Sat in the directors box for the game, but have never seen such a negative pile of crap like that for a while!!! Second half was bad enough, but the first half we were simply non existent. One plus point was Nelsen, he was awesome and as others have pointed out he had to cover for others' mistakes-even Todd on a few occasions (such as when he tried to take on Job in his own area!!!). Thommo was awful, and Mokoena was very poor-his passing was woeful, and as yet I havn't really seen anything for him to warrant being the "south african captain". Yet again Emerton flattered to deceive, a few good crosses were all he could muster despite him being a very quick player. Finally, if you play 4-5-1 and go behind with one inexperienced striker on the bench then you are screwed. It was so blatant that we werent going to get back into it, we didn't even muster a decent chance in the whole game. It would appear then that by not getting a striker in during January that we have shot ourselves in the foot, and dragged ourselves back into the dogfight. At best we should play either Stead or Gallagher upfront alongside Dickov, but I've got a feeling that Hughsey will either play 4-5-1, or go for the Dickov-Jemal partnership against Norwich. We must win next Saturday, but at the moment i can't see it happening. I may be being over negative, but even West Brom have banged two more in than us this season, 21 goals in 26 games is pathetic.

I'm going to this one, but I'm afraid I won't be sat with the boys, because I know Boro's chief exec's daughter. Should be a good game, and I think that we'l scrape a draw. Boro 1 Rovers 1

There's no way that we should be tempted to offer Emo as any part of the deal. This season he has been way better, and on his day he can match anyone. On the other hand a straight swap for Ferguson would suit both clubs.

As Roverthehill has pointed out, the d-man and robben up against Matteo is fairly ludacris, thus matteo must have the best game of his career to even come off the pitch with a shed of pride. I don't know why, but I just feel that were gonna somehow nick a point against them. They werent up for it against Citeh, so why not against us?! Rovers 1 Chelski 1

Good result as I had feared for a much tighter game than that. Bournemouth proved how tough playing lower league opposition can be so this was a professional performance from the boys. One thing though-if Hughes didn't give Stead a start against these boys in an effort to get his confidence up then he'll never start him in the prem. Expect us to get a striker in on loan and perhaps Stead to go to a Championship club on loan.

I can almost guarentee that we won't win comfortably. We never (Fulham apart) win by 2 goals or more and this trend will continue until we can find some added creativity and somebody to bang them in. I'm going for a hard faught: Rovers 2 Colchester 1

Going to this one and really looking forward to it-unless it pelts it down with rain (no roofing!!!). I'm confident that we can nick a win here, I'll go for: Portsmouth 1 Rovers 2

I predicted 1-0 to Rovers against Charlton, so can I make it two in a row? Like most, I think we should rest a few-maybe Dickov, Fergie and Emerton. I think we'll win this one without too much hassle: Cardiff 1 Rovers 3

A few players need to be rested. I'd drop Reid,Matteo and Stead. Possibly bring in Gally, Mceveley and Thommo/MGP. I reckon Rovers can nick this 1-0.

Poor performance, but I suppose we shouldn't dwell on it too much. However I've never seen such poor marking in my entire life by Emerton. He just completely left him and watched as the smallest player on the pitch nodded it in. Shocking from a supposed proffesional. Big, big game tomorow where we must take all 3 points.

I predicted 2-1 to Rovers, but 1-0 will do nicely!!! Great result for the boys, and lets hope we can push on from here and get a few more wins before our tricky February period.

I'm a big fan of Brad's however some of his goalkeeping this season has been pretty poor. Against Baros and Dyer for example he seems to just stay back on his line. Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a keeper meant to narrow the angle?! Also Dyer's finishw as pretty poor, Friedel got a touch to it but should have done alot better. He makes some great saves, and he is still a quality keeper but I'm afraid he's way past his best.

I've got a sneaky feeling about this one. Although it'd be good to see MGP get a run out, I don't think that'd it would be a wise move against a rough opposition like Bolton. I expect Thommo to come in for Reidy and maybe Gally in for Stead? I really think that we'll nick it-I'll go for: Bolton 1 Rovers 2 Okocha Ferguson Neil

Apparently Thommo was the major factor in us getting back into the game! Not a bad result, but draws aren't getting us out of danger and believe it or not, S'hampton and co will start to win a few soon-so must we.

He did lamp Gillespie that time aswell remember!! Looking forward to next Sunday, I actually have a sense of optimism about the game. As I've said in another thread, their defence is woeful at best. We havn't scored for a fair few games now, and if we don't bag a couple against them then we really will need to bring in two new strikers. Hopefuly Shearer imparticularly and Bellamy will be injured, and the fact that Butt and Bowyer are out all points to a Rovers win for me. Rovers 2 Newcastle 1.

