v Queens Park Rangers (h) - 26/11/25, 19:45 k/o

[Penwortham Blue]

1 hour ago, neophox said:

Miller lost the ball so many times tonight 

Critically, on the goal, just gave the ball away under no pressure.

[RoversTilliDie]

We must have the worst home record in the Championship, we badly missed Trondtadt in midfield. Shite performance, if we don't snap out of our terrible home record, it could drop us into league 1.

[DE.]

5 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

I think we are not in the relegation zone yet because the Division is full of dross! 

Coventry, Ipswich then possibly  Middlesbrough and Southampton, the are crap! 

It must be worst 2nd Division, I have ever known.. 

Coventry are walking the division and they aren't even a parachute payment club. Other than them I don't think there's any other team in the league who you'd look at on game day and say "yeah, they're probably going to win this one". Maybe if Sheffield Wednesday are the opponent, or they're playing us at Ewood, but otherwise...

Our problem tonight was that we took a while to get going, and when we were in the ascendancy we missed very good chances to score. For whatever reason the effort was only partially there for the players tonight, summed up by De Neve's inexcusable laziness when we conceded. When we were trying we looked like we could come away with three points, but for too long in this match the players coasted and we ultimately got punished for a combination of wastefulness and lack of desire. 

[philipl]

Two Ismael clangers.

Yet again the team has no first half energy or purpose.

Hedges can play left wing back, De Neve can't.

[Waggy76]

1 minute ago, RoversTilliDie said:

We must have the worst home record in the Championship, we badly missed Trondtadt in midfield. Shite performance, if we don't snap out of our terrible home record, it could drop us into league 1.

It will, cos the away wins will not  continue, the squad is dreadful. 

The squad will be weakened in January, of that I have no doubt! 

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, Elrovers said:

After Wrexham we have three home games in a row. I can only see us winning one which is against Sheffield Wednesday. 

I wouldn't bet on it, the way were playing at home.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, philipl said:

Two Ismael clangers.

Yet again the team has no first half energy or purpose.

This is a major problem under Ismael.

Why are we so flat and lethargic in the first half of games at Ewood?

We're not brilliant in the second half either but usually better than the first.

[yankfan]

44 minutes ago, bazza said:

I thought QPR played far better than PNE did last Friday.

I thought we played far worse. Our inability to control the ball to a teammate was night and day 

[RoversTilliDie]

37 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

This excuse of blaming the home crowd/atmosphere for shite displays at home has to stop and needs calling out if Ismael or any of the players allude to it in future.

They'll be lucky to have a home crowd, if this shite home form continues.

[Penwortham Blue]

1 hour ago, Trinidad Rover said:

No wonder our gates are crap. We are woeful at home. Just awful.

Tin hat on but to me, there is a definite correlation between awful performances and the players not being up for it at Ewood. Ewood used to be a cauldron and no one liked coming here, even top teams but today, it is like a morgue and is no longer a 12th man to the team, sadly, quite the opposite. It is what the Indians and stooges have done to our once great club. In no way am I excusing the awful performances and results but the empty seats and lack of home support are definitely part of the problem.

[chaddyrovers]

We were woeful 

Totally unrecognisable from Friday night. 

Rightly beaten. Second best all game

[RoversTilliDie]

There must have been more Rovers supporters at Preston Friday night, than at Ewood tonight, very disappointing crowd.

[Ghost7]

What is wrong with bringing on a left back to play left back (Ribiero?) and De Neve to play LM when chasing a game?

Are we not allowed to change shape? Ismael Amorim???

The triple change was completely uninspiring and only weakened the current setup.

At the moment it's hard to see past a manager that can't win at home. Not sure many clubs would keep him.

[bazza]

Not long before we have Sheff Wed at home.......😱

[RevidgeBlue]

8 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Tin hat on but to me, there is a definite correlation between awful performances and the players not being up for it at Ewood. Ewood used to be a cauldron and no one liked coming here, even top teams but today, it is like a morgue and is no longer a 12th man to the team, sadly, quite the opposite. It is what the Indians and stooges have done to our once great club. In no way am I excusing the awful performances and results but the empty seats and lack of home support are definitely part of the problem.

Sorry, not having that for one minute.

If there were 1000 in, or we were back in lockdown conditions and playing behind closed doors, thats still no excuse whatsoever for not performing.

[Mercer]

13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We were woeful 

Totally unrecognisable from Friday night. 

Rightly beaten. Second best all game

So should we sack Ismael?

