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I was reading that as, you're already out of favour and on the bench, and not even getting a confidence boosting runout in the cup. But, who knows, maybe he's carrying a knock. No doubt, but we're pretty shit. I'll make a bold prediction. He won't be a regular starter for them come New Year. Not hating on him. Genuinely wish him the best. But I can’t argue against my head. And I think he's below that level and will get found out.

Fascist war mongering neo-con piece of shit Dick Chaney is dead Rot in piss.

Slayer - Raining Blood

I dont think anyone on here felt that he was likely to flourish playing at a much higher level. Obviously made the correct move as you should always strive to better yourself and has already played against some great teams and played lots of game time. But he was still undoubtedly a loss for us.

One of those 3 games was a cup game against a pie and pea team. He's doing well over there imho. Let's see where he's at at seasons end. Not that I'm particularly bothered either way.

Looks like he's been dropped to the bench last 3 games. A football stat site has him 12 out of 17 Espanyol players for performance rating. Not sure he's ripping it up over there as much as people initially thought.

Had a good view from my seat high up in home end, Bristol city fans are awful, so quiet. Particularly compared to Bristol Rovers (who I frequent as a local). Their reaction during Toth injury was laughable. Miller my man of match, city were awful and didn't think we were much better, but a good away performance. We were much the better side.

The Ultimate 150 Rovers List Part Four: The Boomer Generation 1950-1970 Poll runs from - 5th to 12th November 2025 Some additional notes - Though we are (finally) very much into living memory territory. Dates determined by when the player or manager left the club. Eddie Quigley - Served Rovers as a player, manager and scout over 30 years. Reg Elvy - Signed from Bolton, Elvy would become a key fixture between the sticks in the early 1950s making over 100 consecutive League appearances after joining Rovers. Bobby Langton - Division 2 Champion 1939 - 7 England Caps - Electric forward with a ferocious shot. Jackie Campbell - Popular Liverpudlian defender. 'Nudge' (as he was affectionately known) made the wing half position his own for more than a decade at Ewood. Eddie Crossan - 3 Northern Ireland Caps - Magical inside forward, the scorer of great goals despite a modest record of goals in total. Tommy Briggs - Fearsome marksman, scorer of 7 goals in a game vs Bristol Rovers at Ewood. Roy Vernon - 9 Wales Caps - An icon of the late 1950s at Rovers, combination of play maker and predator. Left to join a magnificent Everton side in 1960. Bill Eckersley - 17 England Caps - Arguably Rovers' finest left back, one club man. His ashes were spread over the pitch at Ewood following his untimely death aged 57 in 1982. Peter Dobing - Left Rovers aged 22 with over 200 appearances and 100 goals under his belt. Went on to enjoy League Cup success with Stoke City in the 70s. Derek Dougan - A contender for most disliked Rovers player of all time. Didn't take to the town, famously criticising its "dourness" and handed in a transfer request on the eve of the 1960 FA Cup Final. Dougan played in the final despite carrying an injury. Withdrew his request the following year, but left for Villa at the end of the 1960/61 season. A clear non favourite, but can you "tell the Rovers story" without him? Harry Leyland - Goalkeeper in the 1960 FA Cup Final. An ever present during his five years at the club, the Scouse stopper was Man of the Match as Rovers beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Semi Final to book a trip to Wembley. Ally MacLeod - Signed by Carey in 1956, the Glaswegian winger helped Rovers to Division 2 promotion in 57/58 as runners up and would enjoy five fine seasons at Ewood. MacLeod was a cup hero as his goals in the quarter finals in 1958 and 1960 against Liverpool and Burnley respectively sent Rovers through to the next round. A runners up medal in 1960 also a cup memory. Matt Woods - Ever present as Rovers were promoted back to Division 1 in 1957/58. Model professional and excellent at Centre half. Mike England - 20 Wales Caps - One of the finest defenders of his era, would win major honours after leaving Ewood and joining Bill Nicholson's famous Tottenham team of the 1960s. Mick McGrath - 18 Republic of Ireland Caps - Had the misfortune of scoring an own goal in the 1960 Cup final, but a part of the legendary back line that enjoyed success in that era. Lived in the town in after his retirement where he remained a popular figure. Fred Else - Barrovian stopper represented Rovers and North End with distinction before becoming a Geography teacher in his home town. Andy McEvoy - 17 Rep of Ireland Caps - One half of a dynamic duo with Fred Pickering, the inside forward scored 32 goals in 63/64, though equally as clinical with John Byrom in 64/65. (Pickering and Byrom are included in Week 5). Mike Harrison - Swift winger and expert penalty taker, Harrison was a fixture of the 1st Division Rovers team of the early 1960s. A member of one of the clubs best forward lines. Mike Ferguson - The outside right enjoyed a six year spell as crowd pleaser and mercurial talent. Ronnie Clayton - 35 England Caps - Rovers and England captain, Blackburn Rovers to his very bones, oozed class and integrity on and off the field. Hall of Fame inductee. Icon. The Ronnie Clayton Blackburn End bears his name. Bryan Douglas - 36 England Caps - Like Clayton another who bled Blue 'n' White. One of the best in the world in his era. Hall of Fame inductee. Icon. The Bryan Douglas Darwen End bears his name. Keith Newton - 19 England Caps - Versatile defender who would shine at Ewood before becoming another ex Rover to enjoy success down the road at Everton. Later career spent at Burnley, respected by both fans. John Connelly - Another with Rovers/Burnley links, signed from Manchester United the winger (part of the 66 World Cup squad) enthralled the fans in the late 1960s with his skill on both flanks. Other names - These include Ronnie Suart, Eric Bell, Willie Kelly, John Bray, Jack Marshall (manager), Barrie Hole, Ken Taylor and no doubt many more.

