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In truth it's just that he's a bit off the pace having had a break - it shouldn't be too long.

I've been told that he is not fully match fit yet because of the German winter break.

I hope they do Jim. If they win 6 in a row they will still be 6 points behind where we are now. And their next three games are against Boro, Huddersfield and QPR.

Clearly they’re not always on song though. They had 4 draws and a defeat from their last 5 games before tonight.

Well the Scots are bringing fans back from next Monday, so i would think there is every chance of fans being back for this. Mind you, you have to be pretty committed to go to a 17.30 kick-off in Swansea

Bloody typical. My wife and daughter-in-law have a course on 12/2 in Cradley Heath, which was perfect for my son and I going to the Hawthorns just down the road......... All those Sky games is probably the kiss of death to our form as well.

Of course it's not literal but it's a useful tool to measure where you are. We are currently in a slightly false position because we have played three more home games than away games and there are a couple of teams behind us with games in hand. 4 of our next 5 games are away so we need to get a couple of wins in there at least - they are all winnable if we can keep up our league form.

Generally winning at home and drawing away will get you in the top two most seasons. We're a bit behind that plan right now as we have played more home games. Achieving it in the rest of the season will give us 85 points. That has been enough to comfortably make the play-offs in the last 20 years but only automatic promotion in 2 seasons.

There has been some chatter that a loan would be a good idea but I haven't seen any concrete plans.

An interesting stat from Cardiff's cup tie with North End. There were 42 fouls in the game, 27 of them by Cardiff. That might indicate the type of game we will have.

If he has it has been very quick as he scored for the under 23s on Sunday.

And another 4 deemed worthy of an experience on the bench on Saturday - Magloire (maybe not!), Garrett, Phillips and Adam Wharton.

I think I would have Harwood-Bellis as a better footballer than Van Hecke, although the latter has more old-fashioned blood and thunder defender about him. Thinking about it Harwood-Bellis might be a bit too sophisticated for your lot PotterLog! Roverite - PotterLog is brfcs' special Chile based correspondent for Diaz updates.

A good idea arbitro but not very practical for us on Saturday, having spent an hour and three pints in Wigan Central before the game!

There was some truly moronic behaviour from our "fans" on Saturday. There was a lot of booing around me when both teams were taking the knee. I know there has always been a few who have booed at Ewood but that's generally been drowned out by applause. At half time coming out of the gents my son and I got a full pint of beer on our heads. The moronic fans are always prominent at our local away games and especially if the tickets are cheap. After the game waiting to get out of the car park I saw police chase, catch and thump a couple of fans. I've no idea what they have done but they were certainly resisting a chat. In fairness they could have been Wigan fans as no colours - I was parked in the big car park behind the Boston stand as it's quicker to get out of than the away car park.

All 7 Lancashire clubs out of the Cup by the 3rd round.

Still, the shirts are in round 4 even if we aren’t.

Maybe you typed a bit too soon there arbitro………

Just bought tickets at the ground. I was told that there were a “couple of hundred left”…….

I suspect that they will play a pretty strong team. They haven't played a league game for three weeks, hence the strong team they put out on Tuesday night.

That’s true but it’s been when he has come on for Buckley when we have been looking to close out the game. I doubt he would start a game there.

Every turnstile open in the JW and no queues at the COVID check in. I assume it’s late ticket sales

Yes. Rovers have chosen not to allow the red button, quite rightly in my view.

Or you can have it on your phone.

I think that there probably a difference between allowing unrestricted contact between fans and players and a short planned film where one player meets a couple of fans outside with some separation. You clearly couldn’t allow Diaz to do what he did at full time tomorrow for example.