30 minutes ago, arbitro said:

And yet he is on the bench ahead of O'Riordan. In truth both have been signings which have offered nothing with one of them costing a reported £500k. Once again questions have to be asked about recruitment.

won't O'Riordan be playing tonight? 

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

stop playing him wide and play him in ther middle , only last we scored off this .

He doesn't play wide, he plays part of front and each of the front 3 in changed positions 

1 hour ago, smiller14 said:

It felt negative given we had 1, maybe 2 shots on target. 5 at the back is much more suited to when we expect to surrender possession, but yesterday played perfectly into their hands. 

We had 3 shots on target yesterday. 

Which defender would you drop for another forward or midfielder? 

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

NEXT SEASON?????? NEXT SEASON??? WORDS FAIL ME WHAT ABOUT ERM THIS SEASON... WHY DO YOU GET OFF ON WINDING FANS UP AFTER ONE THE WORST SHOWINGS OF OUR HISTORY

Its you winding yourself your self up Abbey, not me. 

Yesterday wasn't one of our worst showing of club history, Stop going OTT after a defeat. 

31 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It was absolutely a back five with the sole purpose of keeping a clean sheet. He has set up this way in most of his matches so far and it simply puts us in defensive mode. It worked really well at Leeds and was the main reason we won. It's horses for courses though and against the likes of Plymouth, Millwall and Sheffield Wednesday at home we should play a more attacking formation with an extra midfield player. In two really good performances at Middlesbrough and home to Southampton we played a four at the back and kept clean sheets. In my view it was because we had the numbers in midfield to stop them playing. 

It shows a real fear and lack of tactical acumen from Eustace. One of the criticisms of Tomasson was that he was one dimensional, had no plan B. Eustace is pretty much the same.

Who would you drop for extra midfielder or attacking player? 

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

You don't need to, you defend every action he takes , like a pubescent teenage swifty.

It's embarrassing,  even I'm embarrassed that you ain't embarrassed for yourself.

Leeds we defended staunchly and got lucky but it worked. 

Yesterday was soft , hard arsed coward tactics. FFS

wrong again Abbey. 

I have said our season ticket prices and match day prices are wrong and should be lower and Rovers focus should be filling Ewood Park with home fans, said the food options within Ewood Park isn't good enough, slammed Waggott and the Club Secretary for the 3 failed transfer deadline signings. 

So your comment I defend the every action he takes is bollocks and wrong. 

1 hour ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

You’re deluded beyond belief Chaddy lad if you think having 7k fans cheering you on making it like a home game or FA Cup tie plays no part in winning a game

Stop making excuses for our shambles of a club. It’s not optimism, it’s toxic positivity and it just pisses people off

So why did we win at Leeds in front of 37k fans? 

53 minutes ago, Groundhog said:

I just can't believe we didn't offer any incentive for the home fans for this game to counterbalance offering the whole Darwen End to one of our biggest relegation rivals - kids for a quid etc - just proof no one in charge at Ewood prioritises the support.

For all those saying "the crowd doesn't matter" - where you there at Ewood on Saturday? When you have L1 level players like ours who crack at the merest hint of pressure, at home, trying to force the issue in a game against a team fighting for their lives. They literally sucked the ball in to make it 3-1 FFS! 🤣 (sorry trying to see the light side, it's hard)

Didn't Rovers offer free kids tickets with adult ticket bought or ST holder? 

also didn't play on Sunday not Saturday? 

53 minutes ago, Groundhog said:

Comparing 7k away fans to 37k home fans at Leeds away isn't the same thing - it was a magnificent performance but it was a free hit, almost no pressure, no expectation and we grew into the game from a confidence point of view, a backs-against-the-wall performance when no one expects anything is a different kind of approach mentally and tactically compared to trying to force the impetus against a stubborn, determined opponent at home who are willing to scrap.

 

Leeds game wasn't it free hit either

7 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Difference being JDT had spells where he won a few. 

and plenty we lost aswell with him here. 

We seem to be better team when we have less possession. 

As my original point was we have decide what type of team we want to be next season and whether we become more of counter attacking team or possession based team or wing based team 

1 minute ago, TugaysMarlboro said:

And on a Waggott topic no less.