His home record is woeful.  Little wonder Ewood is less than a third full.

[Penwortham Blue]

6 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Sorry, not having that for one minute.

If there were 1000 in, or we were back in lockdown conditions and playing behind closed doors, thats still no excuse whatsoever for not performing.

Yep, we don’t agree on it, the messageboard is about opinions. As I said, I’m not excusing poor performances but to me the Ewood atmosphere plays a part and that is what the owners and stooges have created. I honestly don’t know how we begin to turn it around.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

42 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Beginning to think Gueye might have won a raffle to become a footballer. The bloke is 6’5 and can’t even make himself a nuisance, he has to be one of the worst CF’s to wear the shir

Does a good job of Serenading gullible fans at the end of Games though..top bullshitter!👍

Edited 1 hour ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[47er]

22 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Tin hat on but to me, there is a definite correlation between awful performances and the players not being up for it at Ewood. Ewood used to be a cauldron and no one liked coming here, even top teams but today, it is like a morgue and is no longer a 12th man to the team, sadly, quite the opposite. It is what the Indians and stooges have done to our once great club. In no way am I excusing the awful performances and results but the empty seats and lack of home support are definitely part of the problem.

yes but remember the sequence---crap performances first---lower attendances follow.

Edited 1 hour ago by 47er

[barry_]

just got back from my 200 mile rou d journey. 

So disappointed. 

Where's the passion??

SUPPORT???

The 5000 fans from Preston awayY????? 

What an awful awful display. 

OPR the better team. 

 

[den]

Lack of effort? Nah, not really. More like a lack of quality throughout the team or probably squad. Quality players bring professionalism with them and would never be called out for not trying. Top players have bad days. This wasn’t a case of a few players having a bad day. I think this is as good as they are.

[Tomphil2]

Just another reality check if truth be told.

Games like PNE and one or two others are a bit like one off cup ties. They remind us there is still a football club worth salvaging but then tonight reminds us all how weak this squad and set up is and how much the club really is on its arse.

Friday was the exception, tonight is the rule.

[GHR]

2 hours ago, LDRover said:

Our exhumed wing back just decided not to bother there.

Brings a new meaning to 'Looks like we got him from Pleasington'...

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Andy Todd ? 👀

Deserves one of those caps for booting Duggary up the arse.

 

[Ghost7]

We've had managers in the past that have said we need to perform well to get the fans through the door or give the ones that are there something to shout about. Not this one.

There's quite a big excuse culture that's crept in with the current setup. There was too much focus on the 5,000 fans at Deepdale and the contrast to Ewood with not enough concentration from management on the need to turn the terrible home form around. It was never going to be the same atmosphere but highlighting it so much pre game does offer.... yes another........ excuse if we lose. Tee'd up nicely. 

I'm not bought in. Pointing towards Tronstad being out when half the current regimes signings play his position, are fit and available, and sparingly used isn't good enough. We're a team feeling sorry for ourselves at home with that being reinforced by the manager. It's about finding solutions and he isn't finding them.

Tavares, Baradji, Henriksson, De Neve, Forshaw largely ineffective. Pickering and Ribiero frozen out.

Nearly all of the above not being utilised is due to bad squad planning, not 4 or 5 players being injured.

Someone at the club needs sacking that's for sure. I doubt anyone will be.

and they won't get this seasons missing fans back at home until better expectations of the board, the players and the manager are in place. The rest won't return until the owners are gone.

Someone needs to step up off the field at Ewood and sort it all out. I'd also like to hear from the owners, simply to know if they still own the club and are alive.

[Miller11]

There’s a few posts on here that seem to be hinting at the crowd (or lack of) being to blame for our awful home form - a disgraceful insinuation. Lets be honest, a hell of a lot of those who went to PNE did so for an evening out with the football a sideshow - certainly shouldn’t be using that as a benchmark for home support.

Quite frankly it’s an absolute miracle we get the attendances we do given we’ve had to put up with 15 years of hell. The powers that be at Ewood hold us all in utter contempt, and shame on any Rovers fan who is buying into this narrative they are none too subtly trying to spin. They don’t give a shit about increasing the attendance or atmosphere, they only care about increasing revenue but are too incompetent to try anything other than milking the few of us that are left.

I can take the bad results and performances (I had very low expectations this season), but I’m being pushed to the absolute limit by the owners, Suhail, Gestede, Ismael and Sufi. We are a husk of a club because of those people. The detachment the fanbase are feeling is totally unsurprising, and while terrible results don’t help the problems run much deeper.