Have to say that I think the standard of goalkeeping presently is the worst I have seen in my time watching football. We at Rovers have been blessed over the years/decades with some terrific keepers whose only job was to keep the ball out of the net. The likes of Jones, Bradshaw, Gennoe, Arnold, Flowers , Robinson, and of course Friedel. Kaminski also deserves a mention.. Now you are likely to see a keeper make a mistake or two in every game which ends up costing a goal. What do people think, has the last 20 years or so seen standards drop ?

Looks like they are going 4-4-2 with jutkevic and stansfield up front. . This is no foregone conclusion tonight, they have some decent players. Bacuna, dembele, Sanderson are all good players.

No mention of Carter being injured from JDT in today's press conference so hopefully he's ok, unless we are playing our cards close to our chest. Only issue if so is Travis or Brittain at right back ?

Approach the game in the right way and we should win. I've watched Rovers for too many years to be certain of anything though.! 7 games coming up in December as well , so I would imagine JDT will have to think hard about rotating the squad over the coming weeks ( as much as the squad allows anyway) Hopefully have Hyam, Gallagher and Pears back in the next couple of weeks to strengthen the squad. Team for Wednesday assuming Wharton is out Leo Brittain. Hill. Carter. Pickering Tronstad. Wharton Moran. . Szmodics. Siggy Dolan

Don't write him off yet is all I'm saying. 😃

Think Tronstad is a perfect illustration of not writing players off too soon. Even coming from a decent Dutch league you could see in his first couple of games the game was passing him by and JDT took him out of the side. Now he is probably first name on the team sheet. We also now have Leo who is establishing himself and had a clean sheet yesterday, and Telalovic appears to be getting up to speed and scoring goals, albeit in the I321s at the moment. I think both of these players will also prove to be solid signings for the club. I don't think we sometimes understand how difficult it can be for players moving from abroad to settle into new surroundings and produce their best

Just wondering if there is a concussion protocol in place that means Wharton has to sit out a game or two, which we obviously don't need . Anybody any idea?

Just gets better Nobbers now conceded 2 in injury time . How does it feel Nobbers ?

That makes a refreshing change, 2 late goals for us !! Dingles also stuffed, lost 2-1 conceding 2 in last 5 mins What a weekend !

A few more options now Carter and Pickering back. Was happy with Scott Wharton against PNE, thought he was mom. So maybe this ... Leo Hill. Carter. S Wharton. Pickering Tronstad. A Wharton Brittain. Szmodics. Siggy/ Dolan Dolan/ Leonard

They are being investigated but there are that many breaches (115), it could be a couple of years before a decision is made apparently! 🤷‍♂️

If you say so 👍 You seem hell bent on dismissing a 15 year old lad playing his first game in a much older age group because, according ,to you he's not quick enough, when everybody else seems to have been really impressed with him Knock yourself out if that's your philosophy

Presumably because he knows his chances of progressing through the ranks are better at Rovers than premier League clubs. Our reputation for giving young players a chance has to have helped

No, but if it's one or the other I know which I'd have.

All I'm saying is give me a strikers "nouse" over simply being quick any day of the week He showed great awareness of where the defenders were to flick that ball on to himself. That you can't teach. At 15 he is only going to get bigger and stronger

Bit harsh to say because a lad at 15 , on first viewing seems to lack a bit of pace that he won't make it. Having looked at his goal again last night when he flicked the ball on, the defenders started to catch him only as he steadied himself to shoot. Plenty of strikers can make it without having pace (Sheringham for one) . Dack was never blessed with pace. I think the lad has definitely got something

Enjoyed the game, Rovers did well for 75 mins then seemed to run out of legs and PSV finished much the stronger. Agree about the lad Tyjon, seems to have something about him, although maybe not the quickest.

The only way we bring a striker in is if Gallagher is sold. With Szmodics having the season of his life (so far) and being amazingly top of the goals scoring charts, I'm sure GB will say there's no need . Really not sure where we would look to recruit in January tbh. Apparently left back not being locked at either. NB Just starting to get over Friday night, too gutted to comment at the time. Thought a draw would have been a fair result, considering the injuries we had ,thought we coped really well. Special word for Scott Wharton, who looked somewhere back to his best, and Travis, who gave it absolutely everything despite being hampered with a knock thoe last 1/2 hour or so

The latter I would say

Bit of transfer gossip.... https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1204418256?-11198:839

Hill can always move back to right back once Carter and Hyam are back, but Hyams injury seems to have been kept very quiet.

That's my thought too, although the Telegraph seem to insist it's 3, as they categorize Szmodics as a midfield player. Not what I've always regarded as a midfield player tbh

Sigurdsson on the left, Dolan up top for Leonard for me. He's done really well last few games

RIP Birdy 💙🤍