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Three injuries forced the subs. Brentford been dirty

Must admit to feeling nervous about this second half. If we let them, Brentford haven't only got one goal in them, they could score two or three. Rovers have to come out on the front foot because we haven't got the players on the park or the bench to handle a 45 minutes long siege.

We didn't press and make the ball stick well enough. Concerned about Bennett at right back. Both teams are going to fancy this one in the second half. Possession 67-33 in their favour, other stats pretty even but 1-2 is the score that matters.

Amazing game!

Terribly slow start from Rovers this.

Really really looking forward to this game. Brentford another team with plenty of forward power so a good challenge for the renaissance Rovers.

Do we know if this is definitely going ahead? Practically all National League and NL South games in and around London are already off because of the weather.

Good point- this new professionalism in the Prem is drying up the easy money for agents which will make them even more voracious around players with Prem potential.

The issue is volume- sure there is money so silly prices can be forced for the few going to the Prem. But the deal flow is strangled. Championship to Premier League deals amounted to just 4 this window: Mepham, Crouch, Bacuna, Sako Two of which are Prem League players returning to the Prem from recently relegated clubs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/sports/premier-league-transfer-window.html Some of the most insightful writing is now in the New York Times "on Soccer". Basically argues technology and technical staff have taken punting out of transfer signings so now only players profiling to meet needs exactly get signed. Meaning less transfer activity in the Premier League. Money is there but now it is harnessed to scientific assessment so doesn't get thrown around the same way. At which point I am adding this means - Less windfall selling in the Championship - Less transfer money to merry go round in the Championship - and quiet windows for everybody because if you sell you cannot be certain of winkling out your targeted replacement from his current club.

Have we signed anybody today yet?

We sure will get fed up of playing Norwich three times in ten days.

Looking at those fixtures we could win every one of them based on not only how we have played in the current run of wins but also in the majority of games before. BUT Looking at those fixtures we could lose any of them...

Madan should try Magadan (look it up) if he really wants to get away from us.

Of course Harry was a cripple when Mowbray was talking with Boro...

Second of a run of three games against the current form teams in our league and this lot have a deadly striker as well. I know we have a good record at Griffin Park but Brentford are currently 8 unbeaten since they lost 2-0 at Hull on 15 December. Yes we should get at least a point but any complacency and we will be coming home as empty handed as the last day of this transfer window.

This MIGHT be relevant. Hull Daily Mail newsflash that the Tigers are fighting a rearguard battle to avoid Grosicki signing for Middlesbrough.

Read that as I was booking a British Airways ticket on the other laptop!

Lorimer was phenomenal- for current fans, think in terms of the Reid blast at Wigan as average.

Sure- 62-65 side would have won the title with the right management and behind the scenes set-up. 69-70 were a second division team for a reason. Don Martin I would rate inferior to Danny Graham. Stuart Metcalfe and Eamon Rogers were both mercurial geniuses. Both capable of exceptional play beyond anything any player we have had since Tugay but both with massive limitations. Oh if only there were sports psychiatrists and fitness coaches in those days but that went for the entire English set-up 1970 onwards. I have no doubt England had the raw footballing talent to win World Cups but were beyond clueless at managing them.

Think we should convince the opposition we play 13 a side so we can get all our obvious starters in..

Two observations Rovers have scored some cracking goals in the 18 months Dack has been with us, and Dack's distribution is fabulous- I don't think that gets enough notice.

Bowen was a prospect until Rodwell kicked him..

Dack is exactly what the Dingles are missing. They have all the flair of a dead fly.

They are moving anyway to a house nearer Brockhall. And there is nothing to suggest it was anything other than a burglary by villains who dumped the cars because their fence couldn't handle them.