I agree with TM that I’d only go and sign someone if they’re actually better than what we’ve got. If not, I’d rather see the young players given a chance. We’re in a comfortable league position so we don’t need to take a gambles on signings.

I thought we did quite well last night in what was a patched up side. The defence struggled but I think that's understandable when you are missing four defenders and your right back is playing centre half. The grit and determination within the squad is outstanding. We lack a lot of quality but we often make up for that in passion and energy. We saw that again last night. When that energy drains, we collapse and our lack of quality is exposed - hence why we concede so many late goals. Positives - What a player Lewis Travis is! One of the best players on the pitch again despite not being as good as he has been in previous games. Graham was outstanding too. Nice to see Armstrong score another. I'm not sure he particularly wanted or expected to score with that shot (it looked like he tried to hit it straight at the keeper to me and he looked gutted when it squirmed under the keeper into the net). Negatives - Smallwood and Bell showed again that they are the real weak links in the side. Brereton also looked woeful again, unfortunately. I think he will come good as he's only very young but he looks well off it at the moment.

Excellent win, shocking game. I’ll take that though as it’s all about the points. Rodwell, Lenihan, and Travis were outstanding. Armstrong changed the game when he came on. Amari Bell needs to be replaced very soon, he’s an absolutely abysmal player,

Hmm not convinced by that line up. Rodwell gets expose too easily as a defender.

I like Downing, I think he's a solid defender. How on earth he is below Williams and Rodwell in the pecking order is beyond me. TM clearly doesn't rate him so a move away seems like a sensible option. He'll be a good signing for a lge 1 club. If this opens the door for some young players in the youth team then I can accept that. I said a while ago that we could use the final couple of months of the season as a chance to blood some youngsters and see what they can do. We probably aren't going down and we probably aren't going up either, so it's a perfect opportunity to blood them. If we are ever to return to the premier league, it is going to be built on quality youngsters coming through the youth team. We can't afford to buy our way to promotion, so it's vital we give the youngsters a chance.

Pleased to see Palmer move on, he's a very poor player. Hopefully he'll develop as a player by moving on and can have a decent career.

Thought we played very well. Travis impressed me hugely. He’s a premier league player in the making. Armstrong was a bit disappointing and Williams looked poor when he came on, but thought everyone else did well.

Apparently we’re after Kevin McDonald from Fulham according to the sun.

I would expect to go back in for some of our summer targets: Chapman, Bauer, and Gallagher. I'd certainly send Palmer back to Chelsea, terrible player.

Excellent result today after three very difficult games. We’re firmly in mid table and I would snapped your hand off at that before the season started. I very much expected us to be firmly in a relegation scrap but I think we’ll be well clear of that. TM continues to do an excellent job. There’s no doubt there are quite a few players that need to be replaced if we’re to move onto the step in our progression (e.g Bell, Smallwood, Williams etc). I also think we need to give a few of the youngsters a chance once we’re 100% safe this season. It was therefore good to see Grayson on the bench today, not to mention seeing Travis get MOTM.

4-0 would have been more of a reflective score line. We were excellent, they were abysmal. Graham and Dack the stars of the show, but Conway and Downing made a huge difference. I don’t understand why downing has been frozen out for most of the season, he’s always done well when he’s played.

Why hasn’t Downing been playing more regularly? Having a stormer. Conway playing well too.

That has to be up there as one of the worst performances during Mowbray’s reign. I can accept a drop in form as that was inevitable, but it’s unacceptable when the players clearly weren’t up for it tonight. No passion or desire whatsoever. Rodwell has shown on several occasions he’s not a defender. His positional sense is woeful. Bell and Williams are both showing they’re not quite up to it. First little bump in the road this season but we’ll be ok. Just very annoying and frustrating watching a performance like that.

Wow, how on earth did we get a point out of that. No centre halves, no strikers, a central midfielder in goal, and 10 men for the last 15 mins. Great team spirit. 4 points from those three games is impressive. A lack of centre halves and strikers is now starting to bite. Where on earth is Downing? He’s not that bad.

When it’s not your day...

