Dolan, wow, wow, wow! What a performance. Happy that the MoM when to left back but Dokan, just wow. Round of applause. 3 points. Kenny on the bench. Good day. Very happy. Off for a Wok Star.

Parsonblue you make me feel ashamed of my earlier "I'm done" post. I couldn't help myself and watched the whole match despite what I said. You're a proper Rovers supporter and I let the side down a bit. Whilst I'm sick to my stomach of the antics of this board and ownership I'm still Rovers through and through so maybe I'm not done (quite yet at least). Hope to see you on the ground one day and I'll buy you a pint.

Well that's me done. I've supported the club for well over 60 years. I would never hear a bad word spoken about them. I've known many many of the players socially and the pre-Venky directors. I've had a family member play for the club. My family knew Jack. I played a very small part in trying to find a buyer for the club after the Kean horror show. Family season tickets as far back as I remember. I've done my bit and now I'm done. The Venky's and their people are unfathomable, nothing has ever made sense about them. Rovers are on a managed decline as evidenced by what happens every time we get anywhere near the top six. It breaks my heart but that's it for me. Good luck lads, I know a few on here, the club doesn't deserve you. Fight the good fight but it's not for me any longer. A super sad day.

I should have said 'Rovers' instincts! But no I have no other insights than this one. If I'm right though can you imagine the atmosphere at that match?!

Anothet great win, this time against Hull away. Indulge me and let me make one prediction here, beat Burnley at Ewood in January and we are nailed on guaranteed to face them at Wembley in the play-off final. You may be skeptical but my instincts are never wrong, trust me. Now that will be the Heaven or Hell day won't it.

Beck = Warnock Yuki = Keegan Cantwell = Bentley This season only ends one way - going up!

I think team selection is academic for this match. All our guys will give 100%, problem is that that's not good enough. Hands up all those who have screamed SHOOOT!! this season only to see the moment pass and fizzel out to nothingness. That for me is the only problem of late, it's not player selection, it's not effort, it's a consequence of having no striker and the others being to shit scared of taking a shot. Shoot on sight in these last two matches and we'll score a few, wimp around again on the edge of the box and we'll crash and burn and I'll have a stroke screaming at the lily livered no bollocks player responsibile. Makes sense to put Leonard in, why not he's a "striker" so should at least be prepared to smack one once in a while. JDT, please, for the love of God, just tell them to shoot on sight, no thinking, no hesitation, just welly the damn thing. No prize if you don't buy a ticket, age old footy advice, JFDI.

My thoughts/recipe: - we need a goal poacher, someone who can sniff out a tap in. Dacks injured, Brereton doesn't know how to play that role. Gallagher can't play that role. Dolan may be able to but his energy makes him useful elsewhere. Answer, play Leonard. - we often overhit crosses and corners. We NEVER have anyone on the back post. Answer, put a big guy on the back post. - we have ball winners in the midfield but we also need creatives. Answer, drop Morton and Play Wharton Jnr. - we've now learned how to press as a team. Answer, do more of it more often. - we've learned how to pass to feet and take fewer touches. Answer, do it QUICKER. - we've talked about being fearless. Answer, stop talking about and JFDI. In general, less wing play, stronger presence through midfield, get people in the box (just for a bloody change) and take your shot on at every opportunity. But what do I know, that's why I fill shelves for a living and not being a football manager.

If our target is a top 6 finish then this has to be a must win game. Get three points in the bag and then the remaining games get less stressful, we just have to match the teams results below us, they lose, we can lose, they draw, we can draw. The teams below us can't all win all the time so the points from tonights game would IMO guarantee us a top 6 finish. Don't shoot me for jinxing it but I believe a win agsinst Reading means we finish top 6. So for me, a "must win".

M62 closed with snow. Vehicles abandoned. Stokes at a much lower altitude but even so, squeaky bum time. Fingers crossed it melts.

2nd half Rovers were like a swarm of angry wasps! Loving watching them right now just loving it.

Common sense does need to prevail, but it won't. When do the footballing authorities ever show common sense? The time limit for doing transfer business is an arbitrary dreamed up hurdle. Does it really matter if someone's paperwork gets there 20 minutes late? Really? There's no competion to us trying to sign a player that someone else wants and there's no arm wrestling going on between the clubs. The selling club are keen to let him go, we are keen to employ him, no one else involved. As long as he doesn't play before registration is complete who cares. It's like all these programmes on TV where stuff has to be completed against some invented deadline to make things exciting. It's all b*llocks. I have a lot of experience with legal contracts in business. When lawyers are involved everything takes a lot of time. The slightest change in wording triggers loads of back and forth exchanges between the lawyers of both parties and it drags on and on. If the EFL raised an issue at the 11th hour it was always going to take ages to get it past the lawyers, they should have expected us to be late and made an allowance for a situation they themselves created. The outcome is obvious, our appeal will fail. The EFL will want to save face and not be held to ransom in future transfer windows. Their decision will be for their benefit not ours or the players whose immediate career comes to an abrupt halt, and for what? The moving finger writes and having write moves on. We will not be succesful, the EFL are c*nts, such is the world, move on.

