Grant Hanley on. This could get messy

Wouldn’t have been given back in the good old days. Play on

Penalties used to be given for serious foul play. That wasn’t

Nothing like long-term planning is there ?

ManU in for Branthwaite apparently. Never thought he'd make League 2 when he was with us

Is Gestede a "guru"? If he is a guru then he might do OK, otherwise it looks like a poor appointment

It's a journalistic word to make someone appear more important or knowledgeable than they really are. Rovers have managed for more than 140 years without having a guru and we don't need one now.

I’m not watching any of it but as long as this lot don’t win I’ll be happy

It’s only a friendly blah blah but you don’t lose to Iceland, not ever.

The White story was widely reported in the press but you missed it because you only look online Clot

Read the newspapers. You might learn summat

England's left flank looks vulnerable - Trippier not the best even on the right side and Shaw has hardly played. The best teams will exploit it

Mistake not taking Grealish. He's a unique player who opens up defences. Dunk but not Maguire??? I'd love to play against Lewis Dunk even at my age Three Palace players - really? The fact Southgate played for them is entirely co-incidental

It's over the top to describe him as "world class". If Wharton is world class how do you describe the likes of Bellingham? He's a very good, promising player who is going to get better without a doubt but that's as much as you can say at the moment. Many Premier clubs looked at him but they had doubts. He might have gone for a higher price this summer but who knows? Palace made the price he was worth at the time

Excellent photo available free of charge to the first person who contacts me with their address. Photo is dated 2nd February 1960 and is of 5 Rovers players - John Bray, Harry Leyland, Matt Woods, Louis Bimpson and Mike McGrath - relaxing at the Washington Hotel, London, on the morning of their FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane (Rovers reached the final that year - the last time we did so).

Blackburn Rovers . …. the multi headed monster. Where is the modern day Busby who just told his teams to go out and play because he had faith in them as good players? Football clubs used to have a manager, a trainer and a secretary with a few helpers, and they worked. I’ve no faith that this latest set up of under worked, over-titled no marks will be any more successful than the last

At last we’ve got a guru. How has the club coped since 1875 without a guru? A guru is obviously what we’ve been missing and what the club needs to be successful again. Here’s looking forward to promotion and bettter times ahead with a guru

With all the problems we’ve had in defence it’s not wrong to say Phillips could have played 35 or more games for Rovers this season had he stayed and could even have been a first team fixture. I always thought Tottenham was the wrong club for him and he would have been better at a second tier PL club. I think it’s highly unlikely Spurs will give him a proper first team chance never mind a regular place

The Ipswich manager is staying is he not?

Better than 2 London or southern clubs but yes, I didn’t bother watching it either, unthinkable before the days of the plastic Premier League and the boring Champions League for non champions. The decline in importance of the FA cup is one of the many reasons why top level football is no longer as enjoyable these days

And to be fair to Tony Mowbray (without a DoF?) we had some pretty good ones under him Forgot about Van Hecke, he was a very good player and I had high hopes we would sign him. Ryan Giles another. It's funny with Harwood-Bellis and Branthwaite though: I thought H-B was a class act and would play for England, while Branthwaite looked like Jay McEverley (sp?), big and cumbersome and League One at best. Shows what I know I suppose

In the case of Harvey Elliott he was good for both clubs because he was such a fine player, and it's clear from his performances and his comments that he enjoyed playing for Rovers. I really enjoyed watching him - and other excellent loanees such as Tosin, Reed and Harwood-Bellis too I agree about some of them though - they've been poor and likely no better than some of the young players in our own teams who have been denied first team opportunities as a result.

Ruddy looked ruddy average the few times I've seen him on the box this season. He also wasn't great in our match at St Andrews either which I was unlucky enough to attend. Way past his best - he's 37 for heaven's sake -and a poor prospective signing IMO, better than the Swedish lad obviously but on a par if not much better than Pears. Ruddy would be OK as a No 2 but we do need better than him as a No 1.

It's astonishing how clubs keep appointing former big-name players as managers and expecting them to succeed just because they were big-name players, and despite them having failed as managers at previous clubs. I wouldn't be surprised if Plymouth were in the bottom 3 by January and Rooney out of the door - again.

That's a wonderful tribute to your dad SC. My condolences