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That’s okay for us isn’t it?

Yeah, I’m aware of his contract.

Clubs will be in for him this summer, I’m pretty sure of that. Ultimately whether he moves or not will really be his decision. The only input rovers would have is the fee.

Brilliant wasn’t he.

Yes. It was a stand out pass for me. Excellent.

I have to say though, rovers do play some good, eye catching football at times. Keep talking about it, but Adam Wharton really should have played much more this season. 18 yrs old and so classy. JDT……. You’ve slipped up there mate.

We could do with big Sam back to show rovers how to close a game out. Get it into the corners and keep it there. Keep chipping it over the full back, turning the opposition round and running towards their own goal. Apart from Hedges - who cost us three points today - their goal was just pure bad luck. Absolutely gutted tonight.

I think Rovers will suffer the consequences of Wednesdays game against Coventry. I expect a mentally and physically tired performance. 3-0 Preston in the real Lancs derby.

I expect North End to give Wharton a kicking. A new challenge for the lad.

I agree with all of that Miller11. I’m not particularly angry with the players this morning as some posters seem to be. I do feel sorry for them. To a man they worked their socks off. There were a lot of excellent performances and I really don’t think they could have done much more than they did. We are what we are, the players are who they are. Any shortcomings in this squad are entirely at the feet of the club management. Keep putting the effort in for the remaining games. Make use of Wharton who’s a rolls Royce of a player. The lad has a technique as good as any young player we’ve had for as far back that I can remember. Enjoy him, he won’t be here long.

Absolutely gutting

Handball

Come on!

Phew

Think I’m going to collapse

Can’t stand this

Need to be switched on from first kick of second half. I expect Coventry to be a different side.

I actually think Brittain is a weak link for us.

Brilliant goal

Wish we’d had a centre forward on the end of the free header.

Need 1st goal

Lose tonight and the play offs are gone IMO. Deep down the players and manager will know that as well. If the build up from the back isn’t a whole lot better and quicker, winning will be impossible. Coventry will have watched us. I’ll be amazed if they don’t close down any short build up play from Pears. I hope to goodness JDT thinks that way too.

Good post Tyrone. Like Bankend Rover though, I thought we started okay. It didn’t last too long. It soon reverted to the heart in the mouth stuff where we start playing keep ball in our own area. It isn’t a matter of if we’ll cock up, it’s a matter of when. It happened a few times but luckily we got away with it. Like Mercer said as well, JDT’s explanation of his team selection was total bollocks. He’s really being too clever, putting too much emphasis on complicated tactical schemes when surely, if he steps back, it’s obvious that that particular team selection just doesn’t work. Main picks. Morton… he’s there to be the link between defence and attack. He’s defensively lacking and creates nothing. He just doesn’t contribute enough and never will. Hyam…. Looks very uncomfortable with this tippy tippy approach. Brereton….. for a while now we’ve been better off without him. Gallagher….. aargh. I don’t see a single thing that he brings to a team. Nothing. He’s a liability, makes us worse no matter how bad we are to start with. Thomas….. looks like a third division winger to me. Pretty quick but nearly always takes the wrong option. It happened a number of times even in such a short time. Wouldn’t buy him in the summer. Wharton…. Has the ability to cut teams open with one ball. He should be playing far more minutes than he is. I dont go along with the view that there’s no effort. I think there’s plenty of that. It’s the balance of the squad and the lack of quality players in key positions that’s the problem in my view.

Gallaghers a liability.