Part of me still hopes that we benefit in the way Birmingham did against Huddersfield in 2017 if we need to beat Luton and/or Milwall as they could both be secured playoffs but not able to get automatic by the time we play them

Kaminski is clearly the better ‘keeper but JDT was right to stick with Pears due to the form he was in. Now though is the time to put Kaminski back in

I actually rate Gallagher and have got in many an argument with some fans who I feel are always looking for an excuse to criticise him. However, he really was dreadful in so many ways on Friday. It sends the wrong message to start him tomorrow after he has played so poorly. I don’t care whether it’s Dolan as a false 9, BBD down the middle or Leonard up there but Gally really can’t start. Maybe bring him on off the bench later on with something to prove

Best I’ve seen him play this season was the first half away at Middlesbrough. That was as part of a more conventional midfield 3 (Wharton, Morton, Travis) as opposed to a 2 with Dack or Szmodics in front. I would like to see that midfield 3 again before the end of the season, especially away from home

Leeds away on Boxing Day a few years ago. We scored a last minute winner then lost

Incredulous is the right word. On numerous occasions this season we have looked like relegation fodder yet somehow we are third. About a month ago I was convinced we would end up in a relegation struggle once our luck ran out but the five wins in six have made that unlikely. We do however look like one of the worst teams in the league on an alarmingly regular basis. When we are bad we are Coyle levels of bad

But rightly or wrongly, bringing them on resulted in a change of system.

I thought the 5-3-2 formation suited us well today. I would like to see it more often. The only issue I had was that JDT didn’t really pick the right bench to make changes and stick with that formation. I thought Buckley and Hirst would have been better subs than Dolan and Szmodics for more like for like changes. Quality result though!

The 12pm deadline to sign someone who can play tomorrow has passed. I know we will have long term (permanent) and short term (loan for the rest of the season) targets, but I don’t understand why we haven’t got a premier league centre back on loan for a month. With all the games coming up we shouldn’t only have Ayala (old and injury prone) and Phillips (17 and possible getting his head turned) as centre back options for the third game in a row

I know we don’t have much control over the situation if no one is bidding for him but it makes terrible business sense to allow BBD to stay without signing a new contract. Surely we have to be touting him to other clubs if he refuses to sign a new contract

Defensive injuries are a concern with Pickering and Brittain both going down during the first half. I also noticed that Ayala has tape on his thigh and Kaminski on his neck

Yeah he was always very arrogant. Probably why he became a referee

It meant he didn’t get pretty blatant penalties Huddersfield at home and Hull away last season. The boy who cries wolf

I used to teach Josh Smith. Not the best behaved student and was also the ref when we lost at home to Forest last season

I know clubs have extensive scouting systems and don’t base who they sign on what a manager says in the press but I never fully understood why Mowbray was talking 16 year old Phillips up so much this time last year

I know this is just one fan’s opinion but my Barnsley supporting mate who told me Hedges wouldn’t get in our team has said the following about Brittain: “You can have him. No composure, pretty poor touch but just has one trick he does over and over again which can give him some joy.”

Does anyone know if having the international flexi ticket gives you any season ticket holder advantages such as priority access to important away games or Wembley finals? If not, I’ll probably just buy 4 or 5 games on a game to game basis

Another thing about that Swansea game: Olsson played left back so why was Orr asked to be the hero because Givet wouldn’t play left back? I also don’t believe the cricket ball thing happened and wasn’t picked up by cameras at the Wigan game

Yeah and in the part 1 podcast he talks about how he ended up in prison when he was just trying to break up a fight. Bad things seem to happen to him but it’s never his fault

Many players when looking back at their career have a fairly sketchy memory of games they played but Orr was very flexible with the truth. The Givet Swansea game wasn’t 1-0, it was 3-0. Remember as well that Givet denied refusing to play when it was reported at the time. https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2012/apr/18/blackburn-gael-givet-refuse-play The Crystal Palace game under Berg was 2-0, not 5-1 as Orr said. We also weren’t top of the league at the time as he claimed we were. Orr also made out that we had just been on an eight game unbeaten run before that Peterborough game. The Shebby stuff is terrible to hear but my opinion of Orr and Kean didn’t really go up whilst listening to the podcast

Would probably need a decent goal difference swing as well. I could see both Sheffield United and Luton ending up on 72 points

Last weekend I met a few mates who support premier league teams (Liverpool, Wolves and Leeds). They don’t pay much attention to the championship but whenever they have glanced at the table they have seen Rovers in the top 6 so were surprised at how much I wanted Mowbray gone. I reckon there’ll be a lot of that amongst fans of other clubs and the media next season if he does go and we start poorly. “Blackburn fans will now be wishing they kept Mowbray”

Cheers for this. The lack of Dack stats confirm what many of us are seeing. He isn’t making loads of mistakes but the games are mainly passing him by

I think the “like for like” made him sign Hedges and Giles instead of a striker as he wanted “wide forwards”, not centre forwards. He ended up just signing non scoring wingers. The wide forwards thing only looks like working when Brereton is one of them.

The big difference for me in the second half of the season is the midfield. Travis, Rothwell and Buckley were an excellent midfield trio before Christmas. Travis has probably gone from the weakest link in that trio to the strongest as the team’s form has dipped. Rothwell has been less dominant since January and Buckley is struggling to have the same impact and although Mowbray and analysts will tell us he was a false 9 when we were on a winning streak, my perception is that his average position was deeper than it has been since January. First half today the defence had to go direct because a central midfielder was not giving a viable alternative. Buckley and Rothwell’s decline has also led to us not pressing as effectively