2025-26 Relegation thread

[Waggy76]

11 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

Another awful result but I still dont think we are nailed on to go down. 

Oxford can't buy a win and we are still above them.

West Brom are sinking fast amd have played the new manager card badly. 

Portsmouth have a small squad, injuries and still in the mire.  

Likewise Charlton although they've got a bit more fight about them. 

Plus Norwich are on the up but not out of the woods either. 

Realistically think it is 30% us, 30% Portsmouth,  25% West Brom, 15% Charlton. 

Incidentally this is no endorsement of the owners, manager or team who are all varying levels of abysmal. 

 

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that the owners of Oxford, Pompey, Charlton and WBA , want their respective clubs to stay up !

Ours don't !

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

30 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

Another awful result but I still dont think we are nailed on to go down. 

 

That's one hell of a brave statement to make in our present position.

[Trinidad Rover]

We are toast

[davulsukur]

In the last 2 games we've looked every inch of a relegated team. Calamitous at the back, nothing but Sonny in midfield and no attacking build up play whatsoever.

Manager just sat with his head in hands, being as totally fucking useless, as the clowns above him.

Venkys, Pasha, Ismael, Gestede, Owen all deserve this relegation but we don't.

Absolutely sick to death of these owners, just fuck off.

[simongarnerisgod]

at the start of the season i thought there would 4/5 teams worse than us and we`de survive,it`s not working out that way,the others teams have a desire to stay up,i doubt our players have it 

[RevidgeBlue]

The only hope (and I dont place much store by it) is that Gudjohnssen comes back and him and Jorgensen score a few goals between them.

The midfield is absolutely dire as well. (Sorry all you Tronstad fans)

Defence hasnt been that bad considering apart from the last 3 games. Need to get back to that.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Teams around us are now rallying...we appear to have nothing in the tank.

God help us.

[davulsukur]

Instead of a post Xmas collapse, we've just had a full season one.

[lraC]

7 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

The only hope (and I dont place much store by it) is that Gudjohnssen comes back and him and Jorgensen score a few goals between them.

The midfield is absolutely dire as well. (Sorry all you Tronstad fans)

Defence hasnt been that bad considering apart from the last 3 games. Need to get back to that.

The defence look shocking to me now. Bereft of confidence and prone to shipping soft goals.

Im afraid we have seen the last of the clean sheets for the foreseeable. 

[Shaddy]

I'm too old to cry if we go down

[lraC]

4 minutes ago, Shaddy said:

I'm too old to cry if we go down

I will admit, the last one did reduce me to tears.

I have to putt his in perspective now and accept, that our club has been snatched away from us and deal with it that way.

[Ghost7]

Rovers fully deserve relegation this year, that's the only thing that will make it easier.

You can't run a club this way and get away with it.

[Bbrovers2288]

The almost funny thing is that should/when we go down, 90% of the squad will believe that league 1 is below their ability and try and move on, especially the imports we have taken this season despite their ability being very much league 1 - and below. We don’t have and Charlie mulgrew types in the team. Like I said at the start of the season and was met with criticism, it’s a very unlikeable and distant squad with the fans. Literally none seem to hold much affection with the club and it’s a team of individuals 

[sverrehh]

20 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

The almost funny thing is that should/when we go down, 90% of the squad will believe that league 1 is below their ability and try and move on, especially the imports we have taken this season despite their ability being very much league 1 - and below. We don’t have and Charlie mulgrew types in the team. Like I said at the start of the season and was met with criticism, it’s a very unlikeable and distant squad with the fans. Literally none seem to hold much affection with the club and it’s a team of individuals 

I guess Picks, Wharton, Carter, Pears, Tronstad are the remaining core. Rest mercs/individuals, except the academy lads. I don't believe Val has the ability to build team morale for a second

[Bbrovers2288]

18 minutes ago, sverrehh said:

I guess Picks, Wharton, Carter, Pears, Tronstad are the remaining core. Rest mercs/individuals, except the academy lads. I don't believe Val has the ability to build team morale for a second

How many will stay around next season?

wharton perhaps

maybe pears if he is number 1 after we sell toth

rest I can see moving on 

[davulsukur]

