v Derby County (h) - 8/11/25 12:30pm ko

[booth]

2 minutes ago, broadsword said:

I've been on holiday lads. Not seen any of the games (no point spoiling a perfectly good holiday is there?)

How TF of were this bad food we manage to win three previous two games? I can't understand how one week we're beating Bristol city away and then the next were nailed on for relegation. Anyone? 

 

Happy 150th birthday lads. Doubt I'll be here for the 200th, but don't worry there's always the 175th?

Missing key players from a team already punching above its weight.

Edited 8 hours ago by booth

[USABlue]

33 minutes ago, roverandout said:

He gave us 5 great years. Always tried.  The club are the villains in this picture 

Errrr one great half season I'd say.

[Torgeir]

5 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Terrible football and results vs terrible football and losing 80% of our games. Hmmm... tough choice that.

Eustace's win percentage here: 34,62%
Ismael's win percentage here: 34,62%

Not updated after this match.

Don't know what Ismael was on about today with how he set the team up. Shocking, Morishita and Henriksson ran around looking completely lost. Gardner-Hickman spraying passes anywhere but to a teammate and let Derby control the game from the get-go.

 

[West Yorks Rover]

Alebiosu poor today eh ? that's a first.

I'll bet Derby have tapped him up for January.

[TimmyJimmy]

1 minute ago, B16Rover said:

It physically pains me that Gueye is on 10 grand a week.  I've got to go to work on Monday know that.

Gueye did everything right in the 94th minute. Hacks the ball through a crowd of players and finds himself in the area surrounded by flailing legs. What does a pro footballer do? Answer find a leg and go over it.

He has absolutely no footballing nous or skill. That simple thing. Every other player whose ever played goes down. The ref would give it as turning it down would unleash bedlam from the home team and giving it just ends the game even stevens.

He needs potting assp.

[RTM08]

3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Eustace's win percentage here: 34,62%
Ismael's win percentage here: 34,62%

Not updated after this match.

Don't know what Ismael was on about today with how he set the team up. Shocking, Morishita and Henriksson ran around looking completely lost. Gardner-Hickman spraying passes anywhere but to a teammate and let Derby control the game from the get-go.

 

Now look at the relative loss rates and come back to me. Also add in the Eustace took over a crap team in a relegation fight and Ismael took over a team in the top 6.

[StHelensRover]

3 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

Gueye did everything right in the 94th minute. Hacks the ball through a crowd of players and finds himself in the area surrounded by flailing legs. What does a pro footballer do? Answer find a leg and go over it.

He has absolutely no footballing nous or skill. That simple thing. Every other player whose ever played goes down. The ref would give it as turning it down would unleash bedlam from the home team and giving it just ends the game even stevens.

He needs potting assp.

Gallops round like a newborn foal, plays football like a newborn foal. He's so awful it's unbearable. He's Chris Brown level 

[sharpysharps86]

8 minutes ago, speeeeeeedie said:

Rovers with Carlton Morris would have had a chance to go up. 

Last season perhaps. I don't feel like they have the players to provide consistent service to any half decent striker.

[joey_big_nose]

Well we came back into it way more in the second half than I thought. But Derby were the most defensively dominant team I have seen at Ewood this season, and they've bought the right sort of forward players who can work on not very much support to make the system effective. Despite a bad start I think theyll do really well this year.

If we come up against sides who play like that every week we are buggered as we arent getting any change out of a side that plays that deep and is that physical. Even Alebiouso who has had every player hes come up against on toast was marginalised today. Luckily most in the Championship come out more and give more space.

Despite our defence being ravaged by injuries it was the lack of any decent strikers in the air that did us. Must have had 20+ corners and long throws and made virtually nothing from them.

 

 

[StHelensRover]

Just now, RTM08 said:

Now look at the relative loss rates and come back to me. Also add in the Eustace took over a crap team in a relegation fight and Ismael took over a team in the top 6.

Beat me to it. The idea that 'Big Val' is even close to being as good a manager as John Eustace is bonkers. And that's not me saying Eustace is incredible either. 

[USABlue]

19 minutes ago, Tugay-is-God said:

Only four minutes??

