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

[roverandout]

There's already a 5 point gap between us and 17th

[Lancaster Rover]

I'd personally prefer fan action in the form of protest in our around the ground. Sadly we are at the point crowd wise where people staying away wouldn't make that much of a dent

[RoversTilliDie]

18 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

This !

Hardly anybody is turning up anyway, the get behind the lads ffs crew are sat at home themselves because they can't be arsed.

Those who turn up sit there in silence looking like they'd rather be anywhere but there.

It really cannot be that difficult to make just 1 statement and purposely stay away from one game.

 

I won't be going to the Southampton game, in protest at the shite served up on the pitch.

[roversinmyblood]

12 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

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

I’d rather they had a big crowd who all chanted “Venkies and Pasha out” throughout the whole game!!

[AvRover]

I really cannot bring myself to go ATM. It's just a way to waste £30 and an afternoon. You're lining the pockets of the owners.

I do not aim my ire at the players or Ismael at all. They're the ones who bare the brunt of this when the people who created the problem can hide away.

This run of form and lack of goalscoring is really concerning. I was thinking we'd be just about ok. Tonight showed though that we're in big big trouble.

[M_B]

12 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

He played a good ball over towards De Neve leading up to our goal but apart from that he didnt do a great deal and never looked remotely like scoring.

I agree with RF99 on this.

He was the link in virtually every good move we put together including the goal, just why he took him off I've no idea, we certainly went backwards after he did.

I honestly don't know which match you were both watching.  

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Does anyone enjoy going to Ewood anymore?

The football is poor,there is more atmosphere on the Moon and we all know behind the scenes the Club is a shambles...150th and all that.

☠️

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59 minutes ago, roversinmyblood said:

I’d rather they had a big crowd who all chanted “Venkies and Pasha out” throughout the whole game!!

Not gonna happen have ypu sat up in jack walker barely anyone up there chants. There's a cluster of us that try and it quickly diminishes. 

[B16Rover]

1 hour ago, roversinmyblood said:

I’d rather they had a big crowd who all chanted “Venkies and Pasha out” throughout the whole game!!

What do we want 

Venkys out

When do we want it 

After 25,000 of us have paid them £30 to shout this 

[booth]

So they've assembled a reserve team to compete in the Championship.

They've certainly reserved the biggest insult for our 150th year. 

Edited 7 hours ago by booth

[AvRover]

15 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

What do we want 

Venkys out

When do we want it 

After 25,000 of us have paid them £30 to shout this 

Exactly this, we need proper organisation and eloquent speakers to get the message out:

• The club has been systematically mismanaged

• This has gone on too long (15 years)

• This cannot go on

• We will not subsidise the owners any more.

[Groundhog]

Rudy was doing work experience two years ago, Ismael has barely completed a full season as a manager, Suhail is just a middle management bean counter from a faceless overseas company, most of the players are having their first time in English football - just a club full of amateurs from top to bottom. Was there ever any other outcome? We don't have a talisman on or off the pitch.

Bit of a cliche but the apathy is the most alarming I've felt at the club, especially 10 minutes both before and after kick off, nothing, just a sad, sad feeling of resignation. 

I think last night was truly one of the worst nights at Ewood in the last two decades - it didn't even have a cartoon pantomime villain of a Kean or Coyle, or a 7-0 thrashing by Fulham, it was just an inevitable, powder puff and bland capitulation into nothingness.

When we were asking Harford to be sacked after losing 0-1 at home to Stockport in the 90s you knew the board had both the club and fans best interests at heart, so there was at least some hope that things would be done.

Edited 7 hours ago by Groundhog

[Ghost7]

Yep a fanbase beaten by totally absent unwilling to sell corrupt billionaires and legal threats.

[lraC]

3 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

In what world would Rovers sign off scathing minutes? They banned the LT for skirting round the edges of what was going on...

Exactly, so what’s the point of the fans forum?

Can anyone honestly say, anything positive comes out of their meetings?

[arbitro]

2 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

I won't be going to the Southampton game, in protest at the shite served up on the pitch.

I would really understand it more if you weren't going in protest against the owners and their cohort.

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, lraC said:

Exactly, so what’s the point of the fans forum?

Can anyone honestly say, anything positive comes out of their meetings?

Have to agree with your comment earlier in the week that the Forum is now a negative influence.

Merely being prepared to sit down with the  barstewards partially legitimises their presence and if what is reported in the minutes isn't a true reflection of what was actually said anyway it's all completely pointless.

The last straw for any rational fan should have been the Club's refusal to try and meet Eustace half way when Derby came in for him. The FF should have walked out of the next meeting and refused to reconvene until there were signs of improvement.

[Blow-in]

15 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

 

Can picture them explaining this in Pune.

"No they are telling out new player Haout to Pass, he is very selfish that is why he has scored many goals and we are in the playoffs"

"Oh good, NEXT!"

