v Norwich City (h) - 30/8/25

[Lancaster Rover]

I don’t think the ref is the reason we lost, could have easily been 2 down before the penalty and it was a stonewell pen and red. 

[DE.]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Think we're in big, big trouble.

Three games decided by penalty decisions that all went against us.

We dominated Norwich with 10 men, but lost 2-0.

Some managers are just unlucky. I think we're going down. Just one of those seasons.

Is it unlucky to cast off huge amounts of Championship experience, replace them with cheap punts and then find results aren't going your way? 

[StHelensRover]

Norwich are really not a very good team and will be nowhere near the top 6 this season. They were all over the place at the back - we got in several times and we still can't score. I said at HT I'd be stunned if we got anything from that match, having stood through that second half I feel like any other team in the league WOULD have got something from that half with the chances created, even with ten men. 

That Hull game was a false dawn, because they are also clearly rubbish. 

Christ I hope we bring in this other striker by Monday, Big Mak was horrendous,  I hope we offload him.

Edited August 30 by StHelensRover

[West Yorks Rover]

2 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Crap afternoon. Some fight in the second half but was game over when they scored. Wasn’t disastrous. Well, Gueye was.

Early, but the league table is bleak already. 1 in 4 is not good enough. 

Huge, huge work to do. 

Yeah and the team we beat were absolutely battered at Bristol today only 4-2 but should have been 8 apparently.

[superniko]

We’re certainly going to need Baradji, Morishita and new Striker to hit the ground running as we’ve got about 15 season goals in us in Kargbo, Hedges, Cantwell and Ohashi.

Attacking options are dirt, nobody to put the ball in the net. Kargbo and Gueye are not footballers. Gambles that didn’t work, we need to move onto the next ones and stop wasting more games with them 

[AvRover]

It's been evident this season was going nowhere for some time. At least Hull showed we have some fight and we're capable of winning six pointers. 

We're on for a weaker season (eg Preston last season) rather than a season with an off chance of the Play Offs.

Will it change - not until the ownership changes. Even then, football finance is f****d so it's an uphill battle. Nor do I see an ownership change in the next couple of years. They don't want to sell nor is anyone likely to want to spend over the odds buying a tired club in a deprived region.

 

[miqaayil]

just 1 word "SAD"

 

the state of affairs , the way we are run , the owners and the attendance numbers .... just "SAD" 

[BankEnd Rover]

If we'd of had 11, we may of scraped a point.

Sooner Gudjohnsen comes in the better as Gueye needs to be 3rd choice. A lot has poor games but the passing today was some of the worst I've seen in a while.

Hard not to be worried but red card and conditions didn't help us...We will definitely be in the mix at the bottom but hopefully these new lads can make a difference.

[BankEnd Rover]

3 minutes ago, superniko said:

We’re certainly going to need Baradji, Morishita and new Striker to hit the ground running as we’ve got about 15 season goals in us in Kargbo, Hedges, Cantwell and Ohashi.

Attacking options are dirt, nobody to put the ball in the net. Kargbo and Gueye are not footballers. Gambles that didn’t work, we need to move onto the next ones and stop wasting more games with them 

I like Kargbo, today wasn't his day and certainly not the conditions for him. But I don't think he's a starter, much more effective off the bench. 

[Bohinen1983]

Yep, rather play Garrett or a prospect than Tavares, he's a passenger.. Kargbo was dreadful, Tyrhs did nothing but harrass, press and make nuisance, he did nothing today.. Surely he has the attributes to do what Dolan did?   

Other than Hedges I thought they were all wank to be honest!  I thought Cantwell tried hard.  Crap!

[lraC]

7 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

I don’t think the ref is the reason we lost, could have easily been 2 down before the penalty and it was a stonewell pen and red. 

It wasn’t a pen. Initial contact outside the box. Rovers TV showed a freeze frame at half time. 

[West Yorks Rover]

Ipswich equalise against Derby in the 106th minute with a pen.

Travis got his usual yellow.

