For me that's what killed us against Preston, we didn't play badly we just ran out of players of quality when the subs came on.

Fair play to the club, we've been desperate to stop players walking away for bugger all. Long may it continue! Great news all around.

Superb Rovers! I love that we put them to the sword at the end after that has happened to us so many times. Even nicer that the Dingles and Nobbers had it done to them too!!!!

Must admit, I was rather puzzled by that too!

Very fair assessment, losing last minute in a derby hurts, but we didn't play badly and the non existent striker came back to smack us in the mush yet again. I thought the build up play and short link up passing was some of the best I've seen this season and allowed us to break through their defence but alas again if we have no striker to aim for we are screwed.

We simply ran out of players in the end, we had to make changes due to fatigue and simply had nobody to bring on to solidify us. From the corner until the goal we had no shape whatsoever which is poor, but other than that I think we have had a right kick in the nuts there.

Wahlstedt's job now is to get that big red cross off his back. He will be singled out as a weak link at the back, opposition managers deserve sacking if they don't promote crosses 8-10 yards from the goal line and tell their players to follow in shots. He needs a few games mistake free, to calm the pressure and build confidence, the acid test is whether he can. It wouldn't be the first time opposing managers play to our goalkeeping weaknesses, teams started to drop the ball between and Pears and the centre halves quite often to watch the carnage unfold!

Hill is outstanding. He should be Premier League next season for somebody.

To pick between Pears and Wahlstedt as first choice jeeeez.

We just need to switch on here. We are giving them too much time and space. They are very poor.

If we are being honest too Reece James had a shot in the first half that went through his legs and was only stopped because it hit him on the arse on the way down.

Having never seen Leo play before we signed him I'm interested to know if his natural game was to punch the ball away. The more I watch him the more he looks completely unnatural at punching.

I've always loved Brad Friedel, but with every passing season I love him a little bit more.

Burnley will be fine ... just need to get the drummer sorted 🥁🥁🥁 They were that good going forwards last season they didn't really need to defend. When they did need to defend they looked pretty ropey ... they look worse this season.

Holt did a strange interview with Radio Lancs in pre-season digging Coleman out about how big a squad he amassed in the relegation season and that he should never have let him build up so many players. He stated it cost the club an absolute fortune in scans and medical bills due to the squad size. I watched the management interviews too last week and thought it wasn't going to end well. Holt will refuse to pay them off and they won't walk so it could end up a miserable season for them. I'm not too sure how well Holts other businesses are doing but I saw Wilko owed them north of £350k when they went pop!

Pretty grim game, I'm just delighted to have won and not played well. The win stops us having to deal with the condescending post match interview from their manager telling us we "are the best footballing team we have played this season" after a defeat.

Great win, well in Rovers!

Very harsh on Carter, he's not started the season well but was excellent last. Doesn't bode well for a centre back when your mate is having a stinking season too.

I'm with you, if you read the script of last night's game which was it being a scrappy game with poor finishing but a team got a late winner, we all know which team would have lost. We are still not in my opinion for all the good JDT has done, a team with any sort of grit when the chips are down.

I've noticed that Preston/Bolton are both giving away tickets in a ballot for members of the blue light card scheme (members of emergency services, military etc). They seem to just get it, an empty stadium makes no money. Having people in those seats watching (we must be mega to watch for a neutral) and enjoying their day will stand a far greater chance of creating future revenue than empty seats.

With how much work he is being asked to do and no obvious replacement on the sidelines in the squad currently, this isn't too far off.

I was at the game so didn't any commentary, did Pears get injured when Vardy beat him charging out his goal? AGAIN.

Agreed, Sunderland broke on us way more than Leicester did today. If Leicester had that many breaks it could have been 6/7. A misplaced pass happens, when it gives them a 5 on 4 there is a flaw in the system.

What a throughly demoralising defeat that was. I'll say that 4-1 was pretty damn harsh overall. We just got spanked everytime we made any sort of mistake. I of course can easily find faults with the set up, but I don't overally know what you can do with that squad we had available today. JDT has some decisions to make, as being so open and having a centre half partnership that seem completely shot for form/confidence you cannot have teams steaming forwards on the break. At 3-1 against Leicester at home you take the loss and tighten up a bit, you most certainly don't concede on the break again, that is criminal.

I think there is a big difference for a goalkeeper between "could have done better" when conceding a goal and "being at fault" for a goal. I can't remember a goalkeeper in the last decade "being at fault" for a goal as often as Pears.