AFTER last Tuesday's and Saturday's performances I eat my words!

Well done Nathan Blake - easily his best displays for Rovers and hopefully we shall see more like that during the rest of the season.

Whether it was as a result of my comments or in spite of them, I'm not concerned.

He even made sure he hit the net just to remind me when he last scored!

Might I suggest that Matt Jansen should now vie with Egil Ostenstad as first substitute rather than Blake!

I would be delighted if this suggestion had an equally dynamic effect on Ostenstad as it apparently did on Blake!

However, I still think we should keep Jansen as long as we can - we need the four of them for the long campaign ahead if Rovers are to get one of the coveted promotion spots come the end of the season.

Last season's injury list and its consequences are still too haunting a memory for most of us.

ERIC WATERHOUSE, Preston.

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