I have seen this pattern before at Rovers. It takes until February/March for the penny to drop with the stayaways then attendances surge when we are having a good season. Make no mistake, one point away from the play-offs after the first ten with only one defeat- this is a good season.

Obviously you are expecting a top two finish. It is possible...

Go back a page and it looks worse and worse- abysmal penalty decision by the ref. Plus the penalty not given when Dack was flattened in the box. But once again, a much fancied expensively assembled opposition looked nothing special and should and could have been beaten. Looking forward to seeing Armstrong's goal again.

Blatant dive for that penalty

Great team goal from Forest- Rovers are still the biggest threat to themselves though. Statement of intent with Armstrong replacing Downing just as Nyambe gets injured.

Our bench looks strong. Just wonder if we get found out today by having too much League 1 experience...

Unconvinced by Palmer, I'd like to see Brereton after gaining more strength, Rodwell and Rothwell could both displace incumbents by Christmas and Davenport has been injured so we have no evidence one way or another. Great to see existing team members kick on when many including me doubted Nyambe, Bell, Evans and Smallwood in particular at this level. The squad depth has improved immensely.

The first is fine.

That 7-0 win is one of the best days ever as a Rovers fan. It ended a 26 game unbeaten run for Forrest too. We won the away game 5-1 which makes it Rovers equal biggest double in our history. We missed a bag full at the City Ground including Shearer scuffing three- unheard of from Shearer in those days. To Saturday and a win for either side puts them right into the play-off mix. Forest have won the last two and will be looking for an Ewood smash and grab. Rovers will need a fast start if this game is going to have entertainment value. Otherwise an attritional 1-0 to either side is on the cards. Expect the stats to be very even so it is whoever creates and grabs a chance.

Mowbray certainly did not play the eleven he'd chose in a clinch game but after this summer's transfer activity that was a dramatically stronger side than faced Lincoln City in he previous round. Many on here had been calling to see the players get game time who were out there last night. A big plus was Rodwell showing that he could become a player for us and will press for a starting place. With Davenport to get back to fitness, the competition for places between players who all have very valid claims to be regular starters is going to be tough.

Good to see the players selected but not expecting us to be still in the competition by the end of the night.

Been looking forwards to reading this one and didn't disappoint.

Any TV coverage anywhere?

There is nobody like Wolves in this Division this season. From what I have seen, all the front running clubs have a significant weakness or two. Forest have just won two on the trot but if we beat them then something very interesting could be on the cards for Rovers. We are showing that we are hard to beat, we have been without key players whom at the start of the season fans would have said were close to indispensible (Dack and now Mulgrew) and are looking very much at home at this level after having moments out of our depth early on against clubs which have turned out to be strugglers. Turn a few of those draws into wins and we will be right up there.

Worth remembering that the Stoke forward line at the end was all Premier League thoroughbreds playing with nothing to lose. I fancy in times to come we will look back and think yesterday's result was immense.

I got an error message when I logged out telling me I was double logged in. Somehow it must have picked up both my wifi and VPN links.

Fantastic game. Rovers on the front foot from first whistle and we played really well both halves. Magnificent performance by the team and all players individually. I still cannot believe the Raya save from Crouch.

came back in time for the Stoke goals. Watching it on VPN in Shanghai.

coverage has completely fallen apart since the 60th minute

Great preview! Bristol City beat Swansea City 1-0 then best us 4-1. Stoke City beat Swansea City 1-0 then play us...

Watched it in the wee small hours here in China. Lenihan was immense in my view. Looks like the long winning runs of last season are going to be long drawing runs this season... We need to be extremely clinical taking the chances we make. By the way, Armstrong was a penalty bu had it been given, I bet we'd have reached half time 3-1 down... Grateful for the point and looking forward to the next game.

For the first time in several years, it is debatable which team between us has the better future today. The next three games are critical for the dingles. Another three performances like that at Wolves and the likelihood of relegation will already be over 90%. They need a scrappy win from somewhere or at least three performances which suggest they can get back to last season's level of effort and commitment. They had a number of flukey results last year they were always unlikely to repeat this time around but I felt par for their squad was much more likely to be 15th without too much relegation alarm rather than 20th and dropping like a stone.

Far too early to be reaching conclusions even if he had either scored a hat trick or lobbed Raya for an og and kneed the ref in frustration. Given the leap to judgement so common in Rovers fans, he's making a steady start so far.

That tackle by Killer permanently damaged Davison and was never the same player again. Surprised nobody mentioning THE play off semi finals. To Tuesday. Derby are great if you let them get at you but play tough and high tempo against them and they struggle. We have played that way this season so let's see if we can go again. Cannot make a prediction but the fact I think we have a chance of winning it speaks volumes about what Mowbray is achieving with the lads.

Very thin crowd.