TONY Mowbray insists he isn’t obsessed with checking on the form of Rovers’ rivals - despite the tense nature of the League One promotion race.

Rovers visit Gillingham today five points clear at the top of the pile but having played more games than chasing pair Wigan and Shrewsbury.

The Latics moved ahead of Paul Hurst’s side into second on goal difference in midweek courtesy of a last-gasp midweek win at Bradford. Paul Cook’s side have three games in hand on Rovers, a figure that will rise to four due to their FA Cup involvement this weekend, while the Shrews have played two games fewer than Mowbray’s men.

So was the Ewood chief frantically refreshing his phone on Wednesday night while cheering on the Bantams?

“No, I watched Barcelona versus Chelsea. I flicked to see what the score was at half time and it was 0-0 and I flicked at the end and it was 1-0. That is no surprise to me with total respect to Bradford.

“My mentality is to expect Wigan to win their football matches which means we have got to win ours.

“Somewhere along the way someone is going to drop some points and we have to make sure it is not us and keep going.”