Lovely dummied "assist" for England's third for the 21s. Typical Adam. From about 8 mins in:

Unfortunately, we are the dross of the championship - it feels like every other team has the ability to pick up points except us.

The Fleck signing was totally desperate, a massive gamble, I consider myself a positive fan at the best of times but even I can't sugar coat that one. As soon as you read he'd broke his leg twice you knew what was coming. I feel for the lad and I'd obviously love a fully fit Fleck in the team. Only way it made sense if he was a regular unused sub and just in and around the dressing room to give out some experience to the younger lads, but now that's not even on the cards. Doubt his experience could do anything about players not tracking back though...

Whatever we think of Burnley now, they'll still probably beat us home and away next season, IF we stay up. Such is the state of our predicament. I had a weird Rovers related dream again last night, I was presented with two choices: a1) relegation, Venky's sell up but we stay in League One for years suffering administration and job losses or b) stay up, Venky's remain as owners, we get beaten by Burnley every year they yo-yo back to the Championship, and we just drift along in this turgid limbo state for eternity. Sigh. Have a lovely day everyone.

I totally get why Eustace played Moran on Saturday, I would have done the same, he looked good on Tuesday night. But, Newcastle didn't harry and press like Swansea, he had time in that game. To be fair to JE he hooked him at half time, I doubt he'll start again. If this is another Morton situation, supposedly, that he has to be played, then that's another poor indictment of the state we're in - add it to the list.

Please, please get them to bin the Chilli Poopers! Horrible band. We should also have I Am The Resurrection in it's entirety too, and players and officials should be made to wait on the pitch to kick off for the full duration of the guitar solo 😂 Great work on the playlist @Miller11 - are you responsible for the trad version of No Nay Never too? Nice touch that.

Ewood looked great last night, even better when I got back to see the TV highlights, there's something about the BBE and the Darwen End glowing at night that looks "proper". Why the club can't be more creative/competitive with it's pricing, I don't know it really frustrates fans.

The Birmingham performance is really confusing, I can't get that out of my head. How it's the same team is beyond me. It's fine margins though, Telalovic puts that header away and it's a well grafted point. All I can think is that Newcastle weren't that much of a physical threat, and they allowed Moran and Dolan time and space.

I keep flitting between thinking it'll be another season like our relegation to League 1, where the usual 50 points wasn't enough, and a season where it'll be a very low points total. Surely Sheff Wed, Hudds, QPR can't keep their recent resurgence in form up, there has to be a downturn in results for those teams soon, law of averages would suggest. Likewise with us, we must be due a mini run of our own to see us climb out of the mess. There's 12-13 games to go, I can see all the teams getting 3-4 wins each, gonna be tight as a gnat's clasp purse. Edit: looking at the fixtures, there's a sequence of weekends where most of the teams at the bottom all play each other. It's bonkers.

I had to watch some of the game again on iPlayer over me cornflakes this morning, mainly to see if some of those referee decisions were actually real... Ones that stood out: Ayari winning the ball with a good strong tackle, free kick to Newcastle Garrett, great tackle on the line near the dugout, wins the ball cleanly, free kick to Newcastle Markanday gets bundled over from behind on the edge of their box, no free kick Dolan has his shirt grabbed by both hands and held away from the ball in the centre circle as we're on the attack, no free kick He books Moran immediately early on for a soft professional foul, next actual challenge by a Mag, nowhere near the ball, given nothing. Special mention to Longstaff and Burn, thought they'd be players up for a scrap but lots of moaning and lying down, bit pathetic really. Longstaff got a really clean tackle and went down like a sack of shit, having a right whinge at the ref and directed some abuse toward the Riverside - get up man! Another special mention to Danny Murphy for critiquing Sammie for not lifting the ball over their keeper, bloke has put in more effort than you ever did in your entire Rovers career, can barely run and you're telling him he should finish better.

I agree, but there's something in the way we've come from behind now twice in two games, it's at total odds to recent performances - if we go 1-0 down now, I don't feel as hopeless as I once did. There's every chance we go back to type at the weekend, but something feels different. Nice to know we have some English football experience on the bench for a change, who get how a team should navigate tough Championship season.

There's a reason we're catching teams offside more since Eustace took over, Fadz is always holding their line and screaming at them to push up. Good to watch, reassuring even.

He was great when he came on, I'll hold my hands up, in every other game he's come on as a sub I've always sank in my seat, it felt like nothing would be created but he proved me wrong last night. As Lancaster Rover said, he seemed to come inside more and be more direct, rather than hugging the wing, prepared to link up more. Maybe it's the fact the pressure was off and the whole team had raised their game, I don't know, but he needs to adopt the role of "super sub" and actually come on and hurt teams rather than just make up the numbers. That shot that lead to the goal was unreal, no backlift, crazy the amount of pace he got on it, very unlucky not to score.

When he got that standing ovation after his double save last night, it nearly brought a tear to my eye. Class.

