The problem with Pears is that theoughout his Rovers career he's always managed to string some games together where it looks like he's a solid dependable keeper... and then he'll single-handedly throw a game for no apparent reason. It happens again and again, though I'll concede he lasted much longer than I expect before a complete blunder this year.

And the likes of Birmingham and Wrexham certainly aren't going to want to tread water when they come up so it will be even more difficult.

Any bets on the big money marquee signing that will come out a couple of days before the end of the window, before we then conveniently screw over by an inability to do paperwork? The 2025 edition has got to be due any day now.

I agree with that one. Who was the last decent player out there (who we owned), Conway maybe?

Because Hull's owners will throw money behind them even when times are tough. Ours won't even throw money behind us when we are in a reasonable position.

Was that Jordi Gomez? Levels above Fordhaw and Buckley.

We'll be begging for 12th come May

Yet another manager with talent and ambition being absolutely screwed bg owners who couldn't give a damn.

I'd argue with what we have available we're in a relegation battle. We're just lucky we have a decent head start.

That lineup would regularly get spanked in league one. I'd bite your hand off for a draw now.

Club gets the best attendance in years, then follows it up by (again) offering nothing but bilge in the weeks following, with absolutely no ambition. And people have the gall to question why people who live local and could go, don't.

Yep, the wheels are well and truly off. Forget play-offs, this season is about getting another 10 points.

Our defence made up for our pathetic forward play for a while but now the midfield in front of it is gone we're seeing the cracks form, and we still have the pathetic forward play. Without investment the only way is down.

We always struggle against Cov and they stuffed us 3-0 when they were playing badly and we were unbeaten. With Forshaw and Buckley it will be at best the same as they never look up for a battle. Rovers 0-3 Cov

We'll be lucky to get a win before Travis is back.

Another season where we will lose out due to absolutely no quality outside the first 11. Our form at the moment is wretched, especially from an attacking sense and I fully expect us to sign no one of note and fall out of the play-off spots. A tale as old as time with this lot. This is all on the owners.

Classic Rovers, never turn up when actually expected.

People keep telling me he's been playing well but he's been the worst player n the pitch every game this month for me.

Where'd be the fun in that? It's all part of the panto really.

A win today would be huge, but an away game at a side in good form is going to be a tough ask and we could really do with more bodies to help deal with the fixture list. 1-1 for me, but if we could pull a couple of points back on the teams above us after the draw yesterday it would be welcome.

So were Hull, so were Plymouth. We lost to both. For years we've been absolutely toothless against awful sides.

For me this is a must win game if we're serious about getting out of this league. As others have said, Portsmouth have horrendous away form, which means in all expectation is we're going to make a dog's dinner of it. Let's hope we get the 3 points!

Really? I think Ange is a bit of a tool personally. He's got that Russell Martin level of arrogance that his playstyle is the only way of playing no matter what.

It's not even that it wasn't a foul, but he didn't give the one the other way that was identical. Give both, or give neither.

Knew the second he gave that Son free kick they'd rag a goal. The ref really has come out swinging this half.