I haven't mentioned Waggott in posts or whether it was right to sell 7k fans to Sheffield Wednesday but commented that them having 7k fans at Ewood Park played zero part in our losing that game?

3 minutes ago, Hasta said:

That second half was a party atmosphere for their fans. They roared their team to a massive victory. Best fans at Ewood all season, including Leeds and the Geordies.

Woah, I heard it all now. 

3 minutes ago, Hasta said:

If Waggot doesn't open the whole tier for Coventry (which I'm not sure he will now) it will be a massive admission he fucked up by giving Wednesday the whole Darwen End.

as me and others said it played no part. Just people looking for excuses and if they can't play in front on 7k away fans then how did they play at Elland Road in front of 37k and win there then? 

3 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Still, he serves nice coffee and scones I've heard.

does he? tell me more please? where they Fruit scones or butter scones or cherry scones? was Jam and Clotted cream served with them?

14 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

Only chaddy can defend the fat greasy maggot.  Maggot turned it into weds cup final and they rose to a man , f me one of there players said it felt like a home game.  Didn't effect them ? Jhc did you not see pears turn to mush ffs

 

CHRIST CHADDY FANS ARE HURTING STOP WINDING US UP FOR YOUR KLEENEX BOX

I haven't mentioned Waggott once in my post Abbey. 

of course the Sheffield Wednesday player would say that, 

So if it affect them yesterday then how do you explaining winning at Leeds in front of 37k fans or Sunderland then if they aren't play in front of 7k sheff wed fans FFS? 

6 minutes ago, Hasta said:

So you are saying in the 5 games we have dominated the ball, we have gained only 2 points and have a -8 goal difference.

More damning stats against the manager.

It been problem all season tbh. Here are some examples for you

Under JDT we had over 50% possession in games and lost like QPR at home, WBA away, Hull away, Huddersfield away, Watford at home, Sheffield away, PNE at home

draw like Huddersfield at home, Rotherham at home, 

won at Stoke away with less 50%, Norwich away.

won at home to Bristol City, Birmingham at home with more than 50%

11 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

Erm totally negative set up at home against a bottom 3 team  .

2 goals down and left a striker on the bench and played tippy  tappy  , settling to keep it for some strange reason at 2 down instead of going for it .

Insisting on keeping gally on the wing . 

Playing a back 3 at home isn't negative is it

Gallagher doesn't play on the wing but part of front 3 and they interchange positions. 

7 minutes ago, Hasta said:

I wasn't actually arguing with you, but as you seem to be spoiling for a fight then no, they werent quiet for "most of the game."

Look at the times of the goals, look at the amount of time played and do the maths.

 

I stand by my point and ain't arguing with you cos its pointless. 

and the it was 54 minutes by the way. Majority of the game. After we scored the atmosphere was quiet for rest of the 1st half. 

8 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

As quite a few have pointed out - they haven't got the ability to manage the pressure so they just fluff around them.

The pressure gets to them and they make poor and as recent times show quite damaging mistakes.

The Bristol game was just a nightmare for Hyam- he made mistake after mistake but because of poor man management he wasn't taken off.

Hyam was good for us last season so it's not that he's a terrible player it's a lot about confidence and managing pressure.

I don't think it got anything to do with pressure but basic decision making from Pears. Pears should have headed it into touch and we regroup and remains nil nil

on the 3rd goal, Pears has time to take touch and then clear it but elected to clear it first time which he fluffed. 

On Hyam, I wouldn't have took him off at Bristol City either but factor in we lost Wharton at half time aswell. 

6 minutes ago, Hasta said:

They did go very quite when we equalised until they went infront again. However early on and throughout that second half it was exceptional support. Loudest following at Ewood for some time I thought.

So for most of their game then like a said? 

Also another point to say we had 60% of possession yesterday and lose. In the 4 other games under Eustace when we had more than 50% of possession we have lost 2 and draw 2. 

Bristol City away and Ipswich at home were the 2 we lost

Millwall at home and Cardiff away were the draws 

Looking forward to the summer and next season, we need to decide what type of team we want to be and what tactics/formation we will used and focus making signings that fit into those. 

