Old Codger

Surely that has to be the final nail in Gueye's coffin? Dead man walking look in his eyes, and complete lack of confidence in his demeanour throughout. Remember, football is a game that is built on feedback, and if that is the kind of 'support' he gets from his club captain and team-mates on a daily basis, there is no way back for the lad. If I was him I'd be asking to play centre half or something or go out on loan to a lower division, as it is clear he has the striking prowess of a gnat on a windscreen in Championship terms. Whilst it is a shame for the lad, it is much more of a shame on those who brought him to the club, who clearly haven't a clue what is required to compete effectively at this level of football. Time to move on, Maktar. The video re-confirms that Sondre Tronstadt is a solid, reliable and effective performer, and that Todd Cantwell is a show pony.

2 points from a possible 9 in the last 3 fixtures (albeit one abandoned) tells the depressing story - the trajectory is clearly swinging downwards and the fixture pile up, pitch problems on wet days, long term absentees from the matchday squad and a general air of doom and gloom means... feck all in this league. We could do with a couple of sublime Alebiosu / Gudjohnssen combos tomorrow, and a cheeky Mori or Yuki top up to crown another 'unexpected' positive result for Roving Rovers on the Road. More likely it seems like the wheels will finally bounce off and we will be left careering towards oblivion. Not feeling the 'we can beat this lot' vibe at all. Pompey in circumstantial capitulation 1 Rovers in Rampant Renaissance Running Riot 3 Pomp up the volume 3 Raggedy Rovers 0 Pomp my Rovers Ride, I'm all at sea 0 Realistic Reflection of Resources 0 COYB! Oh, and to those who think I'm an AI bot..I say, oh bondage, up yours!

Wafer thin squad. Let the excuses begin.. Merry Xmas Xford.

The mighty Oxford United will probably do a job on us tonight. The conditions are perfect for a reverse. The omens are stacked against a 'normal' game or result. The chances are we will capitulate and concede at least once on the night. O woe is me Rovers 0 Oxford 2 Oh how did that happen? Rovers 1 Oxford 4 Oh not another reverse at home, surely Shirley..? Don't call me Shirley Rovers 0 Oxford 1 (95th minute own goal). Feck it. COYB

The cracks are certainly appearing in the wafer thin paper that has been used to disguise the reality of our club's plight by the faceless, useless, pointless, feckless ones. Way past their sell by, IMO.

Erm, how about the FACT that there should not be a problem in this basic respect in the first place? The simple solution would have been to continue to prepare the playing surface in the way in which it supported many years service without any issues during our Premier League tenure. But no, the buffoons in Pune, aided and abetted by their bean counting sycophantic legion of leaches 'knew better'. Hence here we are, once again the focus of unwanted (but well warranted) attention and derision of the rest of the football world. It was never rocket science. It was never difficult. It just needed some appropriate planning and preparation from people whose job it is supposed to be to care about these things. As we can see. THEY DON'T CARE. Feck them.

There is simply no excuse for the debacle. The inevitable sanctions from the FA will only serve to further dismay the already battered and disheartened faithful few, whilst the publicity is just another golden opportunity for those who would revel in our misfortune to have a free hit at our once proud club. The situation cannot go on (but we all know that it will) because the root cause continues to fester like an unpleasant chronic illness. The longer it goes on, the more inevitable it feels that it will become terminal for Blackburn Rovers. I am beginning to believe that this is actually the intention of the absent and despicable temporary landlords in the owners' box. The sooner they are gone, the better.

There can't be a 'post match' interview, technically, as the fixture will be declared null and void and will take place on another day, once the FA wake up and use the recent precedent as their measure. FWIW VI stomped off down the tunnel a long time before the ref got anywhere close to his final decision. It was clear from the ref's body language at the outset that there had to be a dramatic change in the prevailing conditions in order for there to be anything other than an abandonment. Those parasitic morons in Pune. I curse the day they were conceived - odious endeavours indeed. Currs and mongrels the lot of them, attended by sycophants and scoundrels. They are about as fit and proper as owners as Nicolae Ceaușescu was a philanthropist. Scum needs to skim off back to its scurrilous roots and divest.

Pune. No pune intended. It would be too pune-itive to contemplate anything as Puney as that.

Surely they can't expect everyone just to pay again, especially as there will be no guarantee that the replacement fixture will be completed.

Lol, this link popped up on the SW thread this morning..https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/singin-in-the-rain/?utm_source=audiencestore&utm_medium=programmatic&utm_campaign=tgm_royalexchangetheatre_singingintherain25_audiencestore_programmatic_pro&dclid=CMDD677XqJEDFdlV9ggd3GMOuA&gad_source=7 Hopefully it is a positive omen. COY soggy Blues!

