A good number of the crosses go straight down the keeper’s throat.

We don’t even look like scoring goals, creativity is also an issue. I think the club bottling it, (or perhaps being ambivalent about promotion), is a good way of putting it.

Agreed. We flattered to deceive and failed to lay a glove against a team on the beach, (see Reading and QPR results).

Yes, it’s always, “jam tomorrow”, and tomorrow never comes.

Barnes is the sort that every opposition fan hates, but if he plays for you, he’s loved. When we were a decent club we had a few of those.

You make your own luck. We simply don’t have the artillery to win games . That’s not luck.

I can’t see us winning again this season. 7 points from 27.

Denied the opportunity of an equaliser. It was side on, which didn’t help. Certainly an occasion where VAR would’ve seen justice done.

Hence why I said that’s his level, ie a poor signing, (and that’s five more than a few of ours).

and our loan striker signing in the Summer has turned out to be a great signing for Ipswich, so that looks to be his level. Scored a beauty this evening.

Agreed. Their keeper hasn’t had a shot to save.

Which would be exactly what Barnes wants, a red for us.

There you go. All huff and puff with no end result and then that happens.

So careless in possession. Get a grip!

I still think it was high time Mowbray left, but the “project” mentality and player development prioritisation at Rovers seems to seep into whoever is manager and players on the pitch. It’s no coincidence that we suffer an annual fade out at the business end of the season.

Yes, what’s so frustrating is, just like last season, even indifferent form would’ve seen us into the Play Offs.

So maybe we were holding Mowbray back, rather than the other way around? 🤔😉

and that was a bloody good team / squad who were tipped to win the division. The surprise that season was that our form suddenly dipped. The surprise this season is that our capitulation started later than in recent seasons, bearing in mind our lack of squad depth.

True, but we do it year after year. This year’s effort comes with added exasperation.

If he goes, do you honestly think we would recruit someone better? It’s hard to see us winning on Tuesday because it ticks all the boxes of a game with various pressures. Add to that our lousy form. Just got to hope against hope.

Possibly, but I think this will be the third time they’ve gone up whilst we flounder around under the guise of a “project”.

…… as would O’Brien, but not signing at least one striker the biggest factor, along with lack of mental strength.

We’ve been saying that throughout this poor run. We are now (finally) out of the top 6, and I would be pleasantly surprised if we get back in between now and the end of the season. 7 points from a possible 24.

Not really. Poor game management, a bit of bad luck and, most of all, a lack of mental strength when it matters.

I agree the substitutions were unwise (again) but blimey, it could / should have been 2-0 and all over.