Starter, Bournemouth: Pleasant enough, attractive looking, just a little something missing. Came away with a feeling there’s room for more.

Main course, Wycombe: 5*. A crowd pleaser, just how it should have been.

Dessert, Derby: Just when you thought you’d had your fill, this surprised and delighted even more. Savoured every last little bit.

Restaurant September, we’d leave you a tip.

Derby on the other hand were like the overworked pot-washer, sweating and struggling to keep up with the sheer volume of work coming their way at a pace never experienced before.

And while their reviews will have less than complimentary on social media, forums, radio phone-ins and newspaper column inches, Phillip Cocu and his players were fortunate they were spared the inevitable ear-bashing they’d have got were the paying public allowed in.

Praise where it’s due to Tony Mowbray. Six months ago on this very ground, pre-lockdown, he named an attacking line-up at a time when Rovers sniffed an opportunity of breaking into the top six. They were over-ran and beaten 3-0 by a youthful Derby side in an underwhelming display en route to a 3-0 victory.

Fast forward to (hopefully) post-lockdown and Mowbray stuck with a similarly attacking starting XI, and while naming an unchanged side on the back of a 5-0 win wouldn't normally be, that felt a little surprising.

It was a brave call, particularly in the context of six defeats in eight on the road, with 18 goals conceded, and with that defeat at Derby still fresh in the mind for some.

Those statistics would undoubtedly, probably by yours truly, been trotted out had things not gone so well, but the players executed the game-plan to perfection, pressing Derby into submission and storming to a second successive win.

For the second time in two matches, the opposition were grateful to hear the final whistle such was the pain and misery Rovers had inflicted.

‘Positive’ and ‘tight’ were words that continually bellowed out from the Rovers dug-out. They picked their moments to hound Derby into mistakes, and on the turnover of the ball they were blistering with the speed of their attacks.

It was some physical effort from all concerned that will be hard to replicate for 90 minutes, never mind 46 games in a condensed Championship season, but when it comes off it's a joy to behold.

Rovers were electric. Everyone looks like they know and understand their roles, and what's being asked of them, particularly in the forward areas, whether it be Lewis ‘the conductor’ Holtby, Tyrhys ‘fleet-footed’ Dolan, Adam ‘the marksman’ Armstrong, Ben ‘battering ram’ Brereton and Bradley ‘jack-hammer’ Johnson, this was as close to the complete display as Rovers have come under Mowbray.

For the second successive week Rovers showed a desire to keep a clean sheet, Thomas Kaminski making important stops in both halves to ensure that, as well as firing off 23 shots.

Two of those came from the left boot of Johnson, the first arrowed into the bottom corner from 25 yards, the second, courtesy of a deflection, finding the roof of David Marshall’s net. Those came after a tap-in for Tyrhys, winger Dolan making it two goals in two games after Brereton’s shot came back off the post.

Game done inside 15 minutes, wrapped up courtesy of three goals in 238 seconds. No-one dare say that at the time, we’ve seen Rovers undo plenty of good work in the past, but this felt different.

They sensed blood and hunted more goals, and didn't allow Derby the opportunity to work their way back into things. 

It would have been four inside the opening quarter were it not for a smart Marshall save at his near post to deny Brereton who seems to be enjoying his role, and run in the team, on the left. But as even the manager conceded post game: ‘he needs a goal’ to back up his good work.

Marshall too saved well from Joe Rothwell and Armstrong as the waves of pressure continued. 

The concerns pre-match were about Derby targeting their attacks down a young Rovers right-side. In the end it was from there that Dolan gave full back Lee Buchanan a torrid time, the defender having to resort to kicking him in a bid to stop him.

However, Buchanan did tee up Max Bird from that flank with the score at 0-0, his shot looking destined for the back of the net, until Darragh Lenihan, defending his goal-line, was there to clear.

At the break, Derby switched to a back three at the break, taking off their central striker, but it always felt as though Rovers were just one good pass away from scoring again in what was a more low-key 45 minutes.

Though with 12 minutes to play, Holtby set substitute Harry Chapman away and he teed up Armstrong. A man eyeing his sixth goal of the season was never going to miss.

He'd been desperate for a goal all afternoon, as was Brereton who had eight attempts in all, while Rothwell also tested the Derby 'keeper who helped keep the score down.

Rovers were put under a little more pressure after the break. Buchanan should have scored when heading over a cross from opposite wing-back Byrne, while substitute Morgan Whittaker was denied one-on-one by Kaminski moments after the fourth goal.

Few things can lift spirits in a way that a Rovers win can, not least when good times are worth savouring more than ever. Two emphatic victories back-to-back, goals flying in from an exciting team with seven players under the age of 25, not even masks in restaurant September could hide the smiles.

Rovers are fun to watch, so embrace the entertainment.