We gave it our best shot today, just fell short but can’t fault the effort. Hopefully this end of season run of games gives players and more importantly the manager some confidence and momentum to take into next season. Huge summer ahead, we cannot afford to mess up this transfer window.

Just great that we go into the last game with something to play for. The chances of us getting a top 6 are are still small so I am not getting too excited but the main thing for me is that Valerian has given us hope that he is a decent manager and can take us forward next season.

Rovers first half XG 0.01….

Rudy finally talks. 45 mins onwards he talks about the owners, new manager etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXs...

This is an utter shambles, we have gone from a well drilled defensive unit to an utter mess within the space of 3 games. It is astonishing how quickly things have unraveled.

Sadly the second half has been a disorganised mess and it was always on the cards that Cardiff would get a second goal, so poor at yeh back to first give the ball away, then not stop the cross and the icing on top of the cake leave their striker unmarked for a relatively easy header.

Shocking start but we have been better today, I can actually see a style of play, looking to play the ball quickly in the attacking phase and use our wide players as much as we can. Dennis a threat whenever he gets the ball. Defensively our defensive shape not the best.

If Valarien has come in and is moving away from that then he will struggle with this group of players, he needs to go back to the back to basic approach and use those strengths of hardworking and organisation that these players are good at, if not he will find like JDT did that results will slide.

The issue we have is that we have a bunch of players that lack football intelligence, that is what happens when you shop in the lower end of the market, but they are hardworking, JE realised this so devised what was a simple gameplan, easy to understand and drilled it into our players & it worked.

Abject from Rovers tonight. Valerian said when he came in that he didn’t want to change much this season yet 2 games in we have a new system and players just looked confused and lost. That was as awful as I have seen since pre-Mowbray.

Awful from Rovers, poor start and then preceded to pass the ball sideways and backwards, no urgency in the last 15 mins or idea how to breakdown Derby other than aimless punts into the box. Desperately disappointing.

Hope I am wrong but over last 3 years I have seen this type of performance many times from Rovers, we will concede a sloppy goal and not be able to find a way back into the game.

Finished Cobra Kai. That is six seasons of pure awesomeness. The arcs of the characters, the homage to the films, bringing back actors from those films, the attention to detail and the fight scenes, all of it perfect. Well done to all involved.

He wouldn’t have been my first choice or even in my top 3, but he will have my full support and hopefully he can do well for us, any kind of new manager bounce will likely get us into the top 6. Main thing for me is that players and management give their all of their remaining games.

Ismael new Rovers manager, I work with a Barnsley fan and he obviously thinks Ismael is a great manager, apparently he has a no nonsense approach with players, which didn’t go down with WBA, I think we have a good, hardworking bunch of players at Rovers and maybe they can work well with him.

What a great night of boxing. Bivol v Beterbiev was sensational just like the first fight, Bivol deserved the win and we get to see a third fight!

Reality check for Rovers today, have been poor. Need a manager in as soon as possible and the can start to work with the group of players, Lowe/DJ done well but now we need a manager.

Well you can rule out Stevie G meeting dumb and dumber in London. He is currently in Doha enjoying the tennis.

Aitor Karanka would be an awful choice. His last 2 jobs in the Championship, win percentage of 30% at Forest, even worse 21% at Birmingham, then went to Granada and did last 6 months, earlier this season he was rejected by league 1 Bristol Rovers.

The results that Lowe and co have got is great but if you are not going to appoint them then get the new manager in, hopefully it is sorted over the weekend so that the new manager has a clear week to work with players.

Still no new manager. I am all for taking your time but it is clear they had no succession plan and even though it has been clear that JE would leave, there was no planning done. This was the ideal week as it was a clear week to get the new manager in and give time to work with the players.

Led to believe that Boateng has not been interviewed to be next Rovers manager, there some speculation that they want him in as part of the any new backroom team, presumably as they see some potential as being a manager in the future. Let’s see what the next couple of days bring.

