v Stoke City (h) - 4/10/25, k/o 12:30pm

[RoversTilliDie]

We need Carter back alongside Wharton, anybody know when hes due back. The Hyam comments are coming true, poor defending on Tuesday, we need a defender and if possible, another striker, in the January window, before our ship starts to run aground and sink.

Edited 6 hours ago by RoversTilliDie

[RoversTilliDie]

If you take away the clear penalty turned down(proven after a slow motion replay), we weren't that brilliant tuesday, I hate to  think what the result will be, against an inform Coventry, if we don't get our act together.

 

[RoversTilliDie]

On 01/10/2025 at 08:54, norwichblue said:

I’m coming back up north for this one. Mainly because the wife’s away and don’t think I’ve got the patience to look after a baby and a toddler by myself so will seek refuge with the grandparents.

There’ll be 3 generations at Ewood in my dad, me and my eldest. Pity the latest generation won’t get to experience what I got to in my youth (any time soon anyway).

Unfortunately I haven’t watched Rovers win at home for a few years now (not through a lack of trying, just unlucky). Hopefully that spell can be broken but I don’t have my hopes up. I’m normally more glass half full but struggling to see how we survive this season at the moment.

We should have snatched a point against Swansea with a clear penalty, but poor defending gave Swansea a deserved win, hope you get a better result on Saturday 12.30pm.

[USABlue]

Deeper depression sets in after this one, another humiliating defeat I am sure.  

[Hasta]

12.30 Kick off you say 🙄🌧️

Imagine the embarrassment if it happened again.

[simongarnerisgod]

poetic justice if we are 0-4 down after 80 minutes and the match gets called off🤣,the w*****s at the efl can`t change the ruling now😁

Edited 5 hours ago by simongarnerisgod
not finished

[only2garners]

Whilst it is forecast to be very windy on Saturday the main rain will be tomorrow evening into the early hours. We should be fine - well to finish the game anyway.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

poetic justice if we are 0-4 down after 80 minutes and the match gets called off🤣,the w*****s at the efl can`t change the ruling now😁

I wouldn't be to sure, it's rovers, result stands.

[johnradfordsubbuteo2]

[roversfan99]

I think the terrible summer window sums up the issues we have in basically every area of the pitch in terms of selection.

In defence, we had one of the better back 4s in the league last season. Now, as a result of one solitary injury to a player who is always injured anyway, we are left with 2 centre backs, one of whom needs nursing, and both are left footed so we will be left with a full back at centre back again. No wonder we look so likely to concede.

In midfield, we brought in 3 players and none come close to filling the "replacable" Travis void. The loanee we desperately took last minute from the B team of a side in League 1 last season is the default pitch. The other 2 include a player in Tavares who is terrible and another who the other day on the team photo still has his foot in a brace.

Attack is as problematic an area as any. We simply do not look like scoring very often despite signing numerous players. We signed 2 in De Neve and Henriksson who often sit on the bench despite needing a goal in favour of not using all of our subs. Hedges after the excitement of his seasonal goal has regressed to the mean and the less said about Kargbo the better. Morishita has shown flashes but often has struggled to get involved. And we will likely go back to our very average striker having seen our fancy new one having been happily waved away by his Belgian club show his inability to control a ball.

[RTM08]

I'm going to go 0-3 on this one. 

The change would have to be seismic for us to get anything out of this game. That said, it is absolutely vital that we do. Going into the break with 6 points and then coming back to an absolute spanking from Coventry would be the final blow to what ailing confidence their might be both from the players and the fanbase.

[Waggy76]

38 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

I'm going to go 0-3 on this one. 

The change would have to be seismic for us to get anything out of this game. That said, it is absolutely vital that we do. Going into the break with 6 points and then coming back to an absolute spanking from Coventry would be the final blow to what ailing confidence their might be both from the players and the fanbase.

Actually, it could be another Fulham, we are devoid of everything you need to be  a proper Professional football club! 

[Waggy76]

58 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I think the terrible summer window sums up the issues we have in basically every area of the pitch in terms of selection.

In defence, we had one of the better back 4s in the league last season. Now, as a result of one solitary injury to a player who is always injured anyway, we are left with 2 centre backs, one of whom needs nursing, and both are left footed so we will be left with a full back at centre back again. No wonder we look so likely to concede.

In midfield, we brought in 3 players and none come close to filling the "replacable" Travis void. The loanee we desperately took last minute from the B team of a side in League 1 last season is the default pitch. The other 2 include a player in Tavares who is terrible and another who the other day on the team photo still has his foot in a brace.

Attack is as problematic an area as any. We simply do not look like scoring very often despite signing numerous players. We signed 2 in De Neve and Henriksson who often sit on the bench despite needing a goal in favour of not using all of our subs. Hedges after the excitement of his seasonal goal has regressed to the mean and the less said about Kargbo the better. Morishita has shown flashes but often has struggled to get involved. And we will likely go back to our very average striker having seen our fancy new one having been happily waved away by his Belgian club show his inability to control a ball.

Morishita reminds me of a very very poor Scott Sellars.