At least under Eustace we seem to still be in a game when we go behind, that's a definite improvement on the Tomasson white flag approach. 

Also, looking at the more positive aspects, we seem better at set pieces at both ends. At the Newcastle game in particular, the defending at set pieces was good, got to admit I was fearing the worst with the size of the Newcastle team and the quality of delivery, but we coped admirably. 

We've also scored 2 set piece goals already under Eustace. 

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He's a bafflingly bad footballer. 

Somehow his touch is worse than his positional play. He was put in a few times today, but his first touch absolutely killed the opportunity. He must be a frustrating player to manage. He'd be useful if he actually put his 6'4" frame about more - at least you could play off him, but he's too soft to even do that. 

He was poor today, although you couldn't fault his workrate. He deservedly won man of the match against Stoke and was certainly as good as anyone at Preston,neither of those performances were bafflingly bad. He was also anonymous against Newcastle before he went off. 

I don't know why fans throw all of a player's performances into one pot, rather than judging them on an individual basis. 

39 minutes ago, superniko said:

Absolute dross bar 3 or 4 who can hold their head high. 
Gallagher wide forward. No more needs to be said except VENKYS OUT

Wasn't particularly putting them in position, they're allowed to move around a bit, but Gallagher would certainly be in anyone's 11 obviously 

56 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Who's in your strongest 

 

Pears 

Jrc, Carter, Hyam, Wharton, Pickering 

Tronstad, Buckley 

Gallagher, Szmodics, Dolan 

6 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I understand players being judged as a success or otherwise factoring in the cost, its a very valid thing to factor in.

And overall, I think youd struggle to justify claiming that he was worth even close to £5m. 

He was really poor today, had to soldier on for the last half hour carrying an injury but like many others, he was rubbish. 

But he certainly isnt one of the worst players to play for us as Revidge claimed, and he doesnt deserve to be coupled in with much of the dross that would categorize him with. Hes a bang average striker at this level who is inconsistent and has his limitations. But he has also contributed and put in some good performances with some good contributions since he came back. Over the years he has been frustrating but he has always contributed each year without ever coming close to threatening the top scorer charts. We have signed some dross over the years for big money who havent contributed close to what Gallagher as, and in the Venkys cost cutting reign we have signed some cheap rubbish that arent a patch on him. Says a lot that we are still so reliant on him.

Really, really well said 

58 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

No offence but that-s absolute bollocks.

Great signing in Szmodics, Tronstad maybe OK, the rest ranging from poor to downright disastrous.

Hyam been OK to be fair, but the squad is massively propped up with the players who were already here when Broughton and Tomasson came in. 

The strongest 11 still would have at least 8 players who they inherited, it's a massive problem. 

3 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

Im very concerned we've had no new manager bounce at all. Not a single win under his belt yet. That was our only chance of survival getting that new manager bounce.

Millwall have had a brilliant new manager bounce and they will probably beat us on Tuesday. I certainly don't see us beating them.

Hopefully the gravity of the situation may actually sink in a few thick heads, we've been playing as if we were safe for weeks now. Tomasson's smartarsery hasn't helped one bit. 

I'm thinking we could well see a reaction on Tuesday,one look at the table should be all it needs. We really do need Tronstad back ASAP. 

2 hours ago, tomphil said:

I always think setting out to sit back for a draw is asking for trouble but setting out to protect the 0 but showing some intent at the top end is justified.

If anyone knows what i mean.

Anyway i'd snatch the hand off for a point or three however they might come but still think we need to score first.

Know exactly what you mean, it is a fine balancing act. 

1 hour ago, NeilInBristol said:

Cheers. Has he ever come out publicly about our recruitment? He should be held accountable for the fleck signing surely. As well as O'Brien etc etc

If I wrote down our strongest 11, there would be 8 players in it who were already here when Broughton came, and that's despite Wharton and Travis leaving. 

The head of non recruitment would be a more apt title. 

3 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I just cant fathom this attitude, you dont care? I dont fully believe it, youve posted here for a start, will you not be attending or even watching?