Once we are relegated (and we will be) none of the following will be here, either due to getting the wage bill down, they hold some value or will want to leave:

• Gudjohnsen
• Alebiosu
• Tronstad
• Cantwell
• Mori
• Toth
• Miller
• Picks (assuming he's still here)
• Ribeiro (assuming he's still here)
• Pears
• Hedges (out of contract)
• TGH (not signed, end of loan)
• Baradji (not signed, end of loan)
• Cashin (end of loan)
• Jorgensen (Can't see him sticking around for League One)
• Forshaw (out of contract)
• Tyjon

I think the club would look to shift out:

• Wharton
• Carter
• McLoughlin

They'll want McLoughlin's wages off the books and Carter and Wharton might be difficult to shift due to injuries

Which leaves:

• De Neve (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• Taveres (no ones taking him)
• Kargbo (no ones taking him)
• Yuki (someone might take him, but he's been awful for a good while now)
• Montgomery
• Garrett
• Henriksson (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• O'Riordan
• Pratt
• Litherland
• Powell
• Doherty
• Acheson (assuming he doesn't get picked off by a bigger fish)
• Michalski
• Barrett
• Edmonson (returns from loan)
• Dlamini

That's a squad of 17, pretty much academy players (or dross) which I suspect would be the foundations for our lengthy exile into League One.

Wage bill down significantly and pats on the back all round in the circus.

Edited 4 hours ago by davulsukur

[Bbrovers2288]

45 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Once we are relegated (and we will be) none of the following will be here, either due to getting the wage bill down, they hold some value or will want to leave:

• Gudjohnsen
• Alebiosu
• Tronstad
• Cantwell
• Mori
• Toth
• Miller
• Picks (assuming he's still here)
• Ribeiro (assuming he's still here)
• Pears
• Hedges (out of contract)
• TGH (not signed, end of loan)
• Baradji (not signed, end of loan)
• Cashin (end of loan)
• Jorgensen (Can't see him sticking around for League One)
• Forshaw (out of contract)
• Tyjon

I think the club would look to shift out:

• Wharton
• Carter
• McLoughlin

They'll want McLoughlin's wages off the books and Carter and Wharton might be difficult to shift due to injuries

Which leaves:

• De Neve (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• Taveres (no ones taking him)
• Kargbo (no ones taking him)
• Yuki (someone might take him, but he's been awful for a good while now)
• Montgomery
• Garrett
• Henriksson (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• O'Riordan
• Pratt
• Litherland
• Powell
• Doherty
• Acheson (assuming he doesn't get picked off by a bigger fish)
• Michalski
• Barrett
• Edmonson (returns from loan)
• Dlamini

That's a squad of 17, pretty much academy players (or dross) which I suspect would be the foundations for our lengthy exile into League One.

Wage bill down significantly and pats on the back all round in the circus.

Grim. But I agree other than I think pears might be hard to shift and he would probably get the jersey back at his level of football 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

Once we are relegated (and we will be) none of the following will be here, either due to getting the wage bill down, they hold some value or will want to leave:

• Gudjohnsen
• Alebiosu
• Tronstad
• Cantwell
• Mori
• Toth
• Miller
• Picks (assuming he's still here)
• Ribeiro (assuming he's still here)
• Pears
• Hedges (out of contract)
• TGH (not signed, end of loan)
• Baradji (not signed, end of loan)
• Cashin (end of loan)
• Jorgensen (Can't see him sticking around for League One)
• Forshaw (out of contract)
• Tyjon

I think the club would look to shift out:

• Wharton
• Carter
• McLoughlin

They'll want McLoughlin's wages off the books and Carter and Wharton might be difficult to shift due to injuries

Which leaves:

• De Neve (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• Taveres (no ones taking him)
• Kargbo (no ones taking him)
• Yuki (someone might take him, but he's been awful for a good while now)
• Montgomery
• Garrett
• Henriksson (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• O'Riordan
• Pratt
• Litherland
• Powell
• Doherty
• Acheson (assuming he doesn't get picked off by a bigger fish)
• Michalski
• Barrett
• Edmonson (returns from loan)
• Dlamini

That's a squad of 17, pretty much academy players (or dross) which I suspect would be the foundations for our lengthy exile into League One.

