I think we need one bruiser back there - which Lenihan gives us. Mulgrew and Rodwell would be too lightweight for me.

Downing starts for our under 23s tonight. No Brereton though - would have thought it would have been a perfect opportunity with no match until Saturday for us and his lack of game time.

They’re always odd. Even when one or two have an absolute stinker after a defeat he still usually gives them a 6.

Yep, lack a cutting edge far, far too often. Probably only scored twice or three times at home in the first half this season - just not good enough.

Got to be winning this - won’t get many better opportunities than this bunch at home. I’ll blame Mercer if we don’t and his ‘home banker’ rubbish yet again.

Bang on Duncan - would love Edwards at Rovers. Tricky, fast and direct. Happy with that line up but no idea why Bennett is in over Nyambe, save for being one of TM’s faves. COYB, feeling slightly more confident than I was earlier this week.

IF true, it speaks absolute volumes about Brereton.

Bit weird him being there even if he is an ex player.

TM doesn’t trust him. If we didn’t already know that before then we certainly do after Tuesday - he was absolutely hammering instructions at a passive looking Rothwell prior to coming on.

Gallagher on for Saints again tonight. I may have been wrong in predicting him as a cert for Rovers. Looks like a case of ‘we’d be so lucky’ right now. Genuinely could see us bringing in nobody - including loans - this window. Thought our recruitment team was ‘in full swing’ now?

Yep. I do love a bite where Mercer is concerned!

When has any match in the past 9 years been 'a home banker' or 'license to print money' where Rovers victories are concerned?!

Have a funny feeling Lambert’s going to ‘do us’ on Saturday. Our players were out on their feet last night and this bug won’t have helped. They’re scrapping for their lives and I think that will make the difference in a 2-1 win.

I blame Mercer and his ‘license to print money’ kiss of death. Come on, Merce - get predicting a defeat for Saturday.

Been playing ‘ill’ for some time! IF TM was somehow promised full funds I’d look to cash in while the going was good for him. The cash part to TM won’t happen though so...

Simply not good enough. I’m just hoping (and praying) that it’s largely a confidence issue, but I’m not so sure.

I’m quite concerned by Tony’s relaxed attitude towards us not bringing anyone in - you can only hope it’s different behind the scenes. We could do with 2 full backs, a CB as seemingly Downing is off and we simply can’t be reliant on Mulgrew/Rodwell to stay fit. We also need 2 wingers for me and potentially still a Graham foil (dependant on TM’s faith in Nuttall). We can’t be leaving it all til the summer - there’s still a heck of a lot of points to play for and we’re simply playing too many out of position.

Dack just isn’t at the races tonight. His bird needs to get some Lemsip down him for Saturday. Very unlucky to be behind here but we’ve still been very poor defensively. Need some bodies back for Saturday or I can see us losing that.

4th was onside. Horrendous defending. Game over.

Yep - Conway has been horrid since coming on. His crossing which was his biggest strength seems to be way off.

Absolute bloody howler from Raya. And he’s offside.

That little clip there on BT sport of TM hammering tactics at Rothwell shows why he’s not trusting him. Looking forward to seeing him run at a tired Geordie defence.

Nuttall at least has a bit of technique and makes life uncomfortable for defenders.

Sub wise I think I’d get the big Canadian on for Raya. Raya never gets near to penalties.

That ain’t good news if Reed is out for any spell at all.