I'm concerned with ACD that he's got some sort of "alleged" Tyler Morton-esque agreement in his contract that means he has to play a certain number of minutes. I would not be bringing him on in games we need to see out.

They were superb tonight, let's hope with Dolan it's not his 1 in 5 that he usually has, carry it forward to Saturday. Ribeiro looks like he's playing there for us all season, and Buckley's passes actually found their men tonight. That was a proper Mowbray performance from WBA though, gave me flashbacks.

Anyone saying give it Lowe 5 mins after the final whistle deserves an instant ban 😂 (joke) Those commentators though, so biased: “WBA deserve to be level with those two disallowed goals for a clear foul and an offside”

Big Mak has been utter class at both ends of the pitch.

Never known a team to go so powder-puff when trying to see out games.

Dolan slowing it up again, we had them on the break then...come on... Having said that our passing has looked in another universe compared to recent games.

Haha that made me chuckle I wouldn't have brought TC on, but the thinking must be he'll draw a few fouls, keep the ball in tight spaces (fingers crossed 'cos he didn't against Wolves) and generally slow up the game. But anyway, so far it's a Pape Party, should have had a hat-trick.

Absolutely - he's like Gallagher on acid.

Suhail, Gestede et al, whichever Witch Doctor that Gueye saw over the Christmas break to get his curse lifted, get them signed up on a short term deal 'til the end of the season. Do it.

Yep, need to get West Brom facing their own goal. Nearly all of Dolan's little tricks and flicks coming off tonight, his 1 good game in 5?

When Gueye connects he really connects... I'm sure that went over the line?

That turn and pass by Buckely was superb. More of that please John.

Is it true he applied for the Preston job? If so it makes the statement about his family potentially a load of bollocks.

Can you imagine the scenes if we did get promoted. The Venky's would come back for the opening game to take their place in the directors box, like the ultimate glory-hunting set of "plastic" fans - it would be total carnage, the first game of our return to the Premiership would be greeted by a chorus of boos and anti-Venky's chants. Half the ground full of armchair fairweather Leeds and Man City fans who can't get tickets for their own clubs, wondering what the heck was going on. The Rovers support forever classed by the media and other fans as the ficklest of the fickle, for daring to criticise our illustrious and caring owners on their magnificent return. I couldn't bear it, give me admin and League Two any day 😂😂 😂😂

