19 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i was there that day,absolute hoot seeing thick dingles throwing bits of the roof on their own fans😂

Me too and still convinced I saw a Dingle fall through a hole they made in the roof. I was up in the Nuttall St stand and had a good view of all that happened.

I've just read that Arnor Sigurdsson is out for the rest of the season.

He won't be missed as much as Hedges but it weakens our bench.

5 hours ago, Mercer said:

Huge, huge game.  City in decent form with 7 points from their last 3 games including a home win against Leicester and a win and a draw in 2 away games.

Win and we can almost relax, lose and it really will be squeaky bum time with our remaining fixtures.

Injuries beginning to bite again and a number playing when perhaps not 100%.

Wouldn't like to call it.  Only thing for certain is City won't already 'be on the beach'.

Nightmare is we go to Leicester in last game of season needing something - if that happens, I could see us sliding into the bottom 3 as the final whistle is blown.

That is a certainty these days.

Relying on the other side to be paddling about and worried about their suntan factor are a recipe for failure.

This game and SW at home are where we must get points.

4 minutes ago, philipl said:

Just looked at the remaining fixtures of the other 8 at risk clubs. Plymouth appear very vulnerable but my main take was while I expect 22nd to get to 49 points, there are too many relegation head to heads for a relegated club to get above 49 points unless the bottom starts a bloodbath regularly beatng the promotion and playoff seekers.

A long way of saying we have to get a point from this one.

A defeat turns the Wednesday game from must not lose to must win unless we somehow win at Leeds.

A win at Ashton Gate will be very close to securing Championship status because our goal difference is looking ok to keep us up if it comes down to that with just 4 to go .

So every reason for seeking a win so long as we lock out at the back.

Bristol City don't do many draws at home.

In their previous 15 home games it's 8 wins, 6 defeats and just 1 draw.

A point would do us ok though.

26 minutes ago, Silas said:

Jeez, lot of negativity for the OF derby on here.

Cracking game that. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Listened to 1st half and radio,  watched 2nd.

Who cares how crap the standard is as long as it's entertaining. 

I'll be surprised if Man Utd Liverpool is even half as fun as that. High chance it'll be 0-0. Hope I'm very wrong. 

Ah! The game where I want both teams to lose so am always disappointed.

Ok, there will be a slight leaning towards a Liverpool win provided it's at a score embarrassing to ManUre.

RangersTV is consistently one of the best quality video I come across on my frequent canoing trips.

They must have a huge number of 'proper' subscribers that they take care of.

It's as good as ESPN+ for quality.

I'd rather watch an entertaining game than tippy tappy by players who can't do it.

I thought VAR in the PL was bad enough but the Scots can still turn up and outdo us.

10 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Cos Eustace himself said in an interview he saw that win as being his. Which you would say when you hadn’t won a game.

Ive no issue with Eustace provided he keeps us up, but it’s embarrassing the amount of people trying to credit him the Stoke game as some kind of justification of his reign.

Incidentally, at the start of January JDT was without 7 of the players that started at Sunderland and yesterday.

I also think there's been club pressure applied to Jackson to get him to change his tune.

Eustace himself claiming the win is a wee bit embarrassing and goes against the theme of no time on the pitch with the players when justifying the long win less run.

If Jackson is crediting Eustace with the win v Stoke he's done a full U turn.

I wonder why?

It has nowt to do with Eustace

 Dipstick.

Lots seem to have fully operational crystal balls.

eBay or Amazon? I might get one.

That pass by AW v City a thing of beauty. Good finish too.

22 hours ago, 47er said:

Add Philips to the list for a miserly £2M and Finneran for nothing (likely) and there's the set.

What have we become?

A FU shadow of what we were and should be, with no end to the nightmare in sight. It's just on a continuous loop.

I've just watched the highlights of tonight's games having just awoken from a rare but welcome 6 hours sleep missing the live football and more importantly the darts.

I played just shy of 350 games at mid amateur level and I cannot recall a goal conceded by any keeper like Liverpool's first.

There were howlers but nothing like that.

So much for the fabled keepers eyeline.

Also so nice to see ManUre lose a game they were winning going into Fergie time.

9 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Really hope the soft lads can get another win here. Russell Martin is a complete cock womble and I'd love to see him fail to get this side promoted.

On the subject of cockwombles they have also been spotted in Pune. This one clucks when called Bling.

Southampton will want to protect the current 4th spot.

This gives them home advantage in the 2nd leg playoff game v 5th.

Above based on their being out of contention for 3rd spot despite games in hand.

BBD has made just 5 appearances for SU in the PL, scored 4 with 1 assist.

347 minutes played in the PL or 87 minutes per goal.

It's a tiny sample but not too shabby when playing for a basket case PL outfit.

12 hours ago, Lucimo said:

I think it's probably fair to say that Martin was screwed last night in injury time. Too far off the automatic spots now and well clear of 7th so it's the play offs for them. Hopefully they take their foot off the gas for this weekend and rest a couple.

Southampton will want to ensure that they retain 4th spot to get ground advantage in the 2nd leg of the playoff v the team that finishes 5th.

They have games in hand on the teams above them but I agree that their chances of an automatic place have all but gone.

They will be hurting after Ipswich, a game they should have won and I expect them to come to Ewood looking for a win.

I hope so, it will leave them more open to our forays forward.

It should be a good game.

Well, he pulled the rabbit out of the hat today!

I didn't see the game so can't offer opinion of us or Sunderland but everything I've read and seen, which is now quite a bit, says we were good and they were very very shite.

Home to Southampton is a much bigger test.

A draw would be ok but a win makes us more or less ok whilst screwing Martin. What could be better than that 

27 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Kick off v Full time 

Neighbourhood pubs had a good day!

Having missed the game live I saw the highlights on YouTube and also watched a couple of post match videos from Sunderland fans

They were full of praise for Rovers, said it was Men v Boys with them as the Boys!

There were quite a few derogatory comments from their fans on the attendance figure. Apparently they have an employee called Stevie Wonder who does a physical head count at every home game.

Needless to say the team, manager and owners got grief big time.

Any day Russell loses is a good day.

I ate a big meal late, at about 8 pm local time, felt tired, lay down, fell asleep with the game on and earphones working.

Sods Law.

Great win, which I didn't expect, although it took a while to assure myself it wasn't just a dream.

Extended highlights

1 hour ago, NeilInBristol said:

I would have preferred JE if he had turned us down when Swagg came calling 

Essentially that's been my problem with any manager appointed since the owners and their cohorts stuck the knife in Big Sam's back.

They all start with a black mark for taking a job with vermin.

My approach has been invariably correct, I'm a 65+ year Rovers fan but never blinded to what's going on by blue tinted specs.