Sunbury Fox

I agree but who do we bring on for Daka when he's knackered after 70 minutes of endless if aimless chasing around? Richards? Though it seems he's not an out and out striker either. It's another mind boggling thing that we failed to bring in a central striker in the January window.

Me and my boys thought the same. They were good on the ball, pressed really well and looked rock solid at the back. A very well coached team. I've come away from lots of games this season wondering how we could have lost to such poor quality opposition. Yesterday was not one of those games. We were simply well beaten by a much better team.

Knew I shouldn't have got my hopes up. Won't make that mistake again. Against a huge amount of competition, I genuinely think that was as bad a performance as we've delivered all season. Shockingly bad. The kind of defeat that you look back on later as the moment you knew relegation was a certainty.

Not going to say I'm confident but I am looking forward to the game which was rarely, if ever, the case under the previous 3 managers. My 2 boys and I are season ticket holders but haven't been to a game since mid December, largely because I was too disillusioned to make a 230 mile round trip to see a poorly coached and motivated team. Seen enough in the last 2 games to make me think we will at least be competitive now, so we're coming up for this one and intend to fully back the team if they continue to put in the improved effort we've seen since Rowett came in. COYF!

I'm scared to say this as I don't want to jinx things but I have really warmed to Rowett in a way that I've not to any of the previous 3 managers. He seems really authentic and straightforward as a guy. I suspect he has also simplified things for the players and as a result he has so far got a really positive reaction from them. Even the connection between the fans and players seems much better. I've actually enjoyed watching the last 3 halves of football, and got properly excited when we have scored; something that I'd just stopped doing previously. Saturday is a huge game, though. Really hope we can get that much needed win.

Really annoys me that commentators always say he works hard. Really?? He's never up with play when we have a break on and he left Mukasa to do all his pressing when he came on, the lazy git. He just seems to play where he wants to, rather than where the team needs a striker to be. It's frankly sacrilege that he took the number 9 shirt from Vardy.

Sadly, we all know what's coming now.

I'm not sure it has as we've scored more than enough goals to survive without a functioning striker (we've scored the 8th highest number of goals in the league and between 13 and 18 more than each of the 4 teams just above us). Our main issue has been our ridiculous defence and, arguably, the lack of a physically strong CDM to protect the back 4.

Yeah, yet another bad weekend. We had to win today with the games coming up and given Stoke's recent form. Was criminal to concede that equaliser when they were offering nothing.

He was marginally less annoying than usual today but I just don't understand why he always wants the ball to feet, rather than being prepared to make a run in behind defenders.

West Brom have Charlton at home and Oxford away in their next 2 games. We could be cut adrift by next week.

How is my app showing them as having won on xG, when we've have 4 big chances to their 2, plus 15 shots to 11?

Thomas masterclass, leaving their player totally unmarked for the equaliser and then missing an open goal to win it for us.

If he's told them to do then he should be sacked today. I've never seen a side worse at defending high balls into the box.

Really need JJ and Fatawu back soon. Where are the goals coming from without them?

You can be successful in this division by having a simple game plan, not making stupid individual errors and running your proverbials off. Blackburn proved that last night. Can Rowett get our team of wastrels, who think they're better than they are, to do the same?

These scumbags better put a shift in tomorrow after tonight's result. We're in desperate straits now.

The last 2 or 3 weeks have been the most painful I can recall as a fan. Truly, unremittingly grim.

All Blackburn have done is keep it really tight and nicked a goal. Something we've failed to do all season.

FFS. We are in huge trouble now.

To be fair to Blackburn, they look so well organised defensively. When was the last time we conceded so few shots (3) in a game?

Let it sink in that this Preston team are in the play offs as things stand. Dear God.

The quality is so poor in this league. This is a truly awful game.

Hope you are right as we surely have the players to play 2015/16 style counter attack football with Fats, Daka and Mav being fed through passes by Mukasa. The big question is how GR will be able to create a solid defensive base from the players at his disposal. Such a shame that Souttar is still not back. Hopefully Lascelles is back at least, in which case I'd go for Aluko, Lascelles, Nelson and VK as the back 4. But I'm sure that he'll start Ricky P as he is skipper.

The bad news just never seems to end at the moment. We really need things to turn soon.