff all the money away on a 19 year old who wasn't ready. That's what caused a lot of fans to be pissed off and rightly so. At the time the club and Mowbray were still saying the priority was promotion to the Premier League so that didn't help temper expectations. Brereton was unfortunately caught up in this even though he wasn't to blame. He always tried even if he did sometimes resemble a one legged painter and decorator who'd been drafted in last minute in a charity game. One thing Brereton always had was enthusiasm and 100% effort which I don't see from Vale and Hirst. Hirst looks terrified out there. Vale seems too laid back. It's highly frustrating that now Brereton has come of age, and become quite a player that he's going to go elsewhere.

I think if you don't go up this season it'll be a failure, as it would for any club that went down with parachute payments and big players sales. Do I think you'll do it? I have no idea as it can swing easily, you've a new team and manager, an unknown quantity. We don't know how Kompany would respond to a couple of losses. I've seen too many Tony Mowbray death spirals to predict anything. I have watched Burnley a few times to know that Kompany can be a bit naive and... Dull maybe? They reminded me of us under Mowbray. But you have players like Tella that look very good for this league that enable him to get away with it (Mowbray also had players who dug him out from time to time). I'm left thinking he's one of those managers who could easily f*** it up with a few bad choices, but not as nearly as bad as I would have hoped. The "we're going to walk this" gang were definitely in full swing on Facebook. They actually come on the Rovers page as well as the other haunts which in the past has been reserved for nobenders. They must have forgotten this league and how it can easily bring you down to Earth within a week, as it did for us earlier in the season.

I don't want to keep banging on about this but you've also had far less injuries. Some of the chatter on various message boards and social networks about us losing as many as we won a couple of weeks ago were daft. I couldn't name another team with an injury list like ours and any team would have struggled. Add to that a new manager learning about his players and them learning how to play how he wants. It's helped to stall progress for sure. At the moment we have Summer signings Brittain and Szmodics out. Second spell on the sidelines this season. Brittain especially is a fantastic player from what we've seen. A full back that runs at defences is a novelty for us Rovers fans. January signing Hedges who has played well this season is now on his second injury of the season too. Our only real centre forward is Gallagher and for all his faults he's actually having a good campaign this year, probably because he's being played to his strengths more. He's been out injured for a spell too. He's on 7 goals, which almost equals his season total of 8 last year. So playing under Tomasson is helping him (or it may be that he's without Mowbray sticking him on the wing/bench/full back). Also don't forget we've had 5 years of Tony Mowbray who developed a severe allergy to centre forwards, and had this fetish of turning them into wingers. Keep your eye on Sunderland. JDT must address this in January. But yes, currently in joint second after enduring a horrendous injury list. WLWLWL could have easily have been LLLLLL. Had we not had those injuries we'd most likely hogging the top spot as we'd have at least won and drawn a few of those where we had to play kids in key positions, or worse, perpetually disappointing fringe players who should have been offloaded years ago. Be interesting to see what happens if Tella, Rodriguez and Brownhill are out for the best part of a month.

Harwood Bellis looked solid especially for his age we had him, but Van Hecke was a classy player. We've had some very good loans over the years. The ones that have stood recently out are Van Hecke and Elliott. He's completely wasted at Brighton and at 22 should be playing. Like I said earlier Mowbray will be on the phone in January, and I'll be gutted if he goes to Sunderland. Sadly I don't think CB is our priority.

I imagine you don't go on Facebook much.

Brighton kept hold of him due to injuries. Since then he's had one appearance in the PL and one in the league cup. So no, not playing. I imagine Mowbray will want him at Sunderland in January.

But nowhere near the quality of Van Hecke (Harwood Bellis). If we could sign Van Hecke in January as replacement for Ayala (who is great in the short time he's with us, but a luxury) that would be brilliant business.

They have and so have we. If our players turn it on we can win but we all know we've got those days where it's like the players have just met. A lot of it hinges on BBD. He plays well and the team does, even if he doesn't personally score. It's weird as it's not as if he's the engine of the team. Would be great if he managed to kill the game off with one of his worldies, that's the main thing for Burnley to fear... And the Wilpshire Pirlo.