GET IN!! Brilliant assist from Nyambe. Birmingham look very vulnerable here and we look well up for it.

I'm really tired and wasn't planning to stay up for this one, but the only game I missed watching this season was the Fulham game, so not taking any chances.

Hope the boys don't disappoint! 

4 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

And to top it off 4 clean sheets in a row 

Wtf 

Bonkers

Absolutely incredible result! Suddenly it's not just playoffs that are a possibility but automatic promotion! 

We're nearly at the halfway point of the season and really the only 2 teams that looked better than us was Fulham and QPR. 

6 minutes ago, DE. said:

Absolutely crazy how our form has turned around since the 7-0. Incomprehensible. 

Meanwhile Fulham - 0 wins in 4.

100% right sub to make - Gally for Khadra. Well done Tony! 

Wow! What a let off. Well done Pears!

This feels like a game for Gally. We're struggling to dribble past the Bournemouth defenders and Khadra/Brereton are not the best in the air but we're sending a lot of long balls up to them with no success.

Pickering outstanding today.

I'm really not expecting a win here, but what a result it would be if we did manage to pull it off!

At the very least, I'm hoping to see a pretty exciting and hard fought contest.

100% no to selling him in Jan. He needs to stay and become a hero at this club.

The clubs he’s being linked with like Leeds & Southampton - he’s going to be joining them for relegation scraps. Not much glory there. Sevilla is a different story, but hopefully if they do come in it will be at the end of the season.

You would hope that the likes of Brereton, Rothwell, Nyambe and Lenihan all choose to stay until the end of the season. 

These players have been together for so long and now that we are finally in the playoff spots with a chance at promotion, I think they would be mad to leave the club now. 

Full credit to the team here for actually avoiding a booking. Showed great composure to get it over the line.

The entire back 5 was absolutely fantastic and deserved the clean sheet. Diaz brilliant again.

Really starting to believe this could be our season finally. What a team!

This ref needs to lose his job. I've seriously had enough. WTF is this bullshit. 

He shouldn't be allowed to officiate another Rovers game ever again. He's itching to send off one of our players.

What a brilliant header! Brero unstoppable right now.

Game's come alive now.

How is this ref still in a job? 

The weather and ref give me no hope. 

5 hours ago, tomphil said:

Bowyer did similar in the championship, a guy with zero experience with the height of the craziness in the background. Didn't have the backing nor patience Mowbray has had either.

So he too must be a 'legend'

Bowyer had a much bigger budget to work with than Mowbray. We were still getting parachute money when he was in charge. He had the likes of Hanley, Duffy, Dann, Cairney, King, Conway, Rhodes, Gestede in his squads.

Mowbray’s squads have primarily consisted of League One and academy players.

I don’t know how people can say Bowyer didn’t have adequate backing or patience. 

Boring game. Neither team able to make a meaningful breakthrough so far. We’ve marginally been the better team so far.

Not sure if we need to change anything, but Brereton and Khadra not working up top right now.

This feels like a big game to me. Too many times we’ve been in a position where winning a match would be a statement of intent but we have ended up wasting that opportunity every time. 

Winning here would prove that the team can perform under pressure and deliver when it matters. If we can win here I will believe that we can genuinely push for promotion this season.

Good luck to the boys, make us proud! 

They might just see better opportunities elsewhere. We’ve been mid-table Championship for too long. If they are being offered better money at a PL club, a Championship club with better playoff credentials or a club in another country where they have the chance to win trophies with then of course they are going to consider and take those opportunities.

The likes of Lenihan and Nyambe have been with the club for a very long time and may just want a change of scenery. Brereton, Rothwell and Kaminski have developed into fantastic players here and not surprising if they get much bigger offers elsewhere.

If it’s money related we really should push out better offers to these players.

The question is how much extra are these players actually looking for? Some may be asking for £1mil+/year extra, in which case can we afford that in our wage budget?

Our wage to turnover ratio was 189% a couple seasons ago, I don’t know what it is now but adding several million to wages wouldn’t help keep things under control.

I only just noticed how well the U18s are doing this season. Any standout players that anyone is aware of that has a chance of breaking into the first team in a few years?

4 minutes ago, yankfan said:

Would like to get a 3rd before half and put the game to bed. 

2 more to move into 6th

Wow! What a goal. Had no idea Pickering could even head that well haha