6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

sent off for trying to get the ball back into whilst Palmer obstructed him and kept the ball. Good on Eustace for that. no surprised you slammed him for that. 

why isn't Eustace the man to take us forward?

why would he go to back 4 and leave their 2 strikers vs our 2 centre defenders? 

we created more than another chances to win the game

we had 30 shots, we played attacking today, we didn't settled for a point. 

so please can you tell what you would have done different from Eustace to get us to win the game and what formation would you change to or tactical then? 

Well we now know what the line up will be next Saturday.

1 point from 2 eminently winnable home games isn’t good enough. 

3 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

If Hull fail to win tonight then I can see Plymouth beating them for sure, and as a result Norwich with a playoff place confirmed will field a weakened team against Birmingham. Sheffield Wednesday you can expect to go to Sunderland and win given Sunderland have been on the beach for weeks now. Has it ever happened before were a team that hasn't been in the bottom 3 all season goes down on the final day? Would certainly be a very Blackburn Rovers thing to do.

Given who we are playing on the final day we are sadly looking purely at 3 other result rather than our own. A grim end to an awful season.

Blackpool got relegated years ago after being out of the drop zone for all but the last ten minutes of the season.

I can’t see Derby doing a Rotherham or not investing.

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

The blame lies squarely at the feet of the owners.

This squad cost a tuppence and a button to assemble - and the tuppence was spent 4+ years ago on Gallagher. 

You mean wasted on Gallagher ?

10 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Piss poor season and glad to see the back of it.The football is appalling,worst Rovers side in many a year.

We are set to limp to safety.Hurrahhh!

It’s been a shocker and I’ve seen my share of bad seasons. This is up there with the worst.

I’ve got a black “ Lacoste “ polo shirt ( made in France, not Peru ) that must be 32 years old and it still looks brand new ! And it still fits me.

On 26/04/2024 at 02:42, Upside Down said:

I think my dad used to get gear from there back in the day.

Also I have very fond memories of the Hake Boat. Best chippy in the world.

Great chippy. No home game was complete without a visit to the Hake Bost. Usually before a game.

The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

2 minutes ago, Ianrally said:

They’ll want to top the division. 

We didn’t when we had the chance.

Heinz - Just Like Eddie

Leicester already promoted then. Is that good or bad for us ? 

On 25/04/2024 at 10:46, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

The Grand old Riverside..

 

I’m guessing that is the home match with Preston on Saturday  October 11th 1958.

Rovers won 4-1. It looks like Dave Whelan 2 stood by the goal post, Bill Eckersley beyond him and Ally MacLeod beyond Eckersley. Harry Leyland in goal, Mick McGrath in centre ground. Bryan Douglas looking on in the distance.

Our scorers were Douglas, Vernon and Whelan 2. I believe Whelan was injured and as was the way when there was no subs back in the day he was moved up front to be a nuisance and he scored twice.

Rovers team  - 

Leyland

Whelan, Eckersley

Clayton, Woods, McGrath

Douglas, Dobing, Johnson, Vernon, MacLeod

Played in front of a crowd of 39,075 ! That explains the packed Riverside.

Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog

Neil Diamond - Cherry, Cherry

Don And Juan - What’s Your Name

Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King

The Three Caps - Cool Jerk

I must be TKMaxx’s best customer. One of my favourite purchase’s was a pair of replica New York Cosmos shirts, one home, one away, with the “ Pele “ No 10 letters and numbers sewn on. Brilliant quality, I I can’t recall who made them, it might have been “ Umbro” . They are both out in our flat in Spain at the moment.

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

one thing that Elliott Jackson mentions in his weekly podcast Arte Le Labore, is he doesn't think Eustace rates his attacking options beyond the main 4 in Hedges, Dolan, Szmodics and Gallagher(Maybe Sigurdsson but with him being injured we don't know) and that why he changes formation when one of those isn't available. I think it was interesting point made and one that @arbitro has made also that our best performance apart from Leeds away and Stoke at home have been 4-2-3-1 formation like Ipswich and Southampton at home, Sunderland and Boro away. 

He has to go 4-2-3-1 formation on Saturday. 

Yes, I agree with 4-2-3-1 on Saturday.

Whilst we are on the subject of “ Adidas “ Samba trainers. I bought a pair a while ago. Black leather with a sort of corrugated tongue. They squeak like nothing on earth when you wear them. It’s that bad Mrs Shoelaces has refused to let me wear them when we go out together ! The problem is the tongue. Anybody else come across this issue and if so - how did you cure it ? I’ve tried talcum powder and it only works for so long. 

Yeah I bought a “ Yeti “ - it’s a sort of very thin puffer style jacket but made fom some sort of magic ingredients. It’s so warm I can only wear it two months of the year. The rest of the time it’s in my ward robe. They started out making sleeping bags for the German Army.

I used to dress really smartly. Nice suits, best quality shirts and ties etc. When you’re were wearing overalls all day it was nice to have a change. 
 

I just wear casual stuff now. I’m going out later so I’ll be wearing “ Puma “ Oslo City trainers , dark “ Pantherella “ socks, dark blue “ Wrangler “ jeans ( not distressed or with holes in ! ), “ DSquared “ underpants , a black/brown “ CP Company “ shirt, black “ John Smedley “ sweater,  and a thin light blue “ Montane “ sort of zip up rain top.

All of those came from TkMaxx apart from the “ John Smedley “ sweater the came from the late and much lamented “ Jenners “ of Edinburgh.

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

The intensity has gone out of our game under Eustace so I don't think that the amount of games Coventry have played will be any advantage to us. We aren't a pacy team by any stretch of the imagination but under Tomasson the intensity made up for some of this. We really look like plodders and as such easy to play against.

If Coventry play like they did on Sunday in the second half we’ll get nothing. If they play like they did in the first half we’ve got a small chance of getting a result.

2 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Alice Cooper -Poison

Overdose of poison Norbert.

The Tokens - He’s In Town

The Coasters - Poison  Ivy