Tom

No Palmer in today’s squad, that could well be a sign that he’s off back to Chelsea to go on loan elsewhere

Nuttall just scores for the under 23s so isn’t in the squad

Imagine some of the players will be looking forward to playing at St James Park, a nice reward for the likes of Travis. Id go with as strong a team as possible but maybe have Brereton in there and give him 90 minutes to stamp his mark

See above and the Nicko transfer generator

It deserved a red I just wasn’t expecting it would be given

He pretty much just threw him to the ground after a free kick had been given and Trav went to get the ball from him , it was totally needless and idiotic but I was only expecting to see a yellow

Tell you what he put his balls on the line a bit there taking Dack off for Conway, if we let it slip the knives would have been being sharpened. As it was we changed shape and saw the game out with only a couple more scares A successful days work for Tony!

Brereton was booked for blocking the keeper not diving I think Genuinely thought they had scored at the end, no idea how it stayed out but appears it was another Raya save

Surely he just made it impossible for Tony to send him out That’s his place now!

Bloody great win - we never do it easy do we but we got there

We look quite happy to timewaste now Need to be smarter than we have been though

Dack absolutely livid to be brought off, as random as they come that one

Brilliant from Armstrong and then Dack Thats what Armstrong should be doing, great goal

Just said I’d have Mulgrew in the box not taking corners and he plants it in the top corner He achieved what Gamst wanted to! Twice! Brilliant!

I just think he’s fearless, he’ll make mistakes for sure but who doesn’t in this team; he deserves a run there now nobody else is exactly demanding that spot

Great start but we’ve got more nervous as it’s gone on, some of our decision making at the back is scary! Graham should have scored at least one I’d be tempted to change him for Brereton soon Both left wingers have the beating of their full back but their guy seems to make the right decision more than Arma Think we’ll win this one, won’t be easy mind!

Travis is class, his athleticism alone puts him above Smallwood and Evans but he’s also turning defence into attack

Funny game this we are matching them but at the same time we look terrified of them when they attack; their movement isn’t being tracked at all

Graham missed two great chances, Travis, Arma and Bell started really well here

No requests for illegal links to the game today please chaps; we’ve had to hide a lot of it recently and would rather leave it at that

Some inconsiderate sod has made the school run harder for me for the foreseeable! Glad Travis retains his hard earned place, Smallwood has helped Mowbray there! Would have preferred to see Palmer or Rothwell over Armstrong myself

Lovely to see a post from you Roversmum - happy new year to you and yours! May be feisty today with Rodriguez you have to feel he’ll be on the wind up

Happy ‘any rovers news Nicko?’ Month guys

I have it on good authority that he’s going to do a Bentley and celebrate his deal with a breakout performance!

From what I’ve seen of Saturday Travis and Palmer deserve to keep their places but I worry that the result will make Tony be more reserved although I imagine Travis will play until Smallwood is back