Silas

Clicked on to "not being at all convinced" by Pears though aren’t they.

See his account is now locked and hidden. Hell of a move for a journalist that relies on engagement. What a mess.

Agree. sure he's having a great time over in Spain too. Tbh, he might do better coming on as a sub, up against tired players, with his trickery and the slightly more space afforded in La Liga. Could be more productive that way.

I was reading that as, you're already out of favour and on the bench, and not even getting a confidence boosting runout in the cup. But, who knows, maybe he's carrying a knock. No doubt, but we're pretty shit. I'll make a bold prediction. He won't be a regular starter for them come New Year. Not hating on him. Genuinely wish him the best. But I can’t argue against my head. And I think he's below that level and will get found out.

Looks like he's been dropped to the bench last 3 games. A football stat site has him 12 out of 17 Espanyol players for performance rating. Not sure he's ripping it up over there as much as people initially thought.

Another simple layoff butchered by Andri before.

Those threads are pretty embarrassing. He's getting absolutely rinsed. My personal favourite chucked in after a few hours of tantrums by Nixon: 😂😂

Studio before game was discussing whether he's the signing of the season so far. Certainly got to be in the conversation. Particularly if Sunderland go 2nd tonight, which looks possible. And considering the fee paid of less than £20 million compared to the astronomical fees for some other signings.

Little update with Sunderland sitting 4th in the League. Xhaka and his midfield partner have run further than any other players: And on an overall player ratings website he's in the Top 10 for the Premier League: Kyle Walker is number 193 on that list. P.S. Your Bournemouth prediction is looking a bit flimsy too. 😉

Shane Duffy doing Shane Duffy things: https://www.balls.ie/football/shane-duffy-norwich-city-fan-642715 In the interest of balance, he did come out with a full apology after. Regardless, there's only one knob, and it's the professional footballer getting into twitter spats with fans at the age of 33.

And when we're favourites for relegation how often do we hear - 'And the bookies very rarely get it wrong.' I'm not arguing against people's valid points. A devastating loss could well be on the cards. It's more the certainty that they'll dominate us easily, and go on to win 1 or 2 nil. I think we'll be in this game, we'll compete, and some point(s) should be within our grasp. What happens from there, as ever with Rovers, is anyone's guess. Come 9.30pm, if I'm wrong and we've been trounced to a 2-0 nil loss having barely laid a glove on them, I'll take the pelters as a deluded plonker.

Can't get on board with the doom and gloom for this fixture, although understand where it comes from. We're crap, but they're crapper....on paper. We've scored more than them, conceded less than them, and lost less games than them. Yes, we haven't won at home yet, but they've scored one goal in 5 away matches. They're on a massive low after the playoffs loss and dropping like a stone since. It's particularly the loss to nil predictions that seem rough. Can't see it. Braced to get egg on face, but surely we'll score against this lot. A 2-1 late loss, as is our speciality, certainly likely. No doubt via a dodgy decision or a fluke of luck. But I can see us getting something from the match, problem being for me, a point doesn't feel enough. We need more.

My daughter's birthday Tuesday. Born around HT in Rovers v Birmingham 1-0 2014. Since then, our home record on her birthdays: 0-0 Derby 2015 3-0 Portsmouth 2017 1-0 Cardiff 2023 4 matches, 5 goals scored, 0 conceded. I'm staying confident the streak will continue, at least a clean sheet, I reckon 0-0 or 1-0 win.

Cantwell is loving a first time volley pass tonight. Like someone that's learnt a new special move button on Fifa and does it every time.