6 minutes ago, rigger said:

I wish that throughout the entire club from CEO to fans, we would stop blaming someone else, and try to find a workable answer to our on-field problems.

Which will never  happen with all the shenanigans happening  off it and  the imbeciles running it ... come on folks  finally wake up and smell the coffee for christ sakes!!

rinse repeat rinse repeat.. nothing changes

27 minutes ago, Dolly blue said:

 

We are a club no more….we are a vehicle for our owners to manipulate to their ends. 
…..and what’s worse is …we , the true supporters, have sleep walked into this . 
 

We haven't been since the malarkey began  with the goons in Pune

I've said it before ... some of us didn't and tried years ago  ago and made big decisions.thereafter..

not a fan of JDT 's  way of play, feel sorry for him non the less with the circus above him but also feel  he gave up a a few months ago of really caring and has been/is  waiting for a payoff

Why is anybody surprised - Go back ten years  or even longer on this  board and every 12 months  onwards and  you will find  similar post /feelings etc 'its just rinse repeat every season despite  any of the managers we have had in .. nothing changes even for the players  - the early spirit goes and they get dragged down  into the malaise   -its it any wonder we see the way players seem to lose form/interest or even care!!

Might sound dark but as many of us realised many moons ago ...  ahem.. cough .. the club has  cancer within  which could prove to be terminal but remove it and we stand a fighting chance of recovery to be back in to a good level of health .

I just don't get how after all this time and what has happened 'rinse repeat' that  there is still a large % who cannot see it

16 hours ago, onlyonejackwalker said:

😀

Its a 'blues' as in colour and conversely happiness 47er, but you know that already!!!! And yes we are happy tonight!

Don't try and make sense of football chants!

For years before matches in the early 80's we sang 'We are the Rovers, We are the Champions'....'We are the Rovers, Champions of Europe'....normally before losing at home to Swindon, or Port Vale, or Oxford. Real Madrid weren't panicking, but we kept singing it.

Indeed ... " Oh you'll never go to heaven..  in a biscuit tin.."

IF  ever there was a a legend  he was the guy  ..true Blue n White to the  core 

As with many  only knew him through the  Rovers   and had the odd chat  and  'alreet   passing comment   at games etc

RIP Birdy  

9 minutes ago, booth said:

He's not going to say "same old shit squad" "more of the same" is he?

Of course they'll get worse, why would you think they'd get better after what we've witnessed before? We did the same last season, and the season before that but we keep spending less money season after season.

If they don't invest in this window we'll plummet. If he manages to keep the team in the top half without decent investment then JDT's a genius.

his words though about after the wc ...the way this league is at the moment, doesnt seem to be that difficult as we have seen - don't see Luton as having had big investment,,,😉

7 minutes ago, booth said:

Yes but he's been here for 7 months (I think) whereas the man before him had five years and left us with an unbalanced and thin squad. And it's also down to Gregg Broughton who has a lot to prove if he's in charge of supplying quality footballers for the manager to work with (never been a fan of that model personally).

I get frustrated with JDT, the team he put out against Burnley was unfathomable, but the squad isn't great and the over reliance of inexperienced players isn't helping too.

I just don't think the problems are as black and white as some.

7m or 7 days , its the manner of the performances more than anything  - we appear to getting worse rather than improving, was it jdt who said we would be a different team after the wc break .. 

6 minutes ago, booth said:

The atrocities have also coincided with my other point that we overall, have a lacklustre bunch of players. So not really.

If you think we're just as bad with Brereton then your cup is emptier than mine.

I think it probably is, however lacklustre is down to the manger to sort is it not ..something that he doesn't appear to be capable of changing

13 minutes ago, booth said:

Brereton being out is a big miss as apart from his goals he is a handful for the opposition, even just running at them. It means they can't commit as much. Rotherham must have figured out pretty quickly our front two didn't have any chance of scoring but with Brereton there's always the chance of a worldie.

But it's not just Brereton, we're missing other players and we should have signed a few by now. At the moment it's Mowbray's team with the addition of Morton and Hyam, but minus Lenihan, Nyambe and Johnson. I don't expect anything from forwards like Gallagher and Vale, along with a midfield with two young lads, a makeshift fullback and a fullback that's not good enough. So results like today aren't a surprise to me. It's more of a surprise when we win.

agree to sone extent but we aint been seeing the brereton diaz of late only brereton and questionable if at all  this season since the cheshire cat rocked in ..note he has also been in the other atrocities this srason has he not so it sort of moots your point

17 minutes ago, booth said:

Yep, let's disregard the top scorer being out. Who'd miss that?

We have a shit squad and we're lucky to be where we are. It won't change till Venkys put their hands in their pockets and Gregg Broughton stops the talk and delivers.

not disregarding  the factor of  Brereton being out , just saying it wouldn't have made much difference today given his recent performances.. .the way the team has played other than a canary team in the doldrums  and even then we rode our luck in parts in both matches ... rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat

Agree with you on the 2nd part  but that ain't going to happen , and even if we did manage  to get anybody in, I have no confidence this manager would be able to  change things - the whole mannerism of our performances is just samey samey /rinse and repeat( and boring even in victory)

5 minutes ago, booth said:

Some embarassing comments on here today. Rotherham have scored two goals the like of which they'll probably never score this season, the second was questionable. Our top scorer is out along with three other players. Our only striker is Gallagher, a player that's often overrated by fans but in reality has never been any good. We're that threadbare we're playing youth players.

