1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I never wanted my team to lose, ever. Be it a cup final or coats down on the local common. To win was why we play, or it should be.

I would absolutely celebrate Rovers losing if it meant stopping Burnley from winning the league, I’d be shocked if that wasn’t the majority opinion on here. I’ve seen Rovers lose hundreds of times, one more won’t hurt.

1 hour ago, Parsonblue said:

I must admit that Broughton has never convinced me due to his lack of experience at first team level.  We've had managers in the past with no money to spend but who brought in players for next to nothing who could actually do a job.  Broughton seemed happier at Academy level.   

If rumours about Rudy are true I'd be more than happy.

An absolute joke of a post. Which says something because I only disagree with the last sentence.

We need some serious pace. 5 or 6 players who can actually run, I wouldn’t sign any that can’t.

Believe England will announce an expanded preliminary Euros squad for the warm up friendlies, would make sense for him to be involved in that 

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s all the more galling for me because the lad was quite happy at Rovers and we were under no pressure to sell him other than from the Chicken Chokers who had ballsed up the finances.

By selling him in January we basically turned down a free loan of a top end Premier League midfielder until the end of the season, and very nearly went down because of it. In fact it’s worse because I can’t see any reason why his value wouldn’t have appreciated whilst playing for us between January and now. He was at the start of a long term contract, happy to stay and on relative peanuts. One of the bigger fuck ups in a long line of them from our owners and board.

A bonafide Blackburn Rovers legend

I’ve seen him a few times for Palace and don’t even think he’s playing his absolute best football. He’s playing as 1 of 2 which isn’t hid position and some of his teammates wouldn’t look out of place in the Championship. I’m still surprised that a bigger club than Palace didn’t come in for him, though I’m sure it won’t be long until they do now, he’ll shine even more playing with better players in a system that suits him.

Barely seen it mentioned but the fact that he got sent off for fighting a player for the ball in a league that operates a multi ball system about sums him up, thick as mince. 

1 minute ago, MarkBRFC said:

I wouldn't say he is garbage, just a bang average championship left back who is probably at home at a side somewhere in between 16th & 8th,

No he’s garbage. Can’t run, registered 1 assist all season which came from a corner, is regularly at fault for goals conceded due to his inability to stop a cross. He’s playing at least one level above his ability (not alone in this respect), get rid.

14 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Pickering is a solid left back at this level and was a key part in the teams that finished 7th and 8th. He is being hung out to dry at the moment under Eustace in a position that doesnt suit him. But Chrisene isnt better than him.

A key reason why we finished 7th/8th and not higher, he’s garbage.

4 hours ago, Ricky said:

He’s had three windows (I think) and apart from the extremely well publicised fuck ups I don’t think he’s actually bought any real quality in. Maybe he gets credit for Tronstad but that’s probably about it.

Fact that of all the players signed in the last 3 windows, Tronstad is the only starter when everyone is fit is absolutely criminal and a sackable offence by Broughton on its own. I’m certain that there won’t be another club in the country whose recruitment has been worse over the period.

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

20m wrong price? 

Wrong price, wrong timing. Sold him for peanuts, didn’t replace him and could go down off the back of it. Everything about the sale stinks from a Rovers perspective.

I think he seems to have gained an extra yard of pace from when he first got in the team, possibly because he was recovering from a nasty hamstring injury

3 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Bit of revisionism going on re Amari’i Bell, he was crap for us. Huffed and puffed going forward and was decidedly suspect when defending. Nobody was particularly bothered when he was released. 

We replaced him with Pickering who is worse, that’s the issue.

9 hours ago, Darwen Rover 007 said:

Surprised people still putting John (slow motion) Buckley in the team.. apart from his come back game he's not been good enough.

Garrett and Ayari in CM for me if we are going with two.

My team would be 

              Leo

Hyam Mcfadzen Wharton

Brittain                         Chrisene

          Garett Ayari 

Siggy   Smodzic Gilsenan

             Telalovic 

 

Options to bring on.. Gally and Dolan

Up there with the worst ever posts on this board

I think I’d play Pickering in a midfield three with Buckley and Ayari, Villa lad left of 4 at the back.

52 minutes ago, johnradfordsubbuteo2 said:

"Leo came in and I thought was very good tonight."

 

"He had very limited things to do, just the goal probably. I was happy with his distribution and keeping the back line up."

Talk about damning with faint praise. 

How about: "He had one thing to do and blew that."

A keeper devoid of confidence whom the defence visibly have no confidence in in return.

This guy is a muppet isn’t he, I’d honestly sack him now.

1 hour ago, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

I am probably the only one seeing any positives from last night. Millwall had come to put 11 players behind the ball - they rarely threatened apart from set pieces - a perfect match for Rovers to lose to a sucker punch. But we didn't, and despite injuries, numerous fixtures and extra time, illness in the camp we were able to come back for a well deserved draw. Perfect, obviously not, in trouble - definitely, the odd sign we may get out of this mess - I think so.

So it’s a positive we got a point against a team who only came for a point? How do you work that out?

25 minutes ago, superniko said:

Glad to see no Moran and that Pickering is starting. Worried would be an understatement for the fella in the sticks though. Let’s hope he doesn’t have much to do. 

You do realise Pickering played on Saturday? Wing backs are probably the most important players in this system and Pickering just doesn’t have the ability to get up and down the pitch, it should have been Chrisene.

Must go down as the worst transfer window in the history of the club?

Thought we played alright today really, the 2 conceded were from stupid individual mistakes and had we been better in the final third we‘d have got 3 or 4 ourselves. Anyone blaming Eustace for it is wide of the mark.

4 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Hard working? He certainly wasn't the last few times I saw him for Rovers, in fact that was the most frustrating thing about him. Maybe his failed loan at Lincoln has finally motivated him.

He looked fit for Motherwell yesterday, helps playing week in week out.

13 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Dont you have a strong dislike of Pickering though?

Pickering is steadier and much more aware defensively, as you would expect from Hedges being naturally someone who plays further forward. He is better on the ball too. Hedges was excellent v Stoke but at times was caught out defensively v Birmingham and Preston. He would also give us a good option playing off Gallagher as an alternative to especially Dolan in an area where we are weak.

Pickering is shite as a full back and would be worse as a wing back. The only position he could play in our system as it is now is left of the 3 but he would be behind Hyam (Crewe lad on the right) and Scott there for me.

1 hour ago, Andy said:

I think there's more of a player there than the likes of Lowe and Travis, to be fair.

Putting Lowe and Travis in the same sentence shows you don’t have a clue