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Looks like Tyler has played his last game for Rovers. Hope the operation is a total success. Hope I am wrong but I think he will leave a big gap in midfield. Would prefer JDT covers by bringing Garrett in rather than going 5 at the back.

Mowbray landed on his feet at Sunderland with a club with everything in place despite languishing in a lower league for a few seasons. At Ewood he walked into a lunatic asylum and we will forever be in his debt gor restoring us to a football club. JDT is different class again and if he stays for any length of time I am sure we will see the benefit. The contrast between the two as managers will be as great as the contrast between them in playing achievement.

I am certain the plan is not to sell either Adam or Ash this summer. That isn't to say a silly money offer would be refused but it would be beyond daft to plan to sell either this year. Broughton talks about creating value ie maximising. Not a car boot sale of future worldies. Dortmund paid £25m for Bellingham as a 17 year old in 2020. That is the yard stick for any offers this sumer.

I believe born in Georgia but lived most of his life in Turkey.

Undoubtedly but whether we are involved depends on shortening games to 93 minutes.

It is celebrated in Georgia where he was a local. Total fluke he ended up patron saint of England. But then we aren't a saintly lot by and large.

If we lose to the dingles, we could be playing Luton with in effect 5 points to make up.

I had hoped this would be a free hit game and it would have been if games were only 90 minutes long. Need a win.

JDT is doing really well at Rovers. Class appointment.

Must win now

Pure class again against PNE

We need a favour from Mowbray this lunchtime. Mowbray needs a favour from Mowbray whilst he is about it...

The close up of Hyam at the end showed how much that hurt emotionally.

I hope Gareth Ainsworth celebrations were appropriate 😜

Gutted but we played brilliantly. Still all to play for.

That Arsenal Southampton draw last night screws both clubs and I wouldn't be surprised if a draw this evening doesn't do the same to Rovers and PNE. At kick off, both will be well adrift of the play offs. I cannot see the rest continuing to mess up like they did midweek.

Lampard was a catastrophe in man management at Everton. Some players were simply ignored. Boehly at Chelsea is like a kid with a Tonka Toy. Lampard clearly is a pliant tool in a way Tuchel was definitely not and Potter despite his over promotion didn't play along either.

Ayala playing for the under 31s on Sunday

Pickering back in the squad. As for the rest it is going to be whatever random players are fit.

We have sold out the allocation and been given an extra 500 which are on sale now. Come on, let's make this better than a home game!

All the contenders are bottlers based on tonight's results.

The injuries are hugely important for this game now. Too early for Ayala, possibly Dack. How bad is Pickering? Edun out with concussion protocol. From tonight Gally is certainly out. Big questions over Hyam and JRC. Then there could be other problems when the medics check the players over.

Not totally clear but watched it often enough now to be pretty certain that as the corner ball drops it hits the back of his fist, not his thigh

Table is crazy. 3 points cover 5th to 11th. Watford and Swansea in 12th and 13th are only 5 points behind us. Rovers comfortably dominated most of that game. I have confidence in JDT setting us up right for PNE but really worry about the injury situation. It is hard to legislate when Dolan comes on and is a complete liability for his 10 minutes- won nothing and gave it away every time he had possession. Adam Wharton- what a gem of a player.

I am tak8ng solace/hope from the fact that when Rovers have really turned up so far this season, there is only one game we haven't won and that was Sheffield United away in the Cup and we all know it took a 25 yard extreme top corner blast to knock us out. We have even won a few when we have been less than standard we should have been. We can expect every one of our remaining games to be against clubs wanting and trying to win which usually helps us provided we don't let one in first .... Not optimistic but not without hope.