Just now, WacoRover said:

That was the cheapest red ever. Dumb but if we stay up because if it, I take it 

As cheap as McFadzean's red against Plymouth so I have no sympathy. 

Just now, DE. said:

When Wednesday beat us 3-1 in December we were 7th and they were bottom, 12 points adrift and 18 points behind us.

We may well end up finishing below them. Incredible job Rohl has done there, but fuck me, Szmodics aside none of these players deserve to wear our colours again. 

That's nonsense - but there are only about 5 or 6 players you're happy to see in your starting XI. We need a major squad overhaul (and investment). 

Just now, RTM08 said:

Weds 2-0 up. Interesting how all these other clubs improved after changing managers but we seemingly got worse.

None of the other clubs ran their manager off through a lack of investment. 

They fired their managers, ours literally paid to get out of his contract. 

Palmer put his hands on our manager - why wasn't he red carded?

4 minutes ago, Devon Rover said:

Its going to the final day. Driving up, I had this image I couldn't shake of watching next Saturday as Leicester are awarded the championship trophy, whilst Rovers relegation is confirmed. Hopefully paranoia, but it feels believable, right now! Huge 45 ahead...

We might need fellow PL Champions to do us a favour.

10 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

If he intends to stick around, he appears unbothered by a season in League One on today’s showing.

The decision isn't in his hands. 

Just now, DE. said:

And it'll be deserved. The owners deserve it. The CEO deserves it. The incompetent senior staff who can't do basic admin functions correctly deserve it. The manager and his cowardly tactics deserve it. The players and their spineless attitudes (Szmodics excluded) deserve it. The sizable amount of fans who worship Venky's and jump down the throats of anyone who dares call out the bullshit deserve it. 

The small section of the fan base who see through the charade don't deserve it, along with the employees of the club who don't fuck things up by being useless at what they are paid to do. Overall though, if we go down it's very much deserved.

I think a lot of the fans see though the charade - you're simply focusing on a vocal minority on social media. 

1 minute ago, RTM08 said:

First half could have been worse, but I really don't get any sense of urgency in this squad and with results as they are that couldn't be much worse, A Plymouth goal now and we're in big, big trouble.

The problem is that there's absolutely nothing upfront. Szmodics is doing the work of 3 men. Dolan and Gallagher have contributed nothing, again. 

You're once again hoping to keep them out and nick a goal. 

Just now, davulsukur said:

Fucks sake, every result going against us. 

We're going down, aren't we?

Last week was when we signed our own death warrant I'm afraid 

1 minute ago, Bethnal said:

Total passenger. He’s gone in the summer and not a moment too soon

Is he?

Just now, davulsukur said:

Stuff of nightmares as Sheff Wed winning

The nightmare was last week when our GK threw two into his own net in a must-not-lose game.

4 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

Full strength Coventry team. I knew the "we may need to play the youngsters" line from their manager earlier this week was utter nonsense. 

Very unlikely we get anything today.

Bafflingly he rested players for the crucial match against Hull, which they went on to lose and lock themselves out of the Playoffs.

Weird management.

Pears starts after throwing 2 into his own net last time out.

Absolutely bonkers.

6 hours ago, DE. said:

We go into every game trying not to lose as opposed to trying to win. Evidently that's what Eustace believes is the best approach to keeping us up, but he must rate our squad extremely poorly if he won't even deviate from that strategy at home to teams below us in the league. 

In his defence it's a shit squad. 

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Coventry can still make the play-offs, so they do have something to play for, but they may be tired. 

They realistically can't. 

2 hours ago, tomphil said:

I'd limit every team to 4,500 spilt over the two tiers and empty some brain cells finding a way to charge them as much as possible in the process.

That could be worth 6 points a season - to cover for the 6 Pears throws away.

Or y'know just don't play Pears.

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Cov sold out their allocation yesterday (4,339) and have been told they can’t have more.

Yet, for the previous relegation six pointer they rolled the red carpet out, 7k, then a few hundred more as if that wasn’t enough.

They make it up as they go along down there 🤷‍♂️

Bonkers, isn't it?

I'd let every single away team have as much of the Darwen End as they can sell. We clearly need every penny we can get. 

Just now, rovers11 said:

Robins saying he may have to play the youngsters on Saturday due to injuries and fitness issues. I don't believe a word of that. 

 

Fingers crossed - they owe us after last year.

25 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Coventry make 5 changes for tonight’s match - they obviously have one eye on their trip to Ewood 😄

Let's hope they get dicked tonight and their season is over. 

16 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Dismissing any thoughts of reinvesting as fantasy land stuff. We can get worse, simply because of the cuts. Telalovic, Ennis and Hirst have all been worse in the last 2 years. Thats the standard we are working with.

I have always said that Gallagher simply is not very good at anticipating chances. Thats the main reason why his goal tally is never going to be near the top of the league, he doesnt have that instinct and never will be. Offers other things but is simply not a natural goalscorer.

That being said, under Eustace he like every other attacker is hindered more than ever. There is absolutely no sign of an attacking game plan. He often spends much of the game wide and the tactic of centre backs whacking it aimlessly in the channels just has him running after the ball with the defender naturally ahead of him. He wins throw ins and the odd corner which is all he can really do in that situation but its just not going to lead to him doing anything constructive.

What does Gallagher offer that a L2 clogger couldn't?

His anticipation and movement is terrible. His second touch is a tackle. 

15 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Someone has taken note of how the youngsters performed particularly in the league cup against lower league opposition and think mistakenly they can produce those results on a weekly basis.

It's not that complicated - the owners have simply turned off the taps. 

They did it to Lambert, they did it to Mowbray at the end of his tenure and they've done it to JDT. 

The squad cost two buttons and a piece of string to put together and it's showing. 

20 hours ago, tomphil said:

I hope Broughton is making a list of head coaches capable of dragging us back at the first attempt and making maybe his one and only worthwhile contribution since turning up here the over rated lickspittle.

Because no way is this fella doing it not a chance there is very little comparison to be had with Mowbrays attempts to stay up, yes he was too conservative himself but there were enough green shoots to offer some hope.

If we do drop though he really should be 3rd out of the door behind Waggot and Eustace.

I actually think Eustace has been fine - he's also showing what a fantastic job JDT was doing with this group of players.

You simply cannot game plan for players throwing the ball into their own net twice (Pears against Sheffield Wednesday, Hyam against Bristol City). 

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Yes we did, but JDT wanted more centre backs so he could go 3 at the back. 

We signed 3 CBs in January and JDT ran us out in a 4-2-3-1 against QPR....

18 hours ago, Penwortham Blue said:

A friend of mine who is a big Newport County fan and very knowledgeable, sent me a text when we had signed O’Riordan saying he was a very good player. Obviously, we have barely seen him in a Blue and white shirt yet but he has certainly picked him as one for the future.

He looked big and athletic the one time we did see him - like Carter. 

Obviously he can't get in ahead of Carter, Hyam and S. Wharton, but you'd at least think he'd be getting games for the U21s. Strange one. 

35 minutes ago, Commondore said:

Viktor Johansson, who's been among the best keepers in the league for two seasons running despite playing for a hopeless Rotherham side, has a £750.000 relegation release clause... 

I'd be all over that, but so will half the league sadly.