What a really strange thing to take from that statement...

Not sure I'd agree with that - me and my little lad were watching the drill from directly behind it (in the B'burn End). Loads of players were surprisingly decent, even Pickering and JRC scored a couple of crackers. Szmodics and BBD also decent. Dack did look the better of the lot, but it'd be unfair to suggest the rest were shite.

Not sure about that - certainly not when passing the Blackburn End. Lots of smiles, waves and JDT encouraging his boys to take it all in.

We'll do them today, by 3 or 4. Early goal to settle us down and young Adam will have them on strings for 90 minutes. Also a first goal for Leonard today, heard it here first.

We're missing out on GD, aren't we? The most Rovers-est situation you can imagine.

I think that’s a team that beats Luton.

This, this and then this again for those at the back. I've been saying for months that the whole 'fallout' thing was bollocks - it wasn't an educated guess; I knew that it was blatantly made up. And now Adam's come out and said as much himself, in last week's interview with one of the local rags. Yes, we'd have all liked to have seen more of AW this season, but he's a much better overall player now than he was; and that's down to how JDT has developed him. His long term development is more important than burning him out this season. He's doing similar stuff with Ash Phillips now and he'll be a huge player for us next season (or maybe the one after).

It's mental seeing such a nothing team like Luton in a play off position. I haven't watched them play, barring our first game with them, so I have no idea if they're actually any good or not. And, to be frank, I don't care; we need the points at any cost - and then we need to beat Millwall on the last day as well. I'd stick Leonard up top from the start - he's hungry, knows where the goal is and (perhaps most critically), he's actually a striker. Not sure I can bear much more of Dolan's pointless stepovers.

I agree that he has the right to choose which games to go to, but his 'length of service' is irrelevant. There are no tiers of fandom; we're all in the same boat whether you've been to 10 games or 100.

This x1,000. Under plodders like TM, we slouch from season to season with no real plan or ambition. JDT has us in the play off race with 2 games to go, with limited resources and literally no striker. He’s said all season that this is our transition season; we will be inconsistent and mistakes will be made across the board. He’s developed, improved and introduced players like Wharton, Philips, Leonard, JRC, Carter and Pears. Is he infallible? Of course not, he’s made loads of errors himself. But if he was the finished article as a manager, he’d be nowhere near Rovers and we’d be plucking dead fish out of the barrel, the likes of Ainsworth, Coyle, Appleton. Its now down to the recruitment team to bring in the right players over summer and we should be excited for next season. JDT out? Have a word with yourself.

No, we need a player in his style (someone who can hold the ball up). We don't need that actual fat, balding prick under any circumstance.

We did actually play well in long sections of that - Wharton is a gem, Szmodics needs better players around him and the defence (even Carter) are solid enough for this division. But players like Dolan, Hedges and Travis are just not good enough. Massive window in the summer. Make or break.

Nailed-on red, that.

A point takes us back into the top 6, with no games in hand for anyone - meaning it's in our hands. Prefer 3 and the points are there for the taking, but a point would be ok.

We need some presence up front in the 2nd half - Leonard is the only real option. We've been the better side, had more chances and looked the most likely to score, but need something better than Dolan and Hedges.

JRC telling Barnes to fuck off 👌

At the risk of repeating everyone else, Adam Wharton is incredible. And, it has to be said, much better off the ball than he was at the start of the season.

They've been here for hours - saw some wandering around my estate around 3pm (Fernhurst/Oakdale). Either have no jobs, or Blackburn is a proper quality day out for them. Or both.

No idea if their side is strong or not, but I think we're about as strong as we could be. Early goal to settle us down, then let's put a few past them.

The horse thing is the most tenuous link. Some Polish pervert, living in Oswaldtwistle, interferes with an equestrian and somehow all Rovers fans are ‘horse fiddlers’. Completely ignoring the fact that a Burnley man, being doubly unfortunate enough to live in their misery pit, does exactly the same not too long after. They have a disproportionate number of weirdos in their fan base. And we’re still beating them tonight.

A lot of it is bravado; they’re worried after their recent form. They also recognise that we’re a different animal to the one they beat earlier in the season. I’ve been saying for days; we’ll win this.

That’s not a bad effort at all, even the Walkersteel isn’t as bad it was this time yesterday. Should be a good crowd and should spur the lads on. I’d start Szmods as part of the central 3, as the ball carrier and Dack at the False 9. Dingles will struggle to pick Dack’s movement up, leaving gaps for Szmods. And if we’re getting crosses into the middle, Dack is preferable to Dolan in every single instance. Still saying we’re doing them tonight and it’ll be more comfortable than what anyone will be imagining.

Agree, there are a lot of wrongs to right tomorrow night. Genuinely think we'll turn them over. If Garrett or Travis can smash one of theirs late on (ideally that finger-pointing lad, or the Fatboy up front) and then celebrate with a nice little taunt in their direction, that would go some way to repair the damage from the first game.

We've been playing better than we have all season, but ironically the results haven't followed. Someone is due a smashing and I can't think of any other recipient than our six-fingered friends from West Yorkshire. Rovers 4 - 0 Dingles. And no, I'm not drunk or high.

Is he the one who held the fingers up to Hyam in the first game? I hope he’s back. If any of our players have anything about them, they’ll be going through the back of him at the first opportunity (taking a yellow, of course).