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It pretty much non existent unless you get there really early. There is some parking on the road in to the ground but it's always been taken when I've got there. There is a huge car park pretty much behind where we are sitting but it's a nightmare getting off. In the two times we've been recently it's taken between 45 minutes and an hour to get off. The silver lining to that cloud is that it's free 😁. I was told of a residential area if you go past the ground but checking on Google it appears to be residents only.

On two of the occasions when he was offside the pass to him was delayed. If the ball is played at the right time he is in. That has been a regular problem for us when strikers are making runs but not seen early enough. Sometimes you have to see the bigger picture.

Leonard does what Eustace expects of him when we are out of possession such as dropping in between the lines and also pressing when he has to. Eustace himself mentioned the missed chances but qualified it by saying that he is getting in the right positions. He is young and just back from two long term injuries which Eustace has said several times. Toth looked confident and aside from a couple of poor passes did what was expected of him.

I can't remember the last time I saw a keeper wearing a cap in a game. Toth looked quite dapper in his 😄.

Beck is undoubtedly a real talent who seems to me to be the complete full back. He can attack, defend, tackle and is comfortable in possession. His attitude seems to be really good too which isn't always the case when coming on loan from a huge club.

I can't remember when I felt as confident of winning after going in front. Defensively we were so solid I honestly couldn't see Boro scoring despite them having a spell of pressure towards the end. However missed chances (and easy ones at that) could have been our undoing but a win is a win and we comfortably put ourselves in tomorrow afternoons draw when hopefully we get a chance to progress. Once again Tronstad was excellent and I commented during the game that he is one of the best midfielders in the Championship. The way he reads the game and sniffs out danger is massive for us. It was good to see some of the squad players getting some game time and I thought they were all decent without being outstanding. A special mention to the 700 Rovers fans who braved the awful driving conditions to get there. The appreciation from the players after the game was genuine and Cantwell made a young Rovers supporters day by giving him his shirt (he might get carpeted for that from Waggott though).

Somebody's son/dad/brother/uncle/husband. A clear product of incest 😂

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c74mlnng30do Norwich are losing their best player for six games for the abhorrent act of spitting at an opponent.

I strongly suspect that Litherland is ahead of O'Riordan right now. Personally I would look to sell him or at least loan him out again with an option to buy.

So a week into the window we are minus 1 in terms of players. That is the risk you run with loan players and we have to accept it as it's out of our control. Signing players is within our control and we need to move quickly. Do I expect that to happen? Absolutely not.

A decent watch at Bamber Bridge last night on a difficult surface in which Rovers should have won. Two excellent chances were spurned late on as Rovers pushed for the win. We played some good stuff through midfield where Dunn was prominent although he got sloppy with his passing late on, probably a touch of fatigue. Our young centre halves did well against Ched Evans. Evans scored for them but for me it was down to Michalski. I thought he should have caught the ball in the six yard box at the far post. It was waist high and my feeling is that Michalski didn't fancy it as Evans was bearing down. Michalski is a confident lad, a real modern day keeper but he frightens the life out of me. On one occasion he rolled the ball under his foot as he was being pressurised. It's the modern way but I think it's far too risky. On numerous other occasions he was almost caught with the ball at his feet. With Litherland and O'Grady-Macken not playing and having been on the bench for the first team recently I have a feeling they might start at Middlesbrough on Saturday along with Duru who went off after an hour.

Sounds more like a dating website than a 'fixer'. The likelihood is is that he is a bullshitter.

We have six games in twenty days before February five of which are league games. Given the squad is stretched and we have kids on the bench we need players in quickly. I couldn't care less if other clubs aren't doing any business or that the market is slow, I'm only interested in what we do. Do I expect it to happen? No I don't and the likelihood is that our hopes will fizzle out and the season will be over by March. Another half season of promise is destined to fail again.

He was awful. Aside from winning a coupe of first half headers he didn't trouble them. He doesn't anticipate anything in the penalty area from open play and gives away far too many free-kicks.

I think Eustace got his selection wrong today. Cozier-Duberry, Cantwell and Gueye wouldn't have started for me and the course of the game and their input indicates I was right. Cantwell contributed nothing at all and I lost count of the number of times he lost possession. Cozier-Duberry, one first half shot aside made too many wrong decisions epitomised by turning into a couple of their players and losing possession which led to them scoring. I honestly don't know what to say about Gueye. He seems a likeable lad and popular too but he is nowhere near Championship level as a starter. Defensively we were solid again today with Hyam and Batth coping with their attacks well supported by Brittain and Beck. Baker and Tronstad were the equals of their midfield with Dolan looking good first half but fading away in the second. The real annoyance though is that they were there to be beaten today. It's clear why they concede so few so I thought another route would have been delivery into the penalty area but our set pieces and crossing was abysmal. Today was about beating that lot and right now I don't want to read about how well our season is going. The defeat is still raw and will be for a couple of days yet and in the cold light of day I'll reassess the season so far. But the here and now is that I'm p***** off.

And invariably that barrel is being scraped. I foresee another last day glut of panic signings like last season including deperado's like Fleck.

Is that up to you to do? Way ahead of us? But for a wrong decision at your place we would have won. Come out of the closet Dingle.

Bailey and Hird bombing on with Taylor and Wagstaffe ahead of them. They were part of the team that played the most exciting football I have seen from a Rovers team.

Me too. I'm guessing we are both from a similar generation and grew up watching games with lots of excitement. Far too games (particularly Premier League) I watch are too sterile and sanitised. Maybe we are dinosaurs 😂😂

Weimann was good yesterday I thought. His tracking back and covering space to deny Leeds passing through us was fundamental to the game plan. As I said earlier with only 30% possession most of was the work off the ball which was the cornerstone of the performance.

I get a feeling that the tide might just be turning albeit slowly.

Two words for the bitter Leeds fans who are critical of us - Howard Wilkinson. And I can't look at Gnonto without thinking of Arnold from Different Strokes.

I would be happy for him to start ahead of Gueye but Ohashi would be my first choice if he is fit.

I think you're being harsh He was defending from the front and dropped off to stop Leeds passing through midfield. I'm pretty sure that would have been his brief too. We had 30% possession yesterday which doesn't give any striker a lot to feed off.

It was really pleasing to see Travis and Carter celebrating with the team at the final whistle yesterday (disclaimer: I didn't actually see them but my granddaughter assures me they were). Whilst team spirit won't actually win matches it can be a great asset as demonstrated yesterday.