Tronstad was integral to how we played today, as he has been during this recent run. He was very good throughout the whole game. It's bizarre that this needs spelling out.

Surely you'd have to be straight up trolling to believe that Tronstad hasn't been excellent - and incredibly consistent - for us since signing (barring some dodgy early performances). He's objectively one of our best players and first names on the team sheet, for good reason.

Admittedly Luton were shite, but I think it's more of a reflection of how well we played. The boys look confident at the moment and it shows in their play. Genuinely fancied both Beck and ACD to score today, but didn't believe enough to stick a fiver on it... What a run of form this is, all credit to the manager and the players. Keeps showing Matt Smith on the iFollow thing. Wasn't there a link of him being interesting in fronting a consortium, or did I dream that...?

It does worry me slightly that his name is thrown into literally any Championship job discussion these days, even the likes of Stoke and Preston. Either his agent is going rogue in the hunt for coin, or JE is giving the 'ok' for his agent to get him linked to everything around.

Disregarding the obvious Burnley in the room, how nice is it to see all northern teams as the top 6? 4 consecutive away games; I'd assumed the last time we did it was back in the Prem winning season. Turns out we did it last year under JDT, which only highlights how far we fell in the 2nd half of last season. The solidity of the defence this season gives me hope that we won't see a repeat. And, again, you can't not give credit to Pears for recent performances / clean sheets.

Really pleased with that, another ugly 1-0 away win. Enjoy those as much as any flowing, pretty on the eye performance. 5 wins on the spin, 4 consecutive away wins. Comfortably 5th, win our game in hand and we're a point from our 6-fingered friends, leading into that game at Ewood. Delighted to see Mak score, thought the penalty decision was stonewall. Why did Sheffield bring on a 50-odd-year-old man in the second half (that tubby moustached guy)? Fair fucks to Eustace, what he's getting out of this squad is nothing short of remarkable at this stage.

First game of the season I missed completely, but sounds like it might not have been a bad thing. 4 consecutive wins (3 of those being away) and 3 consecutive clean sheets, is an incredible achievement. I had big questions of Eustace last season, when he couldn't find a win in several home games against teams in and around us. But this season has been a massive success so far, with his ability to organise a defence and set up a team for each given match being the main reason for this. Really pleasing to say that I was wrong about him.

I do think Baker has shown enough in cameos to deserve a go. Conversely JRC has been shite when he's played this season, not sure what's happened to him. Maybe another confidence player. And Buckley hasn't shown enough when he's played.

Such an unpredictable away game at the best of times. But having just sacked their manager, it adds that extra level. I think you have to stick with whoever can play from the Leeds game, based on how well they did. Baker would seem to be the natural replacement for Trav, in terms of style?

Agreed on all points. Quite a bit of whitewashing going on here. Raya was a good shotstopper for us, but was underdeveloped in others and nowhere near the GK he became at Brentford, never mind now. And to suggest that the Sheffield disaster was an isolated incident is madness. Pears was costing us goals - along with the Swedish lad when he played - on a consistent basis last season. Even yesterday, his direct error very nearly cost us a goal. Then his kicking was a mixed bag at best, with 3 going directly out for a Leeds throw, deep into injury time, when we needed to keep possession. Pears has been much better this season against his previous standard, but to suggest that last season was not horrific from him - or that he still doesn't have a clanger in him - is just plainly wrong.

Yeah, Pears has benefitted from a more structured and well-drilled defence this season, but he's nowhere near Kaminski levels. TK was a superb GK for this level (and a good one at Prem level, in fairness).

That's a good point - one thing BBD always had/has is intelligent runs between the lines. Wharton found him numerous times in a way that I think Cantwell would do. Not sure I can see it happening, but it would be one that would make sense.

Is this in relation to Tronstad? He's been consistently a 7 or 8 in almost every game he's played for us. Objectively one of the best signings we've made in recent years.

It looked like it, but I was in the ground and haven't seen it back - hopefully nothing serious, if it is. Also, Dolan was brilliant today.

That's a superb win. On top of a superb win at Boro. All credit to JE and how he's got the team organised. I've been one of Pears' biggest critics - and he still makes blunders, as he did a couple of times today - but he's been good recently and his clean sheet tally for the season is impressive. Todd Fucking Cantwell. Best signing we've made since...I can't even recall. And he's not even fully up to speed yet.

Always improves my chances of scoring, to be fair.

Oh, 100% - they say it all levels out over a season, so we'll take it!

It's not about the position of the player playing the ball, but the player receiving it and the trajectory of the ball. If the cross had been a sideways ball, it could never be offside. But Hyam was behind the last defender and the ball is played forward, so it's offside.

Agree with this, he's been excellent on the whole since he's been with us. Comes across well, works hard on the pitch and has that bit of extra quality that most of the league doesn't. Yes, it doesn't always come off, but when he pops up with a bit of magic like today, it's completely worth it.

That's a superb goal. Cantwell and Beck outstanding in the build up.

Quite pleased with how we've played, in a tricky away game. But Dolan really has been the weak point in the side. Not just the missed header from a few yards out, but misplaced passes and soft possession loss.

Nixon will be gutted. Nobody to leak information to him now, back to the usual guesswork.

Let's see how these players fare against proper, competitive opposition before we get excited about any of them. It's one thing flattening an Ireland, but it's how you do against Italy, Spain or Germany that matters.

To be fair, Rovers U19's would beat this Ireland side. Not really a marker for how good/bad we are.

Still not particularly arsed, it's a glorified friendly game again. However, pleased to beat Ireland purely because we'd never hear the end of it - just like Scotland celebrating their 0-0 win against us last summer (or whenever it was).