Great to be leading- as has been pointed out, pretty well every player is in their best position. Still think we have better who are fit than this XI and theoretically a much better side when all are fit again. If played in correct positions.

Gallagher took that really well but brilliant through ball from Dack.

Gallagher scores for us

Chapman is in neither senior nor under 21 squads today.----

might work, might not..

Even with our injury list, that isn't our best starting eleven. Just looks like a desperate pick 'n mix selection.

Extraordinarily dominant England performance. Two tries (rightly) struck off and three kicks at goal incredibly narrowly missed and the All Blacks' only score was an England gift.

This is off the planet insensitive and stupid. It is a local derby FFS. And if PNE are stronger than us, there is only one person who has achieved that given the resources at his disposal- a certain Mr Tony Mowbray. I would take our squad over PNE's on balance but their manager over our's.

Character on the football pitch predominantly comes from a sense of togetherness for the common cause... That needs creating before we see real bodies on the line commitment to scoring in the 95th minute through force if will

As posted on the Brum thread, the players don't need to say anything. That performance says everything we need to know that Mowbray has lost them.

Mowbray has lost the players. They don't need to say anything. That performance said it all.

Barnsley two up at West Brom. The bottom is coming up to meet us,.

According to texts at least we are shooting tonight.

Agreed- nothing coming through at all

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I have absolutely no doubt we have plans and ambitions. Problem is we are not executing against them. It all feels very stale under Mowbray and it is awful when 3 of our 5 defeats can be laid squarely at the Manager's door- wrong selection, wrong formation, wrong tactics, wrong subs. Arguably he totally messed up his instructions to the defence first half at WBA but that was probably a collective players' brain freeze. I am struggling to think the last time when Mowbray picked a team and formation I feel is the best XI we have available- does anyone agree with Mowbray's selections??? I can remember one or two occasions when Mowbray picked an unexpected XI and tactics last season which proved remarkably right in hindsight so those were 3 points gained by the Manager but so far as I am concerned points lost by the Manager are in double figures so far this season. OK losing football but is it watchable? Hell no! Waggott is on a total loser trying to boost the club with what is happening on field at present.

If we keep on losing every third game purely through managerial incompetence we are going to be sweating badly at the wrong end of the table.

I have no doubt about the ambition at Rovers. I have a lot of doubts about our capability of realising it.

At Southampton a lot of things didn't go right for Thompson initially but he persevered and really began to show he is a prospect. Very comfortable win for a very young team last night. Thought Jack Vale looked good. Mols (twice), Vale and the tall Asian lad who came on as a sub all guilty of terrible misses in the second half or otherwise it would have been a rout in the scoreline as well as on the pitch. Vale missed a bad one at the end of the first half as well but have to say Butterworth (subbed at half time after scoring two) and Vale took their chances really well.

Having said Stanley were better to watch than Rovers this weekend, these Academy lads are certainly showing the way. Rankin-Costelloe and Chapman not at Southampton so on the bench v Brum?

Brum have injuries and a red card suspension. Now the time to play them. Unfortunately, now is a great time for them to play us...

We have an injury crisis. Give players a week off. Works them extra hard in training to build stamina and strength. Four break down in training with new injuries. I am no expert in these things but this doesn't seem we are doing things right.

Missed all the goals but what I saw in the last 20 minutes made me feel very fearful about this season. We were comprehensively outplayed by relegation candidates.

When I suggested starting Bennett at left back, I was joking.

So many injuries I was looking for my name in the list of subs...