16 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

As someone else said - we would have lost today if it had been played behind closed doors. 7000 fans in the Darwen End didn’t make our goalkeeper lose his head. He has form for it I’m afraid. This one is on the players. 

exactly, The players played well at Leeds in front of 37k week before and won. Can't used that as a excuse either. 

it didn't make one bit of different IMO and they weren't that loud for most of the game only when winning. 

Also another thing I noted yesterday was how many simple balls over the top down our left hand side of our defence cause problems cos Wharton too slow to turn or too high up. 

5 hours ago, philipl said:

That defeat was entirely on Eustace.

Rovers completely set up wrongly.

Bristol City could have been just a very bad day.

To have two such abject performances in three games means he is clueless.

No benefit of the doubt now.

Just doubt.

how did he set up wrong Philip? 

nothing to do with 2 mistakes from our number 1 after Pears very good performance at Leeds? 

I still don't understand why Pears didn't clear the ball in touch for the first goal instead of giving it Hyam when Pears can see the Sheffield Wednesday player near him. 

For the 3rd goal, Why didn't Pears take a touch like he has done all game before trying to clear it. 

Rovers players need to switch on from moment one and we need a win and a performance. 

We need to put everything that has gone on before and focus solely on getting the 3 points we need badly. 

I think we need to play 4-2-3-1 formation and play Gallagher as the 9 with Szmodics just in behind. 

possible keeper signings in the summer 

Marek Rodak from Fulham, out of contract this summer

Ben Wilson from Coventry. would cost a transfer fee

Daniel Grimshaw from Blackpool. would cost a transfer fee

Zander Clark from Hearts, would cost a transfer fee 

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Top 10?

What on earth brings you to that conclusion?

A manager with just 2 wins in 15 games, a really poor squad with horrifically weak mentality, selling our only goalscorer and no investment in the summer and you think we will get better???

We don't know whether they will be any investment in the summer or whether Szmodics will leave or not. I think we will spend some money in the summer . 

If you disagree fine by me. 

1 minute ago, Blue blood said:

See now you have started to address the points, and give some counter arguments. That isn't unfair or dismissive and they both have some merit. Just saying "nothing then" is. I'd say the errors is evidence as good managers cut it out. And as for the comments, they annoy me more as I want a Rovers manager who tells it as it is, but I can see why it's cause concern regarding his capabilities. 

Incidentally, we've  been doing stupid mistakes all season is hardly a resounding endorsement of Eustace but there we go. 

very few managers and head coaches aren't going to throw the players under the buses when talking the media are they? 

Under Eustace we had cut out the errors until the Bristol City awful and disappointed performance and result

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Did anyone say that after not even winning but drawing v Southampton, a game in which he made a big error that nearly cost us that point? Strange argument.

what big error?

he and Wharton keep Adam Armstrong quiet all game apart one early chance. 

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Hes as far removed from a leader as you could find, he sums this bunch up. He should have smashed it into touch but lost it for their first.

I wanted Hyam to be captain at the start of season and I would still keep him Captain for next season and beyond. 

Pears should have smashed it away instead of messing around with it which lead to the first goal 

my team would be 

                     Pears

Brittain Carter Hyam Chrisene 

           Buckley Tronstad

JRC        Szmodics      Dolan

             Gallagher 

41 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

That's really unfair and dismissive. 

You may look at a wider picture, you can debate and argue why said evidence doesn't matter so much or other stuff outweighs it, but you can't really say nothing when you ask for evidence and are given some. Especially when said evidence is clearly there- ie the errors are happening. What's the point in being on a MB if you completely disregard what others say?

Fwiw I'd say the individual errors is a big sign of a poor manager as they seem to be cut out or limited under better managers   

No its not unfair or dismissive at all. We made all mistakes all season under JDT and Eustace. So not really evidence was it. 

We don't know what is said at Brockhall and in the dressing room do we? 

32 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

What do you think of him smirking and smiling the presser with no tosses given over the result

non story for me. 

Of course he cares about the result but he has remain upbeat and positive. That's his job. 

I think he will be good manager here and given him the summer transfer window to bring in his own players, reshaped the squad into what he wants and pre season and I think we can get top 10 next season. 

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

Bottom no1 and

Thanks for the clarification