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Another masterclass from Val again. It'll be the refs fault today though I reckon. Let's see. Referee was poor but he didn't stick the ball in the back of our net. How many matches has Val been in charge of at Ewood Park and how many have we won? Not including friendlies or Old Etonians

I cant read Arabic, but the heatmap says no 😉

His game management is absolute chalk and cheese with Eustace. Being one up under JE you were hugely confident in keeping the three points. Under this bloke you hide behind the sofa/seat before the inevitable happens. He keeps making the same mistakes with personnel over and over again.

Gutted, but inevitable with our squad. No where near good enough.

I fear the same. A sign of a very poor team. Genuinely unsure when we last scored an injury time goal to rescue a game. Yet we have thrown away goals in injury time multiple times already this season.

For what it's worth, I don't see that Ipswich team getting promoted. Our ragtag bunch of randoms have been objectively better than them in both matches we've played against them this season. Expect Coventry will carve them up at the weekend if that's the level they're at. If we don't beat Sheffield Wednesday at Ewood then we are in trouble. Slap a Venky's logo on it. Underachievement and despair guaranteed since 2010.

Couldn't watch it but what horrendous luck we've had with this fixture!

I guess the view (which i can see merit in) is Riberio doesn't have the engine for wing back. But... considering we were protecting a lead and De Neve had recently lost his man for a goal at the death, I agree Riberio would have been the more sensible choice to come on for the last 15 mins.

Absolute Gobshyte.

Jesus wept:

For me its a triple fault/blame game. 1) Ref - very erratic to the point that it had an impact on the game. Commentators said worst refereeing they'd seen in ages and whilst it's not the sole reason it contributed to our defeat. Not that this excuses the team because the next two issues solidly are on us. 2) Game management. You don't have to have played in the championship to clock how to see out a game. Its not rocket science from pub leagues to the premiership. Even if it is experience and mentality our manager is meant to y'know instill those things in the players. For so many late goals and this not to be addressed is negligent on the managers part. Oh and not subbing on a left back when we have 2 adequate ones is also criminally stupid. 3) A weak squad. Surprisingly our first 11 or 14 seemingly can go toe to toe with most teams in the division. We are seeing that on a weekly basis. The problem is a third of our squad really isn't of tje required standard. That most of the below standard players are recent additions is appalling and a huge inditement of Gestedes inability in the role. Not since Kean days have we had so many obviously below par players. A worrying sign.

Hope that's the last we see of Ipswich this season.

That's not bad luck that's negligence on the part of the manager, recruitment, board and owners.

Norwich went from 0-1 to 0-2 Charlton 0-2 to 0-3 Sheffield United 1-2 to 1-3

These last minute goals are going to send us to League 1, and we will never return. Time to start bringing in huge fines for any goals conceded 90+ minutes.

We concede so many late goals. We are weak mentally, poorly organised and cannot concentrate for 90 mins. That's what our level of investment and our dud of a manager gets you. Magical substitutions again from Val, is he drawing lots in the dugout to decide who, where and when? Why have we taken off the only player capable of scoring, again? Gueye is getting worse every week. Complete passenger, embarrassment to the shirt. Did absolutely f-all and then was trying to "gee up" the Blackburn end when it was still 1-0, he wouldn't get in a league one side. Referee wasn't great so that will be Val's ready made excuse. The starting eleven is just about good enough for this level (just!), but the rest of the squad is dogger. Sick of watching away fans celebrating at Ewood every home game. The atmosphere is miserable at Ewood because the club is miserable at every level. Thanks Val, Rudy, Pasha and Venkys 👍

We shouldn’t let Miller off the hook either. It was his horrendous kick up field to their player which started the move for the equaliser. All he had to do was whack it in row z or find a teammate.

I’m fuming but I did say ‘the most inevitable defeat’ and we got a point, which obviously should be 3, but that’s 4 points off the bottom 3 with a few teams between us. Think we’ll be ok but we desperately need a routine win at weekend now Positives tonight in that Pratt looks right at home, Andri continues to score, Cantwell back on the pitch De Neve and the manager the big negatives

Is it just the 7 points? I can think of 7 points from 4 goals. 2 v Birmingham 3 points 1 v Wrexham 2 points 1 v Ipswich 2 points.

I was meaning his subs, when he signed for Rovers his previous clubs fans said he was atrocious with subs. I recall on a Watford forum someone saying, you're playing well then he subs on 3 players at 60 minutes, with no thought given to the quality or position of said players, and then you have 30+ minutes of defending attack after attack when he's fucked up the gameplan.

As a defender you never want to run towards your own goal with the long ball over the top. But we invited pressure on ourselves and with our recent history of conceding late it's getting increasingly tough to ride the pressure off. Some really good performances have turned into heartbreak this season, but when you look at tonight's game how many times did we really threaten Walton? Ipswich looked as comfortable as we did against QPR; shit all night but not too troubled. Positive that we're looking a lot better on set-pieces. Need to sign bodies in January.

Ipswich were so poor that we should have been at least two or three up. Whilst I agree the ref was an absolute disgrace tonight, with a better team we simply aren't going into injury time needing to once again cling on to victory. What we're seeing is a curse - the Venky curse.

We have two actual left backs on the bench though! Why are they even in the matchday squad if they’re not going to be used in this exact scenario! If you’re going to drop someone in for the last 10 minutes for Hedges it goes Pickering, Ribiero, a random bloke in the Jack Walker, then De Neve. As others have said, it’s like they’re trying to justify the transfer policy by only playing Gestede players. EDIT: Pickering not even in the squad, point still stands re: Ribiero

I'll bet the crowd on Saturday will be one of the lowest ever for a game against Sheff Weds.

Ipswich are the luckiest side to have come to Ewood in a long time. Outplayed and losing the initial game; rage quit and rematch. Outplayed and should have been down to 10 men in the rematch; equaliser with the last kick. Standard of officiating was beyond horrible, even by EFL standards. They were really poor and won't be anywhere the top 6 come May. As for us, we need to learn how to see games out. 4 points dropped in 3 days due to last-gasp equalisers.