As crazy as this sounds, if Travis starts on Friday then I'd pair him with Forshaw. Forshaw is closer to the type of player Tronstad is than Buckley, so my logic is that Travis can do what he does best and Forshaw can do the Tronstad role. Buckley being there I fear means Travis has to change the way he plays. Predicted team: Pears Britain Batth Hyam Beck Travis Forshaw Weimann Dolan Hedges Gueye Think he'll revert to a back 4 for this game.

100% this. Standards are so poor amongst goalkeepers. Even teams fighting for champions league places seem to have naff goalkeepers these days. Look at the fella in net for Chelsea. Raya who is supposedly the best keeper in the league atm also drops drops clangers. Gone are the days of Seaman, Friedel, Van Der Sar, Schwarzer, Given, etc. Call me old fashioned but I feel like a big part of it has come down to playing out from the back as most teams in the top division seem to attempt, and most of them do it so badly. This has obviously started filtering down to the Championship as well. Keepers are suddenly having to focus just as much on their ability with the ball at their feet as they are at actually preventing the ball from going in the net. On Pears. He's probably having his best season at Rovers, probably his career so far actually. I think he's been helped by having a much more solid back 4 in front of him as well.

Probably the striker from St Johnstone that was mentioned the other day as being a name they'd heard. Apologies I can't remember who posted it originally. Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka. Has scored 11 goals in 27 appearances. 6 in the league. Not exactly prolific but then they are bottom of the league. Was an unused sub at the weekend. Probably cheap so wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

I think there is a player in there with more end product than someone like Dolan. Chances are we will take up the option for an extra year because it'd be silly not to, especially as he will likely be 'the replacement' for Dolan anyway.

Not sure what the standard of 2. Bundesliga is compared to the Championship (probably lower?) but I'm glad he's doing well for his club. I'm not sure it would've worked out for him at Rovers even if he'd had stayed for longer.

Same script as per recent games. Lots of effort and very little quality. Preston in pretty good form coming into this. Heckingbottom has started to get decent results out of them Rovers 1 - 2 PNE That fella of theirs who bit Beck in the previous fixture will probably score the winner to make it even worse. It's Blackburn Rovers heritage.

If Rovers were in a relegation fight again then I could see it, but the league position easily influences a lot of fans who attend. I don't know what went on at that meeting last year (the week JDT left I think it was?), but I sincerely hope that the fans that attended gave Waggott both barrels and made it crystal clear we want the owners to put the club up for sale.

No, we haven't. Gestede is proving himself to be a liability and just another chancer. We're back to running contracts down and letting players go for nothing it seems.

Wonder what this weekends Nicko story will be... Probably emphasising the Kargbo link I suppose.

In by Thursday evening if we're lucky. It'll be deadline day on the following Monday and that's if nobody messes things up for once.

Nor do they care.

Well there's a 3rd defeat in a row. Woeful in the end...again. Preston will be rubbing their hands together for next Friday.

Feels like someone is getting sent off in the 2nd half. Real shame Gueye got booked so early, he's actually becoming quit a threat now. Fingers crossed Rovers can kick on and grab another goal.

Get in, come on Rovers!

Got any transfer news? 😂

Surely cancelled out by the law of Nakhi Wells always scoring against us 😂

Wouldn't be at all surprised if we end up with Kargbo and the lad from St Jonhstone as the 'winger and striker', and that'll be all. Gearing up for League One with those kinds of signings, which feels like one bad managerial appointment away once JE has had enough of the circus.

Good if Britain and Batth are available to play, but when you've got a midfield duo of Buckley and Forshaw I think you're on hiding to nothing.

The question that I suspect we'll never get an answer to. They'll drive the club deeper and deeper into the ground before they're gone.

Positives about signing Kargbo IMO: It won't be a temporary loan deal of a raw premier league youngster, or a short term contract He appears to have a functional pair of legs, unlike Lieutenant Dan...I mean Adam Forshaw In the video at least he seems to not be too afraid to run at the opposition That aside...pretty uninspiring and unlikely to be better than anything we already have in Dolan or ACD. He would at least hopefully be able to stay match fit unlike Sigurdsson. If he's coming in as 'the' striker then that's concerning, but as a LW it's probably as good as its going to get.

Urrgh

This will be Rovers heaviest defeat of the season (so far). Bristol are pretty strong at home and we have a threadbare squad, if Pears, Brittain and Batth are all out for this one then that's at least 8 pretty much guaranteed starters out and we're essentially fielding a starting 11 that reeks of League Cup first round against a League Two side material. Bristol City 4 - 1 Rovers. Nakhi Wells will score at least one of theirs. Gueye with a consolation for Rovers. We'll get massively overrun in midfield with Forshaw and Buckley likely to be the pairing. I'd stick Hedges at right back if Brittain cant play, I know he's done LWB a few times. Doesn't really matter ultimately though, because this will be awful.

Forget Waggott, its Suhail that needs to be targeted. Waggott is just a useless 'yes man' passenger.

Well I did say 'probably'

On the plus side - at least we're probably not getting relegated this season 😂