So you're admitting they're not remotely good enough to be stand-by for a promotion chasing side then, if you don't think someone in League One or Two would take them on loan.

Yes, he tried and failed once. Same as he did with the main keeper situation. Walton, then Kaminski. Pears, then hopefully someone better. The goalkeeper is the cheapest position on the pitch, as it's the most underrated. And it's the only position in which we are utterly fucked if we get one serious injury in it. I can't see a clearer priority for our budget than this, personally. Pears and the others can also potentially be loaned out to help offset the cost a bit. Pears might surprise us once he has been an established number one again somewhere for a bit. Looks nervous as hell right now though.

No, I'm advocating that we acquire a second choice keeper that won't throw the ball into the back of the net under minimal pressure.

The process of ensuring your squad is good enough absolutely involves asking where an injury will put you in hot water.

How happy will you be with it if Kaminski gets an injury?

He took a few games to get going with us tbf, something fans very quickly forgot once he was on it. Was only a half season loan for us too.

That's good, a start like that should ensure he gets chances in their team, at least for a while. Bit mad to see Oldham and Scunthorpe both bottom of League Two. Particularly Oldham, a former Premiership club. Has a team who has been in the Prem ever been relegated out of the pro leagues?

I think Butterworth seriously needs to be loaned out. We won't find out from him making infrequent sub appearances whether he is worth extending his deal. Loan him out, use Chapman and Vale as the emergency cover. And of course, sign another attacker.

There is a post two above yours, which you have liked, which says exactly that.

Utter madness.

After Markanday's injury (I'm gutted about that) and despite needing to recruit to fill there again, it's good to think we have Dack returning, then the likes of Vale, Chapman and McBride as emergency cover. Today we didn't even have Diaz or Rothwell available, which we will again shortly, but we beat a team in top form. How is James Brown doing?

Interestingly the lineup on google shows Adam Wharton as having played in central defence, whereas he is normally a midfielder. Is that correct, and if so did he look like he inherited any of the same ability as his brother playing there? I know he is generally better known as a good technical player.

And just like that, I foresaw a future where Gally follows the Brereton-Diaz path and renames to Sam Fucking Gallagher. Instantly he becomes the next goalscoring sensation at Rovers, single-handedly fistfucking teams, and begins a trend of players switching names to devastating effect, forever changing the game.

Boro not been any better than Hull tonight and have probably played into our hands more. Great win. Just 31% possession.

Whether it's fitness or attitude, it suddenly makes sense why he hasn't had more minutes.

Gally lucky that was offside! Buckley off for Zeefuik, not sure where he will play...

I was gonna make a similar comment. May have a small injury problem at the moment or just lately, might be really unfit due to not playing enough, or might just have a poor attitude.

I've said for a while he has a good shot on him. Works hard too, but poor decision making. Today has summed him up I guess. Great instinctive strike.

Looked like he had a slight limp. Change was planned before the goal.

Well taken Gally! Not had a great game but he took that one really well. While everyone was celebrating they switched the camera to Mowbray, who wasn't celebrating but seemed to be showing Butterworth how to roll a joint or something. Bit odd.

Think he needs a goal to calm down a bit. Been a bit too eager to do it all himself lately. Looks like I was right about the first half being our 'good half'. Struggle to see us scoring at the moment. Gally not a patch on BB, big miss for us not having him here.

Edun needs to wake up defensively. Nearly gave them a clear run on goal before, and that should've been a pen. Suspect this is our 'good half' so it's a bit concerning we haven't notched. Shame BBD and Markanday are out, all we have lacked is that edge in and near the box.

I will forget it all, if we win on Monday and replace Markanday effectively.

Between those results and Markanday's injury, today was a day of bad news for us.

I didn't agree before that we needed another attacker. I absolutely do now. But 2? Nope. 1. Attacker 2. CM 3. CB 4. Better reserve goalkeeper. I honestly can't see us pulling off promotion without signing all four (unless we get super lucky with injuries and suspensions on 3 and 4, but this shows we don't get super lucky), and I doubt the budget stretches that far as it is. Definitely not gonna be room for a second attacker. People can say we should show ambition and raise the budget all they want, but it's not gonna happen. I'll say again, shouldn't have sent Carter on loan. His development isn't as important as our promotion challenge and we needed him for cover. Would have been one less player to sign.