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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 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.

Just the regular Ewood experience then, funereal atmosphere, a defeat and still no message or demands from the apathetic and downtrodden remnant of a once proud and passionate home support. In the 70’s and 80’s and during the Kean years, the Board and Manager would be left in no doubt that such shit is not acceptable to Blackburn Rovers fans.

Also going to stick up for Miller here, albeit limited he was one player who at least gave it effort and looked like he wanted to be there today. Baradji I do like and think once he gets upto speed will be brilliant but will be sold rapidly and replaced with dross.

and they still cant get him to sign a new contract despite being in talks for over a year now I am sue it is just him being greedy of course, and that there is no pattern to be concerned about

Yea was a few seats around us, usual ST folks not turned up, whether busy or otherwise was unusual for them. Just a quiet morgue like atmosphere ...

Hedges is a great barometer for how rapidly the squad has deteriorated. He has gone from being a much maligned squad player to a key cog in the dysfunctional machine.

I don’t think anyone with any sense would question Cantwells technical ability. However his decision making abikity, tactical awareness and understanding is currently miles of it. Admittedly he’s not blessed with superstars around him but you piss with the penis you’ve got. Being miles away from where you’re meant to be isn’t helping him. Plus getting the ball taking too many touches and then passing sideways could be done by one of the 5 defenders and Tronstad, leaving Cantwell higher up

Normal business rules went out the window the minute venkys rocked up

no need for another centre back val ,getting o`riordan back is like having a new player🙂

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-braced-for-two-signings-as-blackburn-rovers-make-connor-oriordan-decision-5460256 Connor O'Riordan has now returned to his parent club Blackburn Rovers after they requested for him to go back earlier than planned. McCann revealed the news of a January recall last month but having failed to make the last few matchday squads, the centre-half has now officially ended his stay in South Yorkshire. "Connor has gone back to Blackburn," McCann added. "He went on Tuesday. They asked to take him back earlier and we were fine with that. They want to try and adjust him to get into their team.

But it seems to happen more often here. Another fact of football life.

O Riordan was back on tuesday at Rovers and will definitely go straight in to the team for the Charlton game.