Shocking really that Martin continued to have his side try and play it out of the back in the 2nd half. That tactic was always more likely to create chances for us than them. Should have just hoofed it long to beat the press. 

2 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

That makes it even worse. Just bury it man.

Or play it square. Not sure why you lift the ball if he’s trying to play bbd in

3 points is a great start!  We have to be more clinical with the final output. Should have had 5 or 6 today. The ref was total shite too. 

And if we don’t win it high up the pitch we don’t look to be able to connect to work it forward. 

If we don’t win it high up the pitch we look disorganized in the middle. Much to easy once they break the press. 

Excellent press by Dolan.  Swans making a real mess in the back 

Good first half. Excellent on the press, but have squandered too many chance. Should be 3 or 4.  Dolan and Buckley have been dynamite pressing but both have been poor in giving us an outlet from the back. SG looked a donkey the first 10.  Need to do better with the opportunities Swans are giving us. 

On 30/07/2021 at 15:10, Herbie6590 said:

Wisdom of the crowds type thing…what do we predict for the following…?

1. Will Steve Waggott still be at Rovers on 1/7/22 ? If no, date of departure.

2. Will Tony Mowbray still be manager on 1/2/22 ? If no, date of departure.

3. Rovers Player of the Season 21/22 ?

4. Where will Rovers finish the season ?

5. Who will be championship winners ? 

Reply to this with your predictions & we’ll assess the consensus…👍🏻

1. Yes

2. if the run last season didn’t get him sacked, what will?  I guy could probably be a pedo and he’d still be in charge 

3.  I think a bold prediction is Davenport will stay healthy and take control of the midfield 

4. bottom 5, maybe bottom 3

5.Sheffield United- Brewster bags 25+ 

Fantasy little run and cut back by BB there. The rest of the Chileans acting like SG unable to anticipate play 

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Not if we got a Hugill or Idah as part of the Armstrong's deal if Norwich were to bid. 

Yet again, we have no idea on the terms he been offered by Barnsley or by other teams. Why can't we offer him better terms than Barnsley?

exactly why I suggested Hugill as part of the deal. reduce the fee for Newcastle. 

Wouldn't Newcastle be entitled to 40%...so his left peg and right arm?

What sort of clown show are we running here?  Somehow we "thought" we had a club option on Chapman for next term, but it turns out we don't?  We don't even know the terms of our own players f'n contracts!  It must be a metal ward up there.  The whole lot need to go.

Tony Mowbray had suggested Rovers had an option in the deal that brought Chapman to Ewood Park in January 2019 that would be triggered to ensure he was under contract until at least 2022 but he has learned there was no such option for the club to trigger in the deal of Chapman. 

Last game will feel like Christmas Eve. Only instead of getting a gift I’m hoping to wake up the next morning to someone gone. 

1 hour ago, perthblue02 said:

If Rotherham sneek an equaliser, its double the chance Derby will go down.  All for that 🙂

If it doubles the chance TM gets his walking papers...all for that 

34 minutes ago, rigger said:

Magloire, JRC, Pickering, McBride, Carter, are all decent kids, in my opinion, who are either out on loan or injured.

Vale, Butterworth

4 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

This has 2-2 written all over it now.

That’s optimistic 

2 hours ago, RTM08 said:

I hate listening to him drone on with excuses every week. There's no passion there - just get rid. If he's here next season the club can forget about selling tickets, shirts etc.

All I heard was he would have been happier with a 2 or 3 nil defeat. 

51 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

Just read the match report on BBC. One thing that struck me was the following phrase: "Blackburn, without a win in 7 games, remain in 17th."

Now whilst this is factually correct, what it does for fans of other clubs, armchair fans etc. is minimize how bad our run is. Sure, without a win in 7 is still bad but it's nowhere near as bad as one win in 15. Basically the stat halves how dire TM and we have been of late. No wonder people think he is a good guy doing a good job if this is how things are reported. 

We’ve been dire since the turn of the year. The results in January with the exception of Luton were undeserved. Boro, stoke and birmingham all played us off the park. 

10 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Have Preston got a new manager yet ?

Maybe we can ship them TM?  

3 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

And they usually lie down facing in the opposite direction to the action. 

Laying down is a good way to describe our current form. 

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

His long range passing is incredibly poor (just missed an unmarked Gallagher 6 yards out). I'm fine with that - so just stop trying to play said passes. 

Top 6 quality says the manager to start the campaign...he’s fucking mental 

11 minutes ago, Fraserkirky said:

Trybull is diabolical. Why Buckley isn’t playing is beyond me

Bucko is our player. Rule number one under TM always play others players over our own. For a man who talks a lot about not building a team through loans we always seem to have a lot of them in our team sheet every week. 

On 05/04/2021 at 06:26, CambridgeRover said:

The most scary thing for me is even if we survive this season what is left for the next?

Dack - injured for a long time and won't be the same again and is on a big old contract.

Armstrong - will be sold, no two ways about it , need to make the club some money for the transfer diasters and only has a year left on his contract.

Gallagher and Brereton - the £12 million pound failure, shows flashes every so often and Brereton did have a couple of good small runs but for the money spent it has been awful.

No development - No player associated with the first team can claim to be a better player today then they were last year. In fact so many have regressed such as Travis, Rankin-Costello and Buckley.

Loanees -  To highlight the poor squad management we now fill our squad with sub-par loanees from other acadmies such as Branthwaite whilst Carter and Magloire are both playing well on loan. Wharton had to boss it in Northampton before Mowbray dared to even give him any minutes. 

Out of Contract this summer -  Bennett, Downing, Johnson, Holtby, Evans, Bell, Nyambe (extension not as yet used) and Rankin-Costello (extension?) Plus loanees in Trybull, Douglas, Elliot, Harwood-Bellis and Branthwaite.  Whilst a lot of those are deadwood they are deadwood that will be need to be replaced and our recruitment policy is completly sketchy. 

Long Term Plan -  How many players under the age of 27 do we have at the club on long term contracts (2 or more years)?  The answer is 6. Gallagher,  Travis, Pears, Buckley, Stergiaskis and Dolan. Not one of them apart from Travis has been able to play regularly under Mowbray

If we don't drastically change soon, next season could make this season look like sunshine and flowers

Agreed 100%.  Themis was the season TM was building for and it turns out he builds worse than my 3 year old with his blocks. The only positive I take is that most of that deadwood will free up cash when their contracts run out. Selling AA has to happen as I don’t see him happy here if he’s still kicking about. I’m hoping that with a new manager we could see the youth we develop reach their potential. It’s baffling to me that any manager could retain their role at any level with this run. 

Didn’t watch but can’t say I’m surprised in anything except TM still being in charge. 

12 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

13 minutes ago, booth said:

15 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

Go on then.. what is he thinking?

Defenders are coming 

13 minutes ago, skous18 said:

So only Costello, Rothwell, Brereton, Dolan and Gallagher(once included) will play out of position today. Not bad

oh wait - I forgot Elliot for Dolan as a false striker at some point too.

JRC isn’t really a right back either.