Leeds had everything to play for when we beat them at Elland Rd.

Not saying we were certs against Leicester obv, but the truth is, due to Eustaces tactics and the make-up of our squad, we were comparatively better as rank underdogs than we were favorites. That was true under JDT to some degree too.

Also, never like the "if x single event had happened differently the season would have panned out a different way." You could point to loads of examples across the past two seasons that would have swung our points total one way or another. Telalovic missed one I could have scored in the dying moments against Brum that would have made the last match academic. If Hedges hadn't have chipped we might be in the PL. Dozens more we could list. Theres always an element of what if in football. It's not really worth dwelling on too much.

19 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Probably £2m in permanent signings and a considerable amount in loan fees to a club like us is a lot of money. Factor in wages and there is very little value for money.

$2m in signing fees being "a lot of money" for us underscores where the problem truly lies.

13 hours ago, superniko said:

I also think this is potentially the silent alarm to why we absolutely tanked from Christmas onwards. 

Waggott rubbed his hands together despite selling to the first bidder for below market price as it’ll look good to Venkys who haven’t got a scooby. 
But that decision almost cost us our championship place as it’s no coincidence we looked absolutely dire since he left, creating feck all. 

The flip side is he was the silent pillar that kept us above water. Sammie has gotten a ton of plaudits for his contribution (and rightly so), but in hindsight the buffer we had from the months when Wharton was in the team was what gave us the chance to limp over the line.

Thanks Adam. Hoping against hope they use the money you made us to strengthen the club for the years to come.

Just on McFadz, effective but limited guys aren't a problem if they're cheap and aren't relied upon exclusively. We won't want to set up with 5 at the back every week, but there'll games like Leicester/Leeds away where we'd be mad not to. I'd keep him around another year, especially given his experience and attitude. Nothing wrong with having a hard arse around a squad like ours.

13 hours ago, Bethnal said:

Unfortunately, you don’t get as clear of an indication of someone leaving as their teammate putting you on the spot, in an interview, unexpectedly.

Hope it’s a dream move to West Ham and some sort of trophy there for him, but with five or six others bidding so we’re looking at £15m. Go well, lad.

Looks at the genuine respect and admiration they have for him. Theres no way its the same with Hyam. I think we might have ended up having a different season with Sammie as captain.

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

I don't think he's been awful. He's not been good, but not terrible. To be perfectly honest, I don't notice a huge difference between him and Gallagher. 

The biggest difference is we have a lot more tape on Gallagher.

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Well I doubt we will get anything from Leicester. So were hoping that a Plymouth and Birmingham dont both win or only one wins and Wednesday dont at least draw.

Individually packaged each seems possible but all two in combination seems unlikely. Wonder what the bookies reckon.

Its not that bad right? We just need one of those 3 things to happen to be safe. Plymouth or Birmingham don't win or Wednesday lose.

Results could have gone much worse in the end.

Gonna be one of those days huh...

This has to be it!

If we win, does it count as Eustaces?

What really got me about Pears was him giving Hyam a serve for the backpass. Yeah it's maybe 10% overhit but in a moment that's 98% on you just have the grace to put your hand up and apologise to your team mates.

As a keeper, it always annoyed me when opposition players would try to hurry me up when behind. "I'm not on your time here mate" or "you shouldn't have conceded that goal" were my standard lines to them.

Youre entitled to take some time to get your goal kick/throw in right. If you want to go faster you do, if not, you don't have to speed up because it suits your opponent.

13 minutes ago, rigger said:

It was a reference to a grammatical error (the difference between resign and re-sign) in a previous post, please follow the conversation before butting in.

I know. I was attempting to go on with it.

2 hours ago, rigger said:

Or perhaps he wants rid of Dolan ?

If so, that peach of an assist is a weird time to reach that conclusion.

The points buffer obviously makes avoiding relegation easier, but we were bottom 2 in terms of form and he had to completely overhaul the team's playstyle (especially in defence). I think given the circumstances his performance is above par, if not massively so. I agree with those saying itll be very interesting to see how he goes with (hopefully) some support in the summer and a full pre season with his squad.

3 minutes ago, harryhealless1928 said:

All credit to JE & the lads for a great win at Leeds. I reckon thats our best performance this season(along with the cup-tie against Newcastle),eclipsing the 1-5 win at Sunderland given the opposition and hostile crowd. It will live long in the memory.

A big shout out for all the supporters who made the effort so the players had a decent crowd to celebrate with.

Super Sammy Szmodics has scored 30 goals and almost single-handedly kept us up(I hope). And unlike Alan Shearer hasnt got great players to play with. Easily in the greatest 50 Rovers players of all time going back to the Victorian era. Remember he has also scored against the two Premier League clubs he has faced,and hes not even a striker. Frank Lampard eat your heart out.

Amazing that people still say this non ironically.

The injury time flops in the box were obviously not pens, but if there was VAR I reckon the handball (Gallagher I think) earlier in the second half would have been given.

For those who have seen many a poor season, how does Szmodics effort this season stack up for individual efforts in one of them?

To me it looks ATG.

Omg Sammy and Dylan what a goal.

7 minutes ago, den said:

Can anyone give me “anything “ to look forward to under this regime. Even next season, whichever league we’re in, holds nothing other than fear.

Nothing pleasant.

2 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Sigurdsson? Get a striker on...

A striker? Like McGuire?

Edit: Sammmmmmiiiieeeee

1 minute ago, simongarnerisgod said:

mrs szmodics will be getting a rest for the next couple of days😁

I would hope shes getting a rest no matter where he got hit!!

8 minutes ago, cesus said:

One of the kids misses it and Hyam should have taken it as captain. Catch 22. Great effort from the lads, I'm proud of them all!

I'd have to see it again, but on first watch I didn't think he hit it too badly either. Could have had a bit more power but the keeper guessed right and was in red hot form to get a big piece of it.

Proud of that performance, but losing on penalties is such a kick in the nuts after playing that well.

A performance to be proud of no matter what happens from here.