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Can't see anything other than a comfortable Saint's win. They have far superior quality. Should be a decent game though.

That was very nervy, we never do it the easy way. Trondstad is a fantastic player. 8/10 every game and barely puts a foot wrong. Leo had an excellent game too. By far his best in a Rovers shirt. Do feel we lack a presence up top. Ennis was OK in the first half but you can see his fitness levels are poor. Leonard was anonymous when he came on..

Good starting 11. Think we'll win tonight.

Anyone know how our points tally this season compares to our tally at the same point last season? Feels like we've doing worse than last season but I suspect the tally is quite similar.

We've done OK but Leeds clearly have far more quality than us which is to be expected given the huge difference in budget. They've never really got out of first gear today but still won easily

Pretty confident in saying we'll spend between zero and nothing in the Jan transfer window. A couple of loan deals I reckon (defender and striker) and Bucko recalled. I don't think we've had a good Jan transfer window for as long as I can remember. The only signing of note has been Gestede but that was many years ago.

Madness that Sunderland have sacked Mowbray. He was doing a fantastic job there. I think they'll do a Birmingham now and slip down the league. Sadly Dack's career appears to be over at championship level with this news. I think he'll drop down to lge 1 next season.

We've been poor today and that's an embarrassing result against a league one side. If we'd been anywhere near our normal levels then we would have won easily today.

Poor first half but the game is far from over. Moran, in particular, completely off it today.

Totally agree. Sammie has to play tomorrow, we cannot take anyone for granted in this league. Play our best team and we'll prob win tomorrow. Play our best team against Leeds and there's a good chance we may still lose, so the focus is very much on winning tomorrow.

Big blow to lose Dolan. None of us probably would have been too bothered at the beginning of the season but he's been brilliant recently. Still, I don't think we're weakened at all by Leonard coming in to replace him. All these injuries now could actually be GOOD for us. We usually tank around February because we run out of steam but we'll have load of first team players fit by then who won't have played a huge amount of football in the first half of the season. We cannot afford anymore injuries though as we're then down to teenagers who've never played first team football.

Leonard was brilliant last night. He scored and had an assist, his hold up play was excellent, and his ability on the ball was impressive too. He has all the right attributes to be a top striker for us. Interesting that JDT has decided not to make any subs in the second half of games recently (not counting half time or the 90th minute when we've already won the game). For me, the subs were the reason we lost the game at Preston and why the game has turned against us so late in games this season. The likes of Markanday coming on turn the game in the favour of the opposition. Think that will change when we get some of our injured players back.

Phew! What an effort from the boys. 7th in the league despite a huge injury list and very inexperienced side. Szmodics is the best player in the league right now. Wharton was excellent tonight too. Siggy was very disappointing when he came on though. Why on earth Dembele went to Birmingham, I will never know. He's way too good for them.

A very impressive result. Stoke don't concede many and are tough to beat. They do feel like a club that is going nowhere though and their transfer policy is to sign players past their best. We have a very impressive young team. Incredible that we have so many injuries to our more experienced players yet can still pull off a result like today. Preston losing to two late goals feels very good too after their late win against us 2 weeks ago.

Spot on. We were destroying them second half and then they bring on a load of subs who change the momentum. We simply cannot do that as we're relying on someone like Markanday to swing the game in our favour.

Derby games are battles and made for teams with warriors. We don't have many of those so we often get bullied and end up losing.

Why do we concede so many late goals? It's simple, our subs always make us weaker and the opposition gain an advantage. Markanday is hopeless.

Classic Rovers. Weak defensively and not clinical enough. Very clear that we're heading for a mid table finish.

Not sure how we're losing but story of our season. Not sure what's happened to Siggy recently. Started off the season so well but now looks very poor. He'll come off at HT with Leonard coming on instead I'd imagine.

Our chances of winning this game improved drastically when Wharton's red was overturned. Not because Wharton is a brilliant defender but because it means we don't have to have a complete reshuffle and a makeshift back 4. Brittain would have been at LB, Pickering at CH, and Trav at RB. Chances of getting a result with that back 4 and GK that can't cope with crosses would have been pretty low. Tough game still, but I think we'll win. Preston have overperformed in the first part of the season and are now levelling out. We, on the other hand, are a good side and should have more points on the board.

Tronstad was excellent again today. He's made a massive difference since coming into the side. He doesn't do anything outstanding but he smells danger well and always seem to be in the right place to pick up the loose balls. He's also very neat and tidy on the ball and rarely loses it. Really good signing.

I think Leo will come good but he's not at the level required at the moment imo. We don't have a good GK in our ranks right now which is a concern.

Excellent result. I thought before the game it would be a tough game but I underestimated how bad Norwich are. We completely outclassed them. Hill with an absolute defensive masterclass. He's a top player. Dolan had one of his best games in a Rovers shirt I thought. Sammie did what Sammie does. I felt Wharton got some of the ball and I didn't think it was a red. But I doubt it will be overturned as it's not an obvious mistake from the ref. The injuries are stacking up which is a concern. Intl break will come at a good time for us but one game to get through first.

Excellent half. We need that third goal to kill it off. It would be criminal if we let a dreadful Norwich side get anything from this game. Wagner will be gone after today.

There's no doubt Telalovic was on our Z list of targets. As the deadline got closer, a decision had to be made on whether we sign a Z lister or no striker at all. No striker at all would have been a PR disaster. Telalovic is so far off it that I don't think he'll ever get a run of games here. Once Gally is back I don't think Tel will even make the bench. Only seen brief cameos like everyone else but I'm pretty confident in saying he won't make it. Leonard, on the other hand, is a real prospect. Think he's going to be a very player. Ennis is a good player too but completely out of shape.