Rothwell's shooting is sooo poor, it's always weak and always trying to place the ball into the net.

Johnson and Armstrong in whoscored.com Championship of the Month. Head and shoulders above the rest. Johnson player of month. Good start from Rovers so far! https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12086657/championship-team-of-the-month-for-september

The right side of defence did look abit vulnerable when Nyambe came on for JRC. Not sure if Nyambe was mentally prepared to play at all in this game.

Dolan has scored the same numbers of goals as Preston had in 3 games.

comon!!!

Hope it's just minor setback for Dack. Evans, not sure why is he always injured, but when internationals comes along, he's always fit. Gallagher - don't think i'm missing him at the moment since Dolan is doing an exceptional job so far

Exactly. I really hope we can play badly and still win for once.

From the video, he seems like a CM/CDM who can pick a long pass, and also fill in at CB. And he loves sliding tackles.

Did he do 2 Cruyff-turns in 2 seconds before laying the ball to Holtby? Thats how quick he is.

Saw the highlights. Lenihan looks quite poor to be honest. Always look to get sucked into action and leaving gaps in the middle.

We need Mulgrew. For the free kicks.

And we already conceded 3 in our first game.

Curious. What qualifies a player to be "one of our own"?

I stopped reading half way through. His comments are just too familar and feels like they are on loop since he has been here.

Bennett or Bell. Both are poison at left back. Talking about Bennett. Saw him giving both Dolan and Rothwell some encouraging words while they were preparing to come on - which is really nice to see as the senior member of the team.

Dolan meanwhile has been really encouraging. Lucky find for Mowbray to be honest. The young chap will learn and will get better. Rothwell and him seems to be really good options from the bench. BB started well but faded away in the second half. Kaminski did decent. His kicking looks really good. Calm and seems to like to play a Neuer-style of sweeper/keeper role. Shamed he didn't get his hands to any of Bournemouth's long range shots. Hope he doesn't end up like a Paul Robinson. Now sort the defence Mowbray!

Gutted to lose the game. We deserved at least a draw. Bell has been awful. You just know he's gonna do his typical cutting in, and then lose the ball. Bell and Williams are quite comical at times. Someone has to be responsible for coaching this defence.

Totally what we deserved. Dont shoot, dont score. Great strike from Johnson, and a little mistake from their keeper. We battled and pressed hard, but lacking abit of creativity from midfield. Good shift from BB so far. Hope we can find another way through in the 2nd half. Not too bad from us so far.

I was hoping we could get Sarr since we missed out on Kipre and Ayala. It's just strange we cant sign any defenders or no defender is interested in playing for Rovers. I really hope we have some 3rd or 4th choice defensive transfer targets which are good enough to walk into our first team, else it will be a long hard season, defensively.

Resigning to fate that we are unlikely to sign anyone in the next few days who can walk straight into the first team against Bournemouth. Bell, Williams are very likely to start. With Gallagher and Evans coming back, it will be interesting to see which young midfielders (Dolan, Davenport, Chapman and Buckley) will Mowbray drop from the first 18? Hopefully Dolan will get a chance from the bench.

We started with 7 players, aged under 23 and also ended the game with 7 players under 23.

Could be down to fatigue or loss of concentration. I think its his first pre-season 90 minutes against a premier league team. Definitely an acceptable display from him.

Maglorie has to be ahead of Wharton/Carter. Looked strong and fast. Dolan, Chapman and Rothwell definitely options from the bench. Not sure if we can have all 3 on the bench. JRC impressive in the attacking third, has to start next week.

Our youngsters are better than Leicester's.

Chapman has been really lively so far. We have to learn to take our chance, and shoot on target.