Poor performance but a good win and up to 6th

Absolutely woeful and another half where the manager has got it wrong. No shape, organisation or ideas. And square pegs in round holes which is unforgiveable given that we have a fully fit squad. I really want to like JDT as he seems like a great guy but I'm very unimpressed.

No excuses today. We have a fully fit squad and have had 2 weeks on the training field. Not sure why Brittain is not in the team. I thought the Tony tombola days were over.

We've been battered in all but one of the games we've lost.

Obviously disappointing today but with 10 games gone I'm very happy with the points haul so far and our position in the league. And we've unearthed a couple of gems in Wharton and Phillips. Less impressed with the performances but I feel there are flickers of progress on that with good performances against Blackpool and Watford recently. Losing so many players in the summer and changing manager, plus changes at boardroom level, along with slow recruitment meant I expected a very poor start and I wouldn't have been surprised if we were in the bottom 3 at this stage. Still a lot of work to do and much to improve on but after 10 games I'm pretty satisfied.

Our inability to get back into games, or even look like getting back into games, is a real concern. Even if we conceded after 10 seconds, I'd still wouldn't back us to get anything from the game. A complete lack of goals in this team. The front line needs freshening up in January. Morton for me is never going to be a top player. He should be bossing this league if he expects to get anywhere near the Liverpool team. I thought Amari Bell was magnificent for them. I can't believe that was the same person who played at Rovers.

Bullied off the park. If we concede the first goal then we may as well pack up and go home this season. We collapse everytime.

I've given up trying to predict our results. We're far too unpredictable to even hazard a guess how this one will go. Will we see the Bristol City or Watford performance. We shall see.

Awful

If we can keep Wharton, Ayala, and Hyam fit for the majority of the season then I think we're in with a shout this season. I don't see many teams finding it easy to score against a defence with those 3 in it. I do think there are a lack of goals in the team and the outcome of our games depend so much on who scores the first goal. I'm not sure how many times we've come from behind to win since promotion from lge 1. It can't be that many. Also interesting that Edun and Szmodics did not make the squad last night despite being fit. I think we may have seen the last of Edun with Mola taking his place as the utility man. JDT has seen that he's well below the level required.

Excellent result and performance. Everyone was brilliant. Is there a better back 3 in this league than Hyam, Ayala, Wharton? I doubt it.

We are but it's back to basics which is the right thing to do at the moment. We cant keep conceding 3 a game and expect to pick up points.

I'm pleased with the line up. We need to get back to basics and become hard to beat and hard to score against. The team picked tonight suggests JDT agrees with that sentiment.

S Wharton and Ayala return to play alongside Hyam as we switch to a back 3. Sensible decision. That's the formation we should play moving forward.

Can't see anything but a comfortable Watford win with their attacking talents. I can see them scoring 3 or more. We need to go 3 at the back tonight and provide cover in the full back areas. Their strengths lie in wide attacking areas, our weaknesses lie in the full back areas...

I'm not particularly a royalist, although I do respect the Queen and never like to see anyone pass away, but I think it's the correct decision to postpone the football this weekend as a mark of respect for those who are grieving and feel a deep sense of loss, of which there are many. Not to mention the extra pressure on police resources. I think for many the loss of the queen has evoked emotions of loved ones they have lost in the past too. I love football as much as anyone but I think we can cope without football for a weekend or two! Plus, on a selfish note I don't want us to play until we have some key players back from injury 😆

This game almost certainly won't go ahead, and probably not the one next week either. Although I'll miss the football, I don't think it's a bad thing for us. We should have a fully fit squad by the time we next play and it gives JDT a chance to coach the players on how he wants to play football (whatever that is!) after a very poor run of performances. A mini break in the season will help us imo. Obviously get the frustration of fans who have already paid out money for transport though.

It's a tough one with Pickering as you can't fault his commitment or work rate, but sadly he's not got the attributes to be a championship player. He's slow, very poor technically, poor in offensive positions, and not particularly physically strong or good defensively either. The alternative is Edun who is not even at the level of Pickering. Both are lower league players.

I really hope JDT will be successful here but he needs to have a re-think about how we're going to win games on a consistent basis. If he thinks we'll be successful by passing teams off the pitch then he won't last long. At the moment, the way he sets us up reminds me of how Henning Berg set us up. Mowbray ditched the idea of us playing passing football as he knew that wasn't how we were going to compete well in this league. For me, he needs to focus on making us hard to beat by going 3 at the back and putting Trav back in midfield. Tyler Morton, who will never be good enough for Liverpool btw, needs to be dropped. I do fear for JDT. I know many will say its for too early but the performances are so bad, I can see fans turning on him pretty quickly. He looks tactically inept to me so far. I'd say 50/50 as to whether he's here by Xmas. As I've said in the past, I always feel the best managers we've had have always come in and instantly made us much more solid and hard to beat.

I don't think the defence is entirely the problem - there are huge gaps on the transition. That won't change even with new personnel in the defence. I do agree that we're not relegation material, we'll be around mid table. Is mid table championship and getting battered by teams like Bristol City and Reading good enough though? I can accept the occasional thrashing, bet we're getting well beat most weeks at the moment. As quite a few of us have said for a few weeks, the midfield is the big problem at the moment.

Awful, awful performance yet again. I think 0-4 would have been a fairer reflection. If you try and play passing football with average players then you usually get sacked by Xmas. Go and ask Cocu. A club with average players like ours has to be well organised, well drilled, and tough to beat. We are none of those things. Every team is finding too much space between midfield and defence, it's far too easy to carve us open and get shots on our goal - hence 10 goals conceded in 5 games. JDT has us very poorly set up but I hope he can turn things around. I've been very unimpressed by him so far.

It's not at all. Last 5 games: Lost 4 Conceded 10 (and still playing!) Scored 3 Performances abysmal in all bar a couple of games this season.

Pathetic. Worst Rovers team in a few years this season. Absolutely hopeless from back to front. The manager also seems to have no idea what system to play or which players to pick. Worrying times.

Dolan, Edun and Vale brought on to try and change the game. Clueless.

We have far too many tippy tappy footballers and not enough 'soldiers'. We're far too easy to play against. I know JDT wants us to play the European way but I don't feel that is the Rovers way.