v Hull City (a) - 23/8/25

[Herbie6590]

Rovers travel to Boothferry Park…what? Oh…the KC…no? The MKM? Whatever…three points needed with a degree of urgency one senses…

Recent scorelines…one win in five for Rovers 👀 #DueOne 

 

[MarkBRFC]

Defeat 3 of 7 in a row this.

Hull 2 Rovers 0

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Have we ever lost our first four opening fixtures?

[simongarnerisgod]

6 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Have we ever lost our first four opening fixtures?

don mackays started the season with jacks money behind him in 1992,that went badly,from memory i think we drew with portsmouth then lost to hull,ipswich and bristol city

[MarkBRFC]

13 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Have we ever lost our first four opening fixtures?

We definitely haven't lost our opening 4 league fixtures in a season.

Including cup, i think that is the case too.

[M_B]

I'd persevere with De Neve for now, he does at least seem to know where the net is. 

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I'd like to see the same starters as Brum game. I think it's the best line up we've got tbh

[SpaceBarSlam]

Bleak times when you open the forum, see this thread and realise "Christ, less than a week to go till the next installment of misery".

[StHelensRover]

Oli McBurnie bagged them a last minute winner today. Maybe we should have made inquiries about him. 

They've now already picked up 4 points which isn't bad considering many expect them to struggle with this embargo, etc.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, StHelensRover said:

Oli McBurnie bagged them a last minute winner today. Maybe we should have made inquiries about him.

his wages are out of reach of us. 

[J*B]

21 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

his wages are out of reach of us. 

You mean he wants the going rate?

[Weneedtowinagain]

We really need a win and keep doing it . It's crazy we have lost three in a row right at the start of the season.

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9 minutes ago, Weneedtowinagain said:

We really need a win and keep doing it . It's crazy we have lost three in a row right at the start of the season.

Good idea can't believe no one ever thought of doing that!

[sharpysharps86]

Well I don't expect to see any new arrivals in time for this one, so pending injuries I reckon it'll be the same starting XI as Birmingham game, which is probably as good a team as can be managed right now.

Hull 1 - 1 Rovers (Ohashi)

 

[chaddyrovers]

my team 

                     Toth 

Alebiosu Hyam McLoughlin Ribeiro 

             Tronstad Taveras 

Karbgo        Cantwell(C)      Hedges 

                      Ohashi

[B16Rover]

Going to get pumped by a team who can't sign players and still managed to have a better transfer window than us 

[roverandout]

2 hours ago, Weneedtowinagain said:

We really need a win and keep doing it . It's crazy we have lost three in a row right at the start of the season.

When you look at the squad...no its not

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Going to get pumped by a team who can't sign players and still managed to have a better transfer window than us 

you can`t describe the situation better than that🤣 that quote should be handed round to the idiots who are still defending the regime

[Ghost7]

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Going to get pumped by a team who can't sign players and still managed to have a better transfer window than us 

 

True and absolutely embarrassing. Sometimes you're better to have decent wages available... vs bargain basement fees for relegated talent in poor European leagues... paying peanuts. That's not a strategy aimed for success, nor was it Brentford's model.

Alfie Devine has already bagged for Preston on loan. McBurnie hitting the ground running.......

Meanwhile I'm still waiting to see if Henriksson and De Neve can control a football.

We scraped the barrel last summer for Ohashi and Gueye and they just don't quite look good enough if we're being honest.... do they?

The result of this sign as cheap as possible exercise will be a full team that's simply not up to it all over.

I think Gestede is about to complete that puzzle.

[ben_the_beast]

2 hours ago, Ghost7 said:

 

True and absolutely embarrassing. Sometimes you're better to have decent wages available... vs bargain basement fees for relegated talent in poor European leagues... paying peanuts. That's not a strategy aimed for success, nor was it Brentford's model.

Alfie Devine has already bagged for Preston on loan. McBurnie hitting the ground running.......

Meanwhile I'm still waiting to see if Henriksson and De Neve can control a football.

We scraped the barrel last summer for Ohashi and Gueye and they just don't quite look good enough if we're being honest.... do they?

The result of this sign as cheap as possible exercise will be a full team that's simply not up to it all over.

I think Gestede is about to complete that puzzle.

Agreed. The fact we have spent a bit on fees this summer is rather deceiving (even though I'm sure outgoings will still end up seeing us turn a profit).

The deception is the guise of investment though. We've slashed our wage budget again massively. Surely De Neve can't be on more than 5k per week. Henrikson and Alebiousi the same. We're recouping the fees and more with the slashing of wages, let alone the incoming transfer fees.

[WacoRover]

I have almost no expectations this year, so I will take whatever comes. I was thrilled we got a goal vs birm, so I can enjoy the small successes. I will be thrilled when we get a point, and when/if we win (got to keep our humor!)

Even if we’re relegated, I’m Blackburn Rovers blue & white. Venkys, bad coaching, or crummy players on the pitch, won’t change that. 

[philipl]

Watched chunks of their Oxford game.

Hull started fast, Gelhart knows how to attack the near post effectively and McBurnie still knows how to be in the right place at the right time.

Other than that these are a lot less good than WBA and Birmingham.

We competed well with those and conceded goals VAR would have taken minutes reviewing.

Going to Mkm (don't go to MK Dons by mistake) I am not as pessimistic as others, lose and I will be.

[London blue]

You'd want to make a couple of changes heading into this, I think. 

But who?

Pickering? Maybe but doesn't offer much difference to Ribeiro.

Miller? Not over Alebiosu going on last game.

Foreshaw, Buckley? Absolutely not.

Montgomery? I'd rather play Foreshaw.

Axel? Nope, not yet.

Gueye? Not if we fancy scoring.

No real injuries of note and we're already scraping the barrel. When we've got 2 games a week and a few injuries the dearth of talent available is going to be really apparent.

Can't see past a Hull (transfer embargo, remember) win.

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Any news on Tavares?