The official Rovers account have just tweeted he's out for the next 6-8 weeks ? We'll be so short now.

Agreed. And “Aberdeen at home” doesn’t really work when they had trips to Istanbul and Athens in the following rounds.

I’m sure the BBE were trying to get a song going just after our goal but got drowned out by that tacky trash. Who looked at the dead atmosphere at Ewood and decided bringing goal music back is just what was needed? Baffling.

Indeed. We need some life, a spark, something that could possibly even produce a shot on target. We've shown at least something down the left, Armstrong has been bright, but that’s pretty much it. Nothing down the right with Bennett and Gallagher.

In what world are Gallagher and Armstrong better options than Rothwell on the wing?

Would love to see that lineup.

Brighton were struggling in the Championship when he was appointed, he kept them up that season then finished 3rd, then got promoted, then they survived two seasons in the Premier League (the first comfortably) and an FA cup semi final too. I’d kill for someone to come in at Rovers and have an impact like that, regardless of the style of play - which I doubt would be worse than what we’re currently seeing, and that’s at a level below where Hughton was.

You know the season is destined for mediocrity when you read posts saying ‘we’re only x points off the playoffs’.

Beyond frustrating. But yet not that surprising. Don’t know where to start. I looked more likely to score than Gallagher and I was sat up in the stands. You only ever see him chasing the ball, you never actually see him on it. Graham must start Tuesday. But no goalscoring striker is a huge concern (despite what some on here were saying in the week). Downing is perfectly neat and tidy and shows his intelligence at times but is easy to mark off the right, coming inside all the time. Consequently that left loads of space for Bennett whose crossing, first half particularly, was dire. But yep can certainly understand how Downing had so few goals/assists in 40 odd appearances for Boro. Feels weird hoping for somebody to be ill but I do hope Rothwell is ill and that’s why he wasn’t included. Holtby looked good and you can see his ability. Predicting a draw Tuesday then a win at QPR to keep Mid-Table Mowbray’s Rovers firmly in mid-table.

Excellent goal from Travis who’s been the best player on the pitch. We started off well playing with intensity in the first 10 mins but unfortunately it’s another first half at home where we haven’t created much at all. Must win this, anything else would be a disaster.

Rothwell ill? ?

Half an hour to see whether we’ve made any genuine progress from last season. Fingers crossed.

Get in! Going 1 up early away from home has led to some miserable results since we got promoted, pray for today to be different. COYB

Markus Babbel as one?

Lewis Holtby with very good pedigree, Greg Cunningham who came highly rated, Bradley Johnson is used to spending most of his time in the top 6 of this league, a £5m striker, Mowbray has been able to sell and keep who he’s wanted = despite there are still a couple of areas I think we can improve, there should be high expectations from all fans now to (in the words of Mr. Bowyer) have a right good go THIS season while we have this squad together and while the league is so wide open.

I imagine the shocking start refers to losing the first two games only.

Like the end of last season where he was starting, scoring, assisting and we were winning? It’s criminal that that is his only sustained run in the team since he joined. If he’s given half a dozen starts in a row and does nothing, then fine, back to being an impact sub, but a player so talented being reduced to 25 mins a match when he’s shown he can do it from the start just isn’t right.

Yep, no idea why that's back at Rovers all of a sudden. Tacky and small time.

Sparse and flat. Pretty dull this, like all other home games so far this season. There’s such a lack of quality on show from both sides which means we could win this, but yeah it’s dull. Btw - where’s that tacky small-time goal music come from? Thought we were past that stage.

I knew there was something I forgot! That probably annoys me more than the domestic cups. If I was a Wolves fan I'd rather go deep in the Europa League with some memorable nights and away trips and finish say 12th in the PL, than go out of the Europa League early and finish higher up in the league (which could mean another qualification for the same tournament anyway....!).

I love football and life without it would be very different, but here are mine (excluding the obvious such as racism and abusing players online.) - The World Cup and Euros being messed with. A 32 team World Cup every four years in summer, and a 16 team Euros every four years was working perfectly well - why change it? Euro 2016 with 32 teams was a pretty dire tournament and some third place teams (including Portugal) going through just didn't feel right. The World Cup in Qatar stinks while 48 teams in the tournament as of 2026 is loads. - People like Steve Kean and Jerome Anderson making a fortune from the game. - Mid-table Premier League clubs that spend eye-watering amounts of money and have little chance of relegation (not that that should matter) yet they almost do their best to go out of the domestic cups as soon as possible. Can't get my head around it. Bournemouth and Burnley spring to mind. Makes me appreciate Rovers reaching semi-finals every season minus 2 or 3 when in the PL in the 2000s even more. - Huge transfer fees for very good, but not great, players. I know inflation is a thing but it feels like the wrong era for huge transfer fees. I think the 90s and early 2000s was a golden era for football in terms of genuine world class players. Some of those iconic players would deserve these fees more than the likes of Harry Maguire, Kepa, Dembele, even Griezmann etc. - Robotic player/manager interviews.

I fear this too. We’ll have to hope Armstrong has his one good game in 15.

Indeed, I'm not far off finishing it now and I highly recommend it.

Anton Forrester. Crikey. There have been some awful performances and results over the last 9 years but this game still comes to mind whenever I think of the worst game I've ever seen.

Good point, Yorke and Cole didn't do loads that season yet we still finished 6th and reached the semi-final of the League Cup. If Jansen and Cole had carried on from where they left off in 01/02, coupled with Duff's often world class form that season and Friedel being unbeatable at times, there'd have been no stopping us! We'd have probably gone further in the UEFA Cup too.