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Cool clip posted on AEDub's Instagram of Jericho's entrance on the cruise without commentary:

Rothwell going off at HT was definitely a turning point. He was sensational in the first half. Hope it was precautionary and his injury isn't too serious. Would be a shame for him to have a spell on the sidelines after finally getting going tonight.

Charlton will be looking nervously over their shoulders now.

Gallagher had an absolute shocker tonight I'm afraid. When will this experiment with him out wide end? With that said even at the end when he had a great chance with a header right in the middle of the penalty box he put it wide. Graham would have had that one for breakfast.

Great first half save for poor defending for their goal. Rothwell going off had a big impact on us in the second half, we lost all the attacking fluidity we had in the first half and it was a much more typical Rovers performance. Nonetheless we ground out the win which is something we have failed to do multiple times in the past, so well done to the team for grinding it out. Onto the next run of good form by the looks of things.

Gallagher misses a golden opportunity to head us 3-1 ahead. Didn't even get it on target ffs.

"I've had quite enough of that fancy football maverick nonsense lads, back to normal!"

Tbf we could do with Millwall losing regardless of how we feel about Leeds.

Rothwell was struggling with what looked like a thigh injury at the end of the half. Massive shame, it's the best he's played since he was reintroduced to the team.

Lovely to see isn't it?

Not sure I've ever seen us play with such confidence and swagger up top since Mowbray arrived. We've looked very, very menacing as an attacking force in the first 45. Defence is still looking a bit dodgy though so could really do with getting a third to give us some breathing space.

Yep, he looks calm and assured on the ball but keeps trying to pass it up through the middle and it's been repeatedly cut out. Tony needs to tell him to cut it out at HT.

Some of the stuff we're playing up top is magnificent. We look so confident.

Tosin has played us into trouble three times now with wayward passes from out the back. He needs to be a bit more careful.

We are playing some exciting stuff. Can't believe this is the same team I watched labour against Wigan.

Is that two assists for Rothwell now?

Carved apart with ease. Disappointing after a good attacking start but we still look so suspect defensively.

Some vein of form Armstrong is in at the moment!

A better version of Edge's return, as the original RR version is pretty terrible:

Riddle is definitely a potential megastar. Just a case of whether WWE trust him enough to strap a rocket to him.

Interesting. Riddle has form for getting himself into trouble with stuff like this unfortunately.

Hey now, you're being very unfair here in forgetting those three hours or so when we reached the promised land of 6th place.

