Chelsea are the new Watford

Good to see Leeds have won an away day at Ewood next season.

Have inside that Everton were absolutely gutted they could n't make a move for Adam because of their local difficulties.

Glad this thread is quiet.

I really thought it was a wind up when I read about Kompany and Bayern.

Absolutely delighted for Adam and feel privileged to have seen him playing at Rovers.

From what I am aware, Adam has triggered the additional payments in the transfer now so Palace will pay GBP23m for him.

There is a 15% of profit clause on him so I think we can be reasonably certain that another GBP10m will come our way and potentially pretty soon. Palace are sure to demand close to GBP100m.

Newcastle are at their FFP limit so could not bid. Everton desperately wanted him but are totally screwed.

By going to Palace he joined a club on the up (4 in the England squad plus almost certainly Mateta will be getting international recognition) AND was certain of starting which wouldn't have been the case at Newcastle.

Adam's first game for Palace included a few mistakes but since then he has looked far more at home in the Premier League than ever he did playing for us. Who would have credited him being statistically the number 1 midfielder in the Prem for tackles and interceptions? But that is where he is.  Huge credit. to JDT and t6he coaching team at Rovers for that.

Finally, had he stayed at Ewood, would he be in the England squad?

PS I believe there is a sell on for Kaminsky

So is this the week of Waggott's triumph?

I did a simple extrapolation of bottom half clubs' current form and added 3 points for each game left to play against Rotherham.

20 March going down with Rotherham were:

Stoke 50 points

Rovers 45

(Brum 12th on 60 and Huddersfield 16th on 55)

5 April going down with Rotherham:

Huddersfield 48 on GD

Sheffield Wednesday 46

(Brum 20th 48 on GD and Rovers 18th 52 pts)

Actual end of season: 

Brum 50 points and Huddersfield 45 both down. Rovers 18th 53 points.

So both Birmingham and Huddersfield fell away in form at the end and paid the price. Noticeable that 50 points was a relegation points total as far back as mid March. Rovers did better than simple extrapolation would have suggested we would do- those three late away wins saved us.

The world will be Spuds supporters when they play Citeh and being Spuds they will roll over .

Dingles as good as down and needing a third complete rebuild in three seasons.

Think the manager ratings are fair although whoever prevails in the playoffs will deserve an upgrade and the other three a downgrade.

Playoffs are a lottery and even more so with one off semifinals.

Despite their points totals, all 4 have limped to the finishing line and cases can be made for and against.

West Brom and Norwich are facing life without parachutes so will be extremely desperate. Leeds and Southampton can be handled by Rovers under Eustace playing safety first and exploiting defensive weaknesses on the break.

Expecting negative bore fests.

No more extrapolation or prognostication.

50 points weren't good enough in the end.

14 wins and 53 points kept us up.

Sammy kept us up.

Utterly drained after that but so happy.

Can we play promotion teams every week next season please?

Must win.

Cannot go to Leicester needing anything.

After the outfield players had a collective brain fart at Bristol, Pears was father Christmas for Ipswich and Wednesday and Eustace totally ballsed up the last game, 

Is it too much to ask for everyone to be on their game today????

Haven't got a clue what formation, players or tactics either I would chose or what I think Eustace will choose.

Might as well use a random number generator or play the under 18s..

If Birmingham win at Huddersfield I think we are certainly down.

Thanks Rovers for a totally sleepless night 

That defeat was entirely on Eustace.

Rovers completely set up wrongly.

Bristol City could have been just a very bad day.

To have two such abject performances in three games means he is clueless.

No benefit of the doubt now.

Just doubt.

If we lose all the last 3 I think it more likely than not we go down if Brum beat Huddersfield 

Draw today and the odds of relegation are thousands to one against.

Win and obviously the job is done

Today is all about the quality of our passing and decision making in the final third.

We will get the opportunities.

If we mess them up we open ourselves to the lottery of defending corners with 5 Wednesday giants in our 6 yard box as points stealers rather than consolations.

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

But if you play him, you have to play much deeper because hes so slow, so you naturally give more opportunity for them to be closer to your net and potentially putting in crosses.

You obviously haven't been watching Wednesday recently..

No matter how we approach this game, it is an absolutely must win for Wednesday.

That should make it very open.

I would stick with 3 at the back to counter the alehouse tactics from Wednesday freekicks, throwins and corners.

7 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I do get why its a must not lose, but bigger picture, say we draw, probably seals safety, but that would still leave Eustace yet to win at home having played Sheff Wednesday, Plymouth and Millwall. It would be pretty depressing and wouldn't bode well for next season.

Talk of filling the side with as many big players as possible to stop them. We are playing at home to second bottom, a draw and we are still catchable, a win and we are safe. Anything but a win is a huge let down IMO. A draw helps us limp over the line but lets just impose ourselves on them, win a game that we should expect to win and start to plan for next season.

A draw is a let down

A defeat could well be going down