Bohinen1983

I think Mitrovic has been decent where ever he has been. To say he couldn't hit a barn door is a bit unfair. He is a very good, well proven striker. His international record speaks volumes.

I love players with pace, it means the opposition have to sit deeper. I think Burke looks quite a threatening player, I could see him as a wide forward. In saying that I could only see him coming in to replace Khadra or Brereton not as well as, unless the plan is to move Big Ben into the middle? Burke---- Brereton ---- Khadra OR Brereton--- Gallagher --- Burke I'd like to keep Khadra and sign Burke if possible. He would give us quite a few options up top, especially if we can keep hold of Khadra. Butterworth and Dolan biting at their heels then the younger lads coming through in Mcbride and Burns coming through. We'd have an abudance of options moving forwards. Makes me think I would rather see us allocate such funds towards keeping hold of the quality we already ahve...

I can't see Brighton calling them two back if they have any serious aspirations of signing Brereton at any point in the future.

If you take away that freak result against Fulham we're more or less on par with them. I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you discount that result and say we lost 2-0 instead of 7-0 Fulham would have: Goals for 46 (51), Goals against 19 Rovers would be 3 points behind, Goals for 41, Goals against 22 It's hypothetical but not competely pointless, I think it shows that taking away an absolute freak result we're right up their behind and based upon our current trajectory they should be concerned. It's interesting how after that, results the fortunes of both clubs have differed. Fulham have looked abject and been on a dreadful run of form whilst Rovers have ripped up the Championship. The gap we have clawed back on the top two is outrageous. If you'd told me we'd be in this situation on Boxing day I'd have told you Mowbray should be sacked and our season was ready to enter into a death spiral. Well Mr Mowbray, and the players, I tip my hat. Credit were credit is due. Absolutely fantastic bunch of hungry, young dynamic players. There's a long way to go but I think the top two isn't an unrealstic thing to shoot at.

Which, in an elite athlete is absloutely miniscule.

Because they don't want to take it?

I think the inconsistency people often cite can now be put to bed. I'd attribute any inconsistency in the past to the sporadic nature of his appearances, being played out of position or playing in a dysfunctional side. Put Rothwell with better players and he'll look even better- in my opinion, which obviously you're welcome to disagree with.

If I was Tony Mowbray I'd be giving Joe Rothwell whatever he's asking for. The man is an angel. He glides around a football pitch majestically and blends that with an element of comabtiveness- an absolute joy to watch. He could easily play Premierleague football. We've been fortunate enough to witness some top-top talent at Rovers over the years and there's little doubt in my mind Rothwell is in that category. You simply cannot let this kind of asset leave for nothing- name a like-for-like replacement?! You can't, you simply can't!

Offer them a new contract with a promotion clause- significant increase in wages IF we go up, if we don't pop realistic release fee's in their contracts. I could see the latter upsetting a few fans but it's better than them walking for nothing....

Yeh, but for Pears the outcome of the game could have been completely different. He looked confident and dominant on crosses too. I'm not saying I don't want Kaminski back, but surely Pears has done himself no harm in his performances. What's happened to Stergiakis? He came with quite a good reputation, Eastham was on the bench on Saturday I noticed ahead of him.

This!! Enjoy the moment, lads. It might go tits, it might not, but bloody hell, I'm loving every moment!

Wharton has made a tremendous difference, the guy's a class act. There was a moment in the first half were he showed great feet in a passage of play that led to a dangerous opportunity. We could do with another right back, and an extra creative midfielder imo incase Rothwell gets injured. Got to keep this side together and go for it now. I take my hat off to Mowbray, after the Fulham defeat I called for him to go- well, he's proven me and many others wrong. Credit where credit is due. Offer the players new contracts with promotion clauses indicating a significant rise in wages in line with the Premier League money.

I was never keen on Robinson, he had a tremedous kick and was fairly agile but his positioning was very poor- got beaten quite often from long shots. Non-the-less, a steady(ish) enough keeper. We've had much-much worse, Steele has got to be the worst keeper I've ever seen in a Rovers shirt. I'd go as far to say that if we'd have dropped him sooner the season we went down we'd have stayed up. No idea how we managed to flog him to Sunderland, but I think it's little coincidence they went down too the next season.

Great result in the end. If Stoke lose tommorrow there's a bit of a gap developing between us and, dare I say it, 'the chasing pack'. At this point I would be offering contracts with a few conditions, if we get promoted there's a hefty increase in salary- a bit of a carrot to stay and get us up.. And if we don't go up, their wage has been bumped up a fair bit, but there's a release fee in their contracts so any would be suitor can offer market value and take them off our hands...

To me at least it's quite simple. I'll give an analogy. I have a couple of houses, I've run into some unexpected fiancial difficulties that means I am struggling to pay their mortgages.. I can either borrow some money to continue to pay the mortgage whilst I arrange sale of my assests then pay off the remainder of my outstanding debt and have a bit left over. Or I can choose not borrow speculatively to protect my expensive assets and lose them for a pittance. If you translate that to football. We have multimillion pound assets on the cusp of leaving for a pittance. You just need to speculatively borrow the money, offer them what they want, then if you can't afford that within your budget sell them for a premium. Surely that makes better business sense than losing them for nothing.... The fact we have so many assests running down is a major cause of concern...

What's Mani said?

Lost for words.