Whether we have money or don't, right now is the time to make church mice look like millionaires. The lads have done their stuff making us early contenders. I doubt any player can look at coming to Rovers as a Championship club as anything other than a fantastic opportunity.

Immense today. What a fabulous player.

Well that was sensational stuff. No after the Lord's Mayor Show- we simply went and did it again! I really really hope Tony Mowbray makes me eat all my words pressing to have him replaced. Running through the team. Keminsky looks a solid if showy keeper but his distribution accuracy could be like having an 11th outfield player. JRC was excellent until he did his hamstring Nyambe looked well up for it when he replaced JRC- great to see the competition for places Lenihan reliable and what a block early on Williams great defending and excellent passing throughout; a revelation Bell did everything needed of him and was outstanding Holtby my MOM. Just superb reading of the game, interceptions, positioning and passing. Now getting to see what won him those German caps Johnson great shots for the two goals, especially the first, but a true enforcer and creator all over the park Rothwell probably the best game yet for Rovers. His link play and positioning was exceptional but boy did he terrify Derby when he surged forward Bennett as Stuart said came on and his energy did the job for Rovers at the end- even getting Rooney booked! Dolan again dazzling scoring one and having a big hand in another. Those experienced Derby players didn't know what to do with him until they started doubling up against him. What a prospect, what a star already! Chapman is no Dolan but he contributed and his pass for Armstrong to score was sublime Brereton. If I am shutting up moaning about Mowbray, the doubters can now be quiet about Ben. Absolutely immense today. Magnificent ball control and running with the ball. Mobile creating a nightmare for defenders to pick him up. The goals will come. Talking of which Armstrong scored a goal... again.

Bell had an outstanding First Half. Giving him a shout out. 14 shots, 7 on target in the first half for Rovers. Derby have taken Marriot off.

Got the pictures from iFollow. They have forgotten to switch on the commentary!

Swansea 2 up in 23 minutes is putting a perspective on what we did last Saturday.

Pedant Hiding under the table

Thank you- I haven't seen enough of Whiteman to know. Good luck to him and Swansea. Yes Mowbray was grumpy. But by all accounts he had just missed out on the Manc youngster and the QPR left back. We know that to be fact. Everything else is speculation until 17.00 on 12 October. As I have said before, unless precisely the player Rovers want is in their sights, I'd hold tight now for the crazy 72 hours running into the Premier window closing then again the 72 hours before our window closes.

Like it! And precisely why I am really looking forward to this game and nervous as hell at the same time.

Travis, Holtby, Johnson, Evans, Buckley, Davenport in a 4-3-3 Add Dack, Chapman, Dolan, JRC, Brennan in a 4-4-2 Which ones does Whiteman get selected ahead of? A much better guide than talking notional League 1/ notional Championship.

Just so long as Ben doesn't have designs on challenging Jason Roberts' record for open goal misses...

@OwenBradley · 20h Phillip Cocu tells RamsTV that Jack Marriott & Kamil Jozwiak both trained today. #dcfcfans

The point about Johnson's salary isn't he doesn't pay for anything except his taxes and his Ryanair flights to bunga bunga parties. Oh and child support for 76 kids. Anyway, anticipating transfers staying quiet until the PL deadline looms on 5 October when we will be looking at loans as the squads of 25 get firmed up then the week after gets interesting when all the EFL clubs stare their new crowd-less financial reality full in the face.

The land is totally separate from the chicken feed business. The chicken feed business is the only one of 40+ businesses publicly quoted and it has ridden the wave of loose money to dramatically higher share prices as well as being well run.

After a 5-0 win it would be cruel not to pick the same side. Unless Bell shines I expect to see JRC swapping to left back and Nyambe coming on.

Staircases, entrances, bars, loos are all problems

The share price was about 200 when they bought Rovers. Now 1300!

The window closes on 12 October I believe. Don't worry, we will make it to 1,000 pages.

It is certainly true the dramatic improvement in approach by the owners exactly coincides with Mowbray's tenure. However, I have never previously heard even a hint that Mowbray is the cause.

That is incredible considering how early we exited the Cups.

Probably neither. I fully accept both had roles taking them inside the compound but I don't think either were trusted as the eyes and ears of the family. As for what the Raos did as a result of fans' writings on social media and elsewhere and whether it had any direct influence, I don't know. But Mrs D in particular was (and probably still is) interested to know. They did seek (and were obscenely reliant on) advice from others deemed to be expert. However, after the initial three or four years they set great store by their own appraisal of the character and intelligence of the people they were/are interfacing with. In general (not just Rovers) they work with and through people they invest a great deal of trust in. They expect loyalty and don't expect any exposure through loose tongues. Mrs D is by all accounts a lady of her own opinions. She is also willing to take a long (a really long) term view and I think we are seeing the impact of that at Rovers and, in some ways, it is beginning to really pay off. I am thinking of the Academy in particular. For big decisions, they seek unanimity between the four of them but they can be quick moving and decisive when they consider it necessary. How those factors played out are the story of the last ten years of Rovers. I will repeat my controversial views. Up until the sacking of Coyle they were a catastrophe (being polite) but since then they are the best owners a club like Rovers could realistically possibly have.

Covid is giving Rovers a competitive advantage given proportionately, losing match day income is doing us less damage than other clubs.

My knowledge is from eight years ago but one of the staff in the Pune compound had the job of reading supporters' comments on all the various threads and preparing a daily report that was available if asked for. I think that pre-dated Shebby who among other jobs was expected to get closer to the fans and influence perceptions positively.

I think there is enough about the lad for him to keep his head level. The issue is Dolan is now playing against seasoned pros who know to stand slightly off him and are quick, strong and dirty enough to deal with his tricks. We were all.fortunate that Newcastle kids and the Wycombe fixture came at exactly the right time in Dolan's development. It is all Championship tough men from here on.

100% with you. Raya today is vastly worse than at least 50% of the keepers in the PL but that is a moot point. Raya last season was vastly better than Walton and that certainly cost us numerous points. We also wasted the money we got from him making it an even more painful piece of business . Brentford are a trading club and they didn't want to trade Raya below their valuation is also as significant as Arsenal baulking at the price. Makes somebody buying Josh King even pressing for Rovers.