Really enjoyed the Royal Rumble PPV. One of the strongest efforts WWE has put out in a long time. Both rumble matches were excellent, and the other matches were decent as well. I liked that the aesthetic was a bit different to normal - it gave the PPV a unique feel rather than the usual homogenised sets. Reigns/Corbin was a good brawl to start the show, but I really can't care about a feud with King Corbin as the centrepiece. It does nothing for me at all. I thought the women's rumble match was interesting and entertaining. Random thoughts: - Always great to hear the old Hurricane theme, and Mighty Molly was a fun throwback. - The Mandy Rose/Otis spot was really clever. - Naomi looked good on her return, still very much over with the crowd. The spot where she jumped from the steps to the barricade was very well done. - Nice pop for Beth Phoenix and she still looks and performs very well. She got some serious colour in her hair though, assume she must have gotten a cut somewhere. - I found the Santina stuff pretty funny. - I think I have a bit of a crush on Tegan Nox. - It doesn't bother me that Charlotte won, although I think it would have been more interesting to have Baszler go over. I would rather have seen Becky/Baszler at WM than another Becky/Charlotte match. Will be interesting to see whether they do end up going with Becky/Charlotte or if they choose a different route. Bayley/Lacey Evans was certainly the worst match of the night. Bayley's run as champion has just been awful, and Lacey needs to drop the whole "Southern Belle" gimmick and transition into something a little more natural. She has a hell of a genuine backstory but the Southern Belle stuff is campy and limiting. Wyatt/Bryan was a good match. I'm glad they toned down the horror movie campiness and had more of a traditional match. No red lighting either, thank goodness. The Fiend continues to look unstoppable, although I'm guessing they will find some kind of weakness to exploit storyline-wise before Wrestlemania when I expect Wyatt will lose the title. Lynch/Asuka was solid, not much more to say on it. Although I will say that the ending was weird - why did Asuka's head shoot up from being kicked in the stomach? Should have done an uppercut or something. The men's rumble match was one of the best they've done in recent times. From a storyline perspective it was top notch and had me engaged the entire way through. Also loved Booker T being back on commentary, he's very entertaining. Random notes: - Brock mowing down competitor after competitor in the early going told a good story, but I'm not sure Morrison (who has only just returned) needed to be thrown to the wolf like that. - Poor Kofi - what a come down after his run as champion last year. Firstly getting buried by Brock on the FOX Smackdown debut, never getting or seeming to want a rematch, tossed back into tag team nothingness, and now fed to Lesnar along with Big E and Rey Mysterio in the rumble. It feels like in the end his title run counted for little in terms of raising his stature, as he's now right back where he was before essentially. - It was cool to see MVP back, even briefly. - Lesnar upon seeing Keith Lee: "Ohhh, big boy. [to Heyman] Who is this motherfucker?" - hilarious. - Brock was definitely eliminated at the right time, he was looking seriously gassed by the time Ricochet came out. Sweat everywhere, face beetroot red - I was getting a bit concerned for him! I'm not sure why he didn't just toss Ricochet out when he had the chance, but that ultimately led to the low blow which allowed McIntyre to eliminate him, so at least it served a storyline purpose. I thought they might have Brock stick around and attack McIntyre, but after hanging around at ringside for a while he just left. To be honest he looked so exhausted I'm not sure he could have done much more anyway. - Hell of a pop for Drew eliminating Brock. They told a great story with McIntyre during this entire match. - I had to laugh when Drew chucked Ricochet out of the ring like a sack of shit. - What did Miz do to get jobbed out like that? I was a bit surprised to see him handled so easily by McIntyre. Not a good night for him or Morrison! - Edge's return was just awesome. I got goosebumps when his music hit and he came out. You could see how emotional he was. He looks old facially now but he still has a great physique and he didn't miss a beat in the ring. It was like he hadn't been away at all - what a pro. - With that said, how the fuck did they manage to completely miss Edge's first spear? Somehow they cut to the crowd just as he ran to hit it. Crazy bad camera botch. I bet Vince was raging. The camera cuts in general during Edge's entrance were ridiculous. Calm the fuck down. - AJ's injury was unfortunate. A seperated shoulder apparently, from Edge's spear. You could see he landed really awkwardly taking it, and was pretty much done for the rest of the match. He called his own elimination so I guess they had to change some stuff on the fly - would be interested to know what the original plan was and how far into the rumble AJ was meant to go. - Matt Riddle super over, as expected. I laughed when Graves called him the original bro and Booker was like "I'm the original bro" - obviously referring to his old G.I. Bro gimmick. - Disappointed with how quickly Riddle was eliminated - by Corbin of all people. A small nitpick though. - So much for people saying Roman would never be booed again when he came back. A very mixed reception for him tonight. With that said this eternal feud with Corbin isn't doing him any favours and I wish they'd drop it. - The KO/Joe & Seth/AOP/Murphy storyline was integrated really well into the match. - Seth is a great heel, thank god they had the sense to turn him. For some reason as a heel he's always reminded me of nWo era Hollywood Hogan. Just some of the mannerisms, the colour scheme, always being surrounded by heavies to do his dirty work. It might just be me on that one though. - One thing I will say is that the above portion of the rumble did highlight a major pet peeve of mine when it comes to this match. It's no-DQ, so why do people interfering stand around outside the ring? Why did AOP & Murphy not jump in the ring with Seth and beat down the others? I've never understood the logic here. I also wonder why, if it's no-DQ, more weapons aren't used in the rumble. Theoretically there's nothing stopping anybody grabbing a chair and going apeshit. - Related to the above I also think it's logically flawed to have competitors either not in the rumble or eliminated from the rumble assisting in eliminating legit competitors. I don't feel like it should count. For example when Lana caused Liv Morgan to be eliminated in the women's match - why should this count? Lana wasn't in the match anymore as she had already been eliminated. - I was digging the Team RKO reunion. The double RKO was great, and the spot where Orton got caught sizing up Edge for an RKO was pretty funny. - When Edge and Roman were on the apron fighting at the end I thought Drew was going to hit the pair of them with a double Claymore to eliminate both. I think that would have been a great spot, rather than Roman eliminating Edge, getting back in the ring and then eventually getting thrown out by Drew. That was a wicked looking Claymore to Roman at the end though. Overall a very good Rumble - one of the best - and now we start the road to WrestleMania.

Tbf they had some really good results after we beat them. They got a 3-1 win against Hull a couple of weeks later, beat QPR 5-3 and got a 2-1 away win at Millwall. Also respectable draws against WBA and Swansea. Their form has declined again recently but they had a pretty good little run going towards the end of November to the end of December.

When we went on our winning run we generally stuck to the same team, Bristol City aside, which was a big difference to TM's usual rotation policy. Doesn't sound like he's learned from that though unfortunately. TM is talking extremes there but it's not that he's a good or a bad manager necessarily, he's just an average one, hence the fluctuating results and inconsistent form.