Ricky

Van Hecke has been shocking tonight tbf. Surridge has had him on toast since he came on.

Still gutted I’m missing this one after the kick off time was changed. Would mean an overnight stay which I wouldn’t get away with lol. Give me a wave as you’re driving through beautiful Herefordshire 😄

Jack Vale has just scored 6 in two games for the U23s. We’ve just signed Markanday based on his performances at the same level. If we really do have nobody up top we could do worse than having Vale on the bench tomorrow (although I’m guessing it’s doubtful after him playing tonight). Welsh lad as well so I’m sure he’d be keen to play the wrong side of the border tomorrow.

He’s earning fuck all at the moment though. Weirdly I still think Jack Wiltshire ‘could’ be a better option if he’s still got the desire to prove something.

Are we stronger now than we were on 1st January? I think we probably are. We didn’t lose any of the three amigos and we’ve added some good attacking options. Injuries are the biggest worry to us now (and probably have been all season due to our small squad)

Is the Giles deal happening? Nothing confirmed and deadline was an hour ago

Why would you remove them? It’s a fact and something that’s being discussed. Don’t think it hurts to highlight this type of abuse.

If he wants a prem move then fine. If it’s Bournemouth then we have to hold firm and say there is no chance he goes to a promotion rival at this stage of the season. hoping Brentford come in with a bag of money tomorrow.

Lyle Taylor just scored for Birmingham. I know quite a few we’re keen on him when he went to Forest. Would have been a good option for cover up top where we suddenly seem a bit short on options. Do we lose BBD again at all this season or dos it tie in with international breaks?

The bonus is clever by the owners with the out of contract player situation. The three of them will want the financial reward so will still need to give their all throughout the season. If we go up then they may get a better offer from the club to stay. It’ll cost a lot to replace the three of them so we really do need to weigh that into the equation when making the offers.

Wasn’t it a £20 game tonight?

Special praise for Johnson as he’s not played a lot of footy and then had 90 minutes against one of the better teams in the league. Did his job well.

Massive 3 points that. No Diaz, No Rothwell, No problem!!! Get in!!!!!

And boro and forest..

Agree with a lot of what you said but I’m calling BS on this one. Typically the teams promoted will have 2 or 3 above 10 goals. Norwich won the league last year with 2 players above 10 and Brentford had 1 player above 10 goals. for completion Watford had 1 player above 10 and he only scored 13. They went up second. Sharing goals around is more important than having all the eggs in one basket.

Typical. They announce a new owner on the night we play. Bound to give them a lift.

Bristol city score at Fulham. Now a win for them would make it a bloody good day for us.

Sky mentioning that Neco Williams may need to go out on loan to get some match time. He’d be a full back I’d be happy to see here for the rest of the season.

Like Buckley? Or does getting the best Lancashire talent only apply when you’re not berating the club for not signing someone you know??

I think there’s a real closeness in the squad. Dack and BBD bromance has been good to see and I can’t help but think Ben will be keen to see it through and get promotion with us. I may be wrong but I’m hoping that’s the case.

This is definitely the type of game we’d lose in the past.

I do wonder if there’s some movement on the contract situation based on our current position in the league. Does the chance of premier league football with us now make us a slightly better proposition to the out of contract players.

It was going to be my first game at Ewood for a while but it’s the Wife’s birthday and funnily enough she didn’t fancy it lol.

We should definitely not sell in January if we are in amongst the playoffs. Not a chance. As Gav mentioned, you don’t sell your top scorer when pushing for promotion. The £20m is dwarfed if we end up with promotion.

Not going to get Sturridge on a free as he’s gone to Perth Glory