Don't they practice penalties every day in training??

Not much, @chaddyrovers, to be honest. And certainly nothing we haven't already said. It was a repeat of the outlines of a "He said; then He said"; but, like I said in my second post, "It was all very anodyne."

In typical anodyne BBC way!

Radio Lancs preview of the game currently dealing with the JDT response to Swag at yesterday's Press Conference.

Women, eh?! 😉😅😂🤣

That's called professional pride and I'm confident that JDT will use it to, erm, remind the team of their responsibilities. Cutting last year's team a - little - bit of slack, we played at Rotherham while the team was still getting used to the JDT style of football, even if - I wasn't there - they got bullied out of the game. Reading their local press, they're already playing the "Poor little us; we've no real financial muscle to compete in the Championship" card. As they proved last Saturday by losing 4 -1 to Stoke City. (The second and third of those came during at least 8 minutes of first half stoppage time!) Arguably as worrying was only drawing at home - then losing on penalties - when Morecambe knocked them out of the Carabao Cup during the week. According to the stupid - really? after one match?! - league table [except, of course to tonight's Premier League table!!😉🤞], they're next to the bottom of the Championship. So the "form book" predicts an away win and I certainly hope the team will deliver one; hopefully without conceding a goal this year to make up for last year. So I think the major interest for us will lie in whether Waldstedt will make his debut or merely be on the bench. My guess that the boss will take the view that we haven't signed him to keep the bench warm and that he'll make his debut. And record his first - of many🤞 - clean sheets. Millers 0; Rovers 3 for me. Oh, and my sympathies, too, to @USABlue. It brings it home when you kind-of "know" someone who's suffered a misfortune like you have.

As I sometimes post about this Great Club Of Ours, 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 !!

10, 16, 24, 29, 34, 48. Close, but no cigar; @Atko's Engine . Only enough to get you a free ticket for a future draw.

Listening to Radio 5, and we're just one of a number of Championship clubs who are, at best, no better than level with League Two clubs .

Dead right, @RoverInverness. JDT's managing the squad like they're an international squad, imo - we're getting closer to what he wants as an overall squad, from whom he'll pick what he thinks is the best 11 + Subs to i) see off the opposition and ii) keep up levels of fitness. Given the comparative paucity of resources at Ewood, it seems the best approach. I don't know who in the club's overall structure had the wisdom to appoint him as Head Coach - and this thread isn't the right place for that discussion, imo - but I'm glad they did. Now, getting back to tonight's game; there are bound to be some changes from Saturday's win while bringing about a season's scoreline so far of Rovers 2; W.Midlands 0! after tonight's game. Walsall, for some reason I can't explain, are a club for whom I've always had a soft spot; and while I don't expect them to win tonight - obvs! - they look like a team who could be difficult to beat. They lost away on Saturday to recently-relegated Morecambe, but only in the 93rd minute. Rovers to win by 2 or 3 to 1.

You're a man after my own heart, @KentExile ; I've always thought you can't beat a good bit of pedantry!!😉👏

Nope! If there's one thing Rovers' fans have, it's long memories!!😉 Why would we stop when we have such long memories; and we've all - even me eventually - seen through his "I'm a nice guy, really." campaign?

As others have said, for bad-mouthing the officials, esp the Fourth Official. That, and keeping proper stoppage time are the first indications of much-needed - imo - changes brought in by Howard Webb as Referees' Supremo (not his actual job-title, obvs!).

Well, give 'em a cheer for me, then, @only2garners !

And all the sweeter when we do it the way we did it yesterday.

Well, in that case, @bazza, make it 16,742; because, although paid for on my season ticket, I couldn't occupy my new seat in JWU yesterday. And won't be able to until, hopefully, no later than after the international break early next month.🤞

Right; I've had a wonderful 1½ hours, reading through all the posts on here from the kick-off to just now. It's wonderful to sense the euphoria; wish we could bottle it!! It's taken me back to the first time I felt such a feeling; mid-February 1975 when, in a crucial Division 3 game at Ewood, we (2nd in the Division at kick-off) overturned a 0-2 deficit v. Plymouth Argyle (1st in the Division at kick-off) and took their place. Utter euphoria; there's nowt to beat it! I hope that 48 years from now, some of you young 'uns - anyone under 28 (my age at the date of that Plymouth game) - will be celebrating another Rovers euphoria moment.

He looks a bit pleased, doesn't he?!!

Can you just imagine how Mowbray would have reacted to a result like that?!! 😉😅😂🤣

Glad you cleared that up for us, @BankEnd Rover. We'd never have guessed!!😉

Is he still a mate, @Gav ?!

Well, I never remember giving as many 👍 for a thread!! The overwhelming reaction is of sheer happiness; just wish I could have been there.

Isn't that what they call 'damning with faint praise', @SuperBrfc ?! 😉 For those of us who weren't able to be - or see - today's game, it's sentiments like this which lift my spirits.

It's called "Best of all worlds", @WacoRover !!

I'll never forget our away game at Wigan. At one point, I was discussing with one of their stewards who'd done more damage to the North West: Margaret Thatcher; or Owen Coyle. We ended up by agreeing that it was too close to call!