38 games to go and all still to play for. It's been a disappointing start to the season but not a disastrous one. Tonight was a shocker but I'm still hopeful we'll have a decent season. Kaminski, Ayala and Nyambe all need to come back into the back 4. Rothwell needs to come back into the midfield and then suddenly we're looking a lot stronger. JRC struggled badly tonight and is a lesson that he cant play there against the better teams, Pears didn't convince me although I don't think he was necessarily to blame for any of the goals, and Evan's was a complete passenger. Lenihan struggled too but the defensive shape was a shambles all night so it's hard to single out of the backline - all dreadful. Even Del had a poor game.

Dreadful night for us. Beaten by a much team here. Lots of huff and puff going forward, and all over the place at the back.

For the second week in a row we’ve lost the game after 15 minutes. Reading are a tough team to break down so this game is over. Comical defending. Worst performance of the season.

Interesting stat that Gallagher has scored 3 in his past 5 appearances (all as a sub)

I think we'll win this one. I'm not fooled by their early season form, they are hugely over performing on the back of a new manager bounce. We've got a superior team to them and should expect to win.

Buckley will be a player and have a good career here. Davenport may well turn out to be a good player but I fully expect him to be shipped out in Jan. He won't get a look in here now. Same with Chapman.

A big mention for Williams and JRC today. Williams is like a completely different player this season and it has to be him + Lenihan or Ayala. He's not as aggressive in his play as Lenhian but he reads the game far better. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time and expertly covers when our LB is caught out of position. JRC has impressed me at RB this season. I'm not convinced he's good enough to play in one of the wide attacking roles like he did on the opening day, but he's certainly good enough at RB. What an amazing ball to put Ben clean through for the pen. He suits our "play on the front foot" style of play more than Nyambe does. Nyambe will still have a huge role to play this season though.

Ben played like a £10m player today. He needs to work on his finishing but he was outstanding. Without doubt his best performance in a Rovers shirt. Harvey Elliot came to life in the second half and comes away with a goal and assist. Very impressive all round.

Breo, JRC, Holtby were all outstanding. Need a second goal though and then it’s game over.

I can see why JRC has come in for Nyambe. I think we’ve missed his attacking play down the right since he’s been out.

Yes! I like that team a lot.

We have to win this one and I think we will. Trybull for Evans and Williams for Ayala are the two changes I expect. Bell will cling onto his place. Coventry 0 - Rovers 3. Armstrong to get a couple.

I thought Armstrong was very cavalier with his finishing last night and was looking for a spectacular goal for the highlights reel. When Elliot put him clean through he would have been far better trying to take it round the GK rather than going for the spectacular chip. He’s an ok penalty taker but if the GK guesses the right way then his pens are always a nice height for the GK. Compare that to pens taken by Mulgrew or Dack who put them bang in the corner of the net.

I do agree that it’s a results business and if we’re still playing well and not getting results in another half a dozen games I will be concerned, but I think it’s too early to scrutinise results after 6 games. I remember our first season in this division after relegation and we were picking up good early results despite poor performances, but the poor performances caught up with us in the end and we ended up nearly being relegated. Look at last year, Charlton made a storming start but ended up being relegated. This fixture list can also skew the true levels of different teams - we’ve played two newly relegated teams away from home and also played 2 of the top 7 from last season. Even Derby away is not an easy fixture at all. Add to the mix that we’ve not even been able to get our best team on the pitch yet and we’ve not done too badly. Time for Douglas and Trybull to come into the team, and bring Williams back into the left side of the defence to give us more balance. A midfield three of Holtby, Johnson, and Evans is way too pedestrian to be successful. Rothwell, Trybull, and Holtby would give us what we need in there.

I think that reflects the nature of this league. With games happening thick and fast, you can be sitting pretty one minute and then 3 games later you can plummet down the league. Conversely, 3 good results in a week and things look very rosy.

Incredibly tough game and one I expected to lose. They are my tip to win the league. Elliot looked very good in flashes, Trybull looked lively and made some lovely cross field passes, Holtby was class throughout, and Breo caused them problems. Our left side was so weak. Evans looks well off the pace and Bell has never been good enough. The last three games have been incredibly frustrating but there's enough there to suggest we're going to have a good season. Two of the toughest away games now out of the way in Watford and Bournemouth. Forest and Cardiff will be promotion contenders too so we've had a tough set of fixtures to start with.

Evans and Johnson are too pedestrian to play together.

Bring on Trybull and Douglas and get them up to speed for the next game.

How we’re losing and they still have 11 men on the pitch, I’ll never know. We’ve played incredibly well but it looks a bit too easy for them to get in behind our back 4. Great goal from Breo. I had assumed it had hit the side netting until the players started celebrating!

Game over after 17 mins

One of the toughest games of the season tonight. I’d take a draw right now, but sadly I think we’ll lose.

I think Elliot will start tonight. We’ll need a bit of magic to breakdown their defence and he’s certainly got the ability to produce a bit of magic. No chance Buckley will play after his display at the weekend.

Boring game. Poor result. Fluke goal. New players are here. We move on.

Surprised to see Fisher go permanently but he looked well off it in pre-season.

Game changing window. Harvey Elliot - the coup of the day. Didn't expect that one at the start of the day. Overall, I'd say us and Forest have been the biggest winners in this window and look very strong. Forest have made some cracking signings. Brentford have probably been the biggest losers.