Today showed that we will need some reinforcements for the rest of the season. It's a long, hard battle to get promoted and with tiredness and injuries likely to be a factor as the season wears on, the squad as it stands needs some quality additions to see us through for a play-off place never mind an automatic spot. Signing 2 or 3 key quality players could be the difference between promotion and the season falling away and staying down.

A long, long way to go. Injuries and fatigue will be a factor as the season goes on. We need one or two (or more) reinforcements. Good ones

West Brom 1-1 and QPR 2-1 finals

Immutable law of the ex on the cards here

QPR 2-0

Rovers look out of gas ....... it's a a very long season and small squad might take its toll

West Brom equaliser

I take that as a compliment Happy New Year too

Probably not enough gates open Amateurs

Weather or Ewood full to capacity?

All the Championship games live on Sky Sports except Rovers ?

But he won’t be

How many managers survive a record 7-0 home defeat? There have been so many occasions during his tenure when Tony should have been sacked but here he is with a young team in excellent form and pushing for promotion. It could all go wrong of course and another famous death spiral would see us drop out of the top 6 but it would appear Tony has a job at Ewood for as long as he wants it

They’re deluded if they think Brereton would save them. He’s not a top drawer player and would struggle against premier league defenders. However it would be typical of Newcastle to buy him and pay over the odds too.

I didn’t think Armstrong would cut it in the premier league and I don’t think Brereton would either. He’s not technically very good, he’s not that quick and he’s not strong either; top class defenders in the PL would dominate him easily. He also seems to be a player who thrives on confidence, as at present, and would soon go back into his shell. I’m enjoying his current run of form but the reality is even if we got promoted we’d need to replace him if we wanted to survive in the top flight

I think you've touched on why he's not worth the risk

Mmmm, there's Covid in Nottingham too and their owners are almost as bad as ours, yet 27,000 turned up last night.

Yep, and it's not as if he was an outstanding player even in his pomp. He's been without a club for nearly 2 years and no one's been willing to touch him with a bargepole Neither should we https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9950467/Free-agent-Daniel-Sturridge-issues-come-plea-social-media-post.html

He's a bad apple who would more than likely upset the good team spirit within the club. Avoid

For personal reasons, I remember an end of season game against Charlton in 2001-02, nothing riding on the match though we were going quite well, a few hundred from Charlton but no more, but there were more than 27,000 on Ewood in the spring sunshine. I know thousands have drifted away never to return over the past 10 years but 14,000 for the last home game was disappointing. I'd hope we'll be nearer 18-20,000 for the Huddersfield match

Difficult game, good side, but then so were Bournemouth and we beat them on their own middin. I'd be happy with a 1-1

27,000 at Forest tonight. 30,000 at Boro the other night. 14,000 for us against Barnsley isn't good considering how well we're doing

Bournemouth 1-0 up but Stoke and QPR losing

They are; but as it's clear 95 per cent of the population (not including myself I should add) have decided Covid is just a "bad cold", and that they're going to carry on regardless even if it is a threat, I would have expected at least 18,000 on Ewood in view if the team's recent form and the general air of optimism.

Agree with that. A very poor turnout