Just seen the goals. That's a very clever bit of play from Dack for the first one. It would have been easy to hit a defender from that position but he managed to deftly guide the ball into an open space. A real finishers goal. Nice inside ball for Bennett to gallop onto as well. Cool side foot finish from Gallagher. When we were talking about strikers needing service the other day that's exactly the sort of move/ball you dream about. .Walton should have done better for their goal. Why he didn't muscle his way through there I'll never know. 9/10 the ref will give a foul on the goalkeeper.

Downing didn't play after all then ?

Shop window for Stoke in January ?

Maybe he's improving their fox trot and samba ?

I think a loan is the best we can expect and only then if either of Samuel and Brereton also go out on loan.

The thing that Rhodes had was his sense of anticipation of what was likely to happen in any given situation and his calmness in the act of shooting at goal. You rarely saw him give the ball more power than was needed to get the ball over the line and you rarely saw him miss hit the ball.

I agree up to a point but you could argue most strikers will score a few if shooting chances are laid on a plate for them. Ideally you need your strikers to to be able to 1) make their own shooting opportunities 2) make opening for other players.

Mind boggling. Bell's on more than Nyambe ? Gallagher's on £40k a week to run about aimlessly on the right wing . Travis is next to the worst paid player who is Sam Hart who's playing for nothing.

I wasn't keen on heading the old balls. They were really heavy when they were wet. I've seen stars on more than one occasion. I really good pal of mine who was a tremendous header of the ball both as a centre half and a centre forward has Parkinson's now.

He needs to go somewhere else, for his own sake as well as ours.

Maybe they've been reading about all these old players with brain injuries and they don't fancy ending up the same way.

When I saw him in that game against Rochdale I thought I could see a player there. He's a big lad with two good feet and although he's not quick he had a good change of pace and once he gets on his bike he could be hard to catch. He could go either way with the ball, left or right. Having said that 2 years out may be an insurmountable amount of ring rust

What I can't understand is how a lad well over 6 ft tall is so easily dominated in the air. If you put him and Gallagher together you wouldn't have a good header of the ball and they're both really tall lads.

Makes sense to me. I rate Nyambe a lot but like a lot of other quick players he's prone to muscle pulls and strain type injuries. Regarding Gallagher, I'm not his biggest fan but surely if he is going to play he should be up front centrally and not out on the wing.

I wish what you are saying was true but unfortunately the Dingles don't lose heavily very often.

It really is that simple. Why do people need to complicate things ?

What do we know about Whitehall ? Rochdale had a really good striker called Steve Whitehall about 20 odd years ago, I wonder if this lad is related,it's not a common name. Thanks for the feedback regarding the game.

He's had a lot of injuries since he left Ewood. They won't have made him a better player. Pass.

I agree on the " limited player " opinions. He's done next to nothing since leaving Rovers, why would we want to sign him again ? Play him up front on his own ? You must be joking.He'd make Gallagher look like Harry Kane. I think Lambert was " encouraged " to sell Rhodes thinking that he'd be getting the dosh to strengthen the team. When it became clear that wasn't going to happen he decided it was time to go.

I'm not his greatest fan and I wouldn't have signed him either but think Gallagher is more likely to have an impact than Big Ben. We need to be on the phone to Forest to see how many magic beans they'll give us to take him back.

Two for the price of one. Very good.

Gayle yes, Rhodes no.

That'll be because he's looked after himself over the years. He needs to be having a word with Dack about life style choices.

It's simple really - if you were a left winger who would you rather play against - Nyambe or Bennett ? For me it would be Bennett every time.

Not necessarily Chaddy - it could be a back three of Nyambe, Lenihan, Tosin with Downing as a left wing back.