If this team runs out every week we're down the bottom.

Gallagher misses, Hedges misses, Dack misses. Managers fault.

nothing embarrassing  other than the performance and the pretence of the manager (again) Its rinse repeat all the same  , regardless  of brereton being out  , who recently has not really made much of an impact either there is no drive  or leader on the pitch - Dack trys to speed things up and get the ball moving but the rest are just so pedestrian and the play is so boring and predictable .. rinse repeat.

1 hour ago, Hasta said:

If you get Man United or any other big club away in the FA Cup, the away side can potentially earn up to and over £1,000,000.

I'm never sure why, for a club that pleads poverty under FFP, the financial carrot of progressing in cup competitions is ignored. 

 

 

 

+ adding into the fact  we are on a 'project' and  the apparent feeling of not giving it a big push  to go for promotion ( and the downplay by the cheshire cat)

Its all  BS really -its the cup and a one off  and all  about  what happens on the  day  which  can throw  up  all sorts of situations -just  go for it.

Any wonder fans give it the contempt  if managers and clubs don't take it seriously as well as all  teh media  and the different day fixtures

altogether now

'you can stick your ferkin project up yer arse'

first draw of season

'you can stick your ferkin project up yer arse'

10 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Give it a few months and you'll see that i'm right.

I was about Mowbray.

seconded , and that's even by also laying that some of the issues are from the position moboring left us in

So so predictable - and sackable in its own right imo - meticulous in his prep apparently ..yeah right  - a fookin derby and they give arguably one of the worst performances ever in a derby that I have seen  - all evidence was there on how to get at them from the last couple of weeks and exactly what we shouldn't do   as in the pissing about with the ball at the back - Christ teams have gone there recently and given them a game - even Crawley - so much for knowing exactly what it was about and done by cart horse Barnes who the bunleh fans said was next to useless... Absolute bollux and again  sackable in its own right which ain't no knee jerk but many will disagree ... Today this is more than a disappointment or setback they are an embarrassment especially for the fans at the game ..no excuses

18 hours ago, booth said:

Anyone else watch that and think... Fucking hell Bowyer...

YEP !!

For me we always seem to huff and puff and struggle to get anything out of games with Huddersfield at home  ( a bit like QPR)  - think this will be much harder than we expect  and fear a draw  -hope I'm wrong

Today for me will tell where we actually are  'in the are we any good question'

Hedges and Brittain  missing is a big loss and although we have the recent victories we have not exactly set the world on fire or  been convincing in any of the wins.

Tough game and along with the Coventry can't see past 2 draws at best, so the resilience we seem to have built will be a major factor.

Lets hope  we show our credentials, as  other than the Huddersfield game could end up being on a bad run in for the visit to the Turd.

Yes still all smelly stuff down in the corridors at EP - until the background is dismissed we still have a long and arduous path to travel.

Does it really matter what position we are in -as long as we don't look like relegation candidates, - we are apparently on a project transformation about whether we stay up - for me if we see more progression of what we see on the field and how we play-after the boring  mowbollx  I haven't got clue what I am doing scenario;  it's a bonus.

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Sorry, thought Joey was after *good* boozers. 

yes   - not the best  but does fill up with away fans 

47 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

There's numerous boozers in the centre around King Street, don't go near the ground

Mortys, Harrys Bar, Tap n Barrel

Yep 

47 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Little fifteen is decent

Yep  so is Berkley next door and Raven just further up before Weatherspoons (  deceiving as it has has a good largish  beer Garden at the back   and serves food ) - both normally have the football on     -all  across from Wallgate Station just up the hill across the road 

Yes also decent for  variety ales also 

Normally find  Rovers in them all   - there is also the recently  opened 'Whelans'  bar at the ground  but not sure if they let away fans in or not ( they do for the Rugby though)

21 hours ago, Gav said:

Stop being silly and get yourself down there 😉

Unlikely   Gav  not at the price  - struck by it for years and  and advocate for twenty is plenty  and especially now  in current times 

May be swayed by Saturday  ( my  eldest son follows  'the tics'    - no  he couldn't be  converted even though  he has been   Rovers many a time over the years )  its the usual  as it is for many  his mates go  and he's at the age  now to be able to pay and go himself  

6 hours ago, 1864roverite said:

On 05/09/2022 at 13:58, 1864roverite said:

It’s a choice I’ve made! Go to many games but Wigan charging £30 is taking the proverbial 

No 20 is plenty 

Totally agree  and my stance  - only 10 -15 min walk for me - normally a good day because of this but they can do one for that price  

23 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

We're charging them £30 for the return game, or is that ok?

NO ... as above 

23 hours ago, rigger said:

If someone thinks that they are not getting value for money, then they will not spend the money. It is not a difficult concept to grasp.

Correct  - run of the mill  games are certainly   no vfm in the Championship 

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Shoot the bastard, shoot the bastard, shoot shoot shoot the bastard.

Blackburn End choir - 1980’s.

As the bear went over the mountain  ... but never went to heaven in a biscuit tin 😁

Anybody know where Gary Cahill  has gone  -possible  short term solution /wages too much or pay as you play?

Just back in the country - Sad news . Great ambassador in the fight against the disease.Taken far too early

RIP Lenny- I still remember the Wham game fondly.