I despise the Chokers with a vengeance but if they tell Mowbray to get lost if he asks for more money in January I wouldn't blame them !

If you're being closely marked you've got to get on your bike and take your marker into places he doesn't want to go. Just wandering around looking sad won't do it. If we are to play two up front I'd rather have Armstrong and Graham.

We were still basking in the glow of us actually scoring a goal. Another example of our soft mentality.

I don't know about anybody else but I'm losing the will to get excited about Rovers games these days. Maybe it's that time of year.

Hughton.

He's the sort of player that runs after the ball and not with it.

I get your point - all smart players want to give the ref a bit if advice when they can. If you can referee it as well, that's better still.

It sounds like Steve Bruce had the " Hairdryer " out yesterday.

That's were your leaders on the pitch come in. They take responsibility when things aren't going right. " Give me the bloody ball. I'll sort this lot out ! " That's what you want to hear, not players playing each other in to trouble because the won't take responsibility.

Leadership on the pitch comes in different forms. Some players don't say a lot but lead by example. Alan Shearer being the one that stands out for me. Their attitude inspires, or shames depending which way you look at it, other players to raise their game. I don't think there's any doubt that we lack leaders of either type.

Having seen the video the correct decision was arrived at, unfortunately for us.

I was reading an article by a guy who came up through the ranks at Utd recently. He was asked who the best player was in his time there. He said the one who could have been anything he wanted to be was Ravel Morrison. This lad reckoned he could have been right up there with Messi and Ronaldo but for his attitude.

Sellars would definitely be on the right wing , coming inside all the time.

Yeah, I could tell you now which 11 the dingles will field next Saturday and how they'll play. I really hate to keep bringing them up as an example but as my mum says - " What can't speak can't lie ". For too long they've over achieved with the players they have and we've under achieved. We still have no real idea as to our best way of playing and 11 that will play it

That tells you all you need to know about the mentality of everyone at the club. It's been a thorny issue with me for a long, long while. How many games against what you would consider as inferior opposition do we just basically get out enthused in ? I'd be interested in how many tackles we win as a team, how many second balls do we win , how many contested headers, who runs the furthest between the two teams. I was spitting feathers at 5.00pm on Saturday. Then I turn on the radio to hear the manager talking like the worst thing that had happened that day was Mrs Mowbray had burnt the lemon drizzle cake he was having for his tea.

Just the two centre halves would do me.

Where does that leave us financially ? Cutting their losses again ?

The only stat that means anything is that one in the blue band with the club crests on either side.

Williams seems to have discovered a goal threat recently so maybe he deserves not to be dropped. I'd be loathe to split the centre backs up but we desperately need some heading ability at the back. I'm not a fan of three at the back because if you're not careful you can have three players marking one striker and the rest of the team getting over run in midfield. Over to you Tony.

There are NO outstanding teams in this division. None of the recently relegated teams are pulling up trees. We will never have a better chance of going up.

No you're right there Phil. Nearest to that for me is Rovers 5 - Arsenal 5 back in the old days. Now that was well worth my one shilling and sixpence entrance. 7.5 p in modern money to the youth of today.

To be honest Rovers have made a speciality of building fans up to let them down over the years. One of early ones that stands out for me is the West Ham game years ago. We played Villa at home and won 2-0 in front of 17,000 fans. We go away and win 8-2 at West Ham. The whole British football world was agog. Consequently there were 29,000 on Ewood for the return match a few days later. Unfortunately it was a repeat of yesterdays performance and we lost badly 3-1.Next home game - back to 19,000 die hards.

Brian Clough - " Nobody can lose you a game quicker than your goalkeeper, so sign the best one that you can ".

The " elephant in the room " is who would these idiots replace him with. If I heard Chris Hughton was coming in I'd be reasonably happy.

I agree that other clubs will see the potential in Nyambe, weren't Preston sniffing around a year or two back ?