Just now, Stuart said:

Not at all. Barnsley away again this stage is a must win game in a season close to the play off places. If we don’t win tonight, we may as well start preparing for next season in the Championship again. We probably already have.

The trouble is, as many clubs have found out in the past, finishing 7th or 8th can mean relegation the season after.

If you don’t want to face that then stop replying to my posts.

You were relating Lenihan missing a game to see the birth of his child with the club going bust. 

Lots to be frustrated about in that 1st half:

- Shocking 20 minutes

- Bradley Johnson is our 2020 Danny Murphy

- Samuel no brain in the box

I’d stick Brereton on at half time, if he plays like the last few games he’ll have more of an impact than Samuel. Still not convinced on this false 9 formation. 
 

Just now, Stuart said:

If you want to be successful, yes.

If it’s seen as just a bit of a holiday camp, no.

Every time we are on the cusp of getting somewhere, there is some bullshit reason to allow it to fall over. We are going nowhere with this attitude.

Please don’t complain when this club goes bust because of our debt.

That has escalated quickly from Lenihan missing Barnsley away to be at the birth of his child.

Take a breather Stuart

1 minute ago, Stuart said:

Yeah, I’m guessing Ferguson could afford to accommodate such losses.

Much better times now though, where Shankly and Clough are seen as idiots.

Maybe their statues need pulling down.  

So you can only have time off for the birth of you baby if the team you play for has a good squad ?

Already multiple times Walton just gives them the ball back. All the time in the world, full backs in space and he launches it. It’s pathetic. 

This is testament to just how poor Bristol City are

Without our 3 most important players, and the spine of the team in Lenihan - Travis - Dack. 
 

Bookies giving us only a 33% chance of win, with Barnsley more likely at 37% chance. Read into that as you will but speaks volumes given they’re bottom of the league and there is no crowd. 

3 minutes ago, barry_ said:

Unenthusiastic for this.

Mowbray is a poor poor manager for Blackburn Rovers. The sooner him and the other maggot goes, the better. 

mowbray has no desire to get into the play offs and is happy to be mediocre. 

You’ll find Appleton, Ince, Coyle etc. filed under “poor poor”

Mowbray may not be the man to lead us to promotion or even a top 6 finish but at worst he’s been a steady manager. 
We were league 1 not so long ago and since then numerous teams have come down with parachute payments, paying £40k+ a week still. 

Does anyone know if ifollow works on chromecast? i.e. can i watch it on the TV from my phone?

We had Jack O’Connell until 22 (same age as a Wharton now), let him do the rounds on loan everywhere, now he’s playing in the top half of the Prem. 

I’d fully expect Wharton to be involved more next season and I’d be disappointed if he wasn’t. 

Regards Derby, their remaining fixtures are:

Preston, Forest, West Brom, Brentford, Cardiff, Leeds and Birmingham

That is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 16th.

6 of the top 7 in their last 7. 

New

Nyambe - Lenihan - New - New

Travis - Downing - Evans/Holtby

Dack

Armstrong Brereton 

With a view that Davenport, Buckley, JRC are all looking to break into the team and get regular appearances.

The most important things to do in the summer:

1) Keep Travis, Nyambe and Lenihan

2) Keep Dack and Armstrong unless a ludicrous offer comes in 

3) Sign a GK, CB, LB and a fit tenacious CM (similar to Travis) 

4) Sell Smallwood, Samuel, Leutweler, Mulgrew, Johnson, Chapman(?)

5) Strengthen the squad with a 2nd CB signing and perhaps some width

Then again, we’ve all been pretty much saying the above for 2-3 windows now.

Had a play around (guess) at remaining results....

72 points will almost certainly do it, but that means 16 points from 7 matches (never going to happen given 4 of these are top 10 teams) 

We need to win on Tuesday and need to win away in Cardiff. Then I’ll start believing.

Lose on Tuesday and then start that rebuild for next season  

6 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

4 point gap now.

Barnsley, Leeds, Cardiff up next and you'd say we have to win all 3 to keep any aspirations alive.

Needless to say, it's not happening

 

Need 6 points from it, with 3 of them at Cardiff. We’ll still have a sniff if we get that. Not holding my breath though. 

Just now, DE. said:

I believe Kean and Eastwood both came in during the season (when Robinson was injured, maybe?) so it's a somewhat fair comparison. I don't think Raya or Fielding are significantly better than Walton so I'd still like us to do better than that. I'm not confident of Tony being able to do so, though.

Yes, I agree, we can certainly do better. The fact Leutwiler is the number 1 keeper on our books speaks volumes.
This alongside having to play Bennett at left back makes you scratch your head given we had 5 strikers in the match day squad today. 

3 minutes ago, DE. said:

Remembering Jake Kean and Simon Eastwood the answer is yes, they coud. I would much rather we look for an experienced goalkeeper than try to promote one from the academy earlier than we should.

Walton is just an average Championship keeper - generally OK but prone to mistakes. If Brighton want him back it won't concern me, but I would be concerned if we ended up with an Academy keeper between the sticks next season.

I mean for the remainder of this season.

You’ve conveniently named 2 academy keepers who didn’t make it at this level so I’ll raise you Raya and Fielding who both have in the Championship. 

It’s a funny one with keepers, they always get a hard time as mistakes are highlighted and when they’re good they rarely get the spotlight. 
However, I’m racking my brain and struggling to remember when Walton has SAVED us points, had a blinder and meant we got 3 rather than 1 point. 
 

Could an academy keeper be any worse? At least he would be one of our own for the future.

Gallagher cannot start again given the other options we have. Tony is saving face for wasting money and a hell of a lot of wages.

Rothwell? Not a top half Championship player at the moment. For a flair/luxury player he doesn’t offer enough. 
 
It’s not season over yet (Swansea lost to bottom of the league today so everyone will drop points). We were underdogs today, but it’s the kind of game we need to be winning. It just means we’re going to have to come out of that 4 game horror run with more than 6 points which is very unlikely. 

In fairness with Bennett there isn’t much of a better option available currently with injuries. 
I do scratch my head at Gallagher when we have Armstrong and Graham sat on the bench though who offer something different/better.  

Bleak to think that Gallagher is our (alleged) highest earner. 

Fulham already behind and I’d expect a few games banned for Mitrovic after the elbow. 
I think they’re going to completely implode. Don’t rule out Cardiff or others catching them. 

Cardiff winning not ideal but will take that with Swansea losing. 
If Reading or Barnsley get one then we could really start to make a mark with a win today. 

21 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

The only decent plays have been when Pearson has been flattened a couple of times.

Borefest.

100%. Good for Rovers though. Along with Luton holding on. 

I’ll probably put the curse on this now...but Scott Sinclair doesn’t look like anything special in the first half here. 

Just for some perspective on this “winnable” game...the bookmakers had us more likely to beat Bristol City than today against Wigan. 

A draw would put some pressure on needing a win on Tuesday. 2 wins from those and we’re favourites for 6th (or 5th) spot. 

2 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

It is going to be very interesting , no team as form going in to this mini tournament...

One thing , I have noticed the refs are not under pressure to give penalties now...Still will be bad decisions but teams like Leeds won't get the helping hands if things start to implode ! 

Leeds went something like 53 games without a penalty a season or so ago.