I agree to an extent Rev. From what we saw tonight and given the players we have to come back we have enough threat going forward. Defence still scares me to death though. Also the tactical connundrum of fitting Dack back into the team

If I was a manager, I'd be looking at all the problems and goals caused by playing out from the back at goal kicks and telling my CB to push up to the half way line and let the keeper leather it out. It seems crazy.

Another keeper howler like Fleetwood

Dolan scores

Superb touch from Brereton there.

Dolan looks the player that Chapman threatened to be when he arrived on loan

Excellent tracking back from Dolan

Must say that Brereton's second was a very classy finish.

Travis off at HT. Second quiet game.

Could have been 4 up if Armstrong takes chances. Nothing new learnt so far really. Our defence looks poor. Neither side are confident playing out from the back. Feeney is still a shocking footballer.

Big ben

I reckon - Feeney is in it

Armstrong should have scored 1-1. He doesn't finish well when he has to think about it.

To be fair if a keeper leaves and the other one is Steele, then Walton is nailed on to be on the bench. Not good enough for me though.

Gallagher looks like some one who could be a centre forward and mix it physically (still think he could be stronger mind). BB I just don't get what his strength is. If it's carrying the ball, I'm not sure how he fits into any team as he certainly can't cross it. Like Kevin Davies had to go away and adapt his game, BB needs to focus on an element of his game that will nail him a position because he's the best at the club at doing it. Not sure he has that in him but Kevin Davies (the bullying defenders version) didn't really materialise till his mid to late 20s. Every chance that if BB does turn out to be a useful player, it will be at another club 4-5 years down the line.

Gallagher really frustrated me last season. His performances last year showed a player whose career had stagnated at Southampton. He needed to move permanently (somewhere) after his first season with us. He got that new contract though and 2 years of loan/reserve football followed. That was wasted time for him. Granted he was played out of position most of last season which didn't help him either. This season is massive for him. He can't play on the wing so it's up top or nothing. Armstrong's goals have earned him the CF spot - but he can play out wide. Interesting that Dack also said he liked playing with Armstrong cutting in from the left. So personally, I'd like to see SG given the first 10 games playing as the central striker - especially if we are playing more with 'winger' types out wide. If he doesn't deliver goals/better performances then time to move on.

Did well against reading to be fair.

Quite possible that, like Dack, Bell etc, we have a year option. He did look better (and stronger) post lock down although he'd set a very low bar previously. He should have gone on loan last year IMO. I agree he should only play on merit..but how does he earn the right to merit a place?

Brereton should be loaned out this season -with perhaps a loan striker brought in. He's got time on his side and a year playing and toughening up in league one or two would do him the world of good. He bags goals and he's ready for a shot back in the rovers side the following season. He doesn't, then it's really time to write him off.

This proposed 18 million wage cap and squad of 25 would be an absolute result for rovers and to be fair any champ club with a cat 1 academy. It could give us a real advantage over the next couple of seasons -at this level. It would allow us to compete wage wise with clubs currently spending much more on salaries. There's no way clubs could carry £20-30k per week bench warmers. It should: A) Give the club no excuse to compete for the best players at this level throughout Europe (certainly out of contract players). Provide a clear route for the best academy prospects. C) Limit the turnover of first team players so we aren't in a position where we need 5/6 each year. It should be just one or two. D) Allows the emphasis to be on recruitment of the younger player - where we have the advantage of top level under 23 football and established set up. - like the lad Dolan signed from PNE. Obviously a forward thinking club/management would be all over this opportunity. ??‍♂️

If you had enough brass left for a Godfather at 2am, that was usually a bigger result than pulling ?

Strange how we see things. I thought he got steadily worse post Christmas. Rather his wage went elsewhere.

Ireland? Yawn ?

I wonder how much the agent is getting? Let's hope it's not another Rochina job.