Nobody is saying spend £10m on a striker. But bringing in someone on loan who is a natural striker, giving us a plan B, was surely sensible. Hedges is a winger, up until a few months ago Markanday hadn't played up front either. And he got injured with 11 days to spare of the window left, so we had ample time.

TM on Brereton Diaz: "He's strained some ankle ligaments. It's not a short injury, it's not going to be a week or two. We shouldn't put a timescale on it. He'll be back when he's back." There we have it. Kudos again, @Mellor Rover.

Yep. Hudds had missed their last 5 up until Saturday at Fulham. Holmes took it and just leathered it down the middle. GK got a touch, but not enough! Always find it interesting how very good GK's can make awful penalty stoppers. De Gea being a prime example. Cech always seemed poor at them too.

Indeed. Dack and Brereton (well, half a season Brereton) are the only players at the club who can anticipate balls coming into the box and then have the ability to put them away. As you say, we really need our centre halves to start chipping in with a few.

He was on crutches and in the boot at the boxing last night too, so it’s not just window dressing for Ewood / Brockhall. Sickener this - just when we had to hit some form again.

Yet throw Evans in a NI jersey and he’s decent, which shows it’s all about his attitude.

LOL. It’d barely trickle to the goal line.

The single worst fixture we could have right now given the run we’re on. They are the leagues form team and look pretty formidable opposition, especially at home. We couldn’t hit a barn door, BBD is out for a while, and our friends at Sky are showing it again. Surely the tide has to turn at some point? I really think it’s important we don’t lose, and have a feeling we may spring a surprise: Sheff Utd 0 Rovers 1

That’s seven matches - 50% of our remaining games. As I say, an absolute balls up not bringing in some more firepower in Jan.

Surely we need to forget Fulham. Lost today but they’re ten clear with a game in hand. Far too much quality to let anything slip.

As I say, we haven’t been able to score with him, let alone without him! A true CF option off the bench - some kind of plan B at least - would have been perfect.

Beat me to it. We’re always the gift that keeps on giving.

We’ve barely scored a goal this year Chaddy - in fact they’re our only two goals scored in the league in 2022 - so no, we haven’t always found a way.

QPR love a late stoppage time goal. May throw a Merce at it, so it doesn’t happen.

A sickener for today’s game to be called off given we go to the leagues form team on Wednesday…live on Sky too which makes it even worse. QPR 1-1 now too.

Problem now is that was down as a must win for me, and I reckon TM too. Win that, build some confidence and push on. We now go to Sheff Utd away, who are on fire today and probably the leagues form team. We desperately need 3 points and I’d be amazed if we get them there which makes the QPR game one hell of a 6 pointer.

I just cannot see where our goals our coming from. It’s all good and well to say ‘others need to step up’ but their careers to date would suggest that they won’t. Huge problems for us - we couldn’t even score with him. Only Sheff Utd and Fulham away to come in two of our next three fixtures (QPR at home too!).

This is what I’m not understanding. Pitch looks frozen, why’s it not on?

No, he was the first to come out and say he wanted out to Bournemouth and that’s why he’d be missing that particular match (forget who it was against now).

Dear God. After the Hull debacle, we’ll have a lot to answer for here if it’s cancelled this late. You simply cannot say at 1230 that it’s going ahead and then do another inspection at 2.15.

FFS. Just please start predicting Rovers losses again. It’s a sure fire win for us then.

As I say, worrying thing for me here is Mellor broke the Rothwell news last month, so clearly has a line in somewhere.

Start winning you mean, Arbitro 😉.

Hudds 2-0 up away to Fulham. It’s getting so congested behind us now. We simply have to win today - no two ways about it.

Pen for 2-0 now. FFS Fulham…I thought this was a banker we could rely on today.