Saturday’s game was once again, a tale of two halves. First half, we were unplayable at times, with Dobbie causing Blackburn real problems. We could easily have been two up before Fuller was hauled down for a certain penalty. Ince coolly slotted the ball in the opposite corner from the previous week to give us a deserved lead.
Blackburn got themselves back into the game with their own penalty after Robinson threw himself to block a shot from Rhodes and the ball struck his hand. After that, we were controlling the game, with the midfield again looking dominant with Bishop and Gosling winning plenty of ball and finding the forwards. That pressure told as Gosling moved forward and fired a shot through the legs of the Blackburn player into the bottom corner for a deserved half time lead.
Second half Blackburn came back into the game but we were coping well with the pressure, which mainly consisted of long throws and free kicks and trying to pick up something from the second ball.
The turning point in the game came as DJ Campbell, applauded onto the pitch five minutes earlier, became the villain as he went in late on Gilks, then clearly aimed a couple of headbutts. Robinson got too heavily involved and they both received their marching orders. That disrupted our shape far more than Rovers and it paid off as they launched yet another ball into the box in injury time.
A deflection from the stretching Davies saw us concede. Better communication would have seen a comfortable clearance from Bishop immediately behind him.
Two points dropped but still right in contention. It’s now a massive game at Forest.
STARMAN: Dan Gosling
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