Swansea Fulham postponed. Potential to be in the top 2(or even 1st if Cardiff do us a favour) come Sunday 4pm.

Good to see Huddersfield are playing tonight, away at Forest. A days less rest and a couple of hours down the M1 can only help us.

Things are really falling into place for us. Still, no room for complacency as 23rd can absolutely beat 3rd in this division.

Bottom (although they'd be mid-table without deductions) just beat 4th.

Talking of bullets, Obafemi comes to mind. Scored once all season for Swansea! What effect might he have had on Diaz's returns too?

West Brom losing at Derby thanks to a Kipre-Johnstone mix-up, with Kazim (surprised he's still playing-thought he was retired!) scoring.

Wasn't solely to blame but we did dodge a bullet with Kipre!

Buckley and Travis have been different gravy!

Both home grown too.

With West Brom drawing yesterday and Bournemouth losing today,  a victory today would take us 3rd. We'd be 7 ahead of 5th, and a point off 2nd.

We've overcome the nosebleed territory of 7th from previous seasons, so let's hope we can go from strength to strength.

Come on Rovers! Please don't let us down

Our strongest team atm. Well done Tony!

Love the passion from Van Hecke!

Feel Brero could have done better earlier for a possible 1 on 1, but that Solanke 1 on 1 should have been finished. Well done Ainsley!

4 hours ago, neophox said:

Massive result!!

Brereton Diaz showed today why he's such a good striker. With him, Dack coming back next month and hopefully some good new player coming in we have a massive chance. Wharton has been immense since his return. Bournemouth here we come.

 

The one note of caution I'd sound is the effect a new player can have on the team at times. Things are working now and they are probably best left as is.

I remember when Gillespie was coming through at Newcastle and ripping teams apart, taking Newcastle top. They then signed Asprilla, and although he did well overall, they had to accommodate him in the team and, with Gillespie the main loser, this ultimately cost them the league.

Come on! Best form in the league at the moment!

We really don't have too much to fear from Bournemouth. Let's hope Tony doesn't overthink it!

I know we should just be grateful at being in the playoffs but looking forward, is automatic promotion something we should be looking at? 

Fulham and Bournemouth are playing each other next. Win against PNE and the game against Bournemouth becomes a real 6 pointer. Win that and we'd be 3 points behind.

Imagine saying that 3 weeks ago, when we were 14 points behind and had just been thrashed 7-0! 

15 minutes ago, oozy said:

As long as the core of Kam, Lenighan/Ayala, Trav, Rothwell, Buckley and Breo stay fit!

Oh no, what have I done!

10 minutes ago, yankfan said:

Had the better of them that half. We’re good enough for too 6 this year. 

As long as the core of Kam, Lenighan/Ayala, Trav, Rothwell, Buckley and Breo stay fit!

What a week.

Cardiff's equaliser actually puts us back in the play-offs!

38 minutes ago, neophox said:

We looked fit and we can now see how Armstrong had hindered Brereton and Gally.. 

Hindered is possibly too strong a word, but it has enabled them to express themselves to a greater extent.

Up to 6th in a really poor (thus competitive?) Championship this year, even taking into account the 'anyone being able to beat anyone in this division' mantra.

Real pity about us not being able to get our house in order. Promotion is there for the taking, but persevering with Mowbray and the failure to sign an Armstrong replacement will really come to haunt us down the line. 

Thought Kaminski and Travis were very good today, and the rest of the defence pretty good. Ayala has made a big difference to our solidity. Hopefully he can remain injury-free.

Attacking-wise, we were pretty poor. Really felt Buckley was poor in terms of progression, and was thinking he'd be the first off. Surprised he played the full 90. Rothwell didn't seem his usual self and the front 3 worked hard but that's about it (and Diaz should have scored!).

Poveda and Clarkson don't seem to be any great shakes. The way many of these loan deals work is there is some sort of financial penalty if they don't play when fit. Such a pity because Butterworth really deserved to play a part today. I really hope the loanees having to play does not stifle our talent.

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

,, 6th.. And Rankin-Costello, Johnson, Gallagher and soon even Wharton back.. 

Then if we around Christmas is still around the top we will have Bradley Dack back!! 

lol...we can dream! Even the optimist in me can't help but feel that's a bit of a stretch

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Butterworth has been a breath of fresh air. Mowbray can't see the riches right under his nose.

Its always been the case. I remember he only gave Travis, amongst others, a chance when forced to due to injuries, etc.

7 minutes ago, roverandout said:

So u are happy to waste another season just so in the vain hope a clueless manager might sign a striker? Well good luck with that 

,Ever since the owners/Maggott didn't pop Mowbray before the season started, it was a waste of a year. Its probably for the best that Mowbay hasn't had the opportunity to squander the Armstrong money. A reset with a new manager if(when?) Mowbray achieves lower mid-table mediocrity again is probably the only silver lining we can hope for.

If, despite Mowbray, the team do however produce something unexpected, it'll be a bonus and we can enjoy.

Up to 4th at the moment. Will we ever be as high?

Shocker! Play a striker in the centre and he scores.

What a belter too!

2 hours ago, Ghost7 said:

All of this would be fine if we combined it with some shrewd permanent signings in the (300k - 900k range). I doubt any Rovers fans are expecting millions to be spent but just a handful of signings to show that the club is still active and investing in it's own future would be nice... I'm presuming Mowbray didn't expect to be in a job this summer and the transfer activity does have a look of that.

A couple of good prospects bought relatively cheap, supplemented by a couple of loans, and we'd be happy. The current direction is just destroying the future of the club.

And to think we spent £12M (wasted?, especially if Diaz leaves on a free) just a couple of seasons ago. If only Tony and his crew had been slightly more prudent then, we could have taken a more measured approach now.