Question... would you rather go up, knowing what ultimately is always going to happen to clubs of our size in the top league unless we have a huge benefactor, or rather stay down but be one of the top clubs in the league every year?

Nice to have some sensible talk. A lot of people are going to be extremely surprised when we go to the Dingledome at the level of opposition, based on this thread.

We'll lose the game in midfield. We're better in attack and for me, in defence. But that midfield will have our three running like dogs after a ball.

Fuck me, buy through the website! Hell fire they’ll be lucky.

For context, what has Sam Gallagher got?

Huge. I suspect this time next year he’s ahead of Pickering.

I think I’m right in saying - although would need @JoeH to confirm - that xG doesn’t/can’t take into account the player, just the environment. So Brereton-Diaz being 18 yards out one on one with the keeper has the same xG as Hirst 18 yards out one on one with the keeper. Is that correct?

Surely xG can be calculated mid-game? They tell you what xG each specific chance has against it real time. Eg that was a 0.38 xG opportunity. So whilst the final xG can only be calculated at the end of the game, the current xG can be averaged out at any point up until that moment?

I’m a huge Ash Phillips fan, it wouldn’t surprise me if he captained England one day. But nobody can argue that as a centre back, Phillips has to win that header and the reason Hyam was off-guard was everybody expected him to win the header. Like Arbito says, he was naive and hopefully he will learn from that. We got away with it.

What do you think he’s especially good at? From what I’ve seen he: Isn’t especially quick Isn’t especially tall / good in the air Doesn’t have especially good movement Doesn't have the poachers ability of being in the right place at the right time Isn’t an especially good finisher Doesn’t seem to be able to hold the ball up He’s one of those modern day footballers that does everything OK, but has no standout features. Jason Lowe, but up top. If you where going to play to his strengths, what would you need to do?

It all comes down to money. With all of them. Dack loved being here, it can all turn sour very quickly.

How are they not exactly the same? I'm confused. Rothwell was told by Mowbray he could go to Bournemouth in January, then Venkys said no and he played until the end of the season and left on a free. Brereton will be told by GB he can leave in January if someone offers the right amount of money, or be told he can't leave because nobody has offered the money and will play until the end of the season and leave on a free.

From what I've seen of Vale I doubt he ever scores in our colours, he looks absolutely pony.

8,700 season tickets is a disgrace. That sort of figure is only achieved by a total lack of ambition from the board and disdain for the local people.

If we’re without Brittain and Hedges I worry. I suspect if that is correct, we will be something like… Kaminski Carter Hyam Wharton Buckley Travis Szmodics Morton Pickering Brereton Gallagher Can’t think of anything other than Buckley at RWB without a formation change. Carter perhaps but @Herbie6590 assures me he isn’t quick enough to play there. Hull win, unfortunately. Hope I’m wrong.

Get yer mortgage on it!

We’re not as good as our league position reflects. A few Rovers fans haven’t learnt their lessons from last year, we don’t have a squad big enough to maintain a credible promotion challenge although we will be lucky this year with the WC break.

In a sadistic way I quite liked reading this. It evidences that I wasn’t going mad. I cannot believe we put up with this man for as long as we did.

I’ve just given my first ever 10/10 for Kaminski: https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/880911/blackburn-birmingham?tab=voting

I’m not getting involved in this disagreement other than to say I totally forgot we had a footballer called “Pears” here and was totally bemused as to why he would put a mountain of fruit on the pitch to try and get a result.

It’s like I have to pick between my missus and my dog. Please find a way to get a long Jon and Bradley. I love you both.

We won’t stay in the top two.

I won’t forget, Tony. Enjoy your trip back to the promised land of the North East.

We could play until Saturday, this lot aren’t scoring. Hyam is some player.

I wouldn’t pass to Vale either if I was BBD.