It never ceases to amaze me reading the comments of people who were actually at the game. Person A will say player X played really well yet person B can say player X was awful ! They can’t both be right.

Thanks for that Tony. You really capture the ebb and flow of the game. It’s nearly as good as being there. The scores are very revealing as to who are the key players in the team.

You mean “ The Crown Oil Arena “ now Jim.

Get well soon.

I’m only 10 miles away from the stadium in Rochdale and there’s blue skies appearing now.

Yeah, my money would have been on the Dingles in those conditions.

I’ve played in conditions like that. Sweep the snow off the white lines and away you go.

Brererton has only himself to blame. Booked twice in two games apparently for kicking the ball away. The club should fine players for that sort of booking.

I see the Dingles v Spurs game as been called off at late notice. I’m in Rochdale and the conditions don’t look bad enough to call a game off.

Big Ben should have gone with his left foot with that chip in the first half. Going with the outside of his right foot made it much more difficult. He should have put the laces through that one at the end, like he did with that chance the other day.

Well they’ve managed to ruin Xmas for us over the last few seasons but today’s result has made my day. I’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Given the playing conditions more than normally it’ll be the team that want’s it the most that’ll thrive today.

Dolan not fully fit apparently. He came in for some rough treatment the other night.

We could have done with him today. If it’s as windy in Stoke as it is up here the ball will be spending a lot of time in the air.

That’s our Achilles heel, our inability to perform for more than a half at a time. We either fail to get going in the first half and spend the second half trying to catch up or we have a storming first half and spend the second half hanging on. It’s been like that throughout Mowbray’s time at Rovers.

How long has it taken him to learn what I learnt at 16. You set up your way of playing to suit the skill set of the players in the team.

Good luck with it.

He’s very handy to have on the bench seeing that he can play in several positions. He’s not a starter in my opinion.

Thanks once more Tony. Sounds like Dembele was a handful.

Yeah, the harder he’s worked the better he’s got. There’s a message there.

Where would you be looking to strengthen the team ?

I can’t see Dack dogging defenders like Dolan does. He made a goal out of nothing last night. Not for the first time either.

Yes, I heard that.

Speaking of Freeman is he doing anything these days ? I never hear him mentioned. Did we dodge a bullet ?

For a few seasons we had a team to go with it as well. The 63-64-65 team could, and did, give anybody a football lesson. That team was best Rovers side I’ve seen and that includes the team that won the Prem. Ask anyone who was lucky enough to see them play.