There's no stress - this is my last season paying close attention to Rovers with the Venkys in charge. I think we slip off into the abyss in the summer.

A day in the life of chaddy would be a hell of a documentary. Like a plastic bag blowing in the wind.

No, it just goes to show how big a club we actually are. Despite deliberate sabotage for 13 years we're consistently there or there abouts. We'd be Brentford or Brighton with good ownership.

Yeah I wasn't sure why Forshaw was getting pelters on here - he was ok today. Ribeiro got no support from Hedges - time after time he looked for an out ball down the line and Hedges was AWOL.

I don't see much Jekyll in his game. I watched a WBA game during January - right before they sold their GK. Even watching it absentmindedly you could see that their GK was a good one. He came and collected crosses, he commanded his box, he organised the defence. They lost the game, but he stood out as pretty damn competent. Pears does none of the above - he makes the odd reaction save at best. At worst he throws it into his own net like today, like against Bristol City etc etc.

Stoke moved quickly on that deal - far too sharp for us to pip them. It takes us 30 days to sign a LW who was desperate to come in during the summer and two CFs who haven't played all year. Stoke activated his release clause before the transfer window had even opened.

Keeping this conversation strictly to the context of the GK I genuinely don't know. He's not been given a chance. We bought him for £1m (or thereabouts) which is a significant outlay for us and he's been rotting on the bench all season. I'm not sure how people can judge - besides making the assumption that he must simply look awful in training (or Pears has some incredible blackmail on someone).

I'd take a GK that doesn't throw the ball into the back of his own net (see Pears trying to give away a third at the start of the second half today with an awful pass) and saves the shots he's meant to save. We'd have a big gap to the chasing pack if we had one of those.

I agree with all of that except Gueye being poor. He rolled one across the six yard box and headed one back across the six yard box - both absolute tap ins if anyone was supporting him. Ward allowed Swansea to kick seven shades of shit out of Gueye today - they swarmed him whenever he got the ball under control too. Not his best game, but by no means his worst.

From memory; he kept a clean sheet against Boro, he let one slip under his arm from close range against Wolves that he'll be disappointed with (had no chance with the second) and Coventry absolutely bullied us in his one Championship game. So I don't think he's been sensational, but he's worth a look over Pears for sure.

No wonder Pears threw his hands up in disgust as he miskicked a pea roller, it was clearly someone else's fault(!)

Is he? I couldn't tell you, he's only played for us three times.

I thought that after the FA Cup howler against Wigan. How many games ago was that?

Tough to have an impact when you're 2-0 down and the opposition can just sit in. All three looked livelier than the players they replaced.

I'd love to see the referee assessment report filed for Ward this week. Once they went 2-0 up (which he had a MASSIVE hand in) he's literally blown his whistle in their favour at every opportunity. He's not the reason we've lost, but it's infuriating watching every 75/25 (in our favour) go their way. Kills the game as a spectacle.

Was bound to happen eventually. We rode our luck (in terms of other results) during our horrendous January. We shouldn't really be in the playoffs on current form.

Wait until you hear what they're paying to loan him for 6 months...

I hate supporting this team - fuck the Venky nonsense, it was absolutely nailed on we'd lose to a shite Swansea team today. Absolutely furious.

This ref is a disgrace. How has he given a foul on Kargbo there with the bollocks he's let go for Swansea? Good lord.

LOL JRC has been absolutely awful since coming on. Fluffed two clear attacking opportunities.

He's made the best two saves of the match.

What point has he made?

Some no mark has just tried to kick his teammate (his captain no less) into the stands with a reckless tackle - I've no issue with Dolan letting him know that's unacceptable with a little shoulder.

Absolutely nothing in that - much more concerned about the reckless challenge by Franco that went unpunished.

Lovely dive from Franco after trying to kick Travis into the stands.