This is the thing I’ve always said about those who “take the positives”. When the context is as bad as it has been it is basically a front to excuse mediocrity in the pursuit to be seen as the more virtuous fan. The lower reaches of the second tier is absolutely not our “natural level” but it certainly will be where we remain if our own fans will it on us. Music to Waggott’s ears. “We’ve done everything we can”. Jack didn’t give us our pride, he rekindled it. This club, and town, used to be massive. There was real pride and prosperity. Now the people in charge of both bring us neither, and the townsfolk shuffle along in their hopelessness. “Well, this is all we can hope for really, better make the best of it” is apparently being positive. No, that is maintaining the status quo and pretending to be happy about it because “it could be worse”. We should be demanding more.

If Ayala hadn’t got injured, Wharton wouldn’t have got a look in. I just hope he isn’t banished by TM as soon as Ayala is fit. If Wharton performs he should keep the shirt and Ayala should have to fight to be in contention. My concern is that if you aren’t a Mowbray man then you don’t get as many chances.

If Wharton hadn’t gone off I think we’d have got that clean sheet today. Carter ain’t ready.

Thank goodness for that!

Didn’t deserve that

MoM today this lad.

Prepared to be persuaded after seeing the slow mo but in real time it looked like it came off the foot of the nearest Barnsley player.

Massive deflection! But will take that.

And now a fifth!

That’s why Brezza has to dive when he feels contact in the box. Just doesn’t have it.

That’s an astonishing save! ?? ??????

Get in! Well against the run of play.

Struggling against the extra 2 players...

Ah. Just spotted it.

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Getting battered here.

1-1 mate. Rovers: Eastham, Pike, Barnes, Annesley, Grayson (c), Thompson (Garrett, 90), Whitehall, Lyons, McBride, Burns, Chapman (Durrant, 90). Unused substitutes: Stergiakis, Saadi, Harlock. Goal: Lyons, 39.

Well something had to smoke you out of the stone you were hiding under! Good to see you back.

It’s a myth that has become fact. Mowbray is infallible, Venkys were misled and fans are to blame for any bad stuff that happens. If we’d all have just backed Kean and saw what he was trying to do we wouldn’t be in the mess.

We’ll see.

See you in the New Year, Bradley. Maybe Easter. That tackle cost us hugely.

London being Tier 2 is outrageous. Remember back when the R rate was the ‘key statistic’? Not anymore. It’s all about number of infections over a 7 day period, ignoring the last three days, and the daily trend. Simples!

Absolutely nobody is going to offer us £7m for him at this stage. For a player who played 50-odd games before he came here and then played out of position he went backwards and his confidence crumbled. Even his record this season isn’t £7m quality yet. That said, he is finally going in the right direction and that needs to remain the case - even when Dack comes back. Hopefully it’s as simple as a team similar to Tuesday but with Gallagher making way. Still need to see him perform consistently and not just when we are on top against 10 men. Have to laugh at the Chile links though. He can’t cope with a few flat-caps shouting “get him off”. Imagine what a Chilean crowd would do!

Some poor sod has been driven into the arms of Stuart Pearce! Things really are bad.

You know you’ve hammered a team when at 3-0 down THEIR keeper starts time wasting.