That's a decent team, I don't find it offensive at all. It's definitely more attacking though

Coventry 1-0 up.

No, couldn’t get tickets! Watching from afar, hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

Agree with this. There wasn't a queue because although the top clubs were well aware of Wharton, they had their doubts about him. Palace took a punt and were the only club to put hard cash on the table. It's like selling a house: it's only worth what someone is willing to pay, not the perceived "market value". Rovers wanted to sell quickly and there was one serious bidder. End of story really

They're going to look silly if Derby win, as will any Rovers' fans chants directed at Eustace during the match This match is one enormous banana skin. Rovers fans should support the team, hope we win and wait till the final whistle. Then give Derby and Eustace as much stick as possible. This does not of course mean they are the real villains

Forgot the Trevor Hockey sending off - I was there that day. Welsh international IIRC. He was a dirty player even by 1960s standards.

Agree. One win, 2 draws and a defeat the most likely outcome

I was chatting to some fellow Rovers fans after the Oxford away defeat about a month ago. We all agreed the Rovers team isn't top 6 material even with the league apart from one of two generally of a lower standard this year. It's astonishing we're still in the mix to be honest, given the poor form of the past few months but I can't see finishing higher than 10th

I can only remember seeing one in the 1960s - the infamous Mike Ferguson elbow against Coventry in 1967 (?). I can’t recall any others. They were so rare across football as a whole it had to be something serious such as violent conduct

Presume Rovers have sold out?

Bonkers isn’t it? And he’s rarely stayed anywhere long. No wonder he can’t stop smiling. Far more sensible would have been to have given him a 2 year contract (at most) in the summer provided he gets us into this season’s playoffs. Welcome to Waggott’s BRFC easy street

Carrick was a top class player. Pinged beautiful passes all over the pitch, longer range than Wharton. Could have won far more England caps, but for the obsession with Gerrard and Lampard. Some Rovers fans should take their blue and white tinted glasses off. Wharton is very good but has a long way to go before he gets near the standard of Carrick.

Norwich will have gone home wondering how they didn't win that by 3 or 4 goals. The Rovers left flank was a gaping hole in the first half and I'm not sure it was all down to Karigbo's lack of defensive nous - Carter, it seemed to me, to be too close to Hyam and Ribero consequently went even more narrow. Baath was sorely missed - when is he back? I was very disappointed with yesterday's performance which was even harder to watch than games under Eustace. We look like a collection of misfits who haven't been coached properly and that's a thing that sets us apart from teams such as Norwich who look well drilled with every man knowing his job and what he's doing. I know Ismael's only had a couple of days to work with this lot and he doesn't know them properly yet but I would home to see a big improvement in the Derby game.

Good players can play in any format as other countries do and I would expect England to be competitive in all forms of the game and, above all, not be such an embarrassment. England were rubbish, they let us down badly and made us a laughing stock. As always, like Rovers, you defend the indefensible.

Derby’s first win under Eustace. Horrible modern expression but it’s absolutely nailed on. Meanwhile we’re bringing in a coach from the football hotbed of Eastbourne apparently. Eastbourne. That’ll fix it

Hang on, he’s taken on a team in the top 6 and it’s not unreasonable to hope and expect he’ll keep us there. “Finishing as high as possible” - really?

Thank you Statto

Ismael's job is simple - to keep us in the playoff place that he inherited when he took over After today, he has taken us from 5th to 7th in his first game. Needs a win desperately at Derby next week. As it stands, he's failing

Abysmal, awful, depressing, but hey we're going to win the Ashes Not

Coventry won. Down to 7th

That was a 90-minute horror show. Lucky to get an undeserved draw

Rubbish. Other clubs get a new manager bounce. We don't. And it is deserved Mid table here we come

This is a horrible watch. Awful. As bad as anything under Eustace. Can't see anything that's better

Cov 3-2

Coventry ahead again