v Swansea City (h) - 30/9/25, k/o 19:45

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Much better performance 2nd half. 

Blatant pen not given on Cantwell. Another set of officials who cant simple decision. 

Our best players today were Captain Cantwell and Alebiosu. 

Defeat we didnt deserve. Roll on Saturday dinner against Stoke. 

COYB🔵⚪️

Stoke will hammer us.

[neophox]

Were shit but even JE at Derby seems to be fuming and could be axed if results dont change.

[jim mk2]

Screw the LET ban and the niceties. Jackson should give the team and the club a rollicking in his match analysis (assume he’s doing one). If the club doesn’t like it, tough. Home truths need to be said

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

This is a relegation season, unfortunately.

I don't think the quality of the side is markedly worse than last season, but we've just had decision after decision and moment after moment go against us already this year.

Has the stench of a team that's just not going to get any bounce of the ball and slip into L1. 

Nothing whatsoever to do with luck, we're a shite team with a worse manager.

Thought Alebiosu was excellent and Cantwell played reasonably well. Hickman was ok first half. The rest of them might as well not have bothered.

Everyone raves about Tronstad yet every time we're live on TV he's dreadful. Predictably we're missing Travis badly.

Gudjohnsen Miller and Kargbo looked Sunday League standard.

Can't see any way out of this there's next to zero quality in the squad and the head coach is even worse.

[StHelensRover]

Stinking performance overall, stinking result. 

We did create some chances today, but creating odd chances at home against midtable fodder isn't something to celebrate. 

The fact that Alebiosu looks like our best player tells you everything. 

I thought it was a penalty, obviously haven't seen it back, but if we had got it, it would have been a massive get out of jail because we are awful. Kargbo and Gudjohnsen were so bad it was like we were playing with 9. 

Unfortunately the non-penalty will dominate the headlines and give Ismael his excuse for another torrid performance. When did we last start a season as badly as this at home? 

 

[Bronzed A Donis]

This is our near full strength team. Wait until the injuries and suspensions kick in.

[neophox]

Cantwell and Alebiosu the only ones along with Toth who seems to have Championship class. Trondstad seems well off this year.

[Rover down South]

Just seen the replay of their second goal. Kargbo, with his only real asset being pace, just slowly jogging watching the Swansea player break away!

AK47 turned into a spud gun.

Absolute shite. 

[joey_big_nose]

We played well in patches through the game. But if you concede cheap goals and struggle to convert it's a recipe for disaster. 

A few other points

• As much as we never recover in a game when we go behind we rarely manage to lose when we go ahead in recent seasons. But today is the second time we have managed to lose after leading already this season. 
• While Ismael seems to have us well organised in our initial shape (though we look sloppy defending set pieces) whenever we try and do anything different - add subs, chase a game etc - we look really disjointed and fall apart. 
• We really look like we don't have leaders when we are up against it, which is not surprising when we sold Hyam, Baath and Travis all in one fell swoop
• We haven't even started to get into the mad rush of games through the winter yet and already we look really dependent on a few key players who are already starting to look knackered. What happens if Tronstad, Alebiousu, Cantwell go down injured?
• I thought Morishita was quite good when he first arrived, but he's really struggled last couple of games, and Kargbo has been absolutely diabolical. The main ray of sunshine is Alebiousu who is fantastic. Gudjohnsen looks willing but not sure he is really going to add many goals. 

We have to not concede like we did today. Should have got a draw minimum, but lost to two really really sloppy easy goals which Ismael whole brand is about not conceding from.

[Tom]

3 minutes ago, booth said:

Yep he’s going down before there is any contact then he catches him, usually given though 

[G Somerset Rover]

3 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Like lambs to the slaughter 

Some folk will be trotting out the same lines next season in league one. They cannot be saved. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Is that 5 consecutive hone defeats including Bradford?  When did we last have a start as bad as that?

[neophox]

1 minute ago, Rover down South said:

Just seen the replay of their second goal. Kargbo, with his only real asset being pace, just slowly jogging watching the Swansea player break away!

AK47 turned into a spud gun.

Absolute shite. 

Yeah seems he got shit when we binned Gueye. He's best mate. Now both wants out for sure.

[jim mk2]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Much better performance 2nd half. 

Blatant pen not given on Cantwell. Another set of officials who cant simple decision. 

Our best players today were Captain Cantwell and Alebiosu. 

Defeat we didnt deserve. Roll on Saturday dinner against Stoke. 

COYB🔵⚪️

Were you playing in the band on the Titanic as it went down? 

[StHelensRover]

12 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

More like 7k on tonight according to my mate.

Definitely looked to be around that figure. You can work it out because we know how many seats each end holds and you can tell the stands are about a quarter full. Part of the slow death.

Edited 5 hours ago by StHelensRover

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Is that 5 consecutive hone defeats including Bradford?  When did we last have a start as bad as that?

Probably never.

[neophox]

Worst home start for decades... yes we will lose against Ipswich.

[alcd]

2 minutes ago, Rover down South said:

Just seen the replay of their second goal. Kargbo, with his only real asset being pace, just slowly jogging watching the Swansea player break away!

AK47 turned into a spud gun.

Absolute shite. 

Totally agree. Kargo is garbage. Has no footballing ability, lazy and weak. 

[DE.]

Curious as to how Kargbo's recent FM stats look (still playing 18). 15 for pace/acceleration, sub-10 for everything else? Lad is a waste of a shirt at this level and a great example of why "pacy winger" is not an instant solution to anything. 

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2 hours ago, DE. said:

Ohashi can at best be OK in that position. Have to give Gudjohnsen a chance to show if he can do better. If he can't then it's going to be a grim season. Well, I'm sure it will regardless, but even more grim. 

👀 

[neophox]

.Potter would never touch us would he....

Edited 5 hours ago by neophox

[Polky]

VI currently sitting at 30% win rate as Rovers manager.

6 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses in 20 games.

[bazza]

We need a corner taker. Cantwell is shocking at that.

[DE.]

1 minute ago, ... said:

👀

Yeah never mind. Put Ohashi back in. 

[Polky]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

I would bin Ismael and get Potter in asap.

Harry or Brian?