jim mk2

Are the Rovers players cheating? Pull their tripe out for a big Cup game in front of the TV cameras but can't be arsed in a run of the mill league game

And to think, some folk were eyeing a top 8 finish after Tuesday night's performance

. Swansea haven't won at home in yonks and shipped a load of goals too - then good old Rovers come a calling After the Lord Mayor's show This was always going to happen

Don't be surprised if we lose this Tuesday will have taken alot out of the players. They put in one hell of an effort for 120 minutes and their legs will still be feeling it on Saturday. Then there's the emotional climbdown after losing on penalties Eustace will have to manage the team carefully and gets his subs right to nurse us through the game. I'd be very happy with a point but I think it'll be: Swansea 2 Rovers 1

BBC commentator tonight..... "Man Utd have ONLY won 4 trophies in the 10 or so seasons since Ferguson retired". Jim Ratcliffe in a recent interview: "The past 11 years have been agony" Don't you just love the entitled, self-serving elite?

Pears is improving without a doubt and is streets ahead of the Swedish lad who is one of the main reasons we are in relegation trouble. He still only 25 - young for a goalkeeper, and his game is beginning to mature. I'd like to see him more dominant in the 6-yard box from crosses and corners - several times last night he should have come out to catch or punch the ball away but stayed on his line.

Really? One good game in the Cup and we're now looking at the top 8?? The players put in a massive shift last night but the question has to be asked why they didn't do that in the league (my last game at Birmingham was awful) and whether they can repeat it. Last night will have taken its toll. All the games are difficult from now on - starting at Swansea

Mmm, not sure about that He said some nice things about Rovers at the start but for the rest of the time his comments were from a Newcastle viewpoint. I know he's a Newcastle fan etc etc etc but he's paid very handsomely - about £450,000 a year (yes, really) by the BBC to provide insight and analysis and that requires objectivity - not how "we" aren't playing well or "we" should have scored at least three. Gary ("shame Blackburn went down" - 1999) Lineker doesn't like us because we had the temerity to try to buy him years ago - which he regarded as an insult. He just about passed muster last night but still made a snide remark about the game at half-time after what I thought was an enthralling first half

He's a pundit, paid a huge salary by the BBC to give insight into football, not be a superfan waving his Newcastle scarf. He was unprofessional and it was all the more galling he was so open about it at the club where he made his name. And he called us Blackburn too.

Massive congratulation to Eustace for getting the team to compete with and match a top Premier League team for 120 minutes. Gives alot of hope for the future

Out of respect for the club he used to play for and made his name, and our fans

Brilliant effort by Rovers, could easily have won in normal time Shearer gone down in my estimation tonight - he should have been more neutral for this game

Yorkshire

Brilliant by Pears

Rovers look knackered

Rovers have given a great account of themselves through sheer hard work - exceeded expectations.

One moment of quality does it

Huge gulf between the clubs. There's some top quality Prem players out there tonight against some very ordinary Championship squad players.

You have to laugh watching Siggy pretending to jump for headers against their centre halves

Yes, it didn't really work. It had to be big numbers or not at all

Lineker the wet blanket rubbishing the game but that was a pretty good half

Gallagher is weak and soft as a kitten who'd get hurt by a passing butterfly

Gallagher's got concrete in his boots as usual. But he's such a gentleman

Danny Murphy talking about Rovers as if he's some sort of expert really grates. Stole a living at Ewood

Waggott's forgotten to put 10p in the turnstiles meter