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It took me a while but when the penny dropped I chuckled. 😂😂

Taking Travis off was probably to do with his impending suspension after he got his fifth yellow card of the season. The threshold is 19 games and hopefully Szmodics (on four) doesn't get one on Saturday otherwise he'll miss the Leeds game.

After a turgid first half who would have thought there would be six goals in the second half? In the first period we played too slow, too passive which played into their hands. I reckon Tomasson got stuck into them at half-time and for twenty minutes they couldn't get near us. It was everything we are good at. Great movement, one and two touch play and a real intensity. Going three up should have seen us coasting for the last twenty five minutes but one error from Brittain leading to a goal and three positive changes gave them some real impetus and when they scored again I and the majority of fans feared the worst. Thankfully we got the sixth goal of the game to kill them off. There are no gimmes in the Championship and wins have to be earned and the effort those players put in is terrific. A few were running on empty by the end but they all deserve the plaudits for their sheer graft. Three points, scoring four and our goal difference improving - what's not to like 😆

Great work by everyone involved.

Undoubtedly but anyone with more than two brain cells will know it's his usual bluster. 🤔

I have bought extra tickets today and donated to the fund to purchase tickets for others not for any personal gratification but to show Waggott what untapped support there is for our club. It just needs some understanding and the willingness to drive it. Sadly I think he has neither. So come on everybody and either get down to Ewood on the 23rd or make a donation.

He is pretty much everything I want to see from a player who puts on a Rovers shirt. Committed, skilful and hard working, He epitomises our club motto.

Succinctly put 😂.

The Preston game was probably the best I have seen him play. He has several real attributes but as you mention Nyambe he seems to lack self confidence similar to him. Clearly the watching JDT was impressed against Preston, enough to put him on the bench.

Our of the woodwork comes MP. Mowbray wasted a fortune here, if Tomasson had been given a fraction of what Mowbray got we would have been comfortably above them. However if you are comparing Mowbrays staid, bland management style to Tomassons you need your bumps feeling.

For the above games home fans who weren't members were charged the prices you quote for the Kop which is the equivalent of the Leppings Lane where we are (the local derby against Rotherham was £27 too). My understanding is that they are not allowed to charge away fans more unless there is an offer. I too don't believe there has been a reciprocal deal rather Waggott has tried to hoodwink the fans once again.

By another Mowbray do you mean a man in the most comfortable of comfort zones who will happily sail along in mid table whilst earning a fortune?

It's a great initiative as the Girona match was. It's incumbent on all Rovers fans to plug this and drum up support and show the powers that be what Ewood could be like if the price was right.

Ah right 🤣. Carter stayed on after treatment and the obligatory thirty second wait.

I wrote to Waggott some time ago asking about the possibility of a reciprocal deal and I said I fully understand the need to charge Leeds fans full price and if that was the case he might want to consider offering us discounted tickets for the game at Elland Road subsidised by the club. That way he still gets a bit payday at Ewood and offers a gesture of goodwill and understanding to Rovers fans (as well as a smack in the eye for greedy Leeds). He didn't say no outright but the tone of his reply suggested to me he's not interested.

It was our first substitution and probably after about twenty minutes. He did have lengthy treatment but a lot of that was to bandage him up and to assess him I think. He didn't stay on. He was still being treated when we noticed Travis ready to come on so the decision to take him off was made quickly. In fairness he looked a bit groggy walking off but I noticed him celebrating with the other players in front of us at the end of the game. I think part of the protocol is a regular assessment for something like 48 hours after the incident but I'm sure Rovers would do something similar as part of their safeguarding policy.

Well done young lady 😂😂

Carter took quite a heavy knock and had treatment and when he came back on his movement wasn't too good. It looked to be a soft tissue injury like a dead leg. I noticed that Stoke only made five substitutions on Saturday. If Travis was a concussion substitute for Wharton then us and Stoke would have been afforded an extra change so hopefully Scott doesn't have to go through the concussion protocols.

I imagine that applies to league matches only. In the League Cup we have finished a couple of matches with something like eight Academy graduates on the pitch.

If you have read the article the pitfall I refer to is about being given advice.

A really good article which highlights the potential pitfalls of wealthy but naive young footballers with plenty of money. It sounds like he is getting things back on track and good luck to him.

After Stoke had made their substitutions yesterday I remarked what a big side they were and they looked physically intimidating. And pretty much to a man Rovers players stood up to them and their physicality by winning headers and tackles. I read so many comments after the Nobbers game about how they were bigger, stronger, bullied us etc and thought the opinions were way off the mark. Yesterday disproved the theory about not being intimidated by bigger and potentially more physical teams and the game reminded me of the recent win at Millwall when every player stood up to be counted. I see it as another aspect of the way Tomasson coaches us and the mentality he is instilling amongst the squad.

Pretty much the perfect away performance for me. Score early, defend excellently and play on the break and score another two. Tomasson got his tactics right again as we frustrated the life out of Stoke by denying them space in the final third. Losing Scott was a real blow but that was cushioned by the knowledge that James Hill could just move across to centre half and dominate the Stoke strikers. Lots of 8/10 performances today but I thought Hayden Carter was immense -for me the best individual performance of the season. The way we are playing is so easy on the eye, the players trust say other but more importantly trust and believe in what Tomasson is instilling into them. The decisions they make sometimes are wrong and errors are still made but the clear thing for me is that the majority of them have improved under Tomasson and he is squeezing every last drop from them. I have to say the away support was excellent today too. There is something now for them to be proud of again as this young squad develop under the tutelage of the best manager we have had for many a year

I was at the Christmas Sparkle on Thursday and spoke to one of the shop assistants who told me that there would not be any more stock arriving of new kits. Looking at the stock they had there wasn't too much so I think if anybody wants to buy any for Christmas they need to get down there quickly. Selling out will probably be spinned by some as a positive but I'll wager there will be plenty of fans who want to buy something but can't because of the lack of foresight.

I really expected both of at least one of Telalovic or Leonard to be taken off on the hour mark when I saw their names on the team sheet.