Its a tie against the side that finished 4th last season in the Premier League for a place in the FA cup quarter finals. An unlikely upset and we are a game from Wembley and would get a huge boost. Whats the point if days like that are just dismissed as an unwanted inconvenience?

Taking this serious doesnt have to be a terminal blow to our chances of staying up.

He rested Hedges against Cardiff and the inevitable happened on Saturday. 

I'll be there and I'm hoping he goes with a strong team, I'd say getting a good result/performance tomorrow night would be more beneficial going into the Swansea game than resting players and accepting defeat. 

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

This place? Of course, everyone gets pelters.

But I can’t recall the actual crowd getting on his back, which is all that matters..

Especially the one who said he wouldn't be going on Ewood again as long as Pears was in goal. 

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

People sharing opinions on a messageboard does not equate to whether they are behind them at the ground.

You've said this before, but there's no doubt that anyone who clearly isn't in favour of a player on here, is obviously more likely to give the same player stick at the match, it goes without saying. 

I was just making the point that the Wahlstedt itch has been scratched, for this season at least he isn't really a viable option, unless there's an injury obviously. 

19 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Fans were fully behind Pears when he was playing ahead of Kaminski, regardless of whether many of us thought that the latter was far better.

I could look back and find as many posts as you'd like asking for Wahlstedt to play in front of Pears,many were not fully behind Pears, Kaminski is history,i don't know why you'd bring him up. 

I'm thinking of this season, there is now no doubt as to who should be in goal. 

4 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

He shouldn't be near the team but wonder what JE thinks of him

Nothing against the lad, it was probably too soon for him, and a bad time to get thrown in. 

It's maybe a good thing going into the run in, at least fans know that Pears is the better keeper and can get fully behind him. 

7 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

When we were losing every aerial duel in the box - we only had Hyam and Carter / S. Wharton who could win a header on the pitch. 

He's a better shot stopper and better positionally than Pears. Pears was in another post code for that Norwich free kick yesterday, and he literally kicked one into his own net against PNE - but nobody seems to bother criticising him for that. 

The calls for Wahlstedt to play on here were deafening up until he got in the team. 

I haven't read one comment suggesting he should come back in. 

19 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I thought Brittain was clearly man of the match - Gallagher failed to convert any of his three chances. 

It's all about opinions, I was in the JW and first half in particular I thought Brittain was really poor,, he did buck up 2nd half. 

I wouldn't put Gallagher's 3 chances down to missing, more good goalkeeping. Could he really have done any more with the 2 headers? 

Small steps with Eustace by the looks of it. The point at Cardiff maybe showed his nous over Tomasson, to rest 2 players, bring Gallagher off after an hour, give someone his full debut, yet still come away with a draw after the first clean sheet in ages, showed his experience in my opinion. 

Yesterday wasn't easy on the eye, but coming from behind isn't something we do, another notch for Eustace.

Norwich were weak in the air,or was it that Rovers were good in that department? More deliveries please, let's find out. 

2 hours ago, ageoftherover said:

Not sure how anyone can be critical of Gallagher after that performance. Had 3 attempts that drew good to great saves from the keeper, none of them gimmies. Clever movement from him for all 3 too, which is something he's been routinely criticised for in the past. Scores at least a brace on many other days.

He's come back from his injury much sharper from what I can see. 

Said at half time, why aren't we putting more balls in the box,they obviously weren't comfortable, especially against Gallagher. 

Lo and behold, a cracking delivery from Pickering and towering header from Hyam and we're level. 

You're spot on about Gallagher, well worthy of man of the match. 

12 hours ago, Lancaster Rover said:

I agree with what you're saying but I disagree a little as whilst JDT didn't have Hedges, Dolan and Gally, JE doesn't have Wharton, Pickering, Carter or Travis and he's only had JRC for 1/4 game if we use the 3 game yard stick. 

As said, I am certainly not in the JE is the saviour camp (if that even exists) or the JDT out camp but I think we can recognise that he has managed to stem the tide at least initially, which at the time JDT seemed incapable of doing, whether that was due to stubbornness, ability or the broken relationship with the SLT we'll never know. 