[AvRover]

2 minutes ago, miqaayil said:

just 1 word "SAD"

 

the state of affairs , the way we are run , the owners and the attendance numbers .... just "SAD" 

My feelings exactly. The club is being killed by stealth. We've managed to stave it off somehow but the spectre of ending up where Bolton and Wigan are (but worse) has loomed large for years.

The business model of football just doesn't care about clubs like ours. We're an inconvenience as much as anything as we take support away from the City, United and Liverpool.

[BankEnd Rover]

Just now, Bohinen1983 said:

Yep, rather play Garrett or a prospect than Tavares, he's a passenger.. Kargbo was dreadful, Tyrhs did nothing but harrass, press and make nuisance, he did nothing today.. Surely he has the attributes to do what Dolan did?   

Other than Hedges I thought they were all wank to be honest!  I thought Cantwell tried hard.  Crap!

Travares is a steady eddy, not going to set the world alight...Everyone was poor today so not judging many on today's performance. 

[CambridgeRover]

Didn’t pick a good game to come up.

Tavares Kargbo did not impress me at all. Sub standard.

Thought Wharton looked good when he came on. 
 

Makhtar is truly awful. Clownish. Just a bad performance today

[Elrovers]

We’re not even playing bad tbh. Slowly we’re gelling. It’s obvious we need goals upfront and hopefully this new Icelandic Donny can provide us with a few. 

[BankEnd Rover]

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

Ipswich equalise against Derby in the 106th minute with a pen.

Travis got his usual yellow.

Is is bad that I'm celebrating that result because they stay below us? They'll soon overtake us like.

[TugaysMarlboro]

Remarkable we were better with 10 men than 11, we looked organised and more dangerous in the second half.

Hedges had a good game, looked hungry throughout , Toth doesn't give me jitters every time he has the ball and Alebiosu looks so far to be the best of our signings this summer.

The season before last we couldn't keep a clean sheet, last season we didn't score enough to turn draws into wins.  I fear the backline looks weaker and we've not really added much in attack (yet). So there's some work to do over the final days/hours of the window.

 Poor defending for the second goal just backing off inviting Sargent to strike.

Ohashi and Gueye offered very little, mainly because they're offside more often than not.

Tavares needs a rocket up his ass, he looks lackadaisical and without the quality to back it up.

 

[broadsword]

I'm the words of the late great Pete Shelley "I can't see much of a future".

 

If we stay up this year it will be miraculous

[Cherry Blue]

Try not to listen to radio lancs or is it radio glen little 

[Valconite]

Didn’t watch but caught snippets on radio. Team reeks of relegation unless something drastically changes over the international break. Looser mentality setting in with 4 defeats in 5 matches 😬

Really need at least two players before transfer deadline that know how to score and not mess up golden opportunities.

[lraC]

Im not too sure that Gueye knows the offside rule. One of them was pure comedy.

As a side note, thanks to everyone, who joined in the minutes applause on 70 minutes, for big Mick Jones.

There were tears in our household as a result.

RIP big fella, the crowd did you proud today. 

[AvRover]

1 minute ago, broadsword said:

I'm the words of the late great Pete Shelley "I can't see much of a future".

 

If we stay up this year it will be miraculous

We are where we are. It's been coming for probably 5 or 6 years. Maybe a prolonged spell in the pits of League 1 or 2 could be a good thing and rid us of these owners. We've had 10+ years of purgatory in the Championship threatening nothing.

At this point another season in the Championship = more Venkys

[metalrover]

Poor game from Tavares & Kargbo. Tavares looked well out of depth in this league. Unbelievable miss from kargbo, how did he miss that one?

Gueye kept getting caught offside, no impact, our forwards cant finish, we can't have an impact on games.

We were lucky not to have gone down to 9 men, Cantwell's silly outburst after he's already on a yellow.

It's gonna be a long hard season

Edited August 30 by metalrover

[Exiled_Rover]

16 minutes ago, DE. said:

Is it unlucky to cast off huge amounts of Championship experience, replace them with cheap punts and then find results aren't going your way? 

Don't see Travis turning that game around.