[aletheia]

4 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

He’d go to Stanley at the moment you sense…

Summed up the evening for me -best player last season hits a sideways pass which goes straight into touch. Body language says it all.

[Commondore]

14 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

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.

I'd except Ohashi from that, he always works his socks off and makes clever runs and touches throughout 90 minutes. I respect him as a Rovers player but he's just not enough of a goal threat to lead the line. 

 

Grim result yesterday, although I can't remember the last time we beat Sheffiel United anyway. It's tempting to just accept defeat an dream of a fresh start in League 1 without Gestede or Venkys, but I think that's a dangerously optimistic dream of what a relegation would look like. 

[aletheia]

Re VI and honesty. Remember that chat earlier in the season when most praised (how refreshing they said) his honesty for calling out players? Seem to remember suggesting that bollocking should be done in private and got short shrift. He's at it again with Pape.

How about a little honesty Val (not to mention a little less arrogance) on your inability to win games?

[lraC]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Have to agree with your comment earlier in the week that the Forum is now a negative influence.

Merely being prepared to sit down with the  barstewards partially legitimises their presence and if what is reported in the minutes isn't a true reflection of what was actually said anyway it's all completely pointless.

The last straw for any rational fan should have been the Club's refusal to try and meet Eustace half way when Derby came in for him. The FF should have walked out of the next meeting and refused to reconvene until there were signs of improvement.

I hope they realise that and boycott these pointless meetings.

If the comment made earlier about the invitation to watch them train, so that they can see the team spirit is true, it’s an insult to their intelligence.

The team spirit in our Sunday league team was honestly amazing, but we all knew we were crap. 

[RoversTilliDie]

16 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I would really understand it more if you weren't going in protest against the owners and their cohort.

Something has to change, I feel sorry for the loyal Blackburn Rovers supporters, having to endure the 90 minutes. It is in protest against the owners and cohorts.

Edited 6 hours ago by RoversTilliDie

[Groundhog]

15 minutes ago, Commondore said:

Grim result yesterday, although I can't remember the last time we beat Sheffield United anyway

Even though SU's form was awful leading up the game, they still have a squad full of players that eclipse our lads, and Wilder love him or hate him, is a better tactician in his sleep than Ismael. He had us sussed second half, an easy team talk: "let them come onto you and do the work, let them look to make it 2-0, they can only attack with their fullbacks down the wings, any crosses and infield passes will come to nothing, so be patient and let them make an error, and we'll be on the half-way line 3 v 3." Easy.

Do we look capable of shutting up shop ever? If we go 1-0 down its game over, and now if we go 1-0 up I feel it's game over too. I'm starting to think the Ipswich game being called off has saved us from a 1-2 loss in the vein of the Brum game.

There was one moment last night that summed it up for me, we had a spell of 10 or so passes at around 50mins that actually made us look like we were controlling the game, biding our time and making Sheff Utd work at 1-0 up, we then got too tight to the touchline and De Neve (who I thought was one of our better players) got pressurised and misplaced a pass inside, they then broke forward at speed and created a chance - our heads just dropped after that. The confidence is paper thin, but it stems from the ridiculous situation they've been put in.

There was an odious teenager and his equally odious mates behind me mouthing off and swearing at every other bad touch any of our lads had (so it was a lot) - he didn't give anyone ever credit, didn't even applaud them off at half time. I get it - but if that's the future of the fanbase then we're knackered - they're never going to direct their ire at the owners and management, too easy to slag off what they see on the pitch and leave. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Groundhog

[RoversTilliDie]

Chorley reserves could give us a goal start, and we would still end up losing it. I cant remember a weaker Blackburn Rovers team, if there were, you've to go back a lot of seasons.

[RoversTilliDie]

Just now, Groundhog said:

Even though SU's form was awful leading up the game, they still have a squad full of players that eclipse our lads, and Wilder love him or hate him, is a better tactician in his sleep than Ismael. He had us sussed second half, an easy team talk: "let them come onto you and do the work, let them look to make it 2-0, they can only attack with their fullbacks down the wings, any crosses and infield passes will come to nothing, so be patient and let them make an error, and we'll be on the half-way line 3 v 3." Easy.

Do we look capable of shutting up shop ever? If we go 1-0 down its game over, and now if we go 1-0 up I feel it's game over too. I'm starting to think the Ipswich game being called off has saved us from a 1-2 loss in the vein of the Brum game.

There was one moment last night that summed it up for me, we had a spell of 10 or so passes at around 50mins that actually made us look like we were controlling the game, biding our time and making Sheff Utd work at 1-0 up, we then got too tight to the touchline and De Neve (who I thought was one of our better players) got pressurised and played a poor pass inside, they then broke forward at speed and created a chance - our heads just dropped after that.

I can, they went a goal up, and we ended up beating them. I think it was Diaz days.