Yeah, bollox.  Somewhat consoled by a better 2nd half but we really waste corners and throw ins and will do so until we realize most defenders are about a foot taller than our attackers but we are too stupid to send in the right crosses.  High looping balls gives their defence time to adjust and out jump our midgets.  One cross caused consternation in the Rams defence fired in hard and flat, turned the defence to face their own goal.  More of that is needed.  Good 2nd half though I suspect some of it came from Derby being happy to just hold the lead and just sit back.  Unlucky lads good effort 2nd half.

[TimmyJimmy]

1 minute ago, StHelensRover said:

Gallops round like a newborn foal, plays football like a newborn foal. He's so awful it's unbearable. He's Chris Brown level 

Totally.

Dion is dragging his shirt off his back too and he still stands up.

Useless.

[USABlue]

Just now, StHelensRover said:

Beat me to it. The idea that 'Big Val' is even close to being as good a manager as John Eustace is bonkers. And that's not me saying Eustace is incredible either. 

Eustace is a good manager and will bave Derby in the playoffs and I said the same at the beginning if the season.  He knows how to set up a team.

[RoversTilliDie]

Two soft goals given away , lost us the match. A corner that crept through the defence, and glanced into the net, the 2nd, defence stood about like statues, cross comes over 0-2. Asleep 1st half, much better 2nd 

[CAPT KAYOS]

27 minutes ago, Tom said:

Not sure Diaz deserved the wanker chants but here we are 

Imbeciles.. wasnt a fan of Bereton but only one direction these should have been aimed at , shame the ostriches cant generate it to where it should be directed.

[USABlue]

9 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

Gueye did everything right in the 94th minute. Hacks the ball through a crowd of players and finds himself in the area surrounded by flailing legs. What does a pro footballer do? Answer find a leg and go over it.

He has absolutely no footballing nous or skill. That simple thing. Every other player whose ever played goes down. The ref would give it as turning it down would unleash bedlam from the home team and giving it just ends the game even stevens.

He needs potting assp.

Critcisising BigMac for not cheating and trying to score, buggar me.

[USABlue]

1 minute ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Two soft goals given away , lost us the match. A corner that crept through the defence, and glanced into the net, the 2nd, defence stood about like statues, cross comes over 0-2. Asleep 1st half, much better 2nd 

Alibiousi (sp?) should have done better with that cross he totally blew it.  If he had just jumped proper at the right time.he would have had that but he seemed caught in 2 minds and really did nothing.

[Bbrovers2288]

Alebiousu was poor today in both directions, think a break will sort him out but has to be called out on it 

[Torgeir]

7 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Now look at the relative loss rates and come back to me. Also add in the Eustace took over a crap team in a relegation fight and Ismael took over a team in the top 6.

The top 6 team has been totally depleted. Eustace kept us up with that miracle (and undeserved) win at Leeds and against Leicester on the final day who were already champions and had nothing to play for. I'm not singing Ismael's praises, but I am entitled to my own opinion about Eustace and that he's a very ordinary manager. 

[broadsword]

13 minutes ago, booth said:

Missing key players from a team already punching above its weight.

I see, thanks. 

Chanting wanker at bbd, what a cringe. Small-minded. We did that with that Canadian winter we had who went to QPR, hoillett. I refused to join in with those chants. It's just so rubbish

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Critcisising BigMac for not cheating and trying to score, buggar me.

Sort of summed him up. The way he shimmied inside between 2 Derby players was absolutely brilliant but then he couldnt even get a shot off when within sight of goal.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Alebiousu was poor today in both directions, think a break will sort him out but has to be called out on it 

Probably got one eye on the ACN.

[Cherry Blue]

We need Carter but not sure he's a safe bet. 

[Herbie6590]

2 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

The top 6 team has been totally depleted. Eustace kept us up with that miracle (and undeserved) win at Leeds and against Leicester on the final day who were already champions and had nothing to play for. I'm not singing Ismael's praises, but I am entitled to my own opinion about Eustace and that he's a very ordinary manager. 

He may be ordinary but who can Rovers realistically recruit now, that is demonstrably better? 

[Herbie6590]

That Baradji lad had better be good after all this…🫣