It has to be at this point. No one can have watched Pears this season and think he’s been picked on merit. Unless (and this is a horrifying thought) Leo is shit and we’ve wasted best part of a million quid on him.

I’d run a raffle and put a random from the crowd in before Dolan gets on the pitch again. Absolute joke that he thinks he’s better than signing a contract here. Him getting a new deal is basically charity from Rovers

Siggy hat trick. 0-5. Season starts here.

Absolutely. You’d think we’re playing 2009 Barca with the way this is being talked about. They’ve had a decent start with some favourable fixtures but I’ll always be confident we can get something against a team that has George Hirst up front…

Bit off topic but in the brief bits I've seen of Batty (pre-season/league cup) he has looked miles away from Championship level. Does he really stand out beyond JRC in u21s?

We must watch different games. He looked slow and ponderous last weekend. Well off the pace. He might come good as he's obviously very raw but mad to be relying on him playing 90 mins as our key goal threat.

Dolan shouldn’t be anywhere near the squad let alone the first 11. So wasteful

Who for?! With the bizarre subs he’s made already it would be taking Sammie off which would be mad.

Says a lot that Dolan and Markanday getting on ahead of Telalovic

Moran and Wharton in battle for lowest pass completion rate ever seen on Ewood

It’s a Mowbray team so a meltdown whilst leading always a possibility

Who is the little prick who just went running in front of the BBE?

So silly from Hedges. Could see that happening in slow motion

When you see games like this, you remember the whole league is crap and any half decent proper striker would see you in the play offs no problem

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Rovers team in my life create so many chances and yet score so few. It’s insane.

Come out, play our game and give Tony/Brad a good hiding. Simple. 5-0 Rovers

Statutory audit quality in this country is on the whole a total joke. In my eyes it primarily exists to train new chartered accountants. The standard of audit of unlisted entities is beyond poor (there is at least some oversight of higher profile, listed work and an attempt to enforce quality). When you couple that with 95% of the general public not understanding what it involves, it becomes an almost pointless exercise.

Game of opinions isn’t it? Makes it interesting. I’d say your opinion is the one bordering on nonsense. He looked immobile, lacking fitness, poor touch and tried to hide away from the ball. That isn’t negated by the one decent pass he played go Szmodics.

That’s an understatement. It was Andre Ooijer levels of bad. I feel JDT played him to prove a point. “Look at one they’ve given me, now don’t complain online when I don’t pick him for rest of the season”

Comes across well and I really do think he is trying to do what he can in nothing short of ridiculous circumstances. Interesting the way he kept listing out our attacking options and Gallagher was an after thought as 4th mentioned. Definitely tried to get a fee for him before the end of the window.

and I was initially responding to the person who said it was the best squad we've ever had

Squad players including Stone, Howey, Walker, Phil Neville, Barmby, Redknapp. First 11 was quality, squad had nowhere near the strength in depth in midfield/attack that we have now.

The team that famously included Darren Anderton starting in midfield?

You think Robson, Venables and Hoddle had comparable squads to Southgate? Laughable. Capello had a good squad granted, but again, no cohesion as noted in my initial post.

Can you name 1 manager who has had a squad this filled with world class players that are hungry to succeed? I could get this team to a QF/SF. It’s the bare minimum that should be expected. He’s tactically very poor in the biggest games and as last night shows continues to pick favourites rather than on merit. The only other manager who had anything like this squad was Sven but that was ruined by him a) also being a shite manager and b) United/Liverpool/Chelsea players refusing to play nice