Not sure about smash and grab. They’re a better football team IMO. They’ll take the game to Burnley.

And amazingly those 10 Aston Villa fixtures all come in one season (or at least it felt like it)

Brittain - Batth - Hyam - Beck Tronstad - Travis Cantwell Armstrong - Szmodics - Diaz Only Gary Bowyer would struggle to win the league with those outfield players

Here you go: https://x.com/rovers/status/1879853857850675591?s=46

There is usually always one team that sneaks in with a run in the 2nd half of the season. Last season it was Norwich, who were on 35 points in 13th at this stage, but ended up finishing 6th on 73. 5th place West Brom on 42 is identical to our current 5th place 42 - they finished with 75 points. The year before it was Coventry, who finished 5th on 70 points but were 14th at this stage of the season. We were 3rd on the same points we're on now (42), and managed to miss out as always. Either way, 42 points at this stage is a very strong position to be in. Well done John Eustace and the team.

Feels like we’re getting a few this season. Our goal at Boro away was a yard offside too - long may it continue!

100% - they’re probably our most creative players! Says a lot about the midfield / attack.

Add Bamford and Wallace and we will officially be the slowest team in the whole football league. We need pace and we needed it yesterday

We need more than a striker. A couple of wingers and someone creative too. If I was a number 9 I wouldn’t fancy joining a club with Hedges and Dolan either side of me

Ah yeah, sorry I meant in the traditional sense. Probably odds on it gets moved to some ridiculous time (see Cardiff travelling to Sheffield on a Thursday night!) - I'm sure the audience abroad were on the edge of their seat for that clash though.

Can’t see it being a TV game. Not a ‘big 6 club’ and not that ‘underdog story’. Pretty boring draw IMO, but glad to be at home

You realise he was playing against City, Liverpool, Arsenal not Plymouth, Oxford, PNE? Absolute bonkers statement 6 goals in 14 for Sheffield United in the Premier League, the worst team in the whole league. Lightyears ahead of Hedges and co

He did sign some rubbish, but also brought in Tronstad and Szmodics so all is forgiven in my eyes

One fan said it with 20+ likes on said comment and a plethora of other happy comments that he is leaving. I won’t judge it on fans comments (see the likes of Bell leaving us etc.). But we currently only have 1 first team CM player and this hardly screams ‘hard working recruitment team’ - they’ve called around and picked the cheapest and easiest they can find - and to me that tells me that he will have to do for Portsmouth, Oxford, Coventry fixtures

😂 putting it like that, it really was an all-timer from Swag wasn’t it.

It’s bizarre as this was the shite that Mowbray was slated for (buying everyone from Boro) yet now it’s deemed good as it’s the ‘managers signing’

Any reason why he has only played 2 games all season in League 1?

Matthew Bentham wouldn’t have a Venky, Waggot or Pasha within a mile of his ownership and club. It’s a complete joke that the clowns at our place even think they could replicate the work that savvy and passionate owners like Bentham and Bloom have.

When was the last time your mind decided we had a positive window? And now that will answer why it’s the ‘usual hysteria’ on here because it was a fucking generation ago

Unfortunately the same thing happened with JDT, start the season pretty well, build up hope in the fan base, pushing into the top 6.....Then Venkys and Waggot do everything they possibly can to screw us over in January and we're left with a depleted squad, which after a few injuries means we're relying on Garrett, Markanday and Vale (who started the majority of games during the Jan 2023 window)! The depth of the squad is horrific, Pickering, Travis, Ohashi, Carter, Wharton are injured and we're scrambling away trying to pick an 11 that can be remotely competitive.

Adam Forshaw screams Accrington Stanley. We are meant to be chasing Championship promotion - just not in Venkys / Waggot world.

Toth Brittain - McFaz - Hyam - Beck JRC - Buckley ACD - Weimann - Hedges Leonard Couple of changes for me given the vast amount of winnable league games in January and the clear lack of interest for Venkys to fund our squad. Batth and Tronstad both to be rested, Leonard to get 90 minutes in him. No other options for full back really.

Is that you Tony? edit: beaten to it by a minute!

Morton is an upgrade on Buckley (and Baker). If there are any legs to it then it needs to be done asap given our current lack of depth in CM I'm still not fully over him rolling around after the eye poke at Sheffield United though. Also doesn't address our biggest need of 'sticking the ball in the net'

Suspect we see JRC start centre midfield rather than Buckley. I’d be amazed if the overlords can be arsed to bring someone in. They don’t care about the January window as we know