Exiled_Rover

Its the Siu celebration Ronaldo does - the clip cuts off early. Nobody in our current squad scores that goal - they don't have the technique.

No wonder Eustace left us, they've spent an absolute fortune this summer.

Yeah I definitely need some time away from this board. Writing players off after 4 games. Unbelievable.

They're going to have to cycle through a team every 2 years, yes.

Off the top of my head: Should have booked whoever scythed down Hedges and whoever fouled Alebiosu (#19?) in the first half when they were both clear down the wing. Should have booked both Norwich players who stood in front of the ball when Cantwell was trying to take a quick FK in the second half (Cantwell got a telling off instead). Should have booked the Norwich player who delayed the quick play of a throw-in in the first half. Hedges was fouled off the pitch in the second half and he waved play on. Should probably have given us a penalty for handball (haven't seen it back, but every Rovers player went up for it). Should have sent S. Wharton off for pulling back their attacker in the second half when clean through on goal. I'm only irked by it because Cantwell got booked for standing up for Ribeiro (one of their players was standing over Ribeiro menacingly as he was on the ground) and booked Tronstad for literally his first foul of the game. Either officiate it properly or don't bother and let it become a melee. Don't punish one team harshly and let the other off.

Ooooph. He was one of the worst I've ever seen. They genuinely couldn't do much worse sacking the lot of them and starting again afresh.

I just want consistency from referees. I'm not incredibly blinkered at all. I thought S. Wharton should have been sent off today for grabbing their attacker round the neck when he was running down the right - I think the ref took pity on him and turned a blind eye because he'd already sent off McLoughlin for less contact.

Assuming Gudjohnsen is a done deal (and if he was there today he'll fancy his chances of starting against Watford!!!) I still think we need another winger, a CM and a GK. We're not signing a GK by the looks of it - Ismael's answer on BBC Lancashire about the pathways / young kids didn't even reference Pears. He must be on his way out and they apparently don't plan to replace him, which is worrying.

How have we played in those 5 games? We've been in every single one and, barring some awful officiating, should be sat here with far more points. The worry is that this is our year - we're playing ok and losing, which means we're going down - but I have to think that we'll stop being on the butt end of things and start picking up results. I don't look at the squad we've assembled and think it's miles off the standard.

He's a confidence player that needs time on the pitch. Relegating him to 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there is doing him absolutely no favours.

Well he missed a sitter today and shied away from 3 other chances any striker worth his salt is at least taking on...

I wish they'd apply all of the laws of the game so thoroughly...

Gueye isn't an impact sub - he's poor in that role. He needs to start the game and cause chaos for 70 minutes. Ohashi missed a sitter, refused to shoot TWICE when the GK was miles out of position when they gifted us the ball and bottled it when played through (the Hedges 'chance'). He had an absolute stinker today.

We've played well in 3 of the 4 games and come away with 3 points. That's hugely concerning. Lots of decisions going against us, which makes things more difficult, but we're just not taking our chances. I hope this Gudjohnsen lad is good because fuck me Ohashi was shite today. He's an impact sub, nothing more.

Don't see Travis turning that game around.

Think we're in big, big trouble. Three games decided by penalty decisions that all went against us. We dominated Norwich with 10 men, but lost 2-0. Some managers are just unlucky. I think we're going down. Just one of those seasons.

Lovely stuff. Once again we're getting nothing from the man in black. Very even game ruined. Lovely way to waste an afternoon.

Well we've had to sell the core of our team to do it. The turnover has been insane - 9th signing coming in, how many have left? It's a massive, massive gamble. Gestede and Ismael seem comfortable doing it. Perhaps JDT and Broughton weren't? It's different, if nothing else.

Well they technically HAVEN'T backed Ismael. Not financially at least. We're well in the black this summer - wage bill has been slashed and we've sold more than we've bought (assuming no more are brought in).

They should have sold him this summer.

Sod how much we got for Wharton, how are you meant to compete against these parachute clubs when they continuously throw that kind of money around!?

You do realise people call you out as negative because every post is negative, right?

Only because Szmodics miraculously turned into a 30 goal striker.

It's concerning that Gent want to ditch him after a year, for what they paid for him - but then again Alan Shearer isn't walking through that door. We'll just have to see if he's any good if he signs for us.