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Khadra injured, Pickering to come on

No Nyambe despite Mowbray’s pre-match comments.

I don't even care about Reading, I just want to beat Paul Ince.

Ludicrous starting lineup. HT team talk from hell almost gave Tony a heart attack and he had no energy left for any second half facial expressions. Gally changed the game and deserves praise, he actually looked a little angry and put himself about, I’d love to see more of that passion from him as he usually looks far too placid. Dack is class. Dolan is good and has twice the brain of Khadra who was bad today. I don’t really want to see Johnson play for us again.

Is that a 3-5-2? No more wide strikers?

Didn’t get the date and time right, but at least Gallagher is benched.

After the terrible run we have been having, keeping faith with the same forward line is simply not acceptable. It’s time to try something else. Khadra, Gallagher and Buckley all deserve dropping if possible. Gallagher for not scoring and not really being interested in anything but defense, Khadra for continuously and stubbornly refusing to pass the ball to better placed teammates, and Buckley even though he can be great doesn’t score either. The question is who to play instead. Giles deserves a chance on the left, Hedges on the right and that unfortunately leaves Dolan in the centre where I don’t really like him. I’d take Vale but he won’t be ready for another game so soon. So instead I’d be crazy and put Khadra in the middle where he won’t need to pass much but will pose a counter-attacking threat. Buckley in centre mid for Rothwell with license to roam forward. Kaminski Three amigos JRC Pickering Travis Buckley Hedges Giles Khadra

Utter borefest of a half. Lenihan superb, van Hecke pretty good and the rest haven’t showed up yet.

Oh and JRC having a pretty good game as well, he’ll come good for us.

Dominant performance apart from finishing, Millwall completely nullified. Buckley, Rothwell, Travis all doing well. Wide attackers Giles and Gally not working, gaping void in front of goal most of the time. I would bring Vale on somehow, we need a breath of fresh air from somewhere.

Well that’s over and done with. Now the real run-in begins.

Exactly right. If you can’t get fired up for this then you have to wonder why you’re playing football. Which is why I think we might surprise Fulham today.

What, no option for 1st? 😉 I think we will end up 4th, maybe 5th. Which will mean a very successful season. We will return to some kind of form and some of the other sides around us will trip up.

No matter how you look at it that was much better for rovers, especially with the late Ayala withdrawal. Wharton is a star.

For God’s sake Khadra try a pass

Everything is relative.. I thought he had some good interceptions and wasn’t to blame for any of the goals.

Dolan looked fresh when he came on. I'd play him next match for Buckley who needs a rest to think about the universe. Ayala in for Lenihan, Nyambe in for Zeefuik. Unfortunately we have noone to replace Giles so he'll get another chance. As long as Giles is playing we might as well stick BBD and Gally up top.

Wharton the only one of our defenders to come out of this with any credit

In his general direction more like

Why do we always need this much adversity to find the intensity that we need?

Lenihan second yellow. Great

Harsh? Are you insane? Scissored him down from behind

Ooh Rothwell that’s a borderline red. And injured himself in the process

Agreed, the wing backs aren’t working at all. We probably need to change the system.