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Looking at the table, getting to the point we need a win or this season has gone away from us.

We don't know do we? Holtby, Travis and Dack playing like they can would have transformed yesterday.

I don't think Mowbray has but if we have as much good fortune with player availability from now on as we have had misfortune to date, the squad might be good enough to carry him over the line.

Presuming you mean on Ben at the end. Definite foul but probably just outside the area. The unpunished foul on Arma just before was a rugby tackle. Still pinning this droped 2 points on Mowbray. So many things wrong with the team set up irrespective of unavailabilities.

With the three in the middle and so many midfielders to select from it seems we have incredibly few combinations actually work. Partly because the way we are set up requires early forward balls yet Mowbray prizes retention of possession above all else. Is Trybull myopic about his colleagues' forward runs or is he scared to play a percentage ball for fear of losing possession? I suspect a midfield trio of Travis Holtby and Rothwell will be fantastic but with our luck an Tonbola Mowbray we will see it rarely this season. Incidentally, is it only me that gets the sense that Brereton and Rothwell running when the other is with the ball is totally disorganised?

Bournemouth had been in the PL 5 seasons and so were pretty well PL class throughout the squad. It really showed second half against Reading.

Magliore scored for Hartlepool too

Well we saw an exceptional performance from one person on the field- exceptionally bad from the ref. Quite how we got all those yellows and Luton none but the run of decisions against us after we had equalised was something else. Yes we finished strongly but pretty mediocre for the rest of the match. Two points casually tossed away and I am putting them against Mowbray who did a pretty bad job setting us up for that game

We were 13 players short that night...

Series of errors from Cabral the Reading keeper. 4-2 This is the start of a run of fixtures against top teams for Reading and it will take a lot of character to bounce back from this. Their subs don't look much use either.

Cook and Brooks peerless in this second half for Bournemouth. That 18 year old right back for Reading who looked so good at Ewood all at sea for Bournemouth's first two goals.

Cherries upped the tempo 2-2

Great to see Vale back involved.

Told you the biggest threat this afternoon is Mowbray having two weeks to watch Luton videos..

To say that Bournemouth could have gone top with a win they are remarkably low key. They seem to think because ref has given Reading a very early penalty, they can fall downb in the box and get one too. Lucky not to have any yellow cards for simulation when they could have had three. Reading worth their 2-0 lead and are really dangerous going forwards.

He did in my dream of another 4-0 away win... including one total goalmouth melee fluke for his hattrick

Bournemouth v Reading at lunchtime. A big test for the visitors after their bad run before the break. Norwich v Boro also among the challengers.

Last season at Kenilworth Road we started like we were going to slaughter them then fell to pieces. So I am not even going to feel comfortable if we start high energy. Tony's had two weeks of watching Luton videos so I am expecting a 1-6-0-3 formation.

Being pragmatic, if Rovers were offered for sale today, the sort of people who destroyed Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Macclesfield, Chester... would undoubtedly be pushing aggressively to buy us. This is the most uncontroversial post I have written on brfcs.com

Saw some of the first half. Hard to credit they are in the same division as Watford/Bournemouth. Both Cities very poor and will get pummelled by a better side....

Sadly common when returning from such a bad injury. I am hoping that the absence of others having heard similar means this is a wind up.

For non-footballing reasons no doubt...

I believe it means he didn't miss any matches through injury in the missing seasons.

From transfer mart: DANIEL AYALA INJURY HISTORY Season Injury from until Days Games missed 20/21 Groin Strain Oct 22, 2020 Nov 22, 2020 31 days 6 19/20 Ankle Injury Jan 2, 2020 Sep 27, 2020 269 days 6 16/17 Ankle Injury Jul 6, 2016 Aug 20, 2016 45 days 1 13/14 Ankle Injury Feb 2, 2014 Apr 11, 2014 68 days 12 11/12 Ankle Injury Feb 4, 2012 Mar 3, 2012 28 days 5 11/12 Knee Injury Aug 25, 2011 Sep 10, 2011 16 days 1

The injuries to Holtby, Ayala, Williams and Nyambe we have ahead of the Luton trip sound like they should have cleared up in time for the PNE game.