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I’m unusually confident tonight. 11/2 on us to win by more than one goal caught my eye with the bookies. I’ll apologise now for cursing it.

Thing is it was absolutely true about Brereton for at least 2 years. Hirst hasn’t got the luxury of time to become useful.

Yeah, there were certainly some attacking benefits to it. I suppose it’s down to JDTs staff to figure out which opponents it will work best against

Ah yes of course! Like about half a dozen Man Utd managers I completely forgot he existed!

Thanks to Venky’s dumbing down we haven’t been represented at a World Cup since 2010, although Kaminski might buck that trend and make the Belgium squad. It’s worth noting we will have one of our home grown players there for the first time since Duff though, as Raya is likely to go with Spain. There’s probably only a handful of our homegrown talents to have appeared at a World Cup (Clayton, Douglas, Newton?). Genuinely think Wharton could do so one day.

Neither can I unfortunately. Pickering has definitely improved a great deal over the last month or so. Well worthy of his place, but I do really like the idea of Hedges playing left wing back.

It’s been used at Ewood before as well, and I’d wager in hundreds of other grounds around the world at the turn of the millennium by clubs who couldn’t be arsed showing an iota of originality.

Kaminski Hyam Ayala Wharton Brittain Pickering Morton Wharton Szmodics Gallagher Brereton I’d like to see us line up like this pretty consistently. I’d bring Travis or Garrett in for Szmodics against the better teams when we are away. I’d replace Pickering with Hedges when he’s fit again.

One thing you can’t question yesterday was Dack’s attitude, he certainly put in a shift “for the team”. Trust repaid? Maybe the situation isn’t as irreparably damaged as many of us thought.

If they can’t find a venue by noon tomorrow they should be made to play it at Ewood. I do feel for their fans though. Just when it looked like things were getting back on track.

No need for this thread to be descending, particularly after another good away win and with Rovers sitting second. It is also completely out of order to try and belittle what people do to earn a living.

Very happy with how we saw the game out. Could’ve been 4-0 on another day. I think the subs were clever and were clearly made as we decided to hold the lead rather than expand on it. Ayala made us look much more solid, nice to see Dack and Vale doing their bit for the team too.

Nice goal that. Brilliant ball again by Wharton. We could’ve been 2 up already before that in all honesty. Need to keep the ball up their end and we’ll score a few. We don’t look quite so solid at the back today, but that’s to be expected with the changes.

Not keen on the change of formation and especially don’t like the idea of Travis as a full back. Still hopeful we can get all three points though.

I’m sure it’s because they are still looking for an opportunity to close the Riverside down at the earliest opportunity.

I skipped quite a lot of this up until the couple of minutes he discussed Rovers. The thing that really struck me from what I did listen to was his self confidence that strays comfortably into delusion. Massively exaggerated scoring records, mentioned being an international player a lot considering he got just one cap, and basically sees himself as a world class player to this day. He’s only slightly less in cloud cuckoo land on his managerial achievements.

Might not be so simple to get Oasis to reunite to cover a Blur song.

Together - Hardcore Uproar A none too subtle nod to Blackburn’s past as the home of the Rave. I’d like a song with some local connection rather than one which is arbitrarily chosen. Current Blackburn bands the Illicits and the Ruby Tuesdays are brilliant, and I would like to see a song by one of them eventually. Second choice would be Ceremony by New Order. I really like Final Countdown and it evokes wonderful memories for me, so it’s probably best left in the past.

Things might have changed for Van Hecke with the managerial situation at Brighton. I’m surprised he’s featured so little, and if this continues into January I’d definitely like us to put a bid in for him. He’s out of contract at the end of the season, so I’d be trying to do what we did with Hedges. Obviously he’d command a higher fee, but try and get him in quickly as I’m sure he will have offers in the summer and pre-contract opportunities back home. Unlike Mowbray with Hedges I’d get him straight in the side too.

Come on. You surely can’t be mentioning Jack and Venky’s in the same sentence. Your lot celebrate the death of one and sing “long live” about the other. Every right thinking Rovers fan would prefer an alternate reality where Venky’s had never darkened our door.

We’ve definitely only had one, unless you’re going back to mill owners in the 19th century. Venky’s remain a wealthy burden. You lot have been the biggest beneficiaries of their ownership of Rovers!

When we have played well this season we are certainly as good as Burnley when they play well, maybe better. When we play badly we are a lot worse than them when they they have an off day. So it’s simple really, we just need to play well! In all seriousness though, hopefully the non-performances we’ve seen at times so far are hopefully a thing of the past. No reason we can’t get something from this game, but we need to be really at the races.

I haven’t been impressed with any of our stand in right wing backs, so with Hedges and Brittain looking like they are out I’d try another. Either Dolan or Pickering (with Mola coming in on the left). Whatever happened to Dan Pike?

Markanday’s situation isn’t all that surprising considering Mowbray’s obsession with stockpiling wide forwards. In recent games the position has become redundant, but if we were playing a front 3 you’d have Gallagher, Hedges and Dolan all way ahead of Markanday in his favoured position. Hedges is fast becoming a key player and can be used effectively as a wing back, Gallagher seems to be thriving playing in a front two (to the surprise of very few), and Dolan is obviously seen as someone who can be relied upon to bring a bit of energy and do a lot of closing down late on in games. The U21s is the right place for Markanday at present while we figure out how he can contribute to the first team. At present there’s no obvious role for him.