And moments after I posted this he proved me right!!

Only badly timed passing/running from other players stopped him putting us one up in the first half. He finished it ruthlessly and he looks like he'll do the same again if we let him. Pushed for the handball, can't blame him for not scoring it.

For who? Szmodics has been excellent

Looked to me when they zoomed in on him after that he was trying to argue that we weren't going anywhere with it. I can't lip read, just his expression seemed incredulous that we wanted the advantage.

I like JRC and his efforts haven't been bad, but it's a worry that someone with one league goal in his career is taking so many of our shots.

Yes handball, because he was pushed in the back...

How have we reacted so slowly to two short corners? It's not a rare strategy.

I think if there's one game that will bring them back from the beach for the day, it's ours.

QPR beating Burnley...please lads, don't let the Dingles secure the title at Ewood!

Without Sam 5 ft 8 when jumping Gallagher?

They didn't let that equaliser stand for long. Get the impression they're in control. They haven't won yet tbf.

Hard to see Coventry going on to anything other than a win at home to Reading now they're ahead.

And ourselves, we're one of our biggest rivals too! Today has a last chance saloon feel. With the injuries too, we'd best be on our game.

Not that I've watched them, but I expect it would mean Millwall wouldn't be competition right now and that we'd be a few points better off than from having played Morton instead.

The only sign of encouragement is he implies (heart ruling head) that it's not what he thinks will actually happen. Guess we'll find out whether it's his heart or head that normally makes these predictions.

Couldn't understand why we didn't get Styles as our Rothwell replacement.

I know they're different positions, but nobody on this earth can persuade me that Vale was ready for the first team but Wharton wasn't.

There's a huge difference between 15 million, which is I believe a bit less than we lose each year generally, and 100 million. There are many many good reasons to criticise Venkys, but the books show they front us about 20 million most years to cover our losses. People like to pretend FFP isn't a problem (and at times, with imagination, it was avoidable, at the risk the league would possibly punish it when they felt like it, but those loopholes have increasingly closed), but it does put hard limits on what we can spend. 100 million (and of course we wouldn't get that for him unless we went to the Prem and he excelled there, before any smartass says it, this is hypothetical) completely outstrips those limits. Obviously we wouldn't spend the whole lot, a load of it would probably be reserved to cover wage increases and maybe future losses, and they may trouser a bit of it, but I'd expect about 30 million to be cleared for transfers, which huge in this league. Remember they spent 12 mill on BB and Gally before we had any such influx. If you think we'd get nothing at all, you're either exaggerating or letting your hate of Venkys (which I share) cloud your reasoning. The problem might come in the form of the new rules about wages to turnover, I think transfer fees count as turnover but not sure. We'd probably still have to be mindful of wages for when that money ran out though.

Why would Morton tell Klopp to get someone who is better than he is? Probably thanks his lucky stars he got in our team ahead of him for so long, and when he returns he already has Liverpool superstars to contend with. Besides, Liverpool will be well aware of him, I'm sure they have a good scouting network and keep tabs on our games, since Morton is here and they like to loan us players. I love Wharton and I hope he plays here for years and becomes top top drawer, but I'd definitely sell him for 100 million. It'd be madness not to. Players don't always improve, sometimes they regress, sometimes they get seriously injured. That sort of money could rebuild our whole team a la Burnley to make a serious promotion charge. If we were already in the Prem I'd still think about it, based on where he was at in his development at the time.

Did you mean to quote Matty Blue's post? I never implied we should sell him or that we're under pressure to. But while we're on the topic, pressure can always be applied by a player if they wish, we've seen it many times. And for all we know there could be a release clause in that contract like with the other Rovers 'fan' Jones. Hopefully neither of those comes to fruition. I really like this kid. He's what we were told Buckley would be.

Not when they're 1-0 down in the 95th minute they don't though. But agree in general we could be a bit bolder with that. Although a highly congested box is usually harder to break through than it proved last night, so there are times when that's the right approach.

We're not a normal club, we can be very stubborn (sometimes to our detriment) with sales when we want to be. We may also get slightly longer out of him due to his being a fan and his brother playing here, but after the Phil Jones sale you can never be sure that means anything.

By all means, be an ass about it. Your snarky remark aside, I caught a possible moment where it seems to flash onto his hand as it comes in. The resolution was a bit poor though so it was hard to tell. I don't have Sky, this was Sky's website, where you can't slow the frames down.

I watched the sky sports highlights last night, and it has 2 or 3 replays but I can't really see the handball, definitely not how some people are describing it (catching it). There's a lot going on in the box, very crowded, it obscures the view. Anybody got a replay that shows it clearly? Did look like he barged Pears over the line, definite foul but the ball was already past him and going in I think.

I don't care about justifying the ticket allocation. Doesn't need justifying as far as I'm concerned. I don't see how trouble, damage and possibly people getting hurt 'plays into our hands'. I'd rather everyone enjoys a safe and trouble free evening. Although I don't care about justifying the ticket allocation, they and the police will likely and fairly point out that trouble outside of the DE was made more likely by a low ticket allocation causing Dingles to try to get seats in the home ends, which also makes it harder for the police and stewards to manage. Still the right call though, they shafted us so we returned the favour.