Wage bill down significantly and pats on the back all round in the circus.

The only bit I disagree with is your suggestion that the bottom list would be the foundations of a lengthy stay in League 1.

Am I the only one who thinks that they would get absolutely eaten alive in the third tier?

Most of the top list aren't nearly as good as they probably think they are either.

The only ones Id be keen to press forward with next season (whatever happens) are Alebiosu, Gudjohnssen Jorgensen, Wharton (if fit) Tyjon, Pratt, Litherland Atcheson Powell.

And of course most of the first five would be the first out of the door if the **** hit the fan.

Edited 2 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[islander200]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

Once we are relegated (and we will be) none of the following will be here, either due to getting the wage bill down, they hold some value or will want to leave:

• Gudjohnsen
• Alebiosu
• Tronstad
• Cantwell
• Mori
• Toth
• Miller
• Picks (assuming he's still here)
• Ribeiro (assuming he's still here)
• Pears
• Hedges (out of contract)
• TGH (not signed, end of loan)
• Baradji (not signed, end of loan)
• Cashin (end of loan)
• Jorgensen (Can't see him sticking around for League One)
• Forshaw (out of contract)
• Tyjon

I think the club would look to shift out:

• Wharton
• Carter
• McLoughlin

They'll want McLoughlin's wages off the books and Carter and Wharton might be difficult to shift due to injuries

Which leaves:

• De Neve (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• Taveres (no ones taking him)
• Kargbo (no ones taking him)
• Yuki (someone might take him, but he's been awful for a good while now)
• Montgomery
• Garrett
• Henriksson (might get a move back to a low level in europe)
• O'Riordan
• Pratt
• Litherland
• Powell
• Doherty
• Acheson (assuming he doesn't get picked off by a bigger fish)
• Michalski
• Barrett
• Edmonson (returns from loan)
• Dlamini

That's a squad of 17, pretty much academy players (or dross) which I suspect would be the foundations for our lengthy exile into League One.

Wage bill down significantly and pats on the back all round in the circus.

We gave De Neve 4x his wage at his last club no way we shifting him unless we pay him off

[Bbrovers2288]

2 minutes ago, islander200 said:

We gave De Neve 4x his wage at his last club no way we shifting him unless we pay him off

I don’t for one second want him playing for us but to be honest de neve might- MIGHT- flourish in league 1 just for his pace alone. If we go on the basis that the Brighton lad we had last year has tore it up this season. He was all pace too

[Waggy76]

3 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I don’t for one second want him playing for us but to be honest de neve might- MIGHT- flourish in league 1 just for his pace alone. If we go on the basis that the Brighton lad we had last year has tore it up this season. He was all pace too

De Neve would not illuminate the West Lancs League if it still exists !

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Grim. But I agree other than I think pears might be hard to shift and he would probably get the jersey back at his level of football 

 

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

The only bit I disagree with is your suggestion that the bottom list would be the foundations of a lengthy stay in League 1.

Am I the only one who thinks that they would get absolutely eaten alive in the third tier?

Most of the top list aren't nearly as good as they probably think they are either.

The only ones Id be keen to press forward with next season (whatever happens) are Alebiosu, Gudjohnssen Jorgensen, Wharton (if fit) Tyjon, Pratt, Litherland Atcheson Powell.

And of course most of the first five would be the first out of the door if the **** hit the fan.

I'm in 2 minds with the current situation. 

Either:

Gestede, Pasha, Owen & Ismael are all so arrogant/confident/stupid that this situation will be turned around once some players get back, so they genuinely don't think we'll go down.

or

They just don't care and see relegation as another chance to reduce costs, clear the decks, flood the first team with academy players and essentially become a feeder club to the championship by flogging off our academy players once they've got enough first team experience.

1 hour ago, islander200 said:

We gave De Neve 4x his wage at his last club no way we shifting him unless we pay him off

Whoever signed that off, needs sacking. Unless he was earning £100 at his previous club.

[K-Hod]

1 hour ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I don’t for one second want him playing for us but to be honest de neve might- MIGHT- flourish in league 1 just for his pace alone. If we go on the basis that the Brighton lad we had last year has tore it up this season. He was all pace too

De Neve couldn’t flourish at the Soccer Dome….