Is Chapman fit ?

Gayle and Rodriguez are both out tomorrow.

Hence why I've put on what he has shown so far. But he has had chances - against Norwich, Birmingham and yesterday, and has failed to find the target. Against Norwich, he failed to get the basics right. Now I'm not saying he's a complete dud as you are right, we haven't seen enough of him. However if you have watched his appearances for Rovers and haven't been disappointed then you are easily pleased. When Samuel is back he should be straight back in the squad in Brereton place, and that's saying something!!

No but playing well for England a couple of years ago wont make his performances so far for Rovers seem any better. He may suddenly become a world beater but on what he has shown so far he looks poor. I don't understand why people get agitated and argue against that.

Forget the price tag. Had we got him for £1million, I'd be saying he still looks like a very poor player and signing. The £7mill figure is just a kick in the balls. Ben Gladwin cost far, far less and he got called out for looking a very poor signing despite the fact we saw far less of him than we have of Brereton. The scapegoat jibe is another throwaway comment some fans use. It's not about looking for a scapegoat. It's about giving opinions on what we see the players do in an blue and white shirt. We were questioning the signing and his impact long before this sticky spell.

It's Lenihan. Mulgrew gets caught under the ball for the second and Williams doesn't not help by not spotting the danger.

Bit of a myth that Mercer. For the last 5 years, the three relegated teams have been in the bottom five at Christmas in this league.

All championship games have goalline technology now so as frustrating as it is, it must have gone in.

Only with the timings of their goals. They deserved it, it's just a kick in the teeth how it happened.

Remember when I said 18 months ago we needed a centre half who could head away crossed. Well we still do. FFS.

Armstrongs decision making is so poor.

When the Swansea game was first blocked for pubs, I know a few that got round it. Depends on what setup you have or something.

Don't talk rubbish. No one is saying that. He's expected to come on and show signs of ability. He didn't today and generally hasn't apart from odd flashes.

Since my initial assessment a couple of months ago, I've not really commented on his performances. However that was one of the worst substitute cameos I've ever seen. It looked like someone had been plucked out of the crowd and thrown on. It would be some turnaround after his first 6 month if he did become a player we sell on for profit.

As I said at the time that number can't possibly be accurate. I bought 4, for 2 season ticket holders along with 2 who haven't attended. Are we all classed as ST holders? We met and travelled with a party of 8 for whom the 2 organisers had bought 8 tickets between them. The organisers haven't been to a home game all season but most of the others in the party had. Are all 8 classed as non-attendees? Its interesting they think they have data, and obviously there is a number of fans who attended Preston who don't attend Ewood, but I'd take the 2500 figure with a pinch of salt.

We broke them down and got key men on the ball in the right place insisde the box. We just were poor at finishing or the final ball.

We got into so many good positions and just couldn't play the right ball. That's just poor play. Armstrong was the worst culprit but Williams at the end either needs to shoot or drill it across. What was also worrying was the defensive lapses that let Boro clean through twice despite only having 10 men. It's a good result on paper but not with how the game panned out. Boro were probably the better side with 11 but we should be able to kill that off with 10. Frustrating. .

Probably interest you as well as Rovers fans. From LT - Mowbray on his Boro memories

Think bet365 will now legally stream this in the U.K.

Revenge for denying us doing the double in 1995

Burnley, Preston, Wigan or Stanley, preferably at Ewood please. Southport away if they get through their replay. Oldham (home or away) would be interesting after the excitement of their fans to playing Rovers last season. Otherwise a top 6 Prem club at Ewood.

He's not been bad. He's just been lost. The closer to the goal he is, the better he looks. The two assists show me that he is direct enough to be a goal threat, as does the finish at Preston, but when he gets the ball out wide close to the halfway line he's poor. Mowbray tried this with Samuel and it appears BB is being used in the same experiment. Rgardless that is OT and I sill think Mowbray is doing a good job. It's just the nature of a football fan tbut query why he does things they don't agree with.

Which, considering we have ended up with Brereton on the wing looking lost in many games, is a good question don't you think?

Biggest problem in the last week was that in two games we played 90 minutes of football without a striker on the pitch. That's what many people were critical of Mowbray for. If anything, yesterday showed that criticism was justified. However, you can criticise the manager without thinking he is doing a bad job overall.

Wigan at home last year but it does seem an isolated incident.