Think we’ll get well beaten in this one. We’re at our best when we can keep things tight and nick a goal. WBA are a difficult team to stop scoring and we’re not a team that finds scoring easy. 3-1 WBA

3-1 flattered them massively. I think a draw would have been a fair result. Potter made some good tactical changes at HT. He tried to pull our defenders out of position more and play the ball in behind to expose our lack of pace back there. Pace is the one thing our defenders can not cope with and he exposed that. Still no complaints about the progress we’re making as a club though. Promotion would be a dream but mid table more of a reality. Personally, I thought a relegation scrap before the season started, but I don’t think we’ll be anywhere near the drop zone. On the pluses from last night, more game time for Rodwell. He will be a big player for us when fully fit. Rothwell looked excellent when he came on yet again. Brereton did ok, but that final pass or shot is not quite coming off for him yet. Surprised that Williams has been frozen out recently and did not come on when Lenihan got injured. He was once one of the first names on the team sheet. Palmer still cannot find a way into the team. I actually agree with TM on that decision, I’ve not been impressed by him at all. Smacks of a deal that will be ended in January.

Rodwell showing his not a centre half. Being pulled out of position too easily and Swansea playing it into the space left by him being out of position.

It’s a nice feeling going into Monday after an excellent win at the weekend. What a team TM has built in such a short space of time. It’s clearly not the most talented side in the division with lots of flair, but we must be the side with the most passion and desire. That can take you along way. Still think our squad is too thin to have a sustained promotion push but this season was all about stability and progress. We’ve already seen that in abundance. On the game on Saturday, Armstrong looked outstanding. Caused absolute havoc. Let’s snap up chapman in Jan and we’ll have a very dangerous forward line.

I personally think he’s quite a shrewd operator in the transfer market. The signings of Dack, Armstrong, Smallwood and, to a lesser extent, Downing were excellent last season. So far this year, I’d say Rothwell and Reed look excellent. Brereton is an exciting signing who will come good in time. Davenport and Rodwell haven’t featured yet so hard to say. I’m not convinced about Palmer at all and the jury is out on Armstrong at this level, but I do feel he’ll be useful with his pace.

I think the issue with Smallwood is that, yes, he’s very good at harassing players and closing down the space but, on the other hand, he plays a part in inviting pressure from the opposition by lumping it aimlessly upfield so often. I do like Smallwood but if we are to progress then I think he has to become a sub player and brought on to protect a lead. Reed, Rothwell and hopefully Davenport are far more talented than him. He’ll always be an ewood legend, though, for his passionate displays last season.

We have to remember that we are a work in progress and that we did go to one of the hardest places in the division last night and came away with a point. Plus, we've played two of the other promotion favourites so far (Brentford and Villa) and come away with 4 points. We've also kept 4 clean sheets in the process. This season was all about being competitive and building the club back up; I've seen great progress in that sense. We were so far off the pace 2 years ago in this league, it's nice to see that we are at least competing and are a difficult outfit to beat now. We do need a bit more magic in the final 3rd but that will come in time as we progress and add better players, and as our young players like Armstrong and Brereton evolve and develop. All of our best managers in the last decade or so (Hughes, Bowyer and Allardyce) have first and foremost made us hard to beat and then added the quality in forward positions. That's exactly what TM is doing as well.

Crikey, that was shambolic. He could have taken anyone off so I feel Conway was a little unfortunate.

Palmer, Dack, and Armstrong will be a handful for them. I don’t think their defence is the most mobile; I can see those three players causing real problems. Equally, I can see their front players causing our defence problems. Williams at CB is a bit of a worry and I’m not a huge fan of the Smallwood/Evans combination at this level; I think we have better options in there. I think home advantage may prove to be the crucial factor here.

Bennett is an interesting one. He’s become “Mr Blackburn Rovers” in the current set up, but he’s really ineffictive in an attacking role. He’s got so much passion and desire, which is what playing for this club is all about, which makes it impossible to drop him. Whenever he switches to a central midfield role, he is absolutely immense but I can’t see him ever getting a regular starting spot in CM. I do think there will come a point in this season where those players who are in the team mainly for their desire and passion, such as Bennett and Smallwood, may be replaced by more talented players, such as Reed and Palmer.