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Contagno (spelling?) looked a good defender, held them together and was always there to foul when he needed to. This was a difficult match for them and it's players like him who get teams through

Amid the hope of the performance tonight we've still only taken 5 points from 27. Even an average haul of 15 from 27 we'd only be 3 points off 6th. 20 points from 27 and we'd now be in a playoff place.

I wouldn't be quick to put Armstrong straight back in. For all the faults of Brereton and Gallagher, the shape of this team works with their physical presence and it's noticeable that it's working better for Dack too.

I wouldn't start him - and then only possibly instead of Gallagher. The shape of this team is much better

Plus points: Dolan had an excellent first half but faded in the second. Best game I've seen from Buckley. Minus: You'd think with a top forward like Ayew in our side we'd have won that. Brereton should have scored that chance at the start of the 2nd half all day long

A proper centre forward.

That's 5 points out of 27 and Mowbray's stumbled on a much better team by default

We need a top forward, better than Brereton or Gallagher

Cabango's been fouling all game

I'm actually enjoying watch us play - haven't said that in a long while

Brereton ueseles useless useless. What a miss

The ref didn't give that Brereton pen because it was so early in the game. He bottled it totally. Gallagher was clumsy.

That was a penalty to Rovers

More than likely. He'll be hatching some cock-eyed team tonight based on some Swansea videos. Fans call it Tony's Tombola and it's true - jumble up the players' names in hat and see who comes out. If we start the team that played against Millwall I'd be very surprised

Was the win that convincing? Millwall hit the post, Smith missed a simple header and there were several goalmouth scrambles where we could have conceded.

The 2 worst 1. England 2 West Germany 3 1970. We were World Champions. Never been so disappointed - ever 2. England 0 Poland 1 1973. 90 minutes of pure torture followed by Italia 90, Euro 96 and the Croatia semi defeat in the last World Cup Anyway, back to mundanity and a welcome win over Millwall

Thanks for the reminder TS. I can still feel the shock now. Worst match ever as an England fan

Much better. Held the ball up well and looked a handful for their defenders. Looked like he was enjoying himself too playing in his correct position.

Gallagher needs to play centre forward or not at all.

Does this mean Mowbray's off the hook for the previous 8 games?

Gallagher deserved that from I've seen. Looks so much a better player when he's playing down the middle.

Is there a rule that we have to make substitutions? The team's playing well so why not leave it alone?

Gallagher looks a player going down the middle - amazing that

Who?

Unless Root and Stokes score runs England will always struggle, especially away from home. The rest manage the odd good score but can't do it consistently or just aren't good enough . Some of them have poor techniques which doesn't get found out at county level and is an indictment of the domestic game. I mean Sibley - most decent club batsmen have a better technique than him Batting has been a problem for England for years, since Cook, Trott, Bell, Pietersen, Flintoff and Vaughan et al were in their pomp. The cupboard looks bare too.