Criticism goes with the territory as do the plaudits he got earlier on in the season. If fans can see something they clearly believe to be wrong and it keeps reoccurring then should we sit back and say nothing? It's a message board where opinions are given both for and against and I haven't read one post where anybody has said he shouldn't be given time but in the here and now the football and the way we are playing is tedious and repetitive. What's wrong with saying that?

Sorry I was aware it was engineering works rather than a strike but my point still stands about the police wanting as few as possible Rovers fans outside the Turf Moor vicinity.

In a way the train strike has helped the police who were undoubtedly worried about the prospect of Rovers fans arriving in Burnley and walking through swathes of Dingles. As it is I think that the vast majority of Rovers fans will be taking up the club travel option simply because it offers the safest passage in and out. The game at Ewood in March will be far riskier if we give them the full allocation for the Darwen End and they travel independently. Waggott really has to consider this carefully and put the well being of the club and supporters first. In truth I'll be amazed if he cuts their allocation on the grounds of safety rather than that seeing the Dingles as a cash cow.

Tomassons quote from August 12th. He wants Rovers performing on the front foot, attacking and pressing. “We need to play a game that people enjoy,” Tomasson says. “We should never play ‘the Dutch disease’, which I call it, where they just play it around, around, around. We want to play a possession game which is speedy towards goal, an intense game with and without the ball.” Hopefully he remembers this on Saturday and we stop taking the unnecessary risks and play the ball quicker rather than the walking football pace we have seen recently.

Our lack of a decent press allowed Cardiff time on the ball to pick a pass and play through the lines. I lost count of the times they did it last night and got themselves on the front foot.

Saturday's starting team only had two Tomassons signings in it and one of them is on loan. Last night only three of the starters were his signings.

It's almost like Tomasson hasn't to be criticised because he needs time in the view of some. In all honesty I don't really care for the journey he speaks whether it be three months or three years. I, along with many judge him on what I see every game good, bad or indifferent. The next game is always the most important and by trying to absolve him of blame by using excuses like he needs time, another two windows etc is papering over the clear cracks. I am bothered about the here and now and we, with one exception have been poor recently. And if supporters feel Tomasson is culpable then he should be called out. If he can't see the problem from last night he is a part of the problem.

He is so lethargic in possession which I find infuriating. Your description of lackadaisical is also apt too. It's so frustrating because I think he can play but he will soon be at the crossroads and certainly needs to improve a great deal.

On current form Travis should be left out. One of our best performances was with Adam Wharton and Tyler Morton in midfield. They got on the ball, played on the half turn and passed through the lines. Travis slows us down, takes too many touches, is ponderous in possession and concedes far to many silly free kicks.

The new Rotherham manager will have watched the game last night and will immediately know how to set up against us. Tomasson simply has to come up with an alternative way to play against this type of team. The question is can he.

Twelve games in an it appears Tomasson doesn't get know our best formation or tactics to get the best out of this group of players. I think most people know the definition of lunacy - well we saw it time and time again last night as our players clearly aren't good enough to play out from the back. Too slow, too many touches and poor control of the ball are the main reasons. We struggled to get over the half way line playing this way So why, why, why keep trying it? The jury is still out for me after the good start we made, by the way playing a different style than we are seeing now.

To counter that Edwards at Watford, Schofield and Huddersfield and Rosenoir at Derby have all lost their jobs. Every manager knows the risks and failure is generally a lucrative thing. I read Mourinho has earned over £80m from his sackings over the years.

For me it's risk versus reward and I can't remember under any recent manager where we have scored or even created a chance by trying to play out from deep. It would be far more palatable if when we did it the ball was thrown into wider players. Quite a few times Kaminski has played it to a centrally positioned player who can't turn due to the proximity of a pressing opponent. Yesterday was a prime example and I'm convinced had we conceded first we would have lost. As I say it's risk versus reward.

Great shout. It was Nightingales and I was beating myself up trying to think of that. Tony Charles bought it from them.

This made me laugh.

You are right about John Harrison Sports Andy and his sleeping partner was indeed Mick Heaton. I believe that John Harrison Sports is still in business, perhaps in Leyland. I'm pretty sure that the couple who ran County Sports resided in the Sunnyhurst area. Maybe claytonsleftboot might remember them. Airfix was the name of the model planes and cars etc. Half an hour with the glue that came with the kits and you were as high as a kite. 😂😂

I don't remember records being sold there. It was a really well stocked shop - they seemed to have equipment for every sport and hobby. The couple who owned it were there when I was a kid and I think they saw it through to their own retirement.

It was called Tony Charles records Andy. He started a football team which I played for called Charles Athletic and bought us expensive kits and tracksuits. He did live on St. Cuthberts Close and we had meetings in his house. It always reminded me of the house in A Clockwork Orange 😁😁. His real name was Brown and I think his Christian name was David. He also played cricket for one of the Darwen teams, perhaps thirds.

Particularly when you consider how similar Travis and Morton are as players. At times today it was like they were tethered together. Wharton will give us something different and poses a threat going forward, something Travis and Morton haven't done for some time now.

I'm delighted to get three points today because that trumps everything else but deary me. There is a lot of goodwill still towards Tomasson but there are clear and definite cracks in his armoury. He talked early on in his reign about passing for passing sake calling it The Dutch Disease. Todays first half was the epitome of pointless and inane passing at a pace that wouldn't have been out of place in walking football. And five at the back? Come on JDT, it's Millwall at home ffs. He tweaked it at half time and played Hedges further forward and for twenty five minutes we moved the ball quicker, didn't take too many touches and scored twice. Then we go back to a five man defence and concede and invite more pressure and could well have dropped two points. In truth if Mowbray had pulled a stunt like that he would have been hung, drawn and quartered. Of course we are in the top six but I want more from my club in terms of playing the likes of Millwall at home. Two nil and comfortable would have been great but 2-1 and desperately hanging on makes us all nervous. I think the majority would have backed Millwall to get a equaliser today and after seeing that so many times under Mowbray I don't want to see if again.

Was it the Frido balls that were dimpled? We played football on cobbled streets invariably and with the variable bounce off the cobbles it heightened your awareness. We would play for what seemed like hours before we were interrupted by a car coming down the road. And sometimes the ball would be 'egg-shaped' if the owner had left it too close to the coal fire.

Millwall have sold 402 tickets for today's match so we are likely to have our lowest attendance so far this season.

All the best in your new role Joe. It's not something that I really believe in but you are clearly passionate about it and put your point of view across on here really well.

The kid on the floor behind them looks like he's up to no good. 😁😁 I have a vague recollection of putting dubbin all over my case and bladder ball to waterproof it. And for any 'owd Darreners I used to buy my dubbin from the County Sports shop on Duckworth Street.

Millwall are likely to have Jake Cooper and Charlie Cresswell at centre half and they are bigger and more powerful than anything we have. In my view we have to play quickly through midfield and get our forwards running in behind and down the sides. Rowett is one of the more tactically astute managers in the league and will undoubtedly set his team up to let us have the ball in our half and press to deny us space when we get over the half way line. This is how teams have played in our five defeats so far so I expect Millwall to do the same. As ever scoring first will be key as this will cause Rowett to change his set up and tactics.