v Southampton (h) - 25/10/25

[sharpysharps86]

Just now, BigBar said:

Thing is I think he would. Beggars can't be choosers and he is out of favour everywhere it seems, they just wouldn't hire him. Id love to have him back.

I really doubt Sam has the fire in his belly for it anymore. Agree on him coming back though, it'd be night and day compared to what we currently have.

[joey_big_nose]

Cant really see anything we can do to change things. We've actually been a lot worse going forward than Coventry or Sheff Utd. Really struggled to fashion anything.

Feels like we will commit more and more forward to try and create something then get done by two easy goals on the break.

The theme is very much the stars need to align with lots of successful passes and overloads for us to create a scoring chance, while conversely we will give away an easy goal to a straight ball down the middle.

[DackDackGoose]

we look like a team that have made 4-5 signings that haven't worked out, still no pace. Hickman just doesn't seem to have composure, so we're winning the ball then instantly giving it away. Something we're missing from in Travis. He wasn't technically brilliant but at least retained possession. Hard to watch. 

[lraC]

2 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Please tell me they were booed off at half time 🙏

The commentators didn’t mention it, but my wife did.

Sick of this shit every week. 

[slowmo]

Took until 44 min and being in Laos for it to work and see the match 🙃 

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, DE. said:

Would be quite something to go an entire season without winning a home match, but this manager and squad can absolutely do it. 

I wondered earlier in the season whether suggesting we wouldn't win another home game in 2025 was a fairly outlandish suggestion to make but now it would be somewhat of a surprise if we did!

At least there will be no valid footballing reasons for keeping VI on if we lose this. Gestede and Pasha will be heaping pressure on themselves by keeping him on.

[DutchRover]

I mean almost anyone would do a better job than the current hierarchy...

Ismael has no tactical or motivational talent at all as is becoming more and more apparent each week

[TimmyJimmy]

My question is why are organised to have all our players on the wings, no one in the middle no one filling the attack from the middle.  If you win the ball on the wing there's no point as you've no targets in the middle to pass to.

Second point is why am I even bothered enough to post this, I'm so disillusioned I really can't be arsed.

[davulsukur]

4 minutes ago, BigBar said:

Heavily from a small crowd so that's a positive.

It begins.

[BigHoz]

6 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Not those sat around me. 

Get off your phone then and watch the game 😂😂😂

[wilsdenrover]

I’ve a horrible feeling I don’t care anymore.

[WacoRover]

Rovers cannot score. 
Rovers cannot defend. 
Rovers cannot pass, or keep possession. 

It will be a small miracle if we get a point before Christmas, let alone, three. 

[Neal]

1 minute ago, BigHoz said:

Get off your phone then and watch the game 😂😂😂

Bloke suffers enough just being there in the cold... Don't make it worse. 

[moerpho]

About as bad as expected. I want to like these guys, but this is a team it’s really hard to rally behind. No real plan in attack and a lot of aimless balls delivered without planned movement in the box. Piss poor in other words. Something has to change quick or we are following Sheff Wed down.

[WacoRover]

Just now, wilsdenrover said:

I’ve a horrible feeling I don’t care anymore.

It’s hard to care, when it’s crap, Everytime our team runs onto the pitch. 

It’s demoralizing. 

[booth]

Absolutely crap. Who would have thought having two dunces in charge, a hopeless manager and a team full of barrel scrapings would take us to the bottom of the league?

Another poor show from Venky Rovers.

15 years of shite culminating with relegation on the 150th birthday of the club.

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, TimmyJimmy said:

My question is why are organised to have all our players on the wings, no one in the middle no one filling the attack from the middle.  If you win the ball on the wing there's no point as you've no targets in the middle to pass to.

Second point is why am I even bothered enough to post this, I'm so disillusioned I really can't be arsed.

The overloads philosophy - JDT used it a lot. Beat the opposition full back by having two or three round him. Great when it works. But if it doesn't suddenly the middle of the pitch is empty as your centre mids are on the wing and you are very vulnerable to the counter.

But I guess the point is if your strikers cant do anything on their own you have to make these risky moves just to create something.

 

[dallydally]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I wondered earlier in the season whether suggesting we wouldn't win another home game in 2025 was a fairly outlandish suggestion to make but now it would be somewhat of a surprise if we did!

At least there will be no valid footballing reasons for keeping VI on if we lose this. Gestede and Pasha will be heaping pressure on themselves by keeping him on.

But which donkey would be next?

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, WacoRover said:

It’s hard to care, when it’s crap, Everytime our team runs onto the pitch. 

It’s demoralizing. 

I can cope with the team being crap, I can’t stand that it feels deliberate.

[Tom]

5 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

We're that bad, that's what we have to clutch at 

[rovers11]

19 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Norwich equalise, another bad result for us 

Other results mean nothing when you're a millions miles off being competitive in this league

[BigHoz]

2 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

It’s hard to care, when it’s crap, Everytime our team runs onto the pitch. 

It’s demoralizing. 

Even harder when it’s a manager who’s aligned with gestede, suhail and the venkys. 

[lraC]

The results are becoming irrelevant now, just as they are with SWFC.

The only thing that matters, is somehow getting rid of the owners.

More hope in the offing after the announcements of the protests for the Derby game.

Resigned to relegation this season, but pray we can get them out.

[wilsdenrover]

Anyone think Coventry already have more points than we’ll get all season?

Edited yesterday at 15:33 by wilsdenrover

[joey_big_nose]

6 minutes ago, DackDackGoose said:

we look like a team that have made 4-5 signings that haven't worked out, still no pace. Hickman just doesn't seem to have composure, so we're winning the ball then instantly giving it away. Something we're missing from in Travis. He wasn't technically brilliant but at least retained possession. Hard to watch. 

TGH looks very similar to Travis for me in capabilities and style of play, but Travis had a lot of experience and in his peak. TGH is much rawer.

TGH would be a very useful player to have on the bench to provide support for Travis and Tronstad. But we are utterly dependent on him.