Like it did for Phil Jones?

Time to get as wasted as this opportunity, lads

For once, I'm going to be taking your advice. I don't remember the last time a game of football hurt me this much, and I'm probably going to feel awfully similar on Tuesday.

Think he was trying to replicate JRC's goal, expecting the keeper to go down so he could lift it over him. But it was pitiful. At least hit it hard even if you're looking to send it over him. He wasn't close enough to him for the soft lob.

Your mate had a good game tbf, was a pain for us. I kinda wish we'd bought him just so he hadn't got in the way today, as we really needed this.

I don't think I can do this anymore. That was unimaginably cruel

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.