Aye, and he can't pass for pish... tells you something!

Trouble is, Tinkerman tends to play Gally as a winger, not a centre-forward.. Will he ever learn?

Just want us to turn up, play to our strengths, work hard to accommodate our known weaknesses, and never give up till the final whistle blows... Same as any other game for the Rovers. COYB!

8They will be smarting from the 5-1 rout at WBA no doubt, plus the loss of their status as the only team in th FL with an unbeaten away record this season. Expecting a tough game to be honest. However, as we have seen, there are only tough games in this league, so therefore nothing to fear. If we can field a consistent side then we can give them a game. C'mon, Tinkerman...make my day!

What I liked was the constant harrying of the Derby players by our midfield, to regain possession. Reminiscent of our promotion form coming back from League 1. Not only does it please the crowd, but it also gives the impression of a team that is working hard for each other, which is further dispiriting for the opposition. Long may it continue. No doubt there will be further reverses to endure, and Tinkerman may lose the plot even further than replacing the energetic (if somewhat knackered) front man with a striker on the wing, but if we've found a formula that works, lets just go with it and let other teams worry about us.

Rovers: Walton, Nyambe, Adarabioyo, Lenihan (c), Downing, Travis, Evans, Armstrong, Dack, Rothwell, Graham. Substitutes: Leutwiler, Johnson, Gallagher, Brereton, Holtby, Bennett, Buckley. Derby County: Hamer, Wisdom, Forsyth, Bielik, Dowell, Waghorn, Lawrence, Holmes, Davies (c), Bogle, Malone. Substitutes: Roos, Marriott, Evans, Martin, Lowe, Knight, Whittaker.

Am hoping for some miraculous outcome, but we do seem to have settled into an uncomfortable pattern of flattering to deceive, so wouldn't be surprised to see a Rovers Reverse. If Mowbray can field an unchanged side, and keep something in the tank on the bench, we might find a way to win. Not going to hold my breath though.

Don't tempt fate!!

Sums it up perfectly - but then again, this is why we are addicted to 'the beautiful game' - if it was a guaranteed win every week, it would be as boring as feck! I mean, even Liverpool have to work for results at the moment, and they win & continue to win because they a) seem to play as a team, b) keep going for the full 90 minutes at full speed, and c) want to win (as do many other outfits like Leicester, ManShitty, even Wolves atm). The main difference between Prem examples like those and us, is perhaps we don't have a clear and consistent view of our manager's philosophy, the players are enigmatic (a term once applied to Noel Brotherston RIP no less!) and we sometimes completely lose the plot (thereby shipping lots of late goals from time to time). Other than that, Rovers can beat anyone on the day... Which probably means we are in for a disappointing Saturday evening on the 7th.. COYB, let's keep the trend upwards!

Kerching! the penny finally drops!

Sadly, we know only too well what that feels like.. Are they Rovers in disguise? But back on topic, a draw at Big Club isn't a disaster, and is in some ways preferable to a higher profile game against a Prem Club or a banana skin with a (relative) minnow. At least this way we can either progress or exit the competition relatively quietly and without it becoming a major talking point (except of course for the usual suspects - 10K plus posters who clearly have nowt better to do with their time!). So, bring on the Brum and let's just treat it as shooting practice for our erm 'strikeforce' COYB

Yes, or at least he was 7 years ago when I was still a blind biased barsteward in black. Always a bit full of himself, but very fit and a good talker to players during a game. Not sure if he's dropped off the PL list, but I doubt it, given the number of refs who are still at that level well into their 40s and even early 50s.

Get Rudy and Rhodes back. Completely re-organise the side to create supply for them. Spend ages waiting for their partnership to gel. Then realise that we've been relegated due to continuing to leak 2-3 goals per game on average despite having the most expensive striker set up in the Championship. Rotten to the core. Rinse and repeat.

I blame the pitch at Mill Hill St Peters.

Brereton, Chapman, Rankin-Costello. The first two if playing at their originally perceived potential. JRC because we should be looking to strengthen from within, and the lad clearly has something to offer.

It's all a bit too 'hit and hope' for me. Why can't TM accept the notion that appears to work very well in other clubs, that a consistent and stable line up breeds success. The constant tinkering on the basis of trying to out-think the opposition has only demonstrated one thing, and that is that TM isn't very good at it. If it ain't broke, Tony, don't FFS try to fix it!

Regardless of the result tonight, TM is going nowhere - We can't be compared, as a club anymore, to the likes of Spurs etc, with decisive and dynamic management structures and clear leadership in place. Nope. We have Waggot, a toothless local Board, and TM himself, who has the blessing of the absent ones many thousands of miles away and who couldn't care less if Blackburn Rovers never kicked another ball in anger. Besides, given the lack of anyone to push him, why would TM walk on his own volition? Crackers. Come on you Blues. Do something. FFS!

I'll have whatever it is you're drinking / taking, Rev

Which fecking eejit bought the lad? Strikes me TM is somewhat schizo and inclined to cut his nose off to spite his loss of face..

You could add: Shite in entertainment value and Sick of this flaming nonsense for a full house of 7S. McKinsey would be proud of ye.

I reckon they are all as baffled as we are about the 'system' TM wants to impose. Unsurprisingly, this is the result we see on the pitch.

Why not play Gallagher as a striker, with Chapman and Armstrong on the wings stretching play and putting the odd cross into the box? Yeah, yeah. Why don't we all live on the moon.

Maybe Raya will bring TM a present from the sarf east- hopefully a p45 wrapped in sparkly goalie gloves ?

PMSL! Anyway, back on topic, Simon would have had an absolute field day against yesterday's opposition - mind you he'd probably have been played as a defender by Mr Mumbly Numb Nuts and his cack-handed coaching car-crash crew.

There is no hole in the Bank of India's finances, nor is there any reason for them to come calling on behalf of our (deluded) benefactors whose cash has been squandered for the past 9 years. If the Venkys wish to finance a weird vanity project for undisclosed reasons, just because they do this via an institution like BoI it doesn't mean BoI have any interest at all in the underlying reasons why they spend their money on us.