I totally agree with this, there's a certain cognitive dissonance with how the public view football: one instance we value clubs as important assets to the community that are treated very differently to "normal" businesses, yet we also except that their employees have "no loyalty" (to quote a certain Mr Shearer) and take it as par for the course that they can chop and change, easily ditching clubs mid-season, or run contracts down etc etc. I understand that the volatile nature of football means you've just got to go for it and look after yourself, but it's strange how both outlooks can co-exist. I feel a total mug for staying behind after the whistle of most home games to look Eustace in the eye and give him, and the players, the applause they deserve, quietly scathing at the people leaving early - maybe they have it right, what's the point of getting attached to anyone at your club when it can end like this? I feel stupid for sticking up for him during the early part of his tenure, for his supposed deadpan interviews, putting it down to a nervousness in front of camera and lack of media training. I think that I do still like the guy and his approach, but once again we've had to see someone down tools - the fact that we now know he applied for the Preston job of all things - coupled with the recent performances, makes you wonder how much unrest there was behind the scenes, and for how long, yet again derailing a promising season. Yes, you can argue that our slow transfer business also had the same effect, but I'm just talking about the manager and the dressing room here. Fair play to the guy, he has some neck to do this and take the risk of keeping Derby up, there's a slim, but very real chance that he takes them down and we still get the playoffs - I know it's unlikely but the fact he's willing to take the risk says everything about him and the state of Rovers. If, and it's a big if, it doesn't come off, and he leaves Derby in League 1 at Christmas, his reputation would be on the floor, he doesn't have a Szmodics. As it stands Derby are still second favourites to get relegated, but maybe the 30k home gate, plus the right owner and the supposed new investment are good enough to endure a morale boosting League 1 promotion campaign, thus forever endearing him to a generation of Ram's fans. I find the family comments after the Wolves game deeply unprofessional and at odds with his usual approach of not showing any emotion or chinks in the armour - normally professionals keep matters like that private, release a deadpan statement and play all enquiries with a straight bat, much to the annoyance of fans and journalists alike - so for the family angle to come up immediately is either an attempt to garner some sympathy or a slip of the tongue and a touch of that nervousness in front of camera we've seen previously. Surely in the back of any Derby supporter's mind is the worry that Eustace could do this again should things go awry in the future - something must have seriously gone wrong behind the scenes for him to jump ship mid-season, after a transfer window, potentially risking a career high. How must the players feel knowing a manager has not deemed the 2nd half of a season worthy of his time? The fact that he's happy to take the ire of Rovers fans, certain players and pundits too - fair play - sign the NDA and walk away. Therefore it's surely is all about money, a healthy survival bonus - as many have said he knew were Blackburn was when took the job, if Barca came calling he'd be off.... I'm looking for reasons to feel better about him leaving here: other than Kidderminster, he's not had a complete season at a higher tier club, at Brum through no fault of his own, he was treated appallingly, but do we really know how good he is as a manager? If we're being completely honest, other than the fact that the players seem to like him and we can do the "low block" thing well, take away our 6 game winning streak this season what are we left with? If he had Dembele and McBurney and the players he supposedly wanted, are we suddenly hitting the magic 1.8 points per game that sees us shoot up the league? Or is that a moot point - we're never getting that quality anyway. I remember saying to people that surely the biggest test for Eustace is how he responds to a bad run or discontent in a dressing room, and now we'll never know... Most of the time I'm 100% pissed off with the club, but in this instance, today, my ire is divided equally, 33.3% pissed off with them and their comical "statement", 33.33% pissed off with Eustace and the culture of agents, and then the remaining 33.33% I'm seriously pissed off with Derby. I really really hope they go down. Half my family are Derby supporters and this caused a few interesting conversations. The Venky's should always have pressure put on them, we're ticking away on life support - the fact we can't repair crumbling steps and jet-wash the moss off the Blackburn End says everything, responsible owners would be present and look after the infrastructure at the very least - but I'm fed up with the nature of modern football and the types of player and manager our situation attracts, using us as a stepping stone in their career that they can easily leave and save face. At it's root I do get it, but it's still frustrating to be a part of. If only JE could say something on his way out, sod the NDA and give us a nugget of truth John please.

You've got to laugh sometimes and whoever wrote this (sorry I can't find it to quote) take a bow: “Under Mowbray we would lose games like this tonight so I’m confident of a win” Football fan logic is brilliant at times. I totally get it - if we were playing a WBA side recently bereft of a manager I'd be totally fearing the worst. Of course we'll get thumped. Just hope Trav and the lads give an actual shit about the club and the fans and pull it out of the bag. Stranger things have happened. Football has a habit of producing amazing stories.

Assuming Eustace hasn't officially gone, and negotiations are still ongoing, what are the chances of him turning up at the Hawthorns at half-time, with us 2-0 to the good, ready to claim the win? 🤣

Jackson was pretty scathing in his latest podcast too, sounds like he's hit the wall with it, and there's no other way to report the situation. He also mentioned that in his opinion, the in-house media team do a great job in the circumstances, alluding to these "circumstances" being how access and therefore any critique of the hierachy is locked off to local media. The club controls the output...

You just know we aren't getting back into this. We are absolute shite at times - no bite or aggression, one of the least dangerous sides going.

Trying to palm it round the post, soft hands, could have got decent contact on it. It was a good strike but still... Looked like a definite handball in the build up.

Tried to take it down and play out from the edge of our box and gifted it straight QPR. Couple of lazy balls forward to him - we cannot pick a fucking pass at all.

To be fair to him he does say in the next line: "I’m really happy and I’m ready to give my all for the club, because I really appreciate being brought here." Interviews always paraphrase little off-hand comments and take things out of context. If he bangs in 6-7 goals from now to the end of the season and gets us to the playoffs I'll buy him a nice warm coat. After all the chat and talk - and at the very least - we just need an extra 10-15 goals from the team between now and the end of the season. It's such fine margins. Just someone to convert chances more often than not. We're in a slightly better position than we were.

Eustace said on a post on the BBC Lancs twitter page that they were going to shuffle the keepers about, or words to that effect - but to be honest I'm a little confused. We surely can't de-register injured players like Pickering as if they're fit in time we'll need them for the playoffs 😉

There was one at home where it felt like he had 15 chances in the first half and blazed each one wide or over.

I remember that game well, but can't remember who it was against!