I enjoyed finishing in the top half of the Premier League four times in five seasons. Winning our group in the Europa Cup was fun too. ....and it all happened in the last ten years too.

I prefer Premier League mid table "mediocrity" to relegation from the Championship. Big Sam has my vote every day of every week over everything that has followed at Rovers.

And we persisted with being in the Premier League....

Everyone accepts Bowyer costs us. We were a play-off quality squad last season and ended 12 points short. At best we are a mid-table squad this season. If Bowyer costs us a 12 point under-performance again, we get relegated.

More like a shameful painful howl with that home defeat to the Dingles losing us our proud 35 year record. He should have been fired for the weak gutless performance the team put up that day.

Back in the bottom 3 as things stand at the moment.

Entirely possible that we will reach 14 games played with just 5 points and no wins. To be comfortably clear of the drop zone we need 14 points from those 9 games. Is that a realistic proposition??????

Just seen the league table.

Do the worse teams also have a worse manager when it comes to gritty motivation and grinding out results? Yes Brentford, Bolton and Bristol City all look to be in heaps of trouble but they have 45 matches to learn and adapt. Are learning and adapting Gary Bowyer fortes?

We were top half of mid table last season, have sold the forward who could really force things and other useful players who could and did make a key difference in games have gone too. I cannot see us getting to 1 September with both Marshall and Rhodes still with us and given the transfer restriction we will need an absolute miracle to get like-for-like. Now add a Manager who costs us points tactically rather than earning them, nobody who would die blue and white now Dunny has gone and a clear bias by the officials against us emphasised by the Edwards netball effort on Saturday. Division One here we come Back back back where we started from Only the Division One in question is not the one we were singing about back in the days of Jim Smith....

Condolences to Tashor's family and friends and thanks to the old boy for many a smile whilst reading his posts.

Condolences to all who knew him. More sad news.

Very sorry to read of his death. Commiserations to all his family. They have lost a grand man who was very brave in the face of his illness and amputation.

Brilliant!

Nuno Gomez stsrts

Excellent preview. The sort of game we will now go and win putting Palace's play-off place in jeopardy. Holloway fair mucked Shagnew around when they were chasing him so I don't know whether that is a case for congratulations or revenge...

I can give you sn absolute assurance nithing has been done from talking with the players. Oh apart from our brightest youth prospect being released who happens nit to be represented by he who shoukd not be tantraed.

Keep it up lads! !!!

Keep it up lads! !!!

We got that vital stroke of luck. Now let's make it count.

Just pray we get extremely lucky....

I'd happily take a draw. Very happily. Blow the Full time whistle before the kick off!

Excellent preview. Forecast- frayed nerves...

Go back to counting invisible supporters. Rank bad operational decisions to appoint both of them by your mate Jerome....

What an almighty relief!!!