v Watford (h) - 24/1/26

[Paul Mellelieu]

A lot better than recent performances, but not great.

[Tom]

Another awful day at the office, Oxford winning and us failing to, a Portsmouth win tomorrow will just be the icing on the cake 

[pick32]

Tjon scores that

[yellowsubmarine]

3 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

Ohashi was a clinical finisher last season. This season he’ll have to shoulder a large portion of blame for our league position, costing us a lot of points with his misses.

Downgrade from Dolan. At least Dolan has some trickery. Ohashi is very one dimensional, fought hard but often out-fought. No smartness in his play. He probably plays better with Gudjhonsen around.

Edited 1 hour ago by yellowsubmarine

[WacoRover]

That’s a point, fairly won by Rovers. 
A Pat on the back to Ismael, who managed decently, with better players. 

Need some wins though, still goal difference from relegation places 

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, yellowsubmarine said:

Is any clubs still interested in Cantwell this window? Really piss poor performance from him today.

I really doubt anyone will fancy him and his wages in the UK. Could see a Saudi club or something like that going for him. 

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

De Neve really up there with one of the worst to pull on the blue and white halves. No skill, very little application, zero intelligence.

He has actually managed to get worse as the season has gone on, and he was pretty poor to begin with. I've never (or Neve) seen a player with worse positional sense. I might have never seen a player with less game intelligence.

[Penwortham Blue]

1 minute ago, rovers11 said:

Poor result and we edge closer to lge 1.

Also sadly the boycott that never was. 

Oxford surprise win.

Bad day all round.

Looking at the ground, thousands stayed away and did their bit !

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We need wins...we bumble and stumble on against the ropes.

[yankfan]

Nailed on for relegation. Likely second from bottom and will only be there because of the pints deduction. Worst side, manager and owners in the league. 

[OsloRover]

To channel the spirit of Ismael, we looked competitive today, first 25 minutes apart. 

Cashin had a good game, as did Forshaw. Cantwell was everywhere but very little came off for him. 

 

[booth]

We're finishing 23rd with Ismael in charge.

[Mercer]

19 minutes ago, lraC said:

Real attendance 7613. 
That will be clarified when police figure is released. 

You mean confirmed?

[rovers11]

1 minute ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Looking at the ground, thousands stayed away and did their bit !

They did and fair play to them. But there's no way today can be claimed as a boycott unfortunately. What Sheff W did is a boycott. 

[neophox]

Baradji and Alebiousu very good when coming on. Along with Trondstad and Cashin best players today. The rest needs to wake up and Ohashis misses proves to be costly.

[DackDackGoose]

Gudjohnson would of poached a goal there, was an awful miss. We were all over them eventually though didn't think it was an awful performance second half. Missed 1st half

[sharpysharps86]

4 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

They did and fair play to them. But there's no way today can be claimed as a boycott unfortunately. What Sheff W did is a boycott. 

Didn't it also take Sheffield Wednesday fans a good 18 months - 2 years of protests and boycotting? Its going to be a long journey.

Edited 1 hour ago by sharpysharps86

[joey_big_nose]

8 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

To channel the spirit of Ismael, we looked competitive today, first 25 minutes apart. 

Cashin had a good game, as did Forshaw. Cantwell was everywhere but very little came off for him. 

 

Yes this is true - performance similar to where we were in October - competivie but very blunt going forward. 

Do feel that Watford were really really poor though. A better team could have hurt us quite easily. But then again Watford are top eight so maybe this is the standard. 

Need Gudjonsen back to give us a bit of threat. And we need to figure out what we are doing down the left side - its a real mess without Hedges. We can't end the window without having something serviceable there - we've got four (!!!!!!!!) left backs / wing backs and they all can't do the job - i.e. be able to both defend or get forward across the full length of the pitch - at LWB (Cashin, Pickering, RIberio, De Neve).  

That said if we're looking to get an attacking option on at LWB at the end of the game like today surely Powell would have been a better option. How did he not make the bench? He looked pretty good against Swansea.

Edited 1 hour ago by joey_big_nose

[roverandout]

Unpopular opinion. I can't stand Cantwell.  He ponces about the pitch thinking he's David Beckham.  He rarely makes key passes. He falls over like a Nancy.  He whinges at the ref. He plays pointless sideways passes. To think of all the great captains rovers have had. 

[sharpysharps86]

Just now, roverandout said:

Unpopular opinion. I can't stand Cantwell.  He ponces about the pitch thinking he's David Beckham.  He rarely makes key passes. He falls over like a Nancy.  He whinges at the ref. He plays pointless sideways passes. To think of all the great captains rovers have had. 

No doubting there is technical ability there, but I'm with you. I think his overall game is really poor and a captain he is not. Seems the type who will retire early.

[Penwortham Blue]

4 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

They did and fair play to them. But there's no way today can be claimed as a boycott unfortunately. What Sheff W did is a boycott. 

There were also thousands still at the Wednesday match. We will never get everyone out but it was a start and thousands voted with their feet, including me and I won’t be told that sacrifice was pointless, if nothing else it should uphold one’s self respect.

[Penwortham Blue]

4 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Unpopular opinion. I can't stand Cantwell.  He ponces about the pitch thinking he's David Beckham.  He rarely makes key passes. He falls over like a Nancy.  He whinges at the ref. He plays pointless sideways passes. To think of all the great captains rovers have had. 

He’s had the odd decent game but in truth, across a season and a half, he’s been pretty dam poor.

[Bethnal]

13 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

He has actually managed to get worse as the season has gone on, and he was pretty poor to begin with. I've never (or Neve) seen a player with worse positional sense. I might have never seen a player with less game intelligence.

Agreed. I’m convinced they just glanced at some footage after finding some bizarre rationale in his data for what they wanted. I couldn’t hazard a guess what it was they thought they were buying but the fact he’s still getting game time is also staggering.

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, sharpysharps86 said:

No doubting there is technical ability there, but I'm with you. I think his overall game is really poor and a captain he is not. Seems the type who will retire early.

He can be quite good on form. I wasn't a fan last season but this year August to October he was quite good, and surprised me by being motivated by the captaincy and clearly his intensity upping a bit. But then got injured and off the boil again (although to be fair to him he still works very hard). Not worth the money imo. If he was unavailable and we played Baradji and Mori as the attacking mids I wouldn't expect any real change in the quality of our attack. Maybe be a bit better on recent form. 

[ben_the_beast]

7 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Didn't it also take Sheffield Wednesday fans a good 18 months - 2 years of protests and boycotting? Its going to be a long journey.

They went into administration rather than the owner voluntarily deciding to sell up. Venkys always seem to make sure the wages are paid. I'm not sure what will ever make them leave