The worrying thing is that the relegation form actually started in March. We’ve been struggling to average a point a game for the last 20 games. To be upbeat, onlookers often ask if we would have been happier with the last two seasons had the form being reversed I.E start poorly and have a strong end which results in just missing out in the playoffs. Maybe we’ll find out

Yes. If we carry in playing the same way and letting the opposition have 20+ shots a game whilst he says the tactics are fine then that is Mowbray style stubbornness

I agree with this as a formation. The wide players in the front 3 are generally our weakness and not as effective in their position as some of the players on the bench (mainly JRC) could be in their’s

So many poor signings under successive managers. Our academy has really saved us in that aspect

We’re 4/1 to win at Ipswich on Saturday. I don’t normally bet on Rovers but that seems good value considering how many chances we are creating home and away. Ipswich are great on the counter attack though. I’m quite intrigued by next week’s Carabao cup game. A chance to see if a few of the new signings have much about them

It’s not really the defenders’ fault. The style of football leaves us very open when a team counter attack. A different manager would have the same defence set up to have games end 1-0 either way. Pros and cons to both approaches

Tronstad and Buckley better options in that role surely but one not in the squad and the other out on loan. Garret better in the Travis role

Ridiculous isn’t it. I was going with a mate who lives in Leeds but is a Liverpool fan. He should have bought them with hindsight but with it not being a rivalry and me not being a hooligan, I didn’t think we had to be clever when ordering

I’m a bit annoyed about this. I probably shouldn’t have used the same email address I use for rovers tickets but I didn’t think it would be a big deal. I planned to keep my mouth shut in the posh seats

Every fanbase has it’s nobheads, don’t think we particularly have more. The main issue I have with away games is some people unofficially deciding away games are sit where you want whilst others demand to sit in their seat. I often end up with 10 people standing in the five seats surrounding me or, as happened today, a bunch of young lads in my seat refusing to move and people moving me on when I find another empty seat

He’s always been better when playing off the left but he seems to be hugging the left touchline more than ever at the moment. For this reason he has barely had a chance to miss recently. Most of our attacks seem to come down the right at the moment which should result in your inside left forward getting a lot of chances but this hasn’t happened due to delivery and/or movement. He was still fairly wide yesterday when we were chasing for an equaliser which seems baffling

JDT reminds me a little of arteta. Similar to arteta, some of the performances in his early days were truly dreadful as he tried to change the way we played but a cup run offered promise. You can now see improvements in performances but we lack a cutting edge and have a tendency to “bottle it” not unlike Arsenal. Arteta has had some big money signings to help his “project” and that’s where I feel JDT’s project may fail.

As someone who has coached a bit at junior level, when in a bad run and unsure of how to get out of it I often go back to the team I was playing the last time we were on a good run which for various reasons I may have drifted from. JDT may have done the same minus Buckley when he dropped BBD against Preston if Gallagher was fit

I’m pleased it’s in our hands. I hated 2017 when we won our last two (fairly difficult) games but it wasn’t enough due to other results

You know how we have all these statistical measures like expected goals now? I’m convinced that if you had a way of measuring supporter happiness whereby you got a lot of points for things like coming from behind to win, beating your rivals, scoring a late winner and lost points for the opposite then we would be lower down than most teams on that measure in the last ten years. I can’t complain too much though as we had a much better time than most fans in the nineties and noughties

The recent run reminds me a little bit of the bit I’ve circled from last season. Not playing terribly all the time but not getting the results. We then actually started playing terribly as it came to the run in

We’ve gone back to Mowbray’s Rovers a little bit. I always felt that under Mowbray we were competitive in most games without dominating. First half of the season we were only competitive in half our games and Coyle levels of bad in the other half. Somehow we won every game we were competitive in. We are back to most games being fairly even and decided by fine margins like they were under Mowbray.

He’s a big issue and possibly not criticised enough. We will not get promoted as long as Travis starts regularly

I said similar last season but it won’t be as easy in future seasons even if we have a better team. The likes of Watford, Norwich, WBA and the 3 relegated teams will be stronger next season

I still think a bust up or something happened pre Burnley. Don’t expect him to play all the time but the amount of times he hasn’t even been on the bench when fit since then is beyond belief

This is what Gregg said when he joined but this may just be propaganda: Rovers’ Director of Football Gregg Broughton said: “We are delighted to welcome George to Blackburn Rovers. “He has been our first choice recruitment target as a striker all summer and, considering Jon Dahl’s knowledge of the position, this shows just how highly we regard him. “Jon has been able to clearly communicate to George how he will fit into our style of play and George has been able to explain how he feels we could get the best out of him both personally and professionally. “Rovers fans should look forward to seeing a striker with a goal threat, good link-up play, the ability to press from the front and an ideal mentality for our environment.” Welcome, George!

Lots of people are forgetting that we brought George Hirst in who according to Gregg was JDT's first choice all summer. He should obviously have been replaced when recalled in January but we wouldn't be talking about lack of firepower if Hirst had been any good

Weird one with him. He was playing ok until he couldn’t play against Sheff U due to being cup tied. Hedges played well that day so Thomas hasn’t started since. I can’t remember if it was JDT or Gregg who was quoted as saying he could be a game changer in the final stages of games. To the contrary, despite having some good moments when starting games, he is always terrible when coming off the bench

I know there are other teams involved but Millwall now can’t be on more than 71 points before they play us. If we can get 6 points from our next 4 then we will have the opportunity to leapfrog them on the day. Obviously we’d rather be in the top 6 going into the last day but even a fairly average return from the next four games could still leave us in with a chance Also impossible for Sunderland or Watford to get more than 71 points. If we beat Coventry tomorrow then they can’t exceed that 71 number.

Just checked and only 5 of our league wins this season have come when Travis and Morton start together in midfield. Two of those five (Birmingham, Middlesbrough) were alongside Wharton in more of a midfield 3 than an 2 with Dack/Szmodics in front and two were in a 3-4-3 (Milwall, Watford). Therefore Reading at home is the only league game where we’ve started Travis and Morton in a 4-2-3-1 and won