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To be fair to Henriksson, he was highly rated at his old club - Just don't think it's working out for him in English football. Also to remember that he is being played out of position, he does show small flashes but think the majority have already written him off so it's a long way back. I haven't shut the door completely on him yet.

I like that. Something along those lines was all that was needed. Instead...... ..

Same here only difference is it will be my last ST while these charlatans remain

Think the reaction to Cantwell's display today is slightly OTT but tbh I wouldnt be that bothered if anyone was sold apart from Alebiosu, and Gudjohnsen. The rest are either not very good or downright rank in many cases. That, along with having a shocking manager is why we're down in 20th.

And of course Pears in that well known shade of neon green that goalkeepers in the 19th century were renowned for wearing.

I thought today confirmed the opinion I had after Monday night - too many of our players are out on their feet. The injuries have caught up with us and not allowed us to rotate and rest players. Having said that, the first goal was a poor one to give away as McLoughlin and Pears ought to have done better. We badly need strengthening early in this window and certainly can't afford to lose Tronstad. I still believe we have enough about us to avoid the drop but we need to get the injured players back sooner rather than later.

Just seen a ten-minute highlight and deary me, we looked bleak just like the shirt worn for the day. First goal: way too simple transition to just put a ball over the top and all of a sudden their striker is clear on goal. It's a 2v1 situation yet we can't handle it. McLoughlin's positioning is wrong as he doesn't stay on the inside of Smith before the pass is played. Pratt doesn't exactly come across as sprinting back fully either and fails to make a sliding challenge to block the attempt. Pears doesn't cover near post. All three have to take their fair share of blame for that one. Second goal: don't understand how Hedges can miss a clear header and get it away from the danger zone? He then looks at the ball instead of picking up Rathbone in the box in the follow-up situation. Just poor timing and game intelligence on display. Other notes: Cantwell looked extremly poor and lost many key challenges. Litherland is probably gone for a few weeks after pulling his hamstring, he could barely move after it happened. Can't believe we managed to keep three clean sheets before this one seeing how easily Wrexham carved us open with a simple long ball over the top. Bannan (of all people) was close for Wednesday from a similar chance a couple of days ago so I guess we've been somewhat fortunate until now. To be honest, we looked absolute shot with tired legs and no ideas going forward. Injuries are also piling up to the point where Ismael might be forced to switch to a back four? We struggle to break teams down who sit in a low block and when they also employ quick transitions, we fare even worse. If Charlton do the same, we're in trouble.

No chance, he even told the owners they could fix the pitch instead of bringing in players in Jan!

I just cannot bring myself to play a comparison game with Wrexham or Derby etc, good luck to them. I just want our owners gone and to give us a fighting chance of some self respect.

Cantwell's shooting and striking a ball towards the goal is as bad as any Rovers player I have ever seen.

But interestingly our owners are billionaires and probably a lot wealthier than our opponents who outspend us 10 fold.

I have seen this quite a few times pn here this season, only for us to win the next game with a performance out of nowhere. Today was the worst I have seen from a rovers team for a long time, spectacularly bad. I have a feeling we get something Sunday though, today's game against Cov will have taken a hell of a lot out of them.

I have spent the day pissed off, as most of my posts must show, but one final point of raw emptiness came when I saw Matty Litherland pull up, and thought that is going to hurt us. Matty Litherland is an academy centre back, filling in at right back at a multi million pound football club and he was our last option.

My first thought upon seeing that Preston looking kit was that somebody, somewhere, was deliberately trying to piss the fans off. I had the same thought when Coyle was appointed. Then again, it is possible that this lot simply failed to notice that the full kit resembled a PNE kit. One word to sum up everything about today, kit included. Embarrassing.

I really struggle to see peak Ferguson getting a tune out of today's match day squad. It is appallingly threadbare and lacking all over the park and on the bench there is nobody to bring on who can change the game. The players that are on the pitch look exhausted and downhearted. The team has been downgraded so rapidly and we have gone from the brink of the playoffs to the worst squad in my 30+ years supporting the club. Absolutely terrible mismanagement from the Ewood stooges and continued ownership who are seemingly unwilling to sell the club out of some form of punishment for being egged at Ewood over a decade ago. I can only assume they are laughing at how miserable we all are. They will use the injuries as a convenient excuse, it's the lack of squad depth and quality that's really the underlying cause. They don't have the depth to rotate the squad and the excess physical loading that the remaining players have to go through leaves them at risk of injury. Most of the players they have signed on the cheap are duds and simply cannot step up to fill the gap. The old pros that were shipped out over the summer would have been ideal for the situation we find ourselves in. Other teams have injuries too but are able to put out a coherent team still on a Saturday. We have had injury crises before and we always still manage to have a competitive team but now we have exhausted players many of whom are well below the required standard. It's all a complete mess and I cannot see how this side picks up another point in the near future.

could see that, did well at Orient last season

Just watched the highlights. McLaughlin and Pears as bad as I thought for that first. Hedges awful as the first man when the cross comes in for the second.

Have a pal who is a Stoke fan, he reckons Jamie Donley is on his way to Rovers. Just been recalled by Spurs, they aren’t happy with his game time this season.

Yeah, a bit like Phil Neal in the Graham Taylor England set up

Reminds me of Dave "Doddsy" Dodds from the Mike Basset film Players seem to like him That is all

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Anyone got any idea what Dean Shitehead brings to the party?

He won and laid off the ball in midfield that led to Baradji's shot against the crossbar. He was about as dreadful as the rest of our players, but at least he has the excuse of being played wildly out of position with a striker he doesn't complement one bit. I thought both Baradji and Cantwell did some criminally lazy backtracking today, and if Tronstad is not on hand to stop or at least slow down balls like the one that led to their 0-1 I don't know why he's playing.

It's going to have to be some January window to stop us getting relegated. I don't hold much hope, unfortunately.