Good debate guys, the thing that shouts at you is the reliance that we still have on the players Broughton and Co inherited. 

The shiny new "recruitment" department needs to get its collective finger out. 

11 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

No he isn't, we should have snapped Ipswich's arms off at the elbow.

He's an expensive liability both in terms of the fee paid for him and his wages.

It's just my opinion, if anyone thinks we could sell Gallagher for £1-1.5 million, sign his replacement for that money(even if it was used), and on less wages, but also be a better player, I think it's for the birds. 

7 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The likes of Vale, Ennis, Leonard and Telalovic make Gally look like Haaland - but he isn’t.

He definitely isn't, very few are, but he's worth a lot more than the £1 million, or even £2 million some wanted to accept. 

13 minutes ago, superniko said:

It’s an extremely simplistic view you’re taking though, not looked at teams played, players available or anything, and taking a specific sample size. 
Fair enough, if people thing this is the start of some sort of revitalised ‘hard to beat’ Blackburn Rovers they can. To me we’ve looked shite, but thankfully played Stoke and Cardiff who have similar form to our poor run under JDT. We lost in xG in 3 of the 4 (this helps with small sample sizes) and showed our usual weak under belly versus PNE, and Eustace wasn’t even picking the team managing in our win. 

It’s absolutely not on Eustace though (yet), I’m not saying it is as it’s far too early for that. But if you play that type of football you absolutely have to get results, if not then it’s rock bottom, so let’s hope we do miraculously start grinding out some points. Personally, I’m not holding my breath 

There's no doubt Tomasson suffered from injuries, especially Dolan and Gallagher(who some wanted to give away for a million). 

I'm not particularly backing Eustace, or having a go at Tomasson, but we need points, however they come. A decent team tonight would probably have seen us off, but maybe Eustace saw it as a chance to rest 2 or 3 whilst still nicking a point? If that is the case, and it certainly looked that way, it's maybe the Championship nous we've been short of. 

4 minutes ago, superniko said:

I honestly don’t think we looked hard to beat though, we lose that match to 85% of this division, we were as bad as Birmingham, it’s just Cardiff are even less clinical than them. 
Cardiff had 10 points from their last 15 matches, not scored a goal in their last 3 home matches, won 1 of their last 7 matches. They’re basically neck and neck with us in the form table across 10, 15, 20 games. 
Yet they still did more to win that match than us, a lot of recency bias to suggest we lose that 3-0 under JDT. We were on a shocking run under him, riddled by injuries yes, but he’d won 3 in a row against Cardiff including a 5-2 battering 

You've got to take it in context though, we'd taken 5 points from Tomasson's last 11 games, we've taken 5 points from Eustace's first 4. You have to consider the form and morale of the team when Eustace took over. 

I enjoyed watching some of the football under Tomasson, but we were going down. 

8 hours ago, rovers11 said:

The style of play has been pretty awful so far but it's all about results at the moment so I don't really mind. We were heading down playing pretty football under JDT; I'd rather stay up and play ugly football under Eustace.

I don't think it will be until next season that we see the style Eustace wants to play. It's very much back to basics at the moment which we need to try and get out of this situation. The problem is, we're not very good at the basics as that was coached out of the team.

We're fortunate that there are a lot or very bad teams between us and the relegation places. This season is our worst one since we were last relegated from the championship, no doubt about that.

I actually think our first 11 when everyone is fit is half decent. It's the squad that is dreadful. 

Pears, Carter, JRC, Pickering, Hedges, Gallagher and Dolan. Those 7 are in our best 11 if everyone is fit,i don't think anyone would argue, and that's without Travis or Wharton, who would definitely be playing now. 

There lies the problem, a shiny new director of football and his large recruitment entourage but we're still so reliant on the players who they inherited. 

I dread to think where we'd be if they'd started their tenure from a weaker position. 

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Its a chance for a memorable highlight of a an otherwise dire season and to get into the quarter finals of the FA Cup. 

It wouldnt be a good look so soon into the Eustace era if he does anything but treats that game seriously.

Agreed, need to go strong against Newcastle.