Van Hecke!! Bullet. This could be massive for us. Rovers on the march!!

What a start. Get in!

Billing is missing for them which is another plus for us. It looks like they are playing Brady at left back. We can do this. COYB.

Selling Brereton in January would really hammer home that the club has no interest in promotion. Imagine getting into a genuinely promising position in this division for the first time, only to sell your main goalscorer midway through. It would sum up these owners and would be deflating for everybody. The plan might well be to bring in £20m for Brereton and spend £3m on Maja in the hope that he is the next one to sell on in a few years time. I would be happy with Maja coming in to bolster our attack next month, but not as a direct replacement.

Can't wait for this game. Bournemouth have been good this season and the table doesn't lie. However, they are doable. Preston went there and won, Coventry came back from 2-0 down to get a point. With the form we're in I can see us causing them a few problems on Saturday. They won't be looking forward to playing us at the moment so I really hope we don't be too cautious and go into it worrying about how they are going to play. I would take a point but all three would be superb and a real statement of intent. I think we could do this. Bournemouth 1-2 Rovers.

The items at the club shop have been disappointing for a while now. I like to wear Rovers t-shirts but the ones at the club shop have been of poor quality, look lazily designed and aren't priced the best. I have managed to find some good ones elsewhere. I look at the merchandise, gifts etc available on the Liverpool, Arsenal and United store websites and think what the heck are we doing. There is so much potential merchandise that our club shop could sell, but there seems to be no imagination or will to do so.

It's clear as day from that interview that the contract situation is all down to the owners, not Mowbray. You could tell he was trying his best to be polite to the owners. This line said it all for me: "I found myself almost questioning, er, not their ambition". It's obvious what he was trying to say there, but he reeled himself in. His demeanor was more upbeat too which is good to see. I really think he's starting to believe now. The owners need to wake up and show some ambition! Now isn't the time to try and do things on the cheap.

I remember coming home one afternoon and checking the Ceefax football page. 'Blackburn sign Bellamy for £5m' was the main headline. Wow, the excitement upon seeing that! Hughes could definitely pull out some crackers. I remember when he signed Mokoena and Nelsen and thinking "who are they". Then I saw them play. It was the same with Zurab and Samba. Solid finds. He apparently wanted to bring Zabaleta, Kompany and Lassana Diarra to Rovers in 2008 but the board wouldn't give him the funds for it. Another "what might have been" moment for us possibly. (Zidane was at our training ground 😢). Souey's first three seasons were excellent, he also got us Brad and Tugay, but I agree that Hughes was able to use the budget better. I would have Hughes back in an instant if given the choice.

Could have been better, but could have been worse too. Winnable game and local so I'm happy with that.

Very impressed with Wharton. He looked good before his injury and has come back even better. I like how sturdy our defence has looked in recent games and Wharton has played his part in that. It's amazing to think that we have Ayala in reserve at the moment. That is a good position to be in defensively.

I think that's just Mowbray sending a message to Pune. Spend some money in January and I don't mean on the back of selling our main man. Not worded the best by Nixon though. I get the feeling that Mowbray is starting to believe. It was good to see him fired up yesterday. Things have certainly become exciting all of a sudden. Long way to go of course, but something seems to have clicked for us. If we are in a similar position in January the owners have to go for it. This is the first genuine opportunity we have to go up since we have been down here.

I want United away. Always looked forward to that fixture and it will get us in the spotlight again. Seems highly unlikely, I know, but just imagine the chaos a Diaz winner at Old Trafford would cause. The worst possible draw would be any of the Premier League top 3 away, so I hope we avoid them. For a fun tie I would be happy with any of Kidderminster/Halifax, Boreham Wood/St Albans City. Any Championship side would be underwhelming and a complete bore of a draw.

Good times. I remember the ball hanging in the air for what seemed an age before Dahlin connected with it. It was a joy to be at Ewood that season. This game always sticks in my mind as it got a bit frightening on the way home. Me and my dad almost got caught up in a brawl between Preston and Rovers fans on Bolton Road after the game. A group of Preston fans charged at a group of Rovers fans who were walking right infront of us and it all went off. Seeing that for the first time as a kid was a shock. Let's hope for a repeat performance tomorrow. The 6-0 part, I mean. Win tomorrow and the excitement builds.

It's amusing how much Rovers gets to them. I remember being at Preston train station a few years back in my Rovers jacket, when one of them saw the badge and visibly went red in the face with anger. They are obsessed, yet we couldn't care less about them. Our promotion winning night on their patch must have really stung and still hurts them to this day. Let's ruin their cup final on Saturday.

Yes!! That is a fantastic three points. Teams below us drop points too. We're on the march 😁.

Rothwell has now picked up an injury and is going off. Davenport coming on.

Kaminski going off injured. Pears coming on.

Khadra!! Get in.

Big game feel about today, even though we're only in November. A win would be massive psychologically, getting one over a rival and putting us in the mix. Can we finally pull a win out against a decent side when the top 6 is in sight? It's still a tough game even with their injury issues so I wouldn't be unhappy with a point. Turn up for one half only, like we have done recently and we will likely come away with nothing. 1-1.

Diaz just doesn't look like missing when clean through. It's a delight to see the turnaround. That was clinical from him. He could reach 20 before mid December at this rate.

Our midfield is too easy to bypass. That's a big problem. 3-0 up but looking ragged since the restart.

2-0. A gift from the Posh defender. That should be that.

Brilliant header!

All of the red button games are available to watch on the Sky App. This is according to the listings on Sky's website.

It's on the red button. Sky are showing Bristol City v Stoke as their live game on Sky Sports Football and Main Event.