v Sheffield United (h) - 21/10/25

[Kjell]

21 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

How many fewer people are in the backroom staff now compared to under Eustace, JDT and/or Mowbray? 

I believe it is more down to the individuals making up the staff. I have zero confidence in this guy being assigned the task of uplifting the spirits at the camp for the Southampton match (or any other match...).

[Mercer]

51 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Do they sell Steak Puddings in Mansfield?

Certainly renowned for their 'Chicken Tea Pies' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RoversTilliDie]

They stole 10- 15 yards every throw in and didn't get penalised once, they scored the 2nd from the throw in.

[Kjell]

Just now, RoversTilliDie said:

They stole 10- 15 yards every throw in and didn't get penalised once, they scored the 2nd from the throw in.

Yup, and TGH assaulted a couple of their players and didn't get sent off.

[RoversTilliDie]

It's time nobody turned up for the Southampton game, till Ismael is shown the door. His tactics are shite.

Edited 8 hours ago by RoversTilliDie

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

5 minutes ago, Mercer said:

That was awful starting with initial tv pictures showing very sparse stands - fans voting with their feet and rightly so.  We need even more fans to go missing on Saturday.  Those there should have given Pasha, Gestede, Ismael and the team pelters given what went on in that match - too many of our fans merely offer a shrug of the shoulders and are getting what their indifference deserves.

 

Its a real worry,too many of those left at Ewood just appear resigned to our fate now.

Give up all hope ye who enter here.

[RoversTilliDie]

24 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

I think that tells us what the manager thinks of Gueye. 

The managers a fucking liability, show him the door fast.

[JHRover]

In the coming days and weeks the gormless Sky Sports and followers of other clubs around the league will start to question how it can be that Rovers have plummeted from a side that was in the top 6 all last season and finished 7th on the final day to one that looks nailed on for a relegation zone finish.

Most of us know the answer to that is a combination of Venkys and their chums destroying us from within, unnecessarily dismantling a competitive Championship squad and then throwing everything into the hands/laptop of a former player with zero track record in football management.

But hey he wears a nice suit, he's a nice lad and he's cheap so all the right requirements for handing the keys and control of football over to and putting the club's future in the hands of.

As I say, to so suddenly and effectively drop 14-15 places either side of a summer transfer window isn't common or usual. To go from a competitive albeit limited side last season under Eustace to this shambles takes a special level of incompetence/self-destruction but we've managed to find it. 

As others have correctly said - Ismael is still serving a purpose to the Regime so won't be going anywhere - whilst results continue to be dismal he is the perfect human shield - with each passing defeat more attention goes onto him - he gets to absorb the pressure and deal with the media whilst the two cowards hide away upstairs in silence.

His sacking will come at the right time for them and their agenda, not for our league status.

[davulsukur]

17 minutes ago, Mike Graham said:

I had zero excitement before the game.  Trundling down in the pissing rain along empty streets to watch a poor standard of football is not exactly enticing.

It looks like many other supporters have lost their mojo as well. I took a long range photo of the Red Rose Executive dining suite about 10 minutes before kick off and not one table was taken, they didn’t even have the tables set out ready for guests.

 

The other photo was taken on 94 minutes. I would hazard a guess at less than 6,000 actually turned up at Ewood tonight.  Thank you Venkys 🤬

This is what a dead club looks like.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

Shockingly poor manager. 

 

It's not even fair to judge the players(new or old) whilst they're working under this clueless arrogant twasack. 

He's going nowhere though. Kean#2 along with gestede

[RoversTilliDie]

1 minute ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Its a real worry,too many of those left at Ewood just appear resigned to our fate now.

Give up all hope ye who enter here.

Be lucky if any turn up for the Southampton game, to watch this shower of shit. NOT FIT TO WEAR THE ROVERS SHIRT.

[Past it]

Coventry Saturday and tonight, both games within our grasp, went to pieces both times when opposition scores, no bottle and very questionable tactics, unfortunately we’re stuck in a downward spiral, just missing out on play offs to desperation before the end of October 

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, benhben said:

From their chicken mansion in India to the self appointed self serving club execs to the manager to the wank cheap players its an utter shambles.

Will anyone at the club or india care...not at all.

Fuck India, and fuck the venkys, Rovers are finished.

[Kjell]

"I'm concerned about the results, not about the performance. It was another great performance."

Ok. If Ismael starts distorting reality like that traitor Steve Kean this could get ugly.

Tonight was an abysmal performance and we are by far the worst team to play at Ewood this season. Sheffield United was total crap, and still miles better.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

Southampton getting tubbed tonight at Bristol. Next up a long journey north to Ewood. Lucky them just as their manager is facing real pressure, unlike Ismael who will be as safe as houses here.

They must be 1/10 on to beat us at Ewood, with the shite we've got in the team.

[roverandout]

18 minutes ago, Kjell said:

I believe it is more down to the individuals making up the staff. I have zero confidence in this guy being assigned the task of uplifting the spirits at the camp for the Southampton match (or any other match...).

Fuck me I thought that was a young Tony Mowbray 

[bazza]

17 minutes ago, den said:

I think this is the worst squad rovers have had in my 60+ years of supporting rovers.

Worst thing is there’s no one in the squad or at the club who can turn this around.

 I agree entirely, Den. I've been watching them for 75 years. (My dad took me on when I was 7). Worst ever.

By the way, my son told me I have been supporting Rovers for half the clubs existence. That shocked me.

[Rover down South]

My prediction is they'll get a few in on loan in January and say we backed him. He'll get the boot at the end of the season, and we'll get another uninspiring manager in League One. There'll be some sort of relegation clause in his contract I'm sure where they don't have to pay him up!

We all stated when he first arrived how he stood on the sidelines motionless & clueless. He just doesn't know what he's doing and gets flustered making shocking substitutions.

For what its worth, I'd just stick with Gudjohnsen up top now. Keep him on the pitch. I do think he just needs that first goal.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, ... said:

Happy 150th anniversary gang. 

Completely utterly exhausted with it all now. Always love the club, but I can't be part of this circus much longer 

Your not alone, I won't be at the Southampton game, they'll be lucky if anybody turns up.

[DeeCee]

Sky Sports won't give us much air time, and what little they show will not be against the owners, more likely the fans.

[Tomphil2]

If his half time team talks and subs are anything to go by he's looking for his relegation release clause !

[M_B]

7 minutes ago, Rover down South said:

My prediction is they'll get a few in on loan in January and say we backed him. He'll get the boot at the end of the season, and we'll get another uninspiring manager in League One. There'll be some sort of relegation clause in his contract I'm sure where they don't have to pay him up!

We all stated when he first arrived how he stood on the sidelines motionless & clueless. He just doesn't know what he's doing and gets flustered making shocking substitutions.

For what its worth, I'd just stick with Gudjohnsen up top now. Keep him on the pitch. I do think he just needs that first goal.

Played well Gudjonson tonight, the one highlight. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

17 minutes ago, Rover down South said:

For what its worth, I'd just stick with Gudjohnsen up top now. Keep him on the pitch. I do think he just needs that first goal.

I disagree..a fookin Dustbin in a Blue n White shirt would have more impact.

As for the rest of the rabble not a single player I have any love or empathy for.A team of foreign mercenaries and poor quality plodders not fit to wear our famous Shirt.

K'in sick of it all.

Edited 7 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[roversfan99]

If that is considered a striker playing well then it just shows how low the standard has dropped.

[M_B]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

If that is considered a striker playing well then it just shows how low the standard has dropped.

Maybe read the player ratings in the telegraph, looks like he watched the same game as me rather than the one you'd decided before they'd even kicked off.