Farke said "He has missed too many sessions for personal reasons, or problems with his Achilles and ankle. He has to make sure he is working so hard to find his fitness level. You cannot afford to be out for two or three weeks, train a day or two and then be available to shine on this level." Wagner said "... no secret ... he isn't part of the plans moving forward". Seems to have personal issues and is injury prone. Is this really someone we want to bring on board?

Anyone know whar rule was broken for the sending off?

Note to JDT: Less Arte more Labore next time out.

There's so much wrong with our passing out from the back tactics but number one for me is our inability to complete a pass. Giving the ball away is endemic this season, I've never seen it as bad in 60 years of supporting the Rovers. You can't play and show your qualities if you don't have the ball. What's the point of a superstar striker with no service other than the occasional long diagonal ball. Bad bad bad day.

Hope you got up first.

Coventry run in straight lines forward, every player. Zero sideways movement. Makes it easy to slip to attackers in the channels. Out of possession they sit off but between our midfield players, wait for the pass and then step forward to intercept. They've analysed us and it shows, they know what we're going to do before we do. Good side. We should be 3 down as already been said. We're not going to get anything from this game, we just need to protect our goal difference column.

We're making them look like Man City. So far behind them in quality it's embarrassing. Could be in for a right thumping.

I think JDTs thinking is that you change the player to fit the team, not the other way round. Dacky is and always will be a brilliant talent but does he fit the team as currently set up? Having chosen the strategy you have to get the supporting tactics aligned "get all the wood behind the arrow head". Team selection will be with the intention of giving the strategy the best possible chance of succeeding. As good as Dacky is I'm not sure how he fits this new way of playing. With TM it didn't matter, play was always a purposeless free for all so flair stood out and was valuable. JDT is a different beast. HE has a plan. Everything is aligned to achieve that plan, transfers, academy, team selection, the lot. There'd be nothing better than to see Dacky tearing up the pitch in our colours and scoring for fun but it ain't going to happen with our current strategy and that's not going to change. I think his time here is over. Hail fellow, well met, thanks for the memories but I think his time here is over.

The mantra of "team comes first" is code for Dack doesn't fit and isn't going to play. My money says he's off in January. Sunderland an obvious candidate. That's life. Love the guy but team does come first. We need to be serious about promotion and that means round pegs in round holes. Hell of a player and a loveable cheeky chappy but the team doesn't need those characteristics right now. We need action men full of running and aggressive pressing from front to back. Putting Dacky in the team is effectively reducing team effectiveness by 10% (1 outfield player from 10) and 10% will make the difference between promotion and also ran. That's the sporting life, thanks for the good times Dacky but times they are a changing for us all.

So this is my understanding, JDT has the mandate to create a 'sustainable' premiership side. He's interpreted 'sustainable' as being able to keep possession and not launch long balls up field otherwise we get relegated. This season has been written off as a play and learn season ready for the promotion assault next year, presumably with a few new key signings to help out (Broughton's part). Survive this year somewhere in the top half, engrain the approach into the kids, have a go next season. I see the point but not sure I like it. Getting ready is one thing but asking the fans to endure that dross every week is not on. Re the match ... why did Dack walk away from the penalty? Why were two other pens nor given? Why do we keep giving the ball away. Are we not concerned that teams see us fannying about with the ball in our box and play the intense high press. Who wants to watch that every week. Strike a balance somewhere please JDT, building for the future is fine but in the intetim we need to be entertained and excited about what's to come. Right now I dread the next match.

Bit underwhelmed by the 3 years. Not exactly gagging at the bit to be part of the long term setup is he. 5 years would have been more like it for a 17 year old. Smacks of reluctantly doing us a favour.

Also NASA did their deep space training there due to the lack of atmosphere 😳 bum bum. To he fair though they do have a great playing surface, beautiful lush green grass, but when you see what they put on it every other week I guess that's not surprising 😉 bum, bum, bum. Any more?

Fair comment, I get that. I guess it comes down to whether we think they are incompetent or malicious. Agree that after so many years the second option has a lot going for it. Still though we really don't know them and there's a possibility that they're decent people who just mess up by trusting others - they clearly don't have a clue about running a football club themselves. To make progress I'd vote to welcome them to Ewood and see where we get to, you never know, they might become fans. I respect other views, this is just my two pennies worth.