In that case it’s a tie. Andy scored 3 at West Ham on Boxing Day and another against West Ham in the return game at Ewood two days later.

Three players coming in who are no strangers to the treatment table.

I think we were discussing players who had scored 20 goals for Rovers by Jan Ist in any season. Andy McEvoy had scored 23 league goals by that point in the season 1963-64.

The three lads who are looking to move on certainly put themselves in the shop window yesterday.

That’s not how it sounds to me. It smacks of “ We’ve got players for sale “.

Come home lads. It’s men versus boys.

I’ve seen us win the World Cup. It was no big deal at the time. I was more upset with Rovers getting relegated earlier that year.

It’s the same every week. From his tone and demeanour It’s hard to tell wether we’ve won 4-0 or lost 4-0 !

In his comments after yesterday’s game he was still bigging up the likes of Evans and Holtby etc and saying what a massive loss they were. That tells me he hasn’t learnt much.

Rovers every time for me. There are England games on TV that I don’t even bother watching.

Well at least we’ve got nearly enough points to avoid relegation this season. Maybe that’s the limit of their ambition ?

Brererton must be in the £20 million zone at the moment. How much are the two lads from Brighton worth ?

I don’t think we need much in the way of “ reinforcements “ , we just need to keep this squad together. When I think of all the money this lot have squandered over the years on no hopers I’d be livid if they don’t back us when we have a realistic chance of actually doing something.

Tony “ Foot In Mouth “ Mowbray.

We didn’t really get going that season until December.

When you’re winning everybody wants to play. The little niggles get forgotten then.

Edun and Johnson in the right positions will be handy when the games mount up.

Covid and the Saturday before Xmas.

Have you ever noticed how the injuries seem to dry up when the team is up near the top of the league ?

I heard it on Radio Lancs, I thought it was more upbeat than his normal offerings.

We’ve got Ayala for cover with Carter and Johnson at a pinch.

I’m still hoping Butterworth will come good.

Yes, we can do that now. The penny seems to have dropped with Mowbray at long last. It’s only if Nyambe has to go off that we have to re-shuffle a bit. Every other position we have a stand in that can play in a similar fashion to the first eleven player.

No square pegs in round holes anymore. Every players knows what is required of them and is capable of delivering the goods. I think we’ve got reasonable back up in most positions also.

What games take place in the immediate future is all in the lap of the gods now. To be honest I think a “ firebreak “ makes sense.