After watching the highlights it was very encouraging to see Rovers out play Everton-who despite their performance are third in the table. The defence looks very solid at the moment, and it makes you wonder why Todd hasn't been a regular ever since he joined Rovers. The worrying thing is that although we outplayed Everton we failed to really test Nigel Martyn, which is a worry. Although our strikers couldn't hit a barn door at present, we must not look past the lack of creativity in the midfield as a potential reason for us not scoring enough. As others have pointed out, Fergie scored 16 for Rangers in the season before he joined us (poorer standard of football I know) but if we could get in Savage for example then it would allow Ferguson to be more attack minded. Did any one see Gillette soccer special yesterday? They said that Savage wouldn't want to come at all because we're too small a club for him-God how Marsh and his pals annoy me. All in all, a point isn't bad, but we must beat Newcastle now on Sunday, and believe me if we can't score against them then we may aswell start planning for Div 1.

Surely on recent evidence a striker is now the priority. I do admit that we're also pretty desperate for another central midfielder, however to turn these draws into wins we need someone who's going to get 7-10 goals before the end of the season. I don't believe that any of our current crop are capable enough of doing this. Also if any cash is left after the purchases of a striker and a midfielder, how about trying to snap up a left back? The curse of our left backs seems set to continue with Gray, Mceveley, Nissa and possibly Matteo now failing.

I don't think that we can turn these draws into wins without a decent striker though. We havn't scored for a fair few games now, and to be honest it doesn't really look like we are going to (granted I wasn't at the match). I'm afraid we need a Cole like purchase to get us out of this mess. On the plus side, our defence is looking very solid at present-it's just a shame the boys can't do the job at the other end.

Everton are as stingy at conceding goals as Doug Ellis is with his chequebook. It will be a tight game, with neither side giving much away, however I'd go with either 0-0 or 0-1 Everton.

I thought it would be out of them two positions too Den, but how we could do with a striker who could bag a few goals aswell!!!

Not the worst result, but boy do we desperately need a few wins over the Christmas period. A few observations from watching the highlights on Sky: Dickov must be the worst finisher in the premiership. Penalties aside the lad has no composure in front of goal whatsoever. A striker is now desperately required, but as others have said, who is there available who can guarentee you goals? Also, although Thommo's second yellow card was debatable, he could quite easily have been sent off for the first kick. After what Jay Bothroyd did a few weeks ago, what the hell was David "can't wait to be back in the first team" Thompson doing?! It is good however that our defensive unit looks more solid, but we shouldn't get too carried away because we've only played Fulham, Spurs and Palace in our last three games. Investment is needed in January, and we must pick up at least 1 win out of our two next home games. Weather we will do, with our awful home record remains to be seen.

A Centre half and a ball winning midfielder for me too. However the problem of a solid left back keeps coming back to haunt us!!! Hughes' is obviously not picking micky Gray for a reason, so I guess that if we can get a left back on the cheap then Hughesey may think about it. A striker is also required, however with Rovers' financial predicament we must prioritise.

Great performance-a far cry from the team which has rolled over all season. There were alot of pluses today; the pairing of Nissa and Short, Ferguson's performance, Bothroyd looking the part up front, Reid looking every inch the player we heard about at Millwall. However the biggest plus of the night for me was Emerton. Have his family finally took back his twin brother and given us the real Brett or something? He looked like the player who had all the big clubs in Europe after him, what a performance. We must follow this up with a couple of wins now starting against Norwich next weekend. If we keep the same 11, I don't see any reason why we can't do that and get out of this mess. It was only one performance, and there were still some negatives (First 10 mins, Neil and Friedel-what was he doing for Baros' goal?! The first rule for a keeper is to come out and narrow the angle!!!), but for some reason I'm feeling strangely optimistic for the first time in a year!

Disagree, I think if we had a GOOD defensive central midfielder to partner with Ferguson, that would help our offense and defense. It would provide more cover for the back, and allow Barry to make more runs forward. Yeah true mate, but Barry scoring 5+ a season isn't going to solve our scoring problems is it. Surely Reid or Thompson could do a half decent job in there, thus allowing us to bring in a striker who could teach the rest a thing or two.

I do agree that a centre half is the priority, but surely a striker comes a close second before a midfielder. At current I don't think any of our top guns wil get 5 or more this season. Surely a risk on Ellington (Just as an example) and a centre half is required in Jan?