Rothwell showed today why Mowbray doesn't trust him. Brilliant in midweek, awful today. The lad needs to start every time IMO but you can see why he doesn't

So, after one of the best performances of the season in midweek can Rovers maintain the momentum away to lowly Stoke City? Fans have been buoyed by the victory over Brentford but Mowbray's Rovers have a habit of raising hopes only to disappoint in the next game. Stoke are in the bottom 2 but have a new manager in former Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill and have won 2 of their last 4 games, albeit victories over fellow strugglers Wigan and Barnsley. In the words of one famous poster, it ought to be a nailed-on Rovers win, but it's never been that simple with this team under Mowbray. Which team will turn up, the one that played so well against Brentford or the team that has too often been so easy to beat? Discuss.

Downing is still playing top class football at 35 and looks like he can carry on for s few more years yet. Says everything about hid quality as a player and his love of the game.

Good win and welcome too but Mowbray has sprung these surprise wins and even had good runs many times before and it is more than likely on past performances that tonight will be followed by several drab defeats. . Sorry to be a party pooper and all that but the optimism from tonight won't last. We're a mid table team with a middling manager going neither up nor down

So more midtable medicrity Parson? Is that the best we can do ?

Tony has these unexpected wins every so often and sometime he puts a run together but then we sink back into mediocrity and bad performances / selctions/ results just when everyone gets their hopes up. Fans saying we're "only" 6 points off 6th place tonight. Prepare for more disappointment. Long term he's not the answer

Good football manager though - and perfect for us at the time. Just a gut feeling but I knew we were doomed as a top flight club when he was sacked . It felt all wrong and was proved right.

PNE having a bad night 4-0

There was a good case for letting Raya go, but signing a worse keeper was nonsensical

Tony gets confused and thinks he has to make a change too

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22305776

Has Mercer predicted an easy win? Hopefully not, in which case I'm optimistic. Come on Rovers

and Jonathan Miller

Lewandowski 4 goals for Bayern so far tonight......Sam had him lined up for Rovers before he was potted

Yeah, great decision that one. It's played out pretty well since then

..... and England. He relunctantly attended a press conference after his departure saying to the waiting media"I don't know why I'm here". ....um, because you were a failure as manager and trousered millions of quid in compensation and need to explain yourself Roy? Don't like him

.......... and double or triple FFS, stop the soft as butter defence conceding 2 goals every game.

Burnley now in 6th place makes you weep

Watford 0 Burnley 3 that is what you do to bottom teams what i ‘d give for Dyche at Ewood

Club is adrift and lifeless. Passion and desire gone. Apathy rules. And no one at Ewood can or will do anything about it

18 goals conceded in 9 matches keeping up Tony’s long term average. At least he’s consistent. Get rid.

Changes nothing. Rovers have to score 3 to beat the bottom team. So what?

This is an absolute joke we concede goals so easily. Nothing ever changes. I’m sick of Mowbray

Mowbray is hopeless, he really is. Stealing a living at Ewood

Just placed 28-1 on Rovers to lose 4-1. Quids in