G Somerset Rover

As I said, we’ve made him look like Drogba. I don’t want him here as he’s blatantly not a bloke you want in the ranks when the chips are down, but as for Sam Gallagher. Jesus Christ has hasn’t hung onto the ball for more than 1 second before losing it. So, so poor.

An error prone oil tanker this season. Utter sh*te on the ball too. Not a chance Mowbray will drop him though.

Joao 4-2. More awful defending. Where the feck was Lenihan chesting that to? Goodnight, chaps.

The defending for that near-own-goal was once again simply diabolical. 3-4 times we could have taken ball and man but just pussied it.

Wasn’t the easiest ball to deal with from RC but he literally just booted it behind. He is SO bad. Just get the bloke up front TM if you have to play him, FFS.

Gallagher has had the ball three times and lost it within mili seconds, three times.

Arma 3-2. We’re going up.

Neither does Tony.

60 minutes in, 3-1 down and still he hasn’t made those subs.

They don’t. We’re making Lucas Joao look like Didier Drogba. So pedestrian in midfield. Not a chance we’re getting back in this.

Rovers unchanged. LOL

Ah yes. The crab-esque sideways passing between the back four? Fecking sort it out Mowbray!!!

I think they all are. Inexcusable first half. All over the place, tactically a shambles. And some think we’re going up?!

Well it’s good to see Mowbray has sorted the defence out.

Dear God. That was absolutely woeful.

Right. Let’s try again shall we.

Arma!!! What the flying feck?!

You have to be kidding me. Mountain to climb if this season is anything to go by.

Will forever be an issue under Mowbray: #Rovers used 27 players across the whole of last season, only three sides in the division used fewer. Aynsley Pears becomes No.26 of this season already, the most in the division. Been an ever-changing picture in these opening eight matches.

Try chucking a NI strip on him underneath our shirt. That might do the trick.

Johnson is a huge miss on a cold wet night at Ewood. FFS Cory, for once give us a performance.

100% that’ll be their game plan. Keep it tight, let us have the ball and snatch one on the break. They have the players to do it on the counter too. As you say, Mowbray and his team simply have to find a way around this set up for us to challenge this season.

Yeah - I just checked and personnel wise they haven’t changed that much. A couple of loans from Portugal aside and Ejaria from Liverpool. Hopefully it’s a bit of a ‘new manager bounce’ and we can burst that bubble on Tuesday night.

Other than manager, can anyone explain the turnaround at Reading? Much by the way of personnel changes too? I see Meite scored a screamer yesterday - he’s always been a threat.

Bang on Crouching. I commented after the Cardiff/Forest matches that teams may start adopting a defensive approach against us at home too - as well as away - to nullify our threat on the break. Let’s hope it takes them a while longer to cotton on, however as you rightly say, finding a way to beat teams who adopt this approach is going to be key to deciding whether we can break into that top six.