Bethnal

Didn’t think an Icelandic footballer wouldn’t fancy a rainy day in Lancashire, but he doesn’t look like he’s enjoying himself at all. Seems very disengaged, almost unfit?

Yeah, conditions can’t be helping but even still, some poor play has crept in.

Agreed, having a good game. Looking assured so far.

The effective press we had earlier this half has been scuppered by the goal. Sigurdsson, JRC and Brittain aren’t supporting it.

This is a radically different game if that first chance gets put away. Players just look to have switched off the past 6-7 mins.

We do not look excellent here. They probably should’ve had both the offsides, the second one looked iffy and we haven’t responded. Wasteful, really.

We look excellent here.

Staggering. Excellent build-up, Swansea were all at sea, but a staggering miss.

Hope the boys do her proud on the pitch today. Best wishes to you.

Looks like he could be the focal point up top (good touch, fairly intelligent, holds the ball up well) but our midfield do not appear to know how to use him at all.

Dolan having a really good half here, some excellent work. Trav has been far too gung-ho, he’s causing huge problems for some tired legs around him. Can’t fathom why he hadn’t been told to pair up with Tronstad and support the full backs.

JRC tired here, head down when he receives the ball, instead of seeing the through ball. Switch for Adam or Trav.

A life well-lived. RIP.

Dolan is the definition of a confidence player. Some excellent work since his assist. Surprised to see JRC spurn a chance from taking his foot off the gas at the crucial moment. That goal would’ve been huge. Really want to see us remain balanced and vigilant here. We struggled to see games out last season and it has to change.

I said in his debut cameo that he didn’t look the required standard and I stand by that. Even still, he is scoring in the behind-closed-doors and U21s games, so there’s obviously something there. As a punt - which he was - I’m happy for him to spend the next 6 weeks getting up to speed, but if he’s still not staked a claim after Christmas, I think we’ll know.

Cardiff aren’t here to play much football and they currently look a level below us. We aren’t causing much bother to their in the box, though. Got to remain balanced and focused, they will get the opportunity to break, we need to find something to make the break a lot less important when it comes (ideally two goals!). We are now a very technical side and increasingly look like a cohesive team, which is pleasing. Standard of coaching must be leagues ahead of where it’s been in recent years.

Has the “death by a thousand cuts” feel to it, although how I’m reading everything doesn’t point to a Rovers funeral, I don’t think. I think if you’re being investigated like this and there’s a story dripping out every week, there’s a lot more blood to be let. Although we should all be careful about what we say definitely and what we speculate on, I would suggest that lazily using the incorrect vehicle for cross-border investment in your rent-a-mate, low-grade, faded pop star acquaintance’s doomed-from-the-off music startup is the kind of thing that a sophisticated investor tends not to do. In the words of the inimitable Logan Roy, these “are not serious people.” Although probably more suitable for those in question would be his shorter, more brusque catchphrase.

Agreed. An incredible find. If he sticks around on a permanent, he’ll be a serious asset to us in this league and potentially the one above. A frankly remarkable upgrade on Diaz.

Has the Raya deal gone through yet? At this rate, we could be getting jiggered out of the sell-on. He looks completely overawed by his situation.

Genuinely think this whenever I watch Match of the Day. We go up and we get Balaji flying back into Ewood, an aged Ronaldinho staggering behind him, off his private jet, bottle of curaçao in hand and a letter from Madame sanctioning “four leased players.” We’d break the Derby lowest points total record, nailed-on, especially with the administrators we have in charge.

They’re mic’d up, aren’t they? He could just as easily have said something through an earpiece.

He’s had more than his fill. How many times can you lose money to Akon in another investment before your number is called? There simply has to be a limit.

I don’t think you’re wrong, but I also don’t think Gilsenan gets on the pitch either. He could’ve been the 19th man (either of them), I’m just grasping for a bit of meaning in the circumstances. To be fair, if JDT has told them to get it launched into the box, Telalovic is a bigger aerial threat, so it may be as simple as that.

Waggott. Balaji’s physician (he’s doing too good of a job, for me).

I don’t think he was coming on unless maybe we were a couple up for the last five. There are others better-placed than me to know if this is the case, but travelling, rooming with someone, going to the pre-match meeting, warming up, being in the dressing room, half time keep-warm and post-match warm down for a player who is definitely still integrating, is probably all really important to getting him back on the pitch, especially because it’s been so stop-start for him.