Please note, all Mercer's comment (whether you agree with him or not) are non-personal and present his football views. Your's are all entirely personal and, frankly, childish.

Been saying this for months.

Bit disingenuous here Parson. You're certainly correct that a mid-table finish was what most did hope for before the season kicked off. However, expectations have been raised by outstanding results so that we were within touching distance of Top 6. The LT ran a headline recently proclaiming such! As you say, anyone can beat anyone in this League this season which gave us even more hope that the chance was there for us. Further, the squad does have to be strengthened in January but if TM continues to baffle with selections and square pegs continue to be hammered into round holes, it won't make enough difference.

Back to basics. 11 best players start in their correct positions. Deficiencies in the squad need to be rectified in January. In particular we need a striker who regularly scores goals and can start every game. And we need width. Defence is way better than that so don't know why it went so wrong today, bur the facts speak for themselves. We concede too many and we don't score enough . No more wide forwards crap, no more expensive experiments for the future. Let's learn from this and kick on. PS Where's Chaddy?

This!

Great call Mike. There must be many Rovers fans who have never heard of him and that should not be.

Snob!

If we prepare before-hand by signing the right back-up then there'll be no need to panic will there?

Thought that myself.

Ha!

I thought it was 6th round?

I was at that game, in the old A stand, Nuttall St sitting next to Roy Vernon, who chain-smoked for the entire game!

I think Chapman is too big a risk now. Feel very sorry for him.

I'm not suggesting we could do all that in one go but TM was looking for a keeper in the summer as cover for Raya, he was trying very hard to sign Bauer ( so why not get someone else?), we could probably get by without another full-back, and TM was trying to sign Chapman--again why not go for someone else? Signing a striker for the future in our situation doesn't make football sense to me. sow could have resolved these issues over 2 windows imo. We're doing better than OK but I agree with those who see the Championship this season as unprecedentedly tight. Two thirds of the teams could make the 6 and anything can happen from there. Looking at all those draws it could easily have been us in one of those top positions. Still could happen of course but its significant that despite our good position we have a minus GD.

Exactly the same dopey reaction I got last time I posted that! Don't worry, TM's not reading it, it won't hurt his feelings! If,the striker issue alone had been resolved, I wonder if some of those draws would have turned into wins, netting us enough to get us top or near? None of that means TM isn't doing a great job so don't be so precious.

Its because we have about enough midfielders to make up a complete team!

Everyone of the issues Identified on here in the last window is yet to be addressed, except midfield-------keeper, full-back, centre-back, real winger and, daftest of all-----striker!. Midfield we have recruited extraordinarily well.

The red button is a disaster. Mid-week games in the middle of winter! Time for that tumbleweed pic to turn up again!

Why always "aint" when you're discussing yourself? Its not as if you're American is it?

Ok Den, I confess---I'm 3 months out! At my age that's an achievement!

He surely can't leave Reed out?He's currently our best player. I would be disappointed if TM chose a defensive side against a struggling Preston. Palmer,Rothwell and Rodwell are 3 of our most constructive players and should all feature.

Its a long-term passion ---like stamp-collecting!

No! Man never landed on the Moon! That was a CIA plot remember? The flag fluttering in the breeze (or not---can't remember) gave the game away!

A couple of points: What sort of Orwellian world do you want to live in? People do not need an "excuse" to watch a game or not and for you to be judging whether its "valid" or not is sickeningly arrogant. We are talking about people taking various factors into account when deciding how to spend their own money! Secondly have we any Rovers fans organisation willing or capable of representing the fans on this issue? Waggot may well believe after meeting with the Fans Forum that our fans aren't bothered by the surcharge or even support it.

Bloody hell Stuart, surely you haven't just noticed!