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Cashin was saved by a blind referee missing a blatant penalty from one of the worst debuts in Rovers history. That said it is premature to write Cashin, Jorgensen and Dapo off as total disasters just yet.

There is far worse to come my friend

Owl survival Sheff Wed have finances to get through season - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwyw78736r0o

Johnson to retain his 100% win record please. Team selection is actually challenging now we don't have 14 absentees. Do we go for speedy Dapo, start with Gudjonson and Jorgensen, persist with double Japanese, pick Cashin over two proper left backs, drop McLoughlin to bring back Atcheson or Pratt, Forshaw or Moussa, drop Cantwell, pick Miller for his long throws??? Team talk - move the ball quickly, don't be afraid of a first time pass and shoot on sight. Rovers TV said Cantwell is on 8 yellows.

We know that Pasha and Gestede are the selection committee. Why bother speculating? We are going to get a totally garbage appointment. We will be looking back whistfully to the halcyon days of Valerian Ismael and Championship football.

Timing of the sacking on transfer deadline day is just weird. It is as though the Raos now have so little time to be bothered with Rovers that they have been relying on monthly bs reports from Pasha - injuries, refs, unusual monsoon weather, underlying financial plan working, blah blah - but suddenly noticed match day receipts falling off a cliff and the league table in the January month end report and panicked. Pasha gets a carpeting and Ishmael gets the chop. This could be opportunity knocks for Damien Johnson and not a case of a planned replacement

Club has just announced Damien Johnson in charge tomorrow evening.

Alebyosu trained today and available for selection tomorrow according to the LT. Logging onto Rovers TV is a high tension 5 minutes these days usually involving a no match being screened interlude then being told to buy a subscription (I have a season sub) before getting onto the match screen...

With 27 players eligible to be registered, who decides who misses out?

Mowbray ruled out according to the LT.

Really surprised they have fired him even though Ismael's demeanour for the Hull game was dead man walking. Great way to deflect whatever the transfer budget onto Ismael compo and have an excuse for the pitch not being renewed. Hiding behind the sofa until the replacement is announced and probably needing a tin hat and white flag when it is. Like others I think a replacement is already all but in the building.

Everton won't be letting Patterson go according to my link at the John Dickinson Stationery

One thing is certain, unlike Lambert, JDT and Eustace, Ismael isn't going to sack the club.

Amazed to see I am the first to use the term "must win" for this one. Not only for Rovers survival (a win lifts us out of the bottom three) but if there were any sanity at Rovers, Ismael's position as Chief Coach.

At least Dapo is recognition that deNeve isn't going to hack it. Highly dubious deNeve and Tavaeres would hack it among league 1 cloggers. If Aleboyosu were leaving I wouldn't have made the precautionary change at half time on Saturday. And no way would I play Cadamarteri ahead of Ohashi. I am hoping for a lost fax machine today to be honest. That is my vote of non confidence in Gestede, Pasha and Ismael.