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And in four of our six sub 5,000 crowds...

I was there. In fact been in all the seven 30k + crowds since redevelopment.

Real Madrid v Man City is unmissable ...unless you are a Rovers supporter.

Every fixture we have to end season is winnable And we could cock up the lot..

Stoke seem to be a mood side. Hot them hard with a high tempo start and we should be ok. This fixture last season was probably one of our worst performances with no excuses.

Banana skin or banana? We deservedly lost this fixture last year so not a gimme three points. Will Rothwell be back? I would start with the same eleven who started at Brentford. Controversial view but I thought Downing wasn't his normal commanding self at Griffin Park.

One game down, no card despite getting into an altercation yesterday. Fingers crossed to keep yellow-free for the next three games.

Walton is the real deal. No flubs since the turn of the year and some worldy saves. Has the advantage of height over Raya. Yes I'd sign him up.

Good to see Accy, Rochdale and Morecambe more or less safe for another season. Barrow blew a 2 goal lead at Sutton but still 5 points clear plus a near unassailable goal difference.

Fabulous game. Awesome strike by Watkins and two dodgy penalties. Both teams look good enough to go up.

Net repaired!

Buckley neat and tidy keeping the ball moving and pressing well when needed.

Fabulous half against a very good side. Really disciplined stuff from Rovers. Buckley excellent, Iniesta-style skill at one point from Johnson and Armstrong took his goal fabulously. Bell having a very good game- in fact they all are. Walton flawless and what an assist! Got a feeling this will end 2-1 but either side could win it.

The players should be going to Griffin Park confident they can win but if Mowbray sets us up the way he did against Fulham, we will lose.

Bury starting in the tenth tier next season.

I enjoy the much maligned Europa League.

Win at Brentford and the play-offs will almost become an expectation. Lose at Brentford and the gap might well be too big with the games we have remaining. Showed the table to my Spanish colleague and his reaction was we could still make 2nd...

Great read, thanks Ian.

That table makes Brentford v Rovers the top two clashing...

Good luck- a win will see the Rovers looking very good for safety.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Brentford+railway+station,+Brentford,+United+Kingdom/Griffin+Park,+Braemar+Rd,+Brentford+TW8+0NT,+United+Kingdom/@51.4881637,-0.3078579,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x48760db93a3996e9:0x1d90a4b0418b1c1!2m2!1d-0.3096264!2d51.4875832!1m5!1m1!1s0x48760dc6d595c749:0x9d14b7ba0fa6a6f3!2m2!1d-0.3025508!2d51.488173!3e2 Says 9 minutes but isn't the away end the one nearest to the station now so should be quicker?

Water off a Dack's back..

I only hope he does everything to justify it after making a start..

Did playing Downing and Armstrong on the wrong wings really work? Open question- I am not convinced. Otherwise a resounding yes to keeping the team unchanged and Travis can biff them with the cast on his broken hand. Absolute must win for Brentford for their automatic promotion hopes but feeling ridiculously positive about getting something other than a defeat with a red card thrown in and another injury from our last ever visit to Griffin Park. We owe them for everything that happened there after the 12th minute last season. However, I fear Mowbray will see it differently and we will get a repeat of Fulham with defenders barred from going beyond half way.

I am sure Mowbray will play Nyambe left back and Bell right back before season end because he spots something in the opposition video.