I think some have underestimated the damage done previously, if he saves Rovers from the drop, it will have been some turnaround. 

It would be a good draw tomorrow for sure. I'm reading lots about no wins, but another draw and just 2 defeats in 9 since Tomasson left would be a good foundation on which to take on the back end of the season. 

2 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

our recruitment since broughton and kimberley landed has been truly abysmal,baring tronstadt,it`s been a conveyor of shite,you can`t count smzodics,hyam and brittain ,they were on mowbrays list,i did`nt think much of tony,but credit to him,his transfer dealings were generally good

They've brought in 5 times more staff and done 5 times worse. 

5 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

"We haven't got a consistent team that are Championship hardened and play week in, week out, especially in midfield, we are very light.

"We're asking players to play against good players and compete for 90 minutes. I thought his quality showed at times. Also, he looked a bit leggy at times which was understandable."

 

From LT today

Sounds like JE is making excuses! 

What happened to his normal excuse culture 

Thing is not one person on here wouldn't agree that we're" light" in every department, never mind midfield. Are we all making excuses or are they factors rather than excuses. 

Maybe cut him a bit of slack rather than jumping on every comment he makes. Tomasson  made the same comment numerous times, maybe look back at the responses? 

56 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I'm still at a loss as to why they need permission to send funds from India tomorrow when at least a portion of the Adam Wharton cash will have been received in the last few weeks.

Any ideas?

All earmarked for future transfers?? 

44 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

yes,thats why brian johhnson of ac/dc lives in hawaii and has a fleet of supercars.every time thunderstuck is played he`ll get a royalty,it`s a massively popular song as well,gets played everywhere!!!!!!!!!

It was on the boxing on Friday, and Back In black. 

38 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Is it must win yet?

Would you take a draw now? 

2 hours ago, J*B said:

He's already uprooted his family once in the last 12 months, I would imagine with his new role being an international manager with less day to day training ground work and them now settled in schools and playing football he’s not in a huge rush to pack all the bags again — which is exactly why he left the club in the first place.

If I was him I would knock around until the end of the year simply to watch this club completely fold into a standard-less shell of its former self, just to bump into Waggott and Pasha and say “I told you so”.

I'm rather hoping he doesn't get the chance. 

Tomasson has forgotten about Blackburn Rovers already, he didn't give us a second thought. 

9 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

He would have taken us into the play offs, and posssibly up last year, with a modicum of backing in January. Before depletion of a paper thin squad through injuries, we were on the cusp of the play offs and playing the best football at Ewood for many a year, this on a financial shoestring. Yes, we were on a horror run but no way would we have gone down under JDT, we would have won matches and finished top half.

We were playing some great stuff and he did definitely suffer from injuries, especially the much maligned Dolan,his injury and Costello was the start of the decline. 

I don't share your optimism about turning it around though, I think it had gone too far. We were in a death spiral, I suppose the question is would we have beaten Stoke the next game with him here? 

10 hours ago, superniko said:

He inherited a team that was pretty much mid table, about 12 points (or close to that ?) above the drop and finished outside the playoffs by goal difference last season 

That had won 2 in how long? 

Tomasson's last 11 games brought 2 points, since he left it's 8 from 8 games. Maybe not a bounce, but at least there's a bit of air back in it. 

We were going down under Tomasson, but at least we knew about the bus. 

38 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

It’s happening folks - put your savings on us going down because it’s more or less confirmed for me.

Where are the next points coming from. We have well and truely been battered at home to one of the worst teams in the league.

Lack of pace is a massive issue for me and I think one of the key factors to the lack of creativity.

Eustace looks out of his depth which is a shame…He seems like a decent bloke but working with kids and league 1 standard players is only going to end in one result.

League 1 here we come.

I agree with everything you say, although we should have been 2 up and cruising  before Plymouth got on top. 

Been flicking through the match day thread since I got back, and it would appear that if Eustace does actually keep us up after the bollocks he inherited, he will probably deserve a knighthood. 

7 minutes ago, superniko said:

Thats easy to say from the Sigurdsson chance but Plymouth had 2 or 3 big chances themselves in that period. 2 one on ones alone when our CBs had no clue from a long ball. 2 up is blinkered looking at our chances alone. We should have been level in my eyes, as every single stat would validate. 

Plymouth had missed one chance at that point , their number 9 put the one on one wide. 

Shortly after, Siggurdson missed the sitter of all sitters. What would have happened if he hadn't missed that then we'll never know, but they had only had that one chance up until then. 

27 minutes ago, roverblue said:

We should have been beat by 5-6 goals today. Luckily Plymouth couldn’t finish their dinner.

