Lucky it's the beginning of Jon's second season after a very good first one, rather than about 4 years into Tony's journey to nowhere.

I think the o in his name is a 0 (can't believe we're talking about the CEO of Rovers here....)

2-1 Rovers 31,367 Waggott out

He won't be happy - it's clear he thinks Waggott is a proper plonker. And he's right.

Has he even been mentioned much apart from a couple of comments? You're the one that keeps bringing him up I think!

Announcing it when it's never normally announced made it seem like 16,000 is some kind of achievement for us, which it obviously isn't - just all feels rather small-time. Also gets the opposition fans going. Just stick it up on the scoreboard, job done.

2-1 Rovers again. Oh, and please don't announce the attendance over the PA system like on Saturday.

Is the Blackburn End really not open for the Cardiff game - what's all that about? Closing the Riverside is one thing, but the Blackburn End? Especially when it's been open for home games in earlier rounds both this season and in recent years. Well, it's just always been open. They also seem to struggle to publish anything without any errors in these days (some effort considering this is just a few lines), the next round is the third round and Cardiff's win v Birmingham was in round two. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/september/06/ticket-news--rovers-v-cardiff-city/

Better teams maybe, can't imagine any bigger clubs than Rangers though (I'm a big JDT fan - but Rangers are a massive club).

I love JDT, but right now he can't go down as a better manager for Rovers than Hughes.

Hoping for Sutton United at home or something just as winnable.

Strange place with even stranger people.

Fabinho (just), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Franck Kessie, Roger Ibanez.

Quite small isn't he?

Olivia made it sound like Dack was desperate for a move. Even her mum said he "just didn't click with that manager".

I think it was the fact that there was even a mention of a salary for League 1 in the contract of a 'manager' of a well-established PL club that had been in the PL for a decade or so and never finished below 15th, most of the time a lot higher. It'd be like somebody such as, I dunno, West Ham appointing somebody now and sticking a League 1 salary in there. Mental, just wouldn't happen.

QPR. Took me a minute too!

The linesman couldn't wait to flag for a foul against Grabbi. Look how early he puts his flag up. Joker.

I know he was left out a lot last season, but surely (and hopefully) his form in the final few games will see Adam Wharton as one of the first names on the team sheet. Think JDT praised him for improving defensively too and Wharton accepted that there had been some things he needed to get better at. Hopefully Kaminski starting in the first game at Stanley also means he's back to being first choice, though I agree that's probably far from definite.

Souness down the touchline to celebrate that one if I recall? Also do not remember that with Friedel and the ball boy at all 😄

Yeah we were pretty slick towards the end of the season. I can still remember the "forward!" brigade as we made a few passes in our defensive third at home to Coventry. All it then took was one incisive forward pass to Brereton in the middle in tons of space, and 10 seconds later the ball was in the net. Adam Wharton made a huge difference as well, as somebody who was comfortable receiving it off the back four all day long, even in tight spaces and under pressure.

Get behind the kit (ffs)!!

Dickov's header v Norwich - there was a spell that season when Pedersen first came into the team when it felt like every one of his inswinging corners either had a good chance of going straight in or being glanced in like Dickov did. They were lethal.

A 28 goal striker, the pick of the PL loans in Harvey Elliott, an improved Brereton, Rothwell, and being able to bring in the likes of Harwood-Bellis and numerous other loans without selling anybody........and a 15th place finish. Well done Tony. Hated that season apart from a couple of thumpings we handed out early on, when there was brief optimism.