2025-26 Relegation thread

[G Somerset Rover]

One thing is for sure, this thread is gonna be on fire come 5pm on Saturday 13th September.

[alcd]

Relegation is nailed on. We can now see just how so many of the signings this year are utterly useless. Tavares, Kargbo, Baradji, Toth. 

[Tom]

Sheffield Wednesday will go down, likely with a points deduction; Oxford are no great shakes so we need another team to stink it up.

May just be fine I think we’ll scrape enough wins.

[StHelensRover]

4 minutes ago, alcd said:

Relegation is nailed on. We can now see just how so many of the signings this year are utterly useless. Tavares, Kargbo, Baradji, Toth. 

I don't think Toth is useless every week, but he did have a stinker today. I slagged him off for the second Charlotn goal in particular, he should have saved it. But others then correctly pointed out that the defending was just as bad before the shot.

Tavares stinking the place out so far and the Baradji signing has baffled me. When is he going to be fit? Because we're already playing ourselves into trouble so early in the season, he will basically have to hit the ground running when he is ready for selection. We're already carrying too many passengers in the current squad.

Kargbo is so frustrating. Pace of Usain Bolt and the footballing ability of.. Usain Bolt.

Edited 4 hours ago by StHelensRover

[JCRovers]

I would say relegation is definitely on now for several reasons:

- We have a thin squad and are starting to pick up some injuries (Alebiosu, Carter). Our cover for centre back, right back and central midfield is looking really bad right now.

- Our schedule after International break looks tough (Coventry, Sheffield Utd, Leicester, Southampton). We'll probably have to play Ipswich being sandwiched between any of the weekend matches before the end of year as well. If we're sitting at the bottom end of table come December, then the chances for relegation will be fairly high given our lack of investment during previous winter transfer windows.

- We lost against Charlton making it 13 consecutive away defeats in a row against newly promoted sides which will probably put a dent in their confidence. Chances are it will extend to 15 when we play Wrexham and Birmingham later this season.

- They are banning local press for basically exercising freedom of speech, meaning they're not likely to cope well with any type of pressure or scrutiny from the outside.

- Self-inflicted negativity is surrounding the club at the moment given how poorly they've handled the aftermath of the Ipswich game as well as the banning of LT from Ewood Park. 

Weak mentality traits: susceptible to pressure, overreacting and shifting blame onto others. Don't think it will take much more negativity/ poor results before it completely collapses to be honest. 

Edited 3 hours ago by JCRovers

[DE.]

I think our first eleven, if they played every week, would stay up. With injuries and suspensions, I think we're vulnerable. 

[RTM08]

1 hour ago, StHelensRover said:

Kargbo is so frustrating. Pace of Usain Bolt and the footballing ability of.. Usain Bolt.

Does he have pace? He looked like he was running through treacle today and offered nothing when he came on. 

[Hasta]

We are lacking two things needed to avoid relegation at the moment - quality and luck.

[Ghost7]

The reality is we don't even have enough leadership to even attempt to fix or improve our drainage.

Structurally off the field the club is arguably in the worst position it's been in since Venky's took over.

There is no one with the clubs best interests at heart, who knows what they're doing, in any position of power .... typically that leads to relegation.

[Hasta]

Do we have a boardroom who will act if we look in danger?

Do we have a manager capable of organising and rallying the troops?

Do we have a team of ‘leaders’?

It looks a clean sweep of “no’s” to me.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Hasta

[roverblue]

Be amazed if Ismael keeps a lid on his thoughts now we have a few injuries in defence. The squad is paper thin and selling Hyam was suicide. Unless we keep the first 11 fit relegation is a possibility.