The formation was all wrong as they seemed to have the run of the flanks all game whilst we had 3 centre half’s marking a single striker. The 3 then kept arguing over who was supposed to be marking him and letting him run through.

Total shambles we are going down and deserve it.

We shouldn't, we should have been 2 up and cruising. 

11 hours ago, ABBEY said:

or perhaps try and go a goal up

There you go 

15 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Those players can fuck right off.

I had given them a lot of slack in all of this given the off field carnage but I've had enough now.

They are an absolute disgrace to the club. They are the weakest and shittest squad I have ever seen at this club. Now I see it's the fans fault that they are shit. Fuck off you bunch of soft cunts.

I have no time for them at all and their weak as piss cowardly performances and their crybaby antics.

The reason we lose so many games, can't come back from a goal down and are generally shit at every aspect of the game is down to the shit cowardly weak players we have. Fuck the lot of them. They aren't deserving of wearing our colours.

We've come back from a goal down in 3 of the last 4 matches, it's the one thing giving me a bit more confidence we can stay up. 

We were lucky last night, our only real chance came when their defence played Siggurdson in. It's definitely going to be a back 5, maybe Ayari might be able to unlock the Plymouth back 11. 

It's going to be another war of attrition,although we at least don't look as vulnerable from set pieces. It won't be pretty. 

11 hours ago, arbitro said:

You were wrong in what you said. So now because it was October it doesn't count?

By all means you can praise Eustace for getting draws after going behind but using Tomasson to justify your point is just a cheap shot.

I'm not praising anybody, just pointing out a couple of positives, in my view. 

I don't really care if he leaves tomorrow, or if they all leave tomorrow, gone are the days of pinning colours to the mast for any manager or player, they don't exist any more. 

I don't think I've criticised Tomasson on here before, it was a reaction to some criticising Eustace after 2 minutes when he's picked up the baton from the  mess that was left behind. 

Honestly, if I've hurt your feelings I apologise, but don't be worrying about Tomasson because just like all the others, he's moved on and he doesn't care. 

Here's hoping Eustace or whoever is in charge by Saturday gets a win. 

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Rotherham away. Two down, drew. August 12th.

Millwall away. One down, won. October 24th.

Behind twice against both Walsall and Cambridge and won.

And within the last year we came back from 3-1 down at Millwall to win. Also at home to Luton and Huddersfield away.

If you are intent on disrespecting Tomasson at least get your facts right.

October?? bloodyell.

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

We can come back to draw. Wins are off the cards though.

Draws have been off the cards for over a year from a goal down. It's the one major positive in his favour so far, that and we look a lot more secure defending set pieces, plus we've scored from 2 under him. 

Not massive positives, but definitely positives from the last bloke. 

42 minutes ago, roverblue said:

It was like JDT never left, pointless possession based football full of 6 yard backwards and sideways passes. Total borefest and you just knew Millwall would score with their only shot on goal.

The loss of Adam Wharton is massive there is nobody who can get their foot on the ball and make a forward pass through the lines.

It’s going to be a grim last 10 games and relegation seems inevitable at this point as we draw our way to the finish line.

 

It was like Tomasson never left, except we came back from a goal down. That's 3 times under Eustace, it is the one major positive since he came in. 

1 minute ago, Upside Down said:

No excuses mate.

He's shit.

He's been dealt a shit hand by the last knob. Give him a chance, at least we're not out of a game when we go a goal down, we haven't been able to say that for a year or more. 

At least the white flag doesn't go up under this manager, unlike the last one. That's 3 times already we've come back to earn a draw. At least his team has shown some balls. 

I think Tomasson's pissing about towards the end did untold damage to the squad, the ridiculous loaning of Travis to Ipswich was as stupid and childish as it was baffling. 

I'm sticking right behind Eustace, he's been handed a huge job to keep us up. 

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You’ve got to admire Luton, they’ve spent about one tenth of that and they’ve gone down fighting. Win, lose or draw they’ve gone for it. If we ever by some miracle get rid of the “ added degree of difficulty “ that are the Chicken Chokers that’s the way I’d like to see Rovers go about the task.

Absolutely, there is a real success story. 

Different at Burnley, yes they did well last season but it's difficult to see any manager not thinking they were on to a winner under those circumstances. 

Last season Kompany inherited an experienced core of a Premier league squad, and then spent £30 million on top. Teams set up against them not to lose. 

This season, despite spending £100 million, he's come up against better teams who go into games with Burnley licking their lips and expecting to win. 

Rocket science it isn't.