Oxford United (h) - 09/12/25

[cesus]

15 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

You could have easily fit everyone who was in the entire stadium into the Blackburn End or Darwen End. There is no way it was one third full. 

Don't be shouting that too loudly, that would be a dream for Pasha. Although I think they would opt for it to be the Jack Walker stand open.

[Herbie6590]

 

[Armchair supporter supremo]

9 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Playing Alebiosu in a back four would negate a lot of his attacking opportunities. Not to mention the point that non of the centre halves are good enough to play in a two.

Play him on the right wing with miller at rb

[philipl]

de Keersmaker was the perfect shithouse midfielder for them but our play was too tentative and slow allowing him to be so disruptive.

Tavares probably needs a sports psychologist - there is a player there if he can build his confidence.

Baradji looks the real deal now if we can get more than ten minutes a game from him. 

Cantwell easily best player on the park when he came on. The rest of the team needs to learn howe to play with him again. 

Ryan's final balls were poor all night but he was constantly getting into position to deliver which is more than can be said for the others.

10,255 the official crowd so estimates of 7k or less actually being there not far wrong.

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Feels like the Club is dying,Ewood is a morgue,an air of doom hangs over the place.

The squad is of poor quality bar one or two,the results and our league position tells all we need to know.There is nowt to look forward to.

Thats how I feel this morning folks,Its hard to swallow and its all self inflicted by those in charge...really sad times.

Edited 38 minutes ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[davulsukur]

31 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Feels like the Club is dying,Ewood is a morgue,an air of doom hangs over the place.

The squad is of poor quality bar one or two,the results and our league position tells all we need to know.There is nowt to look forward to.

Thats how I feel this morning folks,Its hard to swallow and its all self inflicted by those in charge...really sad times.

Really sad times indeed. Difficult to look at Rovers in pretty much any capacity and not think that the club is dying/nearly dead.

[OsloRover]

3 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

The alarming thing for me is that although they may be sitting outside the bottom 3 at the moment, Rovers have failed to beat any of the teams from 15th place down, excluding Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday of course who they are yet to complete a 90 minutes against.

That’s totally normal for rovers though.

[Penwortham Blue]

1 hour ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Play him on the right wing with miller at rb

The Nigerian AFCON squad is due to be announced today, my guess is that he will be included. Would be great for the lad but terrible for Rovers.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

7 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

That’s totally normal for rovers though.

This train of thought is what we have been reduced to and personally Im so tired of it all.

This is not the proud Club I grew up supporting,I barely recognise it in its current form.

Edited 14 minutes ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Play him on the right wing with miller at rb

Similar player to Emerton.

Incredibly athletic, so a dynamic WB, but if you played him solely at RW he'd be stood up by the better LBs.

[Exiled_Rover]

10 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

certainly no more than 8 thousand ,we are down to the hardcore supporters now imo,thousands of fans are making their protest ,they ar`nt going to ewood anymore

You'll have lost several thousand from the gate after Saturday. It was raining again and there are clearly no guarantees a game will be finished at Ewood when it rains.

I was absolutely livid walking up the hill back to the car on Saturday - I made the decision not to go last night for the above reason.

[Exiled_Rover]

10 hours ago, Cherry Blue said:

Baradji is class and brought that needed quality and strength when he came on. 

Early days, but he looks promising that's for sure.

[rossyste]

Last night summed up for me the sad decline of our club over the last 15 years. With no investment in the Stadium infrastructure, playing squad or fan base Venkys "generated" the lowest league "attendance" at Ewood in many a year. Where does this all end with no creative thinking and fan engagement at an all time low ? I genuinely think the only option left is a match boycott to attract some media attention but would the happy clappers simply tut and attend ? It's hard to even press the Red button these days so kudos to those that attend but some people need to open there eyes to what is going on.

[Exiled_Rover]

10 hours ago, Ghost7 said:

Cost us a good few goals this season has McLoughlin. He must be stunned he's starting every game at the club given he was in and out the side for most of his Hull career at the same level and for the most finished below us.

We've been downgraded majorly in the air at the back and unsurprisingly it's costing us against even the poorest teams...

The neglected facilities and a defence that looks worse than Oxford's is all on the owners, Suhail Pasha and Rudy Gestede. We are fumbling our way to the January transfer window just about, a window in which you could sell half their summer recruits.

Not good enough, and we can't even criticise the manager for poor results since he hasn't been given the basic tools to do his job.

The season's been a farce and has scared away another 2,000 or 3,000 more fans. As I said after the Wednesday game, they don't deserve any fans in the ground, not at the prices they're charging to watch a mess of a team that hasn't received enough investment. It's sad to see.

QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford at home have been truly horrendous to attend. Shame on the club.

I'm not enjoying going to games and expect this to be my last season.

Did they have a shot on goal, besides the blatant foul the ref ignored?

[Exiled_Rover]

10 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Why wasn't Baradji on from the start, hes better than half of these fairies.

Because he's clearly not fit.

[Comfortably numb]

5 hours ago, ... said:

 

Tell you what Baradji can hit a ball where on earth did that come from??

 

 

He's got a good leap on him as well. I think we saw glimpses last night of why we were prepared to sign him with his injury. Short term pain for long term gain hopefully.

It's also why I find it baffling that people write players off after seeing them play for 10 mins.