Getting into the play offs would be progress, winning them would be success. Losing play off semi finalists/finalists don't count that season as a successful one.

Yes exactly, think it was Bradford though as I remember looking at the fixtures thinking that could be a really good gate as it was a bank holiday and they were the only side in the division that could have potentially shifted a good few thousand away tickets.

Bit of a blow that the Leeds game has moved to the Friday, I always knew it would move but thought it would probably be to the Saturday/Sunday lunchtime. I expect the WBA game to be on Sky as well, but noticed that Sky already have a premier league game on the Monday night at 8pm, so I can't see them moving to that time as they would obviously clash. So Probably 12:30 or 5:30, or with it being on a Monday it could stay at 3pm and be shown live like our game with Newcastle was on the January bank holiday in 2017. The absolute kick in the balls would be if they decided to move it to the Tuesday night for TV coverage, which they could very well do.

Sky have now got this on there listings as being shown on the red button.

Imagine if we somehow get to the play off final. The final falls on May 25th, so at some point after that, Mowbray will have to go to India for a week to discuss budgets, following that he usually has a 2 week family holiday, and then the Euro's will be starting which will also be used as an excuse for "slow business". Don't expect any signings until the players are deep into pre season training, and even then they no doubt will have to learn our complicated way of playing.

Matt Le Tissier is probably my favourite ever "non Rovers player". A real talent and a bit of a maverick, I think his goal at Ewood in 94 is the only goal I have given (a very quiet and begrudging) little clap too. Does he go in a premier league hall of fame over Roy Keane though? I don't think it's even close.

Because it's not a "scheduled" midweek game, the home club has the option whether to show it on ifollow/red button or not. I suspect they won't.

Not quite as simple as that. What about Preston? They would have to lose as well, and are at home to QPR.

The spin of giving Mowbray credit for Lenihan, Nyambe and Raya is superb. Like Yardley with his spin after the game yesterday, "this team never gives up". Someone needs to tell him we have picked up 5 points from losing positions this season.

We won't be, pretty much guarantee that.

Unfortunately it's because in the press Gigg's brother is classed as a "nobody" so it's quickly swept under the carpet. Completely different story when your doing it to your international teammate. Anyway, even taking all bias out of it, Shearer has to be the first inductee into this, and you probably can't argue with Giggs as number two.

Yes of course. Results like this happen, hell we beat Newcastle twice the year we got relegated to league one and they won promotion easily. It wasn't necessarily the Stoke game that bothered me, I think it's the overriding frustration that we have played all the bottom 7 at home, and only won 2 of them.

Do WBA not deserve to be top then?!

It concerns me that we might have a right hand side of Bennett & Gallagher on Saturday.

Yeah I think the above is fair. If we're still 2/3 points off before we play Leeds on the 4th April then of course it's all to play for in the last 6 games. Anymore than that and it will be too much I think.

Surely you have been watching Mowbray long enough to know the answer to that? I'd rather we go with that Carter lad who has been on the bench, sometimes you have to go throw these lads in at the deep end. I just think this is the way Mowbray will go, unless he rushes Williams back which he did kind of hint at in his post match interview.

Bennett at right back and Nyambe centre half is what I think he'll do.

Gallagher at right wing is becoming the new Bennett at right back. Why we insist on having one rediculous out of position player in the side is beyond me.

Pretty poor that is, and confirms what I have always thought about a Mowbray side, go a goal down and you might as well go home.

I don't usually bother with night games anymore but making an effort for tonight. My local has a minibus going up, so I'll be travelling up with 15 Stoke fans which should be an absolute hoot ? I have a feeling it has draw written all over it, but I'm slightly more confident of this one than Saturday.

Sorry Joe, but I don't think they are similar players at all. Buckley to me, seems to be someone that will float about in the "number 10 role" keeping the ball in tight situations, looking for a killer pass, and pretty much being someone who will retain the ball, and maybe look to get the odd goal.He doesn't strike me as someone who will beat a man and get away from him, and looks like he's quite slow. I think he's a younger version and probably a lot more similar to Holtby than Rothwell. Rothwell to me is a bit of an outlet, you can give him the ball in your own half and he has the ability to carry it to the oppositions box beating a few along the way, he's very quick and could probably operate on either flank. ideal for a counter attacking game away from home. The stats thing you posted doesn't really add up either. I could say that Smallwood & Rothwell have scored the exact same amount of goals in Rovers colours, so it must mean they are quite similar players. They aren't.

Tell me about it, living near to Stoke these buggers have become close to being my Burnley over the last decade. Not much interest in tomorrow's game from that lot, or the one last season but before that (especially the cup tie) they all seemed to get really giddy about going to Ewood for some reason. I think it will be tough, hopefully squeeze past them 1-0 or something, I just have a feeling that Saturdays game at home against Swansea might then be a step too far and we'll draw or lose effectively ending our play off push. But we'll see.

Yeah that's fair. I just think its about time we beat Wigan. I don't think Luton are moving from Kenilworth road anytime soon though, so hoping they are already down by the time we go there if theres anything to play for.

Yeah I'm with Matty, something like the above would be perfect for us. I can't see any redevelopment happening anytime soon though.

I've had a quick look through the rest of the fixtures, and have us finishing on exactly 70 points, not sure that will quite be enough for the play offs but you have to say it is progress. Stoke - W Swansea - D Derby - L Bristol City - D Wigan - W Barnsley - D Leeds - D Cardiff - L WBA - L Milwall - W Reading - W Luton - W Of course, I'm probably well off ?