v Bradford City (h) - 12/8/25 - Carabao Cup

[BankEnd Rover]

Left 5 minutes early, not a chance we were scoring.

I'm really worried about our attacking options, absolutely no quality at all, and our only threatening player struggle to have any end product and runs out of steam after 10 minutes.

Montgomery was awful which is sad to see, way out his depth. 

Only positive for me was Tavares...He looks head n shoulders above anyone tonight and was surprisingly quick...Looks like he's taken knock and Travis looks for certain to be off...Who the hell do we have in the middle for Saturday? Very worrying times.

Edited 17 hours ago by BankEnd Rover

[bluebruce]

We are Blackburn Rovers. We don't get penalties.

[neophox]

Stonewall penalty for Rovers 

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, bluebruce said:

We are Blackburn Rovers. We don't get penalties.

Because it wasn't. Cantwell was looking for it and chucked himself to the ground.

[DutchRover]

Pathetic performance for most part, utterly dispiriting for season.

Miller and Tavares look good buys but squad is just so barren that I don't think it makes much difference.

We will be bottom 3 by Christmas guaranteed

[London blue]

I don't know where to start with this shit show.

Rotating so heavily was foolish in the extreme. It was patently obvious Bradford would be right up for this. What the fuck was Montgomery doing starting at RB? 

Individual performances across the board really, really poor. I could pick out maybe one or two that didn't disgrace themselves but I'd be grasping at straws.

This is Bradford, playing in league two last year and don't let the possession stats fool you, we barely laid a glove on them. 

The good news? Our captain will very likely be sold this week and we get to welcome Big Club and 7000 cocky Brummies to Ewood this weekend. Fuck off.

[OsloRover]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Stonewall penalty for Rovers 

It really wasn’t 

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Because it wasn't. Cantwell was looking for it and chucked himself to the ground.

Once the guy collided into his left leg whilst he was moving, yes.

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Nonsense. 

It was almost straight at him!

Getting it over the bar from where he was was the amazing part.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Shite performance against a shite Bradford side who simply wanted it more than us.

Saturday could be a nightmare,Kyogo will rip us another arsehole.

Edited 17 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[G Somerset Rover]

My prediction is this place will be simmering come Saturday evening.

[neophox]

We're in for a long hard season... But we have som battlers...

[doctorryan]

And that's 1 Cup out of the way......Why Toth wasn't between the sticks I'll never understand.

[CambridgeRover]

Pile of crap

New signings huge question marks

Just what was Ismael doing over summer

[Wegerleswiggle]

Absolute shit show. Can count on one hand the number of players I wouldn't want to leave. 

[rovers11]

The club is simply not good enough at any level right now. A squad built on a shoe string. 

Well done to Bradford. Fully deserved the win.

[DutchRover]

I said before the game we needed to play 1st team and make a statement, instead we played the kids who weren't ready and now we face Brum off back to back dismal losses.

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, London blue said:

I don't know where to start with this shit show.

Rotating so heavily was foolish in the extreme. It was patently obvious Bradford would be right up for this. What the fuck was Montgomery doing starting at RB? 

Individual performances across the board really, really poor. I could pick out maybe one or two that didn't disgrace themselves but I'd be grasping at straws.

This is Bradford, playing in league two last year and don't let the possession stats fool you, we barely laid a glove on them. 

The good news? Our captain will very likely be sold this week and we get to welcome Big Club and 7000 cocky Brummies to Ewood this weekend. Fuck off.

Correct, Bradford never looked in trouble. We had a half decent team out...Shocker.

[OsloRover]

Shame. Would have been good for our young keeper with a shootout

[RTM08]

Just now, CambridgeRover said:

Pile of crap

New signings huge question marks

Just what was Ismael doing over summer

As much as we look bereft of a plan I don't what anyone is expecting him to do with the garbage he's being given by them upstairs.

[Polky]

[Cherry Blue]

Only 4 shots on target. If you don't shoot you don't score but for some reason it happens to us whoever is Coach. 

God help us!

[RevidgeBlue]

Only saw the second half but that was appalling.

We're at a real tipping point, shit squad, no decent attacking options and imo a shit manager as opposed to JDT ( edit) and Eustace who turned water into wine when they were here.

Edited 17 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[rovers11]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

We're in for a long hard season... But we have som battlers...

We have a team of battlers who put a shift in. But the majority of them have very little ability - because they cost money and our glorious owners are not willing to invest in the squad.

[B16Rover]

Let's play Blackjack with the player ratings, does anyone bust?