44 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Anybody else feel that we kind of need to go up 2nd as we would buckle in the playoffs? I don’t see us holding up to the pressure of that personally.

who do you fear up the top?

for me Bournemouth with Parker in charge, I don’t see them getting too 2. West Brom seem to be lacking too. So for me I fear boro, forest and qpr seem to be grinding out results with lots of late winners, hopefully that bubble bursts but they seem to be able to keep it going 

I personally felt Middlesbrough was a bit of a pressure game and after that performance I would have some confidence in the playoffs games. 

Only Fulham , just based on our last experience but they should get automatic.

8 minutes ago, DE. said:

What a difference having Trav back in the team makes. Especially in a gritty game like that. His influence has been underrated this season.

I was starting to think we needed an upgraded on Travis until the Hull game .

Then realised how important he is . 

Strong and dogid team performance,  never in doubt 😉

Delighted for SG , he's never going to be a technical player , but he can be a right handful and defends from the front.  

Though he almost looked emotional post scoring. 

Zeefuik looks good,  might need bigger shinpads in the UK 

Bournemouth losing at home to Hull , leaves me feeling a little better about our last result. 

Need a good performance and result soon .... Monday would be great , but not confident .

Anyone know how the 18's got on this afternoon vs Burnley?

4 hours ago, only2garners said:

I do! Cesay and Omole were sent off for Spurs and Garrett for Rovers. Cesay was their number 2.

Was Garrett the rovers player right at the start,  who walked towards a spurs player looking like he was going to nut him ? Near the technical box 

54 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't think we're going up. 

I think our performances will pick up again after January.  

It's not good with a number of the players possibly moving on this window and possible replacements being brought in .

We need 100% commitment to have a chance,  but a few could be hoping to tie up a deal now after some good form.

Once the window closes and Dack plus new signing are getting up to speed, I hope we hit some form again,  but might be a couple dodgy games beforehand. 

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Some clickbait site just recycling rumours to be found elsewhere on the Internet.

Yes correct sorry it came from 

https://www.claretandhugh.info/rovers-give-irons-fee-for-striker-diaz/

5 hours ago, neophox said:

West Ham may pay £28,5m for Brereton Diaz......would you sell?

Hi , did you know something about a £28.5m price tag , as a Hammers site now saying it .

Just wondered if they got it from this forum ,  or there's more to it ?

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1112699869?-11198:839

2 hours ago, islander200 said:

Nobody is paying 25 million+ for Brererton.

West ham will pay 25+ million for Brererton to be Antonio's understudy?I don't believe that.

Even if he was sold it would most very likely be another inexperienced player that would come in to replace him

I think until we return to the Premier league most of our signings will be young inexperienced players with potential

If we are sticking to our wage structure, we cannot afford the wages of players in their prime, who can impact the first team straight away. 

The only exception I see is in the foreign market, which is harder now.

A lot of forward planning needed (succession lines I believe TM reference to ) .

This is fine but not good for a quick fix as would be needed if BBD leaves this month.

3 minutes ago, neophox said:

West Ham may pay £28,5m for Brereton Diaz......would you sell?

Yes if done quickly and 20 mill was available for transfers . If most money not reinvented then no 

Think we are missing Travis in midfield,  Davenport on for Gallagher 

Looks like we are going on the attack this time 🤞 

Acid test for Buckley being able to Marshall a midfield in place of Travis I guess.  Also the fitness of JRC , hope he gets a clear run now 

Good piece on the possible Markanday effect. 

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-rovers-markanday-asian-community-22776412?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

I agree on now being short at cb, but think it's the right thing to do with Carter for his development. 

Hopefully we can get someone in, with the carrot being two of the current cb's probably won't be here in 6 months time.

So there will be first team opening in the near future. 

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Or you could look at it as, a tried and trusted system, throughout all levels of football.

Also Dack seemed to like it 

5 hours ago, JoeH said:

This is why Rovers Chat run the academy page on Twitter, it's not technically official but we've got the support of plenty of people within the academy set up, there's good coverage of the 18's & 23's and there's been interviews with the likes of Stuart Jones, Tony Carrs & Simon Cooper on there.

Ahh yes I have seen a couple of the interviews,  good stuff 👍

I don't really go on twitter,  other than following links to rovers topics.

29 minutes ago, Tom said:

Thought Edun had a good game, he’s a really good footballer, just think he’s having to play out of position at the moment 

Think this is why we need another LB ,would be interesting to see Edun as a Travis option 

33 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Excellent fighting win despite a poor performance.

Defence was rock solid.

Does anyone else think Travis is incredibly limited? Really stands out in a strong technical team. Not sure he’s all that, have the ball away so many times today.

Yep nearly said a few times,  doesn't look like he's progressing,  if anything influencing less than before last sessions injury.

I know his role is a limited one but give me a Savage/ Flitcroft/ Batty , think an upgrade as an option, wouldn't go a miss in future .

10 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

I'm sure they were putting all their efforts into fixing the streaming problems in good time. Oh, wait...

The club site is shit really 😁 In the last match against Stoke they didn't even bother updating the score from a starting 0 -0,  no line up,  updates etc .

Even to log in to rovers TV you need to do it twice 

6 minutes ago, Dan said:

Definitely. How many times in the past have we played well and got nothing from a match. Ugly wins are good wins. It’s almost like we’ve gone back to basics, being hard to beat and being able to win games with a flash of good play. 
 

We haven’t been able to do this since Sparky was manager and Nelson was captain. 
 

I know it’s the hope that kills you, but it’s hard not to be thrilled at the moment. ARTE ET LABORE! 

It's this period ' The Underdogs ' which I still picture Rovers as ( Souness/ Hughes), rather than  the title winning period and the Venkys.  I'm hoping Zeefuik will bring some bite 

Would like to see another LB , CB , CM as cover, plus an attacker to rotate with BBD 

2 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Forum player ratings should be interesting, what with how most of us missed a huge chunk of the first half!

Defense 7 , Kaminski & Rothwell 8 , rest 4/5 😁

One of the worst matches to watch but a great 3 points,  unlucky not to have a penalty and Cardiff not having a player sent off . Days like these define a season