It's funny reading through the messages today but we all seem to be watching the same game but seeing different things. After being a season ticket holder for a lot of years my life has changed and I can't get to Ewood much this year. I have watched us on TV and was getting more upbeat. But I got to Ewood on saturday and you see different things when you see the game. I ended up very down on Saturday and like some others couldn't bring myself to think about the game until today.
My take is that we look to be very weak all over the park, except for Brad and Toddy. Many people will call me for being a pessimist but this is what I saw :
Shorty - legs have finally gone but tries
Nisa - never has been & never will be a left back
Lucas - after a brill first season has been the consistantly worse passer of the ball in the side, but was one of the better players on sat
Reidy - worked his socks off but has yet to prove he's Premiership class
Toogs - played well until his legs went, we need to replace him as his days are past
Barry - very ineffectual, didn't dominate midfield and easily brushed off the ball, is he good enough to run a midfield in the Premiership?
Emerton - in the last 10 minutes when he moved to the right he was ace, up til then he was total sh.... , to me he was the cause of their goal with the way he returned the ball immediately to Toogs without taking any responsibility(as usual)
Gally - looked very lightweight and had little efect apart from the one shot
Dickov - wasn't good enough playing for Leicester last year and no better for us. Simply not a quality striker no matter how hard he tries. We can't rely on him to get us the goals
Bothroyd - changed things when he came on, but can he score?
Matteo - is he seriously still getting a game in a Rovers shirt - he makes Baggio look productive
I'm sure I will get lots of abuse for this from fanatics on the site who thought we weren't bad, but let's get real!! We are a very very poor side. Souness has left Hughes with a very difficult job to do.