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v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I hope our fans give them both barrels. Abysmal. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He's the best possible striker we could get for his wages and the £5m he cost us though, or so I've been told. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We now have a huge problem - we now can't even rely on GD as a points buffer with Brum being the team in the bottom three with a currently equal GD. This teams ability to play up to the big teams but be completely and totally inept against poor teams needs to be studied. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
100%. This is on the manager, this is on GB, SW and Venkys. Time and again we go for bargain basement or academy replacements to key players and time and again it bites us. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
And here lies the problem I just mentioned. Every goal we concede is an "individual error" which shields the manager from any criticism despite the fact that they're the ones setting up to create the environment that those mistakes happen. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Hyam and Pears combo again, literally the Chuckle brothers - punt them both down to the reserves for the rest of the season. Pathetic. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Another horror show at the back under Mr Hard to Beat One problem we have is that we have so many players with a clanger in them that both Eustace and JDT have been able to shield themselves with "individual errors" all season. Not good enough yet again and now we're going to be scrambling for points against Coventry and Leicester. Unbelievable. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If Hyam is in a position where his only available option is to kick it into the stands, then it isn't an acceptable pass is it? Pears could just have easily headed it into the stands and the problem vanishes completely. Pears' decision making is awful at the best of times, he just gets away with it because he has a good game every so often and Wahlstedt wasn't ready. Though I agree that Hyam has had a few stinkers recently. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Looked at the goal properly and to be honest, it's a clanger from Pears as well as Hyam there. Pears' "clearance" leaves Hyam with a player either side of him - he should have booted it into the stands but didn't and then Pears is way too slow back to his line. Neither of them should be starting next season. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Sammie ahould be getting Hyam's wages too at this point considering how many times he bails him out. -
v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 21/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
So we managed to get a good win last time out but this game is going to be a very different beast. The pressure is on and SW will have a big following behind them. That said, Wednesday have dropped off since Poveda got injured and we should be confirming safety this weekend with a win. Rovers 2-1 Wednesday -
The Summer Transfer Window (Press Submit)
RTM08 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Ultimately if the owners pull investment we will be relegated next season, so it's in their hands depending on whether they are serious or not. And on top of that you have the Waggott problem, who given his past and present should have been given his p45 long ago. It's going to be a long summer I expect. -
Disgraceful again but football is beyond saving in this country at this point. The top clubs all have owners who have paid billions and want to monopolise the sport in return for the investment and have for some time. The EFL absolutely needs to put their foot down, even if the effect is limited due to their diminishing power. There are so many "reforms" that would need rolling back to save football at this point. The subs rule, the changes to competitions to maximise European games and summer friendlies etc. The Premier League as a whole has done such unbelievable damage and the way they've stacked the money means that the rest of the pyramid would be left to go bust if they stand against them.
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The Summer Transfer Window (Press Submit)
RTM08 replied to RoversClitheroe's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We need a massive amount of investment in the summer. We can't keep relying on the academy to plug every gap in the squad - we've been incredibly lucky so far that we've had the quality to at least come in and do a job, but even that is starting to stretch a bit. Garrett needs some time in league one for me, and I'd rather the likes of Atcheson and Finneran should similarly be loaned to gain experience. Gilsenan to make the jump likely to the first team. We need a first choice keeper to challenge Pears, with Wahlstedt getting some time away from the club to gain confidence. The defence is arguably our strongest area providing everyone stays, but we should look to replace McFadz, and get a fullback or two to challenge for those spots and cover for the injury prone Pickering and Brittain. In midfield, another Sonny would be great, though Travis coming back may help there. We will need to pick up a link up player or two as well. Sammie will most likely be sold and if so we should absolutely be reinvesting because that sale alone could relegate us next season. For the wings, we badly need pace and to probably get rid of some of the deadwood in those positions - I would be looking to move Siggy along and possibly Markanday, though the latter has looked decent of late. Hedges and Dolan are very hot and cold. As for true forwards, where do we start? Gallagher can be moved on, but then what do we have? Leonard has disappeared off the face of the earth though he was promising when he was playing, Gilsenan can hopefully come in to do a job but you still feel we need a minimum of two experienced strikers coming in at the summer. We shall see in any case - I will expect nothing and anything else will be a bonus. -
John Eustace - our head coach
RTM08 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Undoubtably a massive result yesterday and he should rightly get plaudits for turning things around after the shambles in midweek, but a result that doesn't really change my opinion that much on Eustace. If we played that game 100 times we'd lose 99 of them, and it isn't sustainable over a longer term. For me we need to be looking at 4 points from the last 3 games, but ultimately, we all know it doesn't matter. Unless the owners decide to splash the cash in the summer we'll be in Rotherham's position next season - this squad has far too many holes and you know full well Sammie will be out the door as soon as someone comes calling. -
v Leeds United (a) - 13/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Was out yesterday but managed to catch the game in a pub I was in. More than happy to be proved wrong on us getting battered though we definitely lived a charmed life. The goal was superbly taken, with Sam finally winning a flick on and Dolan's superb footwork and pass and Sammie's typically good finishing. With the other results, this may not matter if we don't take at least a point from the remaining 3, so whilst a superb result in isolation, there's still a lot of work to do. -
The bigger that game becomes, the worse we'll play - so many of this team just have nothing about them when the pressure gets cranked up.
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Tbf, every other team has a squad that can get stuck in when necessary instead of our bunch
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Waggott's genius idea resulting us in potentially restricting home fans whilst maximising away fans... and then will complain about a lack of home fans I'm sure.
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v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Interesting that everyone is focused on Birmingham here, but they occupy the lower of the two relegation places remaining. The far more worrying scenario is Wednesday - tonight means that that is 100% must win next week, but I have zero faith that we will be up for it. -
v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Oh I agree - sorry, I meant that this would happen with admin or with the current owners if we got stuck in League One. -
v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I must admit at one point I followed this trail of thought, but most likely relegation and admin would lead to the loss of the academy and training grounds and with the current financial setup in football and the new finance deals coming in we'd have more chance of regularly playing Stanley than Burnley for the foreseeable future. -
v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Pretty sure that's worse than any of the JDT implosions. But we're totally more solid under Eustace, honest. -
v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
FIVE against a team as bad as Bristol City should be a sackable offense in its own right. What an abysmal appointment this charlatan has been. -
v Bristol City (a) - 10/04/2024
RTM08 replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If Eustace can get a red too that'd be grand. Utterly abysmal - I thought we'd turned a corner but we clearly just took advantage of a shocking Sunderland and a toothless Southampton rather than any real change from the manager. He can't be allowed to manage beyond the end of the season if Waggott's "stay in the league" target is in effect.