Do you actually think that’s the argument I’m making? I’m saying a lot of people had written off BBD as well and wanted him moved on because some of his performances prior to this season were abysmal. Now questions are being asked why his contract wasn’t extended earlier. Why does it need to be an either or situation? No one has said that if we extend Gally’s contract that we can’t extend everyone else’s.

Sheff Utd have scored 3 minutes in. This league is about to get very very interesting! Our next 3 win games are winnable… we could find ourselves top of the league by the start of 2022.

I’m sure similar things were said about BBD before he went to Chile. Gallagher has been one of our biggest goal contributors this season and has all the qualities to be a top player for us.

For me, Lenihan would be the biggest loss for us. He's been absolutely immense the last few weeks and generally we play better when he's in the team. We've lost a lot of experienced players over the summer, and we are really lacking leaders in the squad. We can't afford to lose our captain. I love Nyambe, but I think he is replaceable. There are good quality players out there for the full-back/wing-back spots, as we've seen with Pickering and Edun. Nyambe is not a major contributor of goals for us. Brereton surely won't leave in January, but end of the season if we get offered crazy money for him it's going to be hard to say no. Rothwell we also absolutely have to keep. He's got mistakes in him, but much like Josh King before him, he is capable of putting defences to the sword and you can't easily find that quality anywhere else.

I think we were shambolic defensively when Braithwaite came into the back four and agree we were absolutely dreadful during that period. We started picking up steam again after that though with Dack returning and scoring 2 in 2 before being injured again. We deteriorated again after that injury and didn't recover until it was too late. I remember thinking that 1-0 loss at Brentford was the end of our season. Their only goal was from a non-penalty and then we weren't given a penalty of our own late on when Raya fouled Dack in the box. A lot of the games post-Braithwaite we were the better team but lost points due to stupid penalties or back passes given away.

We've got a pretty tough run of games in February. If we manage to come out at the end of Feb with at least 60 points then I think we should be able to go the distance.

Might be controversial, but I don't think the team was playing that badly last season either. There was a sense of inevitability about every game last season where if something could go wrong it would. The number of long-term injuries we got to key players throughout the season was enough to kill squad morale, but we also had a crazy number of poor referee decisions go against us and we got punished almost immediately for every individual mistake. This season it's not been like that at all. We've managed to retain a healthy, stable squad - Poveda aside, we haven't had any significant injuries in the squad. Against Birmingham yesterday, even though we were really comfortable there were some worrying moments like Rothwell's misplaced pass and the shot that hit the crossbar. Last season, 100% one of those would have resulted in a goal, but this season has been completely different. That said, the team has definitely stepped it up a level. Almost every player has improved in quality and confidence. The team have matured significantly and things have started to gel. It's just a pleasure watching them week in, week out. I don't think Mowbray is much of a tactician, but he seems like a great man manager and he's kept the team happy and motivated. That makes a massive difference in this league and I still think he can get us promoted. However, I'm not convinced that he can keep us in the PL if we get there. A team needs more than just good vibes in the PL and ultimately you either need top quality players or a more pragmatic manager to survive long term.

I'm really keen to fly up to England in May in the hope that we do end up in the playoffs or automatic promotion places by the end of the season. After 16+ years of supporting the club I've still not been to Ewood and think now may be the perfect time to go. With the latest increased cases of Omicron though, I have no idea if it will still be possible, but really hoping it will be oaky. Would really appreciate any suggestions people would have about coming to Blackburn. I'm not sure how to plan for the trip tbh given how unpredictable it's going to be where we end up at the end of the season. 30th April for the game against Bournemouth - which may end up being the decider for automatic promotion? Mid-to-late May for the semi-final/final games - if we end up in the playoff spots (which seems more likely) Of course, we may just end up dropping off completely in which case I would be there for a dead rubber game!

What a team. Absolutely outstanding! This feels so different to previous seasons. It feels almost inevitable that we'll score now. Another win and clean sheet here would be ridiculous.

Performance has deteriorated rapidly since the goal. Players need to wake up and the crowd seems a bit pathetic tbh - we're sitting in 3rd as it stands, 1 point off the automatic spots at the halfway point of the season, and the crowd feels pretty dead.

GET IN!! Brilliant assist from Nyambe. Birmingham look very vulnerable here and we look well up for it.

I'm really tired and wasn't planning to stay up for this one, but the only game I missed watching this season was the Fulham game, so not taking any chances. Hope the boys don't disappoint!

Bonkers

Absolutely incredible result! Suddenly it's not just playoffs that are a possibility but automatic promotion! We're nearly at the halfway point of the season and really the only 2 teams that looked better than us was Fulham and QPR.

Meanwhile Fulham - 0 wins in 4.

100% right sub to make - Gally for Khadra. Well done Tony!

Wow! What a let off. Well done Pears!

This feels like a game for Gally. We're struggling to dribble past the Bournemouth defenders and Khadra/Brereton are not the best in the air but we're sending a lot of long balls up to them with no success.

Pickering outstanding today.

I'm really not expecting a win here, but what a result it would be if we did manage to pull it off! At the very least, I'm hoping to see a pretty exciting and hard fought contest.

100% no to selling him in Jan. He needs to stay and become a hero at this club. The clubs he’s being linked with like Leeds & Southampton - he’s going to be joining them for relegation scraps. Not much glory there. Sevilla is a different story, but hopefully if they do come in it will be at the end of the season.

You would hope that the likes of Brereton, Rothwell, Nyambe and Lenihan all choose to stay until the end of the season. These players have been together for so long and now that we are finally in the playoff spots with a chance at promotion, I think they would be mad to leave the club now.

Full credit to the team here for actually avoiding a booking. Showed great composure to get it over the line. The entire back 5 was absolutely fantastic and deserved the clean sheet. Diaz brilliant again. Really starting to believe this could be our season finally. What a team!

This ref needs to lose his job. I've seriously had enough. WTF is this bullshit. He shouldn't be allowed to officiate another Rovers game ever again. He's itching to send off one of our players.

What a brilliant header! Brero unstoppable right now. Game's come alive now.