all you need is duff

I agree that if the only options are give us the win or a full replay then it has to be a full replay. Giving us the win can’t be justified. I don’t think a middle option exists in this country

I see a lot of mentions of us not being able to drain into the river when it is full being the main reason for us not being able to cope with heavy downpours. Does anyone have a photo of the river at 16:30 today as I would have expected it to be at record low levels a week ago? I know there has been a lot of rain since but I still wouldn’t expect it to have been ready to burst at 16:30

Sorry if this has already been answered but is Bradford the only time Lewis Miller has played centre back in a back four in his professional career? My trawl through transfermarkt and Footmob seems to suggest so

Is there a half decent centre back who is a free agent? If so, signing him may be the only way we stay up

The weird contradiction is that we “made mistakes” in the past by not renewing contracts. However JRC, Buckley and Pears seem to have been frozen out because they have (or had in JRC’s case) long term contracts on a decent wages

This was the team sheet. Everyone got on at some point. It was Decania who partnered Grady-Macken at the beginning of the second half before Max Davies came on and Grady-Macken moved to centre mid

Olsen, Duru, Trialist off at half time. Houghton as gone right back, Grady-Macken playing centre back (!), Edmondson centre mid, someone I don’t know centre back with Grady-Macken

This is him with the Venkys sponsorship instead of WR. David Dunn is in the crowd

That looks about right apart from Wood is definitely on the right so Dlamini probably centre mid. “Trialist” has Venkys as his shirt sponsor

I’m there and I’m not 100% sure who is playing for us. Couldn’t see anywhere to get a team sheet. For some reason we’re wearing last year’s away kit. Duru has looked a class above so far. Barrett, Dunn, Powell, Wood, Olsen the others I know in the starting lineup. I think it’s Boggan up front who has hit the post and looked sharp

Is this the only U21 fixture that has been released (and we haven’t even released it). I normally enjoy a trip to a local non league ground mid July to watch them (Clitheroe 2023, Macclesfield 2024)

It was a weird week that one and Lowe/the players managed to motivate them through that. Those two games are two of the four league games we have won since 14th December. The other two against Preston and Portsmouth could have gone differently with different referees. I agree that Ismael probably isn’t the man for the job but it’s harsh to write him off after four games with a squad of players who have been poor for months. I was pretty convinced Eustace was the wrong man for the job after his first four games and even more convinced after seven or eight games

I agree. He probably isn’t the right man for the job but the players have been poor for a while barring those “galvanised” first two games under Lowe. Have the performances this week been any worse than QPR away (Eustace’s last game) and Swansea away (Lowe’s last game)?

How worried would we be now without those two wins under Lowe?!

Baker running the midfield tonight is what Venky’s deserved. Eustace wanted him in the summer, he was out of favour at Stoke but instead of just signing him, we messed about with a loan

Re priority signings: I don’t think there’s much point getting left back cover in on loan on transfer deadline day. That was something we needed 1st January due to Pickering’s injury but it’s almost too late now

For reasons previously mentioned by others, BBD probably wouldn’t come but he’s exactly the type of player we need. It is OK having strikers who don’t score as long as your wide forwards chip in and that is where a lot of teams get most of their goals. I wouldn’t mind Ohashi in the middle with BBD on the left and ACD on the right. The main problem then would be the number 10 role where we need more goals than Cantwell is currently providing

Ok another note: this loyalty points system has so far been useless for non season ticket holders. I’m on just over 100 points but every away game is 290 points followed by 240 points followed by general sale

Who was the last former or current rovers player to score for England before tonight?

This could possibly be a thread on its own but are away games unofficialy “sit where you want?” When I first started going away in the early noughties, people generally took their allocated seat, although sometimes stewards would say “sit where you want” if we’d only sold around 60% of the allocation. Nowadays, some people seem to have the view that away games are always “sit where you want” whilst others are quite angry about someone being in their seat. I’ve had it at a few games where someone is in my seat refusing to move so I go to another empty seat where someone then gets really arsey because I’m in their seat. i understand that no one actually “sits” at away games but personally I like to stand in the seat I’ve been allocated. So for those of you going today: will you head to your allocated seat or just go where you want?

We’re currently 7/1 to go down with Skybet. I don’t think they realise how likely it is that Jake Batty and James Edmondson are starting games by November

I may not be understanding football accounts probably but it wouldn’t surprise me for the delays in signing the Nantes lad, Fadz, etc to be so that their contracts start on 1st August and they therefore don’t need paying for July

The riverside thing is a bit strange. I may be tempted if I could guarantee a £300 season ticket but would rather be in the Blackburn end if I don’t get my £49 refund in the ballot. Anyone know if you can tick a box to say I don’t want a ticket in this end if I’m unsuccessful in the ballot? I assume not

Will the game be available to purchase on RoversTV with it not being Saturday 3pm?

I think he’s trying not to handle it and give them an indirect free kick. That’s the worst decision making he’s made all day when he doesn’t just get palm it away