Nicely Lacquered

Rovers fan in pieces (no not that Rovers). I attended the reverse fixture at Ewood and you were far better than us. Ex-dingle Wells was good that day, as was Alex Scott, who looked an exceptional talent at this level. I thought Pearson would have been sacked by now. He's possibly underachieving with the players he's got. Our win/lose thing is bizarre. We've only lost once when we've gone ahead, but we've never gained a single point when we've gone behind. We're good at sitting in and defending a lead, but absolutely hopeless when the onus is on us to take the game to the opposition. Our best defender is out injured (Hyam) and our Chilean superstar has been poor recently. Dack is still quality despite being out for 2 years with a cruciate injury in each knee. We've got some talented Academy lads in the team/squad (Adam Wharton and John Buckley are both talented midfielders) but we generally lack the quality to play how the manager wants us to play, which appears to be Barcelona of the 2000's. Not having Messi, Xavi and Iniesta means we pass it round at the back for half an hour then spring forward like a snail - unless we've already passed it to you in our own box, which happens quite a lot. I can't remember a worse Rovers team to watch and I've been going for 50 years. Apart from that though.... It's bizarre we're fifth, but that comes down solely down our ability to defend a lead, Not a bad skill to have in your arsenal, but the natives are getting restless... Excellent preview BTW, and I hope JerseyBean has a great day with his mates, but a shit time at the match ? We've sold our allocation of 1100, which is more than the team deserve after being humiliated a Rotherham 4-0. I think that's the first time they've scored since lockdown ended. Our fans fear another mauling today. I predict a 3-0 defeat or a 1-0 win, which is the story of our season. Good luck for the rest of the season, after today!