Yes, I agree - they didn't make much noise even when they equalised. I'm not sure they could quite believe the unlikeliness of it, and there was probably more of a sound from the collective Victor Meldrew outburst from the home faithful than there was any shout of joy from the tractor children, particularly as most would have had to accept that Rovers had done enough on the evening to be worthy of the victory. The whoosh of the hapless Christian Walton's limbs through the air as he flailed back towards the Blackburn End in high excitement was more noticeable than the huzzah from the (prior to that) humbled travelling tractor faithful. For all his faults, HairPears was noticeably less prone to putting his defence under unnecessary direct pressure than the Ipswich stopper, who didn't fill me with great confidence, despite appearing to have grown a foot or so since his stint in the Rovers' ranks. History now. Time to move on and learn. Dopey twats!

The Owls will be playing for fun, as it is pretty certain that the season will end in relegation for their club, and not withstanding the payment (or not) of their wages going forward, they can afford to see themselves as very much either in the shop window or in the swansong of their journeys as professional footballers. Ceteris paribus Rovers should be capable of competing, especially if the energy levels of last night are repeated (over 90 plus minutes), but we haven't demonstrated much in terms of consistency in a positive sense this season, so perhaps it might be too much to expect us to put on a show. Feck it. Just go for it for the whole game lads. We will never criticise you for doing that...(but we mean THE WHOLE FECKING GAME!) Predictions? Nope. Speculation? Of course. Let's make them Owl all the way Ome to 'Illsborough - Rovers 3 Owls 0 Hoots mon and Haggis it's a foul feathered hangover - Rovers 1 Owls 2 That's tawny it, Chansiri's cast-off-cast-aways-cast cretinous chaos on the leafless trees of EWood Rovers 0 Wednesday 6 COYB!

Talk about setting the tone.. Rovers' website preview of the game states as follows: "Sitting eighth in the table, McKenna's men will rise to fourth in the standings with a victory this evening." Not being funny, but can't anyone on the Rovers staff actually write English - a more accurate sentence might have used the word 'would' rather than 'will'. Pedantry, I know, but it feels like the club already accepts the inevitability of a negative outcome, instead of going in knowing it is a game of football, in which as we know, anything can happen. As I said earlier, we need to stick the form book up their conceited tractor boy arse. What we need, and what we get - often two diametrically opposed concepts, from the existential perspective of a long-standing Rovers fan.. FWIW, COYB!

Ipswich will be creaming themselves in anticipation of this fixture. Feck em to high tractorworld and back I say. Just dig in boys, and pull something, anything, from the locker to put the record straight. It's all we ask. Rob o the green - Rovers 1 Tractor boys 0 Robbery most foul - Rovers 0 Arnold Muren's love children 1 Realistic reckoning - Rovers 1 Whipsnitch 2 COYB!

It begs the question, "Why couldn't it have been Rovers laying siege to the Wrexham goal at the death, and snatching a second goal (or at least creating more chances?" - that, dear friends is 100% game management, an art that seems to be missing from the Coaching 101 manual apparently thumbed by Ismael and his bumbling technical team. The management should wear clown pants.

He wasn't offside. There were two Rovers players prone on the goal line, with Pears behind them. Wrexham got a get out of jail card there, and any normal side would have just shut up shop and headed to the corners from 90 mins, instead of inviting the opposition to attack in wave after sodding wave. At least my early aftternoon pessimism was unfounded, and the 6-0 dicking didn't occur. I thought we had enough in the tank to deserve a win against a Wrexham side that flatters to deceive - bur then Kieffer Moore gave them the bollox to keep coming back for more, and our tactical geniuses on the sidelines encouraged them on.. inevitable that we would concede, once the hairy balls were substituted for castrato smooth bollux, and I am only thankful that we didn't capitulate completely. Tuesday now has a completely different complexion, especially as they won't want to lose two on the bounce away from home. Too little time to worry about that now, but team selection, availability of billy big balls substitutes (or not) and a whole load of smelly stuff and bitten nails are going to be the reality versus them thar tractor boys.

Kieffer Moore is killing us. Looks a proper player, and our makeshift defence just cant cope with his strength and movement.

11 shots to their 2 at this point... Yup

Venkys. Keep up, old chap.

I am expecting this to be another low for this crazy season. End of. Wrexham 6 Rovers 0

An incredibly limp performance last night. The only good thing is it was so bad it can't possibly linger in memory. All down to the impeccable stewardship of the owners, whose honouring of the legacy of Jack Walker is the equivalent of me taking a dump on the Cenotaph. Lest they forget. VENKY SCUM OUT OF OUR CLUB, OUR TOWN, OUR NIGHTMARES AND OUR MEMORIES.

Smallest bloke on the pitch heads easily past Pears. Baffling. Can't see us threatening their goal now. Bollux.

And there we go. Numpty management.

I think we win the prize for the stupidest haircuts. Pratt, who looks like a decent footballer with his feet, looks like he's been conned at Paserelli's..