England should get out of the group comfortably but not sure on the last sentence. Wales aren't at the level of England unsurprisingly but have beaten/drawn with Austria, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic in the last year alone. Not the same pedigree as England but hardly tantamount to playing some part-timers, especially with the additional flavour of it being a 'derby' of sorts. USA aren't pushovers either. England should win all 3 but if England get 7 points I'd be amused at the knives being out for Southgate. Tournament football is about peaking at the right time - after all, England drew with Scotland last Euros and still made the final! As a Cardiff resident, I hope Wales do well. The squad seems to perform greater than the sum of its parts, with an unbelievable team spirit. The atmosphere at the home international games are generally superb too - thousands stood up and making an almighty din. One of the benefits of having a siege mentality and feeling like underdogs every game. Think Wales will give England a good game but lose narrowly, although if England score early it could be a heavy scoreline.

Can't see us winning this one - we seem to struggle particularly against well organised, physical teams (and have done for a while, but especially this year). Hopefully we find a way - type of win that would offer reassurance we are progressing.

A few contributions from me, not sure if they've been covered yet - apologies if so. James Thomas played a few games for us early on in 2000-2001 - no idea what happened to him! Think he even scored once. Kaba Diawara - didn't he score in the 6-1 hammering of Rochdale (I think) where Dunny got a hat-trick of penalties? Vratislav Gresko - remember 10 year old me rating him but no idea what happened to him! We had a few decent left backs in our time in the top flight. Scored a hugely deflected goal vs Spurs I think! Francis Jeffers - his fall from grace is quite well documented but I forget he ever played for us! Our lower league spell between 2012 and 2017 had loads of forgettable players. Alex Marrow has been covered above but he's a main one. Likewise Ben Marshall - he was brilliant for us at times but another I totally forgot about.

Haven't caught the podcast yet - why was Rhodes being defended? Just criticising his performance?

Glad there's an international break. Can see us struggling in this game - Millwall are the sort of well organised, physical team who have overpowered us this season. Hope I'm wrong, but can see another Stoke/Bristol City.

Very strange decision. Number 2s really work long term, and it's not like he's taking over from a successful manager with the foundations in place for success. Once or twice I've seen them this season and they've looked either superb (Birmingham) or woeful. They seem to struggle in front of goal, a problem that has plagued them for a while now.

Seen some talk about 'exciting football' this season, but to me any excitement has been few and far between. The wins vs QPR and Swansea were based on good organisation (and two poor oppositions), but they certainly weren't exciting, as delighted as I was with both results. Swansea we scored 3 but were extremely clinical - not that this is a criticism. Other than those games, we've beat West Brom (didn't watch it but sounded all hands on deck), Blackpool (played some really nice stuff there) and Watford (likewise, really good performance). At the same time, we've put in some truly rotten performances. Bristol City, Luton and Reading stand out - the latter 2 are as bad as anything I've seen in years following Rovers. I'm still yet to see a really clearly defined style of play since we made the managerial shift, at least not consistently. More likely to play it out from the back, a few triangles, but lacking the fluidity and adventurousness that had previously been discussed. It'll take time and I'm not criticising JDT or expecting miracles, but it has to be said that the Luton/Reading games could easily be the 2 most toothless performances I've seen from us at this level. In neither game did we lay a glove on the opposition or look like scoring.

Got a last minute ticket for this one - will have to brave the train stop in London with all the crowds! No idea how this game will go. I'm trying to not get too excited as we usually flatter to deceive when I do. If I had to make a prediction I think we'll play well but only manage our first draw of the season - which wouldn't be shocking.

On the flipside, we had a new manager win at Swansea (lost last year), new manager win at home to West Brom (lost last year) and a not-quite-new manager win at Blackpool (lost last year). Such is the hot and cold nature of this league (and Rovers!)

What is everyone's gut feeling regarding the ticket requirements to go to Burnley? Season ticket/membership are a cert, but 2 or 3 away games too do we think? Heard a few murmurs their fans are being turfed out of the Cricket Field for it (not surprised given some of the handbags in there this year vs Blackpool) but not sure what our allocation is.

This is spot on. The journey took so many detours. We went from possession hungry (and often tedious) to counter attacking to Bradley Johnson in a false 9. And like you said, it was usually Mowbray spitting the dummy about something.

Went to bed last night absolutely chuffed to pieces. A great win and sounds like a great performance. What a goal from Hyam too - and Hedges probably deserved his moment more than anyone.

Goes without saying how brilliant Wharton was. Hyam and Carter similarly brilliant. Impressed too with Travis in a makeshift position and Pickering after a tough start. But a word for Bradley Dack. Superb pass, always had an eye for a good ball, looked a class above most. Hope this is the first sign of many that his ‘demise’ was very premature and some of his nay sayers were wrong. Been a lot of nonsense about him lately.

01254 372 000 - the ticket office are usually pretty helpful.

To turn this on its head - there has been no noticeable interest in signing/loaning Vale. Sadly we aren't likely to be top of the list for players who are sought after by a number of clubs.

Not many are saying it's a 'good' signing, but merely pointing out that what you said previously was untrue - Vale etc haven't done 'as much'. Wanting Vale to play instead is a fair shout which I think is up for debate.

I saw a Burnley fan on Twitter bragging about 'terrorising' Rovers fans at the station like he was some sort of hard man. As with most of these type of people, it seems his 'bravery' extended to shouting at random people and acting like a pillock. Hope it doesn't put you or the little one off following the team in future.

It's self explanatory isn't it? Sure he wants Rovers to win, but suppose backing the other team if you think they'll win/are generously priced is a way of hedging your bets. I don't tend to back against Rovers - one of the one times I did we got a shock win at St James' Park. I have an okay feeling about tomorrow mind, so don't fully share Mercer's pessimism.

I'd be delighted with 4 more. The priority for me is a striker at the moment, we look so toothless at that end of the field. If/when Brereton goes we probably need another at that end of the field too.

One thing I'll say is a healthy travelling contingent usually results in an abject performance if previous history is anything to go by - last year at PNE (when it was too late) a noticeable exception to the rule. Last year's trip to Blackpool, numerous Deepdale debacles and our wretched record at Wigan testament to this. Hoping we can buck this recent trend. Too far for me midweek from Cardiff; wish everyone a safe and enjoyable trip. As for the game - couldn't call it. Don't think we can afford to expose JRC, can see a similar team to the one that finished the last game, with Hyam slotting in too (not sure at whose expense). That's assuming there isn't more bad news on the injury front.

I just think he was okay. Not the disaster we feared, but then reverted to type when he rejected a contract offer and ended up in the wilderness for months as a result.

I commented on how he performed at Rovers, not afterwards. Didn't take the league by storm but was alright and we wanted to keep him. He pitched up at Roma briefly on trial but was unsurprisingly not kept on. In my view, he certainly wasn't awful at Rovers and was actually a pretty good squad player. The parallels drawn were the way in which both were quickly written off and derided as over the hill. Not saying I'm over the moon of course, and would be very disappointed if not joined by another centre back.

I'd be disappointed at that. One of the star men at Pompey and my Pompey-supporting mate was convinced he was far too good for League One

I didn't think he was awful. How he left left a bitter taste but he generally exceeded expectations and earned a move to Sheffield United as a result.

Reminded me initially of the Rodwell deal - he incidentally did well for Rovers. Taking a closer look, he's actually played a lot of football lately so isn't the washed up player many seem to be suggesting!