3 wins on the spin, two away from home, against two of the relegated sides and a side in the top 6 makes it an outstanding 10 days or so for the team, but brings into focus just how precarious our position was (and remains). Even after all that we are still sat down in 18th position. Thankfully this block of points has put some daylight between us and the bottom 3 just as it looked like we were destined to get stuck in it. But our position remains weak and precarious and we need - despite these wins - to keep it up otherwise we could easily slip back into serious bother quickly.

They man marked Alebiosu out of the game second half. He was also clearly knackered.

Eh? He was class. Worked his balls off down that wing tonight.

I was as critical as most at Ismael early on but we can't deny that the lads are playing for him. Whether he has the resources for a whole season is a different matter. The games come thick and fast in this League.

He can't possibly have any money left.

It wasn't even a foul by Tronstad - although once the ref had given it I thought he had to send Sondre off. He was the last man.

and we'll sell.

If we keep this up we'll sell several players in January. We all know how promotion is sabotaged.

Or Ribeiro. We need to stick to the same formation in my opinion. I hope he doesn’t got to a back 4 because we are short on numbers. It’s just showing how foolish it was to let Hyam go as well as O’Riordan when we knew Carter was so injury prone. it’s noticeable Pickering wasn’t even on the bench tonight.

There will be a long queue to give you a belt.

He’ll come shopping again in Jan I bet

Lads I am home safe and sound tonight was a joy tomorrow will be a sweet day in the office - they mocked for years after THAT drubbing, well tomorrow I will be doing the mocking! come on you rovers

What an incredible change of mind.

I thought we did although it may have been a mixture of tiredness and poorer players coming on towards the very end. We just had to grind it out and get over the line whichbwe did. Obviously the fact we were ahead changes the dynamic but for example Alebiosu looked out on his feet, we dont have a big enough squad so its understandable as a few are being flogged, including Alebiosu. Wharton obviously broke down too, and I thought Hedges started to tire but we needed his discipline. Sinclair Armstrong is a really poor player, I was pleased when he came on.

I think Eustace is a better manager than Ismael, but bloody hell how was he watching Toth and Pears in training and picking the latter?!

It was mentioned on comms that it was his 5th yellow and he would miss Saturday now.

Yet only 2 started for Derby despite them supposedly being a team full of ex rovers