The sales of season tickets helps to pay the wages of staff who work in the club offices, the shop, the cleaners, the maintenance guys etc. Already renewed my season ticket - there was never any doubt that I would. Everyone makes their own decision. I've made mine and I'm more than happy with it. Will renew my away travel season ticket when that comes out. Owners, CEO's, directors, managers, players come and go. The one constant that remains are the supporters - through good times and bad.

What a difference between the journey home tonight and the one from Portsmouth. Today we looked so much better and simply carried on from the second half against Wednesday. We got on the front foot, we defended exceptionally well and broke with purpose - Yuki scoring another well taken goal. However, after the sending off we showed the battling qualities that have been missing in recent weeks. Today we fought for everything. Montgomery again impressed until his unfortunate sending off. I thought the ref was a little harsh to say the least as similar incidents had gone unpunished. Hyam and Batth were outstanding at the back and won virtually everything in the air. Back to their best. Montgomery and Ribeiro provided excellent cover from the full-back positions in what looked an impressive back four. Still unsure about the goalkeeper, particularly on crosses when he looks very uncomfortable. Yuki worked ever so hard up front in terms of being the first line of defence and made the most of his chance when it came. However, for me, the outstanding player was Dolan. His work rate was outstanding and in the second half, when he had to drop back to play as a wing-back/full-back, he was excellent. For me he is an outstanding talent who will be difficult to replace, particularly with little or not transfer budget. He may not always have the best game but he never stops trying and never hides on the pitch.

It's Jim Iley reincarnated. I'll be full of admiration if he can turn his relationship with the crowd around. The players were cheered off at the end for their efforts whilst he was booed off again.

Entertaining game between two clubs with nothing to play for as the season draws to a close - not fastest enough really. Once again we gave away two soft goals, although the second one was well taken. Pleased that we showed plenty of spirit in the second-half and thoroughly deserved the draw. I thought Dolan and Yuki were excellent and Cantwell had one of his better games. Both Travis and Tronstad looked better in the second half than they have for a while. Pleased for Montgomery, particularly as he was asked to play at full-back instead of his normal midfield role - solid enough performance from the young lad in difficult circumstances.

That's the point. It's your choice to buy tickets the way you want. Just as it's my choice to renew my season ticket. I don't see the problem with either one. It's all down to personal choice. Neither choice, indeed not buying a season ticket or matchday tickets at all is right or wrong. It's just personal choice and nobody should be castigated for making that choice.

There was plenty of time of discussion on the long journey back yesterday and none of it was positive. As arbitro said, they've had two weeks on the training ground with Ismael and the result was a pitiful display. The players look like they've downed tools and clearly don't seem to understand what they are being asked to do. Ismael reminds me of Jim Iley, an uninspiring manager who lost the dressing room within weeks of his arrival. There was no evidence of any new style of play yesterday, although the Eustace brand of high press, high energy and pragmatic football has clearly been binned. Yesterday it was hit and hope - and not much of the latter. A thousand Rovers fans took the time and trouble - not to mention the expense - to follow the club at Fratton Park yesterday and were served up an insipid display by a team that seems totally devoid of belief or inspiration. The same players who performed wonders at times under Eustace. The head coach set up a tactical plan that seemed to have totally confused the players who were required to implement it. I really do fear for us next season. The 150th celebrations could well be overshadowed by a relegation battle that, on the evidence of recent games, is not one we are likely to win.

I think once Eustace decided to get out it was always going to be difficult to sustain a top six challenge. I don't think we would have finished near the top six even if Eustace had stayed. Fourteen defeats thus far suggests we lack the consistency required to finish in the top six.

Although Ismaël wouldn't have been my first choice of manager, I'm not going to judge him after two games. I remember Gordon Lee coming in at a similar time when we were still involved in a promotion race to get out of the Third Division. We finished mid-table as Lee chopped and changed the team to evaluate the players he had inherited. In the summer the squad was restructured to meet Lee's requirements and we went on to win the Third Division Championship the following season. I don't for a moment believe that will happen again. In the seventies we had Bill Bancroft at the helm who was Rovers through and through. But I'll judge this manager when he has had time to build his own squad - admittedly it will largely be loans and freebies that Gestede and co can cobble together - and infuse his own style of football into the team. By November or December we will have a good idea of how this appointment will work out. Like every supporter I hope for the best but fear the worst.