What does bemuse me is that Eustace now when we have bought in what he said he wanted experience (forshaw), defensive reinforcements (Sanderson and Rubiero) and pace up front (Kargbo and Dennis). The squad has more depth and you would think he would have used all of it so well.

Don’t often say this about championship refs but the ref today has been excellent.

Poor first half against a very resolute Plymouth. I really wish Cantwell in these type of game would come deeper and control the game, he has the ability to do so but just doesn’t do it enough. Need to be careful as Plymouth look dangerous on the break.

I think if we win today then they will give the job to Lowe/DJ until the end of the season, will mean they save money (that seems to be the number 1 priority) and keep the option open to bring someone in once the season is over if things do not go well.

So sad to hear of Paddy Barclay passing away. When I was doing some journalism and being one of the few Asian football journalists back then I was always nervous, he was welcoming, so gracious with his time and helped me a lot. He was a genuinely nice guy. Thoughts and prayers with his family.

Genuinely surprised to see some of our fans bemused at players reacting to JE leaving and praising him for the hug positive impact he had on them. It been clear to see that the players loved playing for him. JE is not the problem, it has always been the owners/pasha etc.

The players will have known, nothing is ever secret in football, agents talk to each other and so they will have known, when the manager is not committed then results are going to suffer. Anyway wish him the best for the future, I am disappointed the way it ended but we move on. 3/3.

The way he has left leaves a bitter taste, we don’t know what has happened in the background but we do know the clowns that run the club and their previous history. If he has been applying for every job that came up then it is disappointing and probably explains the drop off in results. 2/3.

Seen some fans trying to re-write history re Eustace, he did a phenomenal job for us given what he inherited and to get us anywhere near the top 6 with minimal transfer investment on top of losing your 2 best players (Wharton who went before he arrived and Sammy) shows the job he did. 1/2.

Special mention to all the fans who travelled to the game, you were amazing all night. Loud and Proud. I am sure that would have helped the players.

What an amazing bunch of players we have, with all the chaos of the last few days to go out and put in a performance like that speaks volumes. 3 welcome points!

Big Sam is right, we were the best run club in the country.

I hope Rovers try to appoint Carsley or at least approach him. He fits what we need, done well with England, is a highly regarded and will have no qualms about working with young players/academy, he is coming from under 21’s so will have a decent level of knowledge on upcoming players.

That said, given that we are in play off contention there should be a decent list of people who maybe interested in the job, even with clueless owners.

As for the statement released by the club. Wow. Classless and clearly they think that we are all idiots that believe what they say, if 6 loans is significant investment then what is there left to say….

And I am thankful that I am not on the other place, I can only imagine the carnage on there today.

Says it all regardless of the statement rovers have released when your manager is prepared to leave a club in play off contention for one that is in the relegation zone.

Bad error from Toth costs us, we have done well up until then but now Wolves score again 0-2.

If Derby have approached Rovers then it will because Eustace has encouraged them to do so. Speaks volumes about the state of our club that he would consider leaving to join a club in the bottom three.

Rovers not great last night, there were periods in the game where did ok but overall it was a poor performance, the defensive solidity that we had in first half of the season is not there at the moment.

Reports that we are signing Emmanuel Dennis, hasn’t played much recently but he is proven at this level.

Jayden Danns potentially to Sunderland and Burnley signing Marcus Edward’s to Dingles are cracking bits of business.

Transfer deadline day… hoping the Rovers can bring at least 2 players. For me we need a midfielder to cover for Travis/Tronstad and a striker who has some proven record of scoring goals on a semi-regular basis.

This 100%. Buying tickets should be the easy bit, seamless, however with Rovers it is the opposite, it is basics like this that the club continue to get wrong.

Sadly another defeat. I thought we did ok today, but lack of any real quality on the bench is really hitting home now. Big week ahead, sign a couple and we can maybe have a good season end to the season, do not sign players then the slide down the league will continue.

Cannot fault the players, they are trying but they need help with a couple of quality signings to bolster this squad or we are just going to have our annual post January slide down the table.

Long periods of domination but lacking that killer instinct. Coventry created one chance and took it.