It doesn't take much for a team to get the Ewood crowd behind them, it's a symbiotic relationship between fans and players. Last night all it took was seeing some heart and commitment, graft, nous whatever you want to call it, to get the fans going and the players going in return. Some genuine goosebump moments last night, like the old days - "Rovers 'til I die" being sung all round the ground, when Pears took a goal kick after his double save and the crowd gave him a standing ovation - great to have moments I heard from someone last night that a team should represent and play like the town/city in which they are based - it felt "right" last night. If anything, a "morale boosting defeat" was maybe just what the team needs, they'll be knackered but surely these experiences help bind groups together? All credit to Eustace, I thought our recent cup runs were purely down to JDT's positivity, and I thought we'd bottle it tonight and play safe, but we saw a side to this squad that we maybe didn't know existed.

In recent months I have not known what Siggy actually brings to the side, what he actually does as a footballer, I was concerned when he came on for the second half. Last night he showed it though, calmness on the ball and a quality of pass, the right weight etc bit of extra quality.

Walking out of Ewood last night trying to work out exactly what it is that Eustace has done to this side, I know it's small steps currently and we're not exactly pulling up trees in the league yet. It's hard to discuss subjectively as there's a lot of last night that was down to it being a free hit in front of the TV cameras, being "up for the cup" - but it was almost unbelievable that was the same side who toiled against Big Club and Cardiff. As well as getting us organised at the back, more compact, the arrival of Fadz, Eustace has to have done something to give them a bit of belief, whether it's man management, confidence or just taking the shackles off, maybe it's the simple stuff of stopping them being so wedded to a style of play and seeing no other way of coping with games. He seems more active on the touchline, constantly cajoling the lads. Hard to tell from the Riverside, but every time I looked across it felt like he was almost telling Siggy how to cover and track back the entire second half. We're also tackling hard and fair, even picking up more yellows for "proper" tackles, professional fouls - not stupid petulant frustrated stuff. When I saw Tronstadt was out I was pretty worried about our midfield, the last 6 months under JDT have done that, but I think by taking the pressure off us trying to play like Man City, there's less expectation on our midfield to constantly take the ball on the half turn and deliver a killer pass, it reduces the chances of mistakes. Last night we were just hungrier to win the second ball higher up the pitch, pick it up, then play our quick passing game to hurt teams, rather than trying to do it in our own third as we have been under the previous regime. Judging by comments in the press recently from Pears, words to the effect of "I'll do whatever the manager tells me to do", and Brittain "I was told not to cross it" it seems that it's easy for the modern player's head to drop and down tools if whatever the manager is doing isn't working - maybe they're being told to play to their strengths and the rest will follow? Being less rigid in terms of a game plan is helping. We've now come from behind two games in a row, this has to be the biggest evidence of something going on in the belief of the squad. Every time we made subs under JDT, the quality dropped, and last night I had that familiar feeling that the game was done, but we got better, same as with the Norwich game. Due to the cost-cutting of the squad, I'd forgotten that part of the game, bringing on subs to improve the side, who'd have thought that was an actual thing?!! I take massive pleasure in us doing "normal" football things, 2 banks of four, being organised, clearing the ball under pressure, it's weird to see it, I've almost forgotten what it feels like. Anyway, this is all irrelevant if we put in a poor performance against Swansea, and it's totally possible, but there's green shoots for sure. They seem to be fighting for each other and the shirt, talking and shouting at each other on the pitch, getting stuck in.

As fans you just want "moments" to celebrate, things to go completely bonkers for - will be forever thankful to Sammie for last night's goal, and the one against Sheff Utd in the FA Cup at Bramall Lane, good memories. The effort this lad puts in is unreal.

Burnley fans and Kompany moaning about being "hard done to" after Adam didn't get a second yellow...boo hoo They didn't mind Barnes antics at the t'turf last season. Having a good laugh at him pushing Kaminksi in the net, the handball at Ewood etc. Can't have it both ways.

Wonder how long JDT was chatting with the Swedish FA...

I've actually forgotten what it feels like to play slightly better in the second half and come back to draw a game. When was the last time/how many times other than Millwall on the final day we came from behind to gain any points?

We weren't scoring when we were trying to pass through the middle either, so f*** knows what we are to do. Just got to get hard to beat and keep working on it.

Me neither but remember though how poor Norwich were in that game? Their fans wanted Wagner out afterward, a game too far for many of them. We just need patience, get this faltering squad playing together in some form, whatever it takes. Not going to happen overnight.

If the other results hadn't gone the way they did, that's a good point. We were poor the last 15 when I thought we'd started to get a foothold, but I'm impressed with how we are fighting and getting stuck in, disrupting play, we're also talking more on the pitch. A point not ideal but but against an in-form Norwich side I'll take that, however, we had our chances, and on another day we win that 3-1.

Difference between the two sides is they can pass it about quickly to feet, we can't. Our passing has been atrocious over the last month, regardless of who's in the dugout. Positives: nice to see us being a bit more physical, we're also mixing it up and we've been unlucky not to score. Negatives: we can't seem to get our top scorer involved in the game, with zero midfield he's just not seeing the ball, and we're not winning those second balls from knockdowns. As above, our passing and general touch is so off, it's alarming - it must be a confidence thing. A terrible challenge by Buckley to concede the free kick, but the guy had beaten him, if he didn't make it, he would get slated for not doing anything, something to stop a clear chance at goal. Seeing so many comments over the last few days of "not watching any more" etc (pathetic view in my opinion) and general negativity regarding the manager, give him a chance FFS, this is such a disjointed squad who seem to need telling how to play the game. Tough job for anyone. COYB.