superniko

Yes please

Strong start. 1 or 2 passes / bits of quality away from a clear cut chance. Johnson is looking like he’s going to have one of his good days. Douglas does worry me a little at left back. It’s certainly our weakest position in the squad.

Disappointed that he’s resting Holtby, but glad Wharton is back in as he hasn’t put a foot wrong yet. Imagine this place at 5pm if we come out with 3 points!

Not sure I have the same views on a Brentford defence that has only conceded 2 goals in the last 7 games. Albeit against nobody as lethal as ourselves. Agree with the rest though, leagues top 2 scorers, open match, a few fans back in the ground. Just a shame life isn’t normal as it would have been a great Saturday away trip.

Tough 3 games (and Stoke away after Rotherham who are much improved this season). I'd take 4 points from the 3 personally, draws aren't the worst either. Bristol City are punching above their quality, I think that game is very winnable so long as we don't suffer many more injuries. Saturday will be the toughest, i'd be happy with anything there. Armstrong v Toney. Brentford (L), Bristol City (W), Norwich (D)......then probably lose to Rotherham

Yeah, thinking about it, that was the kind of game where we really missed Trav.

Great defending by Nyambe on their counter attack Bell particularly poor. I’m worried about him if he’s playing against Brentford on Saturday. Holtbys worst game for a while, he’s so much better alongside Rothwell. Can’t say he had much help in the middle though, and he’s so important to make us click. Not the game to bring on Dolan for me. Few bad decisions made but he’s young and raw and I’d rather see him in open games where we’re dominating. No idea what formation / personnel we were playing at the end. Bit of an in-play tombola. Referee was shocking, but we say it every week, it’s terrible at this level. Hope Big Ben isn't out for too long. Absolute smash and grab at the end, the kind of game we wouldn’t win or see out in the past (looked shakey from 90 on to be fair). Eases some pressure going into Brentford, that’ll be open, I want us back with Holtby and Rothwell central for that.

Doesn’t look good at all, I’ve not seen a replay but not even a yellow shown by the ref.

Lack of balance for me really, nothing in the middle. Elliott still looks like he’s playing wide, making it a 4-2-4.

We need to be tighter than that at the back. A few times we’ve been caught poorly hacking it away

Wonderful finish. Pure quality

Who the feck signed off these kits!!

A bit disappointed to see Rothwell drop to the bench, but glad it’s not a negative holding midfield replacement. Elliott and Holtby should link up well, and we’ve 2 games a week until Xmas. Johnson for Trybull the right move in this game too. Assume Wharton is still not recovered as he’s not made the bench. Not too worried defensively given how poor Millwall are going forward, just hope we can break them down early on.

Bournemouth and Bristol City both losing early doors.

Cheers for that - It's obviously not make or break money, but if you get 10 extra games (some of these clubs are!), then it's the difference between signing a Kaminski or not. Edit: Brentford allegedly on 20 times through 2020 (vs 3 for Rovers mentioned above), obviously a lot of that was down to last seasons performance with 3 playoff games in there for Brentford too.

3 times in a whole calendar year - this must be the lowest in the league

Sky Sports December fixtures have been announced and no additions for Rovers, am I right in thinking we've only been on TV once this season (twice including upcoming Bristol City)? (Both of those matches are mid-week and would have been on the red button regardless). So not one televised weekend game through half the season. Odd for the highest scorers in the league (ironically 0-0 in the 1 Sky game) Is TV money divided equally or not? It's a complete shambles when you see the same clubs every week. Over just 2 weeks between Dec 15th - 30th you can watch Watford and Norwich 3 times & Brentford, Stokes and Swansea twice

Marine have also qualified from the Northern Prem! Same league as Bamber Bridge!

Our Christmas fixtures look very similar to last year, in that all are very winnable (and two identical teams). I just hope we go into the 3rd round FA cup match on the back of better results this year. We were on the edge of the playoffs and got two points from Wigan, Huddersfield and Birmingham. With great home and away crowds at the first two. This year we have Shef Wed, Huddersfield and Birmingham and if we go into them in contention at the top it will be a big test of whether our mentality has changed. The biggest difference this season is going into every game I believe we can win and expect points, whether it’s Norwich away or Wycombe at home. I wouldn’t have said that last year vs Leeds, Brentford, Fulham etc. Testament to the gradual turnaround from the staff and players.

Tomorrow evening around 7pm, probably 7.15 by the time they’re doing it.

Why is a promotion rival winning against bottom half fodder ‘good to see’ for us?

I’d be disappointed with that. We’re pretty heavy favourites against Millwall and anything less than 3 points there would be disappointing then 1 from 3 would be a disaster after that.

Gutted Kaminski lost his clean sheet, he was excellent. We grinded it out but we’ll take it every day. I think the Millwall match will suit us a lot more. Would love to go into those tough 3 fixtures on the back of 3 wins and 6 unbeaten. Rovers win and Norwich, Bournemouth, Stoke and Boro all drop points (and Burnley got hammered). Just hopefully Chorley can pull an upset off against Peterborough now for a perfect day all round.

Late Coventry goal, only 7 off the top with the best GD in the league

Yeah I agree he’s looked good since coming on. Kicks us on a bit more from the middle and started that move well.