Dolan or Guey - but either way, its a GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!

Once again, the real depth of unfeeling about our current prospects is demonstrated by the 3 page paltry sum of contributions on this thread, one hour before kick off! 😞

Whatever happens, I hope we win!

COYB! Thump them Swans!

Not too bothered about this one, other than hoping for some kind of bounce back from the recent kicks in the teeth on our travels. Hopefully JE and the team will have focused in on the obvious failings from those two games, and agreed what the solution should be in terms of changes to the shape of the side.

I know absolutely nothing about Swansea this season, other than they are in the same division and probably have players who can hurt us if we let them play. So, presuming JE and the backroom boys have done some homework and now know what to expect, I'd anticipate an attacking game plan and some cocaine soaked oranges on the sidelines to switch things up into complete go mental mode if the wheels are coming off. Either that or we just park the bus, have a nice cup of tea and wait for the inevitable boos from toothless Jimbo on the Riverside when we get to 67 minutes without a single shot on their goal.

There will be the added incentive of having dropped a few places due to early kick offs, of which there are plenty today, so the players will actually have something to play for.

Games like today are a good barometer of the backbone of the squad. If they have acknowledged the faults that let Cathedral Bombshell Kickaball and Sir Francis Drake's Armada plunder the spoils, then perhaps there is a chance we might turn up clad in a little more resolve. If not, expect there to be more angst, anger, angle grinders and asti-spumante vomit stains around Ewood this evening.

Going for a scrappy 1-0 win, with yet another bit part player chipping in with a goal from nowhere.

It has the potential for another reverse though, so don't be surprised if we ship a couple of goals and only score one in return 1-2

We could, of course, storm home 4-0 with Yuk and Mak bagging a brace apiece.

Dreaming on...

COYB!

On 11/10/2024 at 18:27, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Rovers v Liverpool at Ewood 1935 FA Cup tie..

 

I note the Blue and White halves were reversed from those of the modern shirt (see in particular the shots of the players coming out of the tunnel at the start). When did we settle on Blue on the right and White on the left, I wonder - I'm sure this has been debated on here ad nauseam before...?

Drifting off to sleep last night and suddenly the name Micky Speight crossed my mind.. No idea why!

Anyway, he was with the Rovers, as I recollect, in the early 1980s and typified the resolute and no-nonsense defenders that players like Keeley and Fazackerley had established as the hallmark of a Rovers side.

Previously a stalwart at Sheff Utd, Speight's career somewhat tailed off after his time at Rovers, and ending up in some backwater in Norway.

Get him back in and lock him in a room with Dom Hyam for a few hours, to sort out the ridiculous rabbit in the headlights nonsense that he's been peddling instead of defending properly...

I think the Plymouth and Coventry set backs demonstrate clearly the benefits, value and impact of individual players to the overall balance of the team. For me we have been a much more attack minded, defensively coherent and balanced side with Beck playing than without. Not only his defensive capabilities have been missed, and significantly altered our overall quality, but his attacking potential and eye for decisive forward movement has been very much missed since that arsehole bit him for making a mistake at Nob End.

As things stand, yes I agree with much of the sentiment above that we have perhaps flattered to deceive in our opening few fixtures, but the fact is we ground out results when better players and greater balance were available. That gives me confidence that perhaps we might return to a more stable and potent shape once those players, especially Beck, come back into the side.

Yesterday told us very little that we didn't already know about this squad, but it is the little things that are the difference that makes a difference. I believe we will bounce back, and that back to back defeats will not become the de facto pattern as we move through this season.

Pears keeping Rovers in this...

Why the feck are we not chasing every ball like our lives depend upon it? We seem completely disinterested, and out of ideas, but worse than that we appear to be playing to concede possession at every opportunity.. Maddening 😞

We are losing this by a country mile against.... PLYMOUTH 😞

This short corner nonsense isn't working.

And Dolan you plonker. Keep it in yer pants man. 

We are making these look like worldies.

GET A GRIP ROVERS..

One attack, one goal against. WTF??

Burnley BASTARD

Good play and very nearly a goal for WSeimman

10 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

It’s delusional and entitled to think we ‘should’ be winning this. Plymouth have some excellent attackers, I’m fairly sure that doesn’t apply to our team. 

Agreed. Whilst we have enjoyed a relatively prosperous start to the new campaign, there are still big question marks over the quality and backbone of this team, and the ability of JE to get a consistent tune out of the players at his disposal.

If we can get Beck back in the side and settled, we are a different prospect and much more difficult to beat. Plymouth will adopt similar tactics to Coventry, without a doubt, as I'm sure Yoda's love child will have noticed we don't cope well with being roughed up a bit. The only hope I have is that Colleen's fat bloke will be too focused on trying to get his warriors playing in the style of the class of 92 to worry too much about what the opposition (us) are capable of doing. Rovers have generally done well when pitched against the Scouse sledgehammer's sides in recent years.

I hope, for the sake of the faithful 1000 who are trogging down the M5 this afternoon, that the journey home is one of joyful reflection, bawdy songs and celebration, rather than a sad procession of football induced misery.

COYB!!

I'm very happy to support your cause, Lewis, and have signed up on Just Giving accordingly.

Do post pictures of your success!

All the best!

M

I think the mood has changed somewhat, now we aren't unbeaten anymore, which was something of a false indicator of our form and too heavy a burden to carry indefinitely.

After last night's toothless display, where we capitulated to a team of sunday league cloggers, I'm not sure what to expect at the weekend. Eustace won't have been happy with the team, or the lack of cohesion that bedogged our play, but then again, he chose the players and the tactics... Having said that, our players appeared to have the expectation that Coventry were good enough to beat us, typified by Hayden Carthorse' petulant shoving of their player to the ground which earned him a well-deserved yellow card - Carter's facial expression as he made the shove was very telling 😉

Home Park is a long way to go, but even further to drive home from after a disappointing no-show by the team. We shall see if there really is something behind the claims of good man management bandied about by ITK, and given our recent struggles to compose ourselves on the long road, I'm fully expecting a reverse.

Head - Home Park Homies 2 Reluctant Roving Rovers 1

Heart - Scouser's Last Chance Saloon 0 Brummie's Brilliant Band of Brothers 2

Hold the Bucket, I'm Going To be Sick - Green 2 Blue and White 5 

COYB!

2 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Played football myself this evening, as it was an obvious banana skin for the recent form. Coventry are a really bogey team for us. Sounds like the smart move, in the end.

As someone who heavily doubted Eustace last year and has probably been proven wrong by now, I’d suggest that a rainy night in the abject shithole that is Coventry is probably prime for an off-night.

Plymouth is a tough one with the travel but a big opportunity to batter a really poor team and manager to get back on track. One loss doesn’t make a meltdown, we all have off days, write it off and move on.

Erm, Plymouth beat Sunderland on merit at the weekend...

Lucky not to concede again there. GET THE FOOKINGN SUBS ON!

What the actual fook was that? Did somebody forget to tell Dolan we are kicking the other way?

FFS!

Their keeper wiped out Yuki there, but no foul... 😞

It has a feel a bit like the game at the Turd..

Dolan having a particularly poor game, Carter appears to have his boots on the wrong feet. 

Rovers showing some signs, but nothing going for them yet...

These are thugs, roughing our defenders up at set pieces, including for their goal - very unsettling, and something we need to factor in to our play.

Feck 😞 Sucker punch set piece 😞