I don’t think there were many fans that felt Brereton didn’t get a fair amount of opportunities up until last season. He played often enough to make a difference and he didn’t. Very easy to criticise now that he’s come good but this was hardly foreseeable given how average, at best, he had looked up until the end of last season.

Which we have tried to. He has, so far, refused to sign the contract. Its unfortunate timing but if he refuses to sign, what can the club do?

We’ve been offering him a new contract for months. If he leaves it won’t be for the want of trying. Let’s turn this around, in his position, would you sign a new deal? Fans would have been complaining if we’d given him a new deal this time last year given how poor his form had been. The last 6 months have been remarkable. Can’t see him signing a new contract whatever we offer so have to hope the rumours of an extension are true.

It’s objectively recognising that this, in isolation, is a positive move. Does it go far enough? Has the damage already been done? Both are very reasonable questions but at least they’ve tried to address the issue at a relatively early stage of the season, which is more than I (and probably most fans) expected of them to be honest. It doesn’t nullify the justified criticism of how the club went about ticketing in the summer.

Knee jerk panic it may be but at least they’ve tried to do something about it. I doubt many fans expected the club to address the issue so early on in the season. The damage may already be done and for that they deserve criticism but this offer, in isolation, is a welcome step. If the club had done nothing, you’d be criticising them for inaction.

Can’t knock them for trying. Pleased they didn’t wait until next season to do something. They got it wrong in the summer but this is a step in the right direction if nothing else.

Although we could have got more if the contract situation had been different, we cashed out at the right time with Armstrong I think. Not surprised that he’s struggled to initially adapt to the PL but it’s early days. Might go the same way as Che Adams. Ivan Toney always looked like he was more likely to make an impression given his attributes.

So we’ve chosen to wear the only kit that clashes with Blackpool’s for no reason at all.

Surely the challenge here is that the players are refusing to sign new contracts. Rovers are clearly offering new contacts but the players aren’t willing to sign and that seems to have been the case for a number of months. We don’t have all the facts but I’m not sure this is as simple as the club letting players go for free with no effort being made to retain them. If players like Nyambe, Brereton and Rothwell are refusing to sign new deals, at what point do we start blaming them for this predicament or should Rovers be buckling to their every demand?

Not going to get carried away by last night’s result. Disappointing but the injuries took their toll in the end. We’re still in the top 6 so it’s hardly a disaster. How we react on Saturday is more significant I’d suggest. Could be a good time for an international break. Poveda was appalling.

It’ll be similar to Armstrong at this rate. We can offer him improved terms but if he’s getting interest from PL sides then that’s that. The turnaround in fortunes with him is ridiculous. He was a joke figure little more than 12 months ago. Remarkable.

About time? We scored 5 three times last season didn’t we? Got to give credit to Mowbray for today. Gets plenty wrong but got to give praise when it’s due.

The club will know. The reporter commenting on it clearly doesn’t. Two different things.

Looks like half the upper BE is available online for the Cardiff game. Not sure if it’ll actually allow you buy a ticket but it is showing as available on the stadium map. Odd.

Worse than Tony Watt, Chris Brown, Simeon Jackson and Nathan Delfouneso..?

Those teams below us are all limited by stadium capacity, we are certainly not..

Have I used it as a stick to beat us with? I was contesting the point that our attendances are mid-table. They are objectively very low in comparison to the rest of the league, if not the lowest. The reasons behind the attendances are a different issue.

Mid-table attendance? How many other clubs in the league have sub 10k crowds with 20k empty seats each week..?

Does it cost more money to show full replays? They show highlights with Rovers commentary on Twitter.

It’s so sad. It has been on the cards for a while. The combination of covid, apathy after last season, an underwhelming transfer window and a pricing structure that is out of touch with the local financial climate has all led to this. Not sure what it’ll take to bring attendances back to pre-covid levels but there needs to be a radical re-think. Ticket pricing in particular has to be looked at after last night.

Forgettable game but decent result. Khadra looked very bright. Can’t complain with the start to the season. Need to keep this back 4 fit. Brereton had a shocking game but got the goal, almost Armstrong-esque. Attendance was concerning, we must have the emptiest stadium in the football league. Very sad. There needs to be a radical re-think.

Not a single substitution. The man doesn’t learn. Infuriating.

We got spoiled during last year’s transfer window. This is the counter balance. We’ve not had to find an out and out striker for years and, on a tight budget, we’re scrapping with every club out there. It doesn’t mean we don’t have a plan, it’s just the same plan as everyone else. The money was spent on Gallagher and Brereton. None of the credible names we’ve been linked with are much better. Armstrong stepped up, now it’s their turn.

And our owners don’t make decisions. Got nothing to do with us.

It’s the City Ground in Nottingham.