Exiled_Rover

Brereton for me.

The best bit about the lack of crowds is that you can hear the abuse the ref gets from the players. I'd book them all at the start of the match as a precaution.

Two pathetic penalty appeals for a desperate side.

Move Rothwell to CM, score 8 goals. It's not rocket science.

C'mon, we've had two attacks and scored twice. Before that we couldn't get the ball off them.

We're making them look like Brazil. Never change, Mowbray.

Normally I'd agree, but we can't expect JRC to be able to sit beyond halfway for most of this match.

The absolute last thing we need is squad fillers. You have the Academy graduates for that. Spend the money on a better LB or don't spend it at all.

Nah, he's a L1 wide man.

Armstrong has only done well for us since January, so that ratio is about right.

Club survival isn't going to hinge on spending £10-15k a week and a £500k+ transfer fee on a Championship standard LB. If anything it's the perfect time to push the boat out if everyone else is dallying. We could steal a march on them.

Nah, 1 signing needed at an absolute minimum, a LB. I'm happy to rely on the Academy for squad depth. Keep the door open for the youth players to prove themselves.

I'm happy with us relying on our Academy from here. Just desperately need a competent LB. You wouldn't have to break the bank for one.

The fact that Pike (the U23 RB) has played in pre-season and Thompson hasn't suggests they don't rate him unfortunately.

I think the problem you've got with Armstrong is he's a L1 wide player. He doesn't have the footballing brain to play there. Conversely he's a very good Championship 9. Talk of him 'dovetailing' with Dack doesn't fly as Dack isn't mobile enough to play in a front 3 - you'd have to shift back to the 4-2-3-1 formation, except our CMs aren't good enough to play that.

Sounds v. grumpy for a bloke who's team just won 5-0.

Nah, L1 standard is a fair assessment - he was Fleetwood's player of the season. Much like Mulgrew - v.good in L1, but quickly found out in the Championship.

This is like asking a lad at 2am what he thinks of the girl he's just brought home from the bar. She's a 10, obviously. On the back of this 5-0 win we're clearly going to piss the league.

With the wages I imagine it was either / or, not both.

Wycombe didn't set themselves up to be difficult to beat. It's a different kettle of fish if they came here looking to defend and hit us on the counter.

Why would Chapman be feeling sick? The door is clearly open for him to seriously contribute in this team. It's up to him to walk through it.

Back when £5m meant something, yes. In the modern 'Monopoly money' game, no. I'm not as high on him as many on here are, but I'd rather watch him in Rovers colours than bank an insignificant amount of money.

I think we've got enough cover upfront - I'd want to keep the door open for the promising U23s to make a breakthrough.

Mowbray has had a blinder of a pre-season if he's signed Kaminsky, Ayala, Manning and Dolan. More so if he's found a role for Holtby, continues to play Rothwell at CM and keeps the door open for Brereton and Chapman. Look like a different team.

I don't think that's fair - we've never struggled to score goals at this level. If Wycombe have anything to worry about it's that they didn't trouble us at the back.