It was a long journey back yesterday to reflect on what I'd witnessed in the afternoon. Without doubt it was the worst performance of the season but, in many ways, it was a perfect reflection of where we are as a club. I've never really believed that we are a top six squad. Granted, there have been times this season when a few good results, strung together, have led to me hope that me might creep into the play-offs, almost by default - the inconsistences of others being our best chance to get there. However, yesterday was the perfect illustration of our own inconsistences. Players who had excelled in the previous two games suddenly found it difficult to do the basics even moderately well. Stray passes, missed tackles, poor positional play and glaring errors were there for all too see. I remarked after the first five minutes about how we were lacking the intensity in our play of the previous two games and so it turned out. Individual players make errors all the time so I don't put the blame for yesterday's defeat on any particular player. They all under performed - for me Forshaw and Ribeiro were the best of a poor bunch. We are what we are, a fairly solid Championship side but I'm not convinced we are more than that. As we approach the business end of the season the foot should be firmly down on the accelerator - look at Coventry and Bristol City - we seem to build momentum for a couple of games and then stall and go into reverse for a couple of games. I fear this is another season when the top six will remain tantalisingly out of reach. Whether a new head coach can change that remains to be seen but on the evidence of yesterday he'll have his work cut out to deliver the consistency that is required at this point.

Coming away from the Hawthorns last night it felt so good to be a Rover. The spirit amongst this group of players is unbelievable. Every player works for each other and supports each other. There also seems an excellent relationship with the longstanding coaching staff who took charge last night. Lowey seemed to have made a slight change in that we got forward more and the link up play between Dolan and Makhtar was great to see. These two seem to have a special bond and that was the best that Dolan has played in months. He got forward more, and released the ball at the right times. We certainly got forward a lot more than at Loftus Road last week. Travis gave a real captain's performance - he really is the heart and soul of this team whilst Buckley is starting to show the form I thought I'd never see again from him. The 'keeper and defence were excellent and in Ribeiro I think we may have stumbled on a real find at left-back. I think once he gets fully up to speed he will be a real asset. He looks like a proper old fashioned full-back who is a defender first and foremost. A special word for the likes of Lowe, Benson and Johnson, who often get stick but clearly have a good relationship with the players who work with them on a daily basis down at Brockhall. The fans were brilliant in their support of the team whilst also voicing their displeasure the management off the pitch. Just when you feel like giving up because of the off the field antics, night's like this remind me why I'm still going home and away, week in and week out to follow the team I've supported for 60 odd years.

A poor performance in so many ways. Sadly in the introduction of Duberry and Cantwell proved a mistake as we lost control of the game at this point. We badly miss Tronstad and Yuki. Their energy and application has been badly missed these past few wereks.

Clubs award these things to descendants of the players. It's something that seems to be growing within football - a recognition of past players who have all made a contribution to the history of a football club.

This is something that the club are working on at the moment. A number of clubs are now doing this - some award a special shirt, others framed certificates. These are awarded to players who have featured in a competitive first team fixture. In our case it would start with the 1879-80 season with the first F.A. Cup games.

Really proud of the performance today by the players and the manager and his staff. They can do no more than they are. Players are giving everything for the club and so is the manager. Today, everyone put in a shift but some tired after 70 minutes or so because the the demands put upon them. Rotation and rest isn't an option for our decimated squad and thanks to our owners that doesn't appear likely to change anytime soon. We have a week to bring in the three QUALITY players that the manager is demanding. Not squad players but players who will make a difference. It's now up to the owners to provide Steve Waggott and Gestede with the resources that are required. Gestede can identify as many players as he likes but if the owners aren't prepared to fund their purchase then there really is no point in the work the recruitment department is employed to do.

I feel sorry for the players and the manager tonight. A 46 game Championship requires a decent sized squad to enable players to be rotated and rested. The teams around us have those squads. We are asking to same handful of players to turn out all the time. It's not surprising that their bodies are now showing the strain. They are human beings not robots. Some of the players are struggling for form, some are struggling with the standard required in the Championship. I can't fault them for effort but to succeed at this level you need a little more. We have the effort and organisation but we are lacking in quality in certain areas. Unfortunately, that little bit of quality costs money and that seems to be something we don't have - despite claims to the contrary. I'm travelling to Bristol on Saturday and dread to think what sort of team we will be able to assemble from the walking wounded. We needed to start bringing quality in at the start of January. We didn't and winnable games have been lost. I fully expect us to drop out of the race for the play-offs unless something remarkable happens in the next couple of weeks. Sadly, I don't expect that to happen and another season will drift by with us being further away from the top flight than ever before.