It is clear that, although Tony Mowbray perhaps isn’t yet finished fine-tuning his squad, he has a good idea when the music will be classical and when it will be heavy, writes Simon Smith.

A lack of goals on Saturday may have left fans feeling deflated but Rovers are still a work in progress.

New players are being integrated into a side which has others who are playing Championship football for the first time.

Time isn’t on our side in this division and a slow start will not be overcome by a similar lurch into top gear and a winning spree as it was last season.

However, although Championship defences aren’t as porous as Carlisle’s, the understanding between players, especially Bradley Dack and Adam Armstrong, looked excellent and will surely bear enough fruit for a plentiful harvest.

The Millwall experience as a whole should stand many of the less experienced players in good stead for the season. Let these kind of players bully you around and they will beat you nine times out of 10. Match them for commitment and strength and skill will out.

My worry - the two saves by the woodwork apart - was that it was the more experienced players in the centre who were being “Millwalled” as TM said.

Thankfully Plan A/B in the second half moved into Plan B quite smoothly and Rovers took over.

The funny thing is, both chances that Danny Graham saw saved were ones he did exceptionally well to even be in the position to see them thwarted. I can take that.

Rovers created so much and it is the law of Ewood that when one goal would have been glorious on Saturday they give us a bagful on Tuesday.

Hull are a team who are in turmoil and Reading are already looking at as rough a season as the last one. The next week is one Rovers must go into with positivity and confidence rather than arrogance.

Coming through a jubilant cup win with no injuries and more match fitness gained was a gamble but TM still looks as if he knows when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em.