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Nobody except Cantwell wants the ball.

Yeah want him to do well but he seems a downgrade on Ohashi for me. Ohashi by now would have had a lot of touches and link up. Real issue is none of them worry a defence. Stoke looking more on top now...

Some poor hold up play from Andri he has to be a bit more robust; tough job being a striker in this team though

You can see the quality difference just in the way players react to things. We're so slow to react to anything both in defence and attack. This is not a Championship level team.

Gudjohnsen completely anonymous so far 🫤

Glad we didn't go due to the weather. Thrilled we didn't go after seeing we've lost the toss and changed ends. Apart from Luton last season, I struggle to think of another good performance when shooting towards the Darwen End 2nd half.

Feels a bit like a cup game -we might get lucky and snatch a goal somewhere but Stoke look like they are from a division above us that is seriously worrying

There's nothing to cheer - this is year 15 of a PL club being artificially held down a level (or two) by horrendous owners. The Stadium of Light would be empty in similar circumstances, and there's sod all else to do up there.

Hmm i think we look quite good. But then we tend to and out of nowhere give a way a goal or two.

Decent effort from Hedges and then another chance for Cantwell; more like it

No atmosphere at all from our fans..sad to witness

Harsh I think, not the strongest physically but had a long career in midfield at a very demanding level.

Only 5 mins in and you can see we ain't getting anything here.

Ref being lenient letting us off without a booking there, he won’t let him off with another

Poor athlete and, by some accounts, didn't apply himself properly. I thought he'd be a good player for us, but he eventually found his level.

Couldn't cross for toffee when he played for us.

Thomas first shot on goal after 30 seconds - decent effort tbf and solid save from Toth

With reverse logic, as I expect us to get easily beaten, Rovers may surprise me by actually winning. 🤞

Paul Gallagher on sky commentary, sounds like he watches every Rovers game good lad despite his years at PNE and Stoke. Always really liked him, when he came through at first looked like hed have a great premier league career but couldnt stick. Quality in the Championship.

Loads haven't gone today because the weather is shite. Couple that with the fact that the ownership and those they put in charge don't warrant our commitment and that's what you get.

The attendance reminds me of Reserve games at Ewood, back in the late '90's. Dire. At least the weather has held off, seems to be brightening up a bit now in the Ewood area.

Another small home turnout...fans indeed voting with their Feet.

Same team, same system and will be same outcome. Worries me VI has no plan b. Hope I’m wrong.

That crowd, or lack of, speaks volumes. Truly sad.

I thought we got what we deserved, we were poor, we should have had a penalty but on the performance alone we got what we put in. Need to be much better today against a better opposition