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He certainly wasn’t alone today but I thought he was really poor. Think he is trying to live up to the star billing a little bit too much, had numerous opportunities today and end product was either wrong decision or appalling efforts on goal. The real disappointment today was that the Swansea keeper’s contribution was largely limited to time wasting, I can’t recall him having to make a real save, nearest being Leonard’s header which was straight at him.

Mad really, we don’t have a recognised CF available and started the season with just an academy lad fit. An attacking midfielder top of the divisional goal chart and yet us near the bottom and missing chances galore. Just shows that the crucial requirement is to be tight at the back and stop conceding cheap, cheap goals.

I love that train of thought, let’s hope so 🙏

What with, a bag of revels and a sack of balls !

I’m hoping he doesn’t get the pot, he’s a Blackburn Rovers man at heart and did a great job at Wycombe. I would like him to turn it around but if he survives today, he is obviously in the last chance saloon, particularly with Beale available again after leaving them last year after a good start.

Yep, the Turd emptied on the 73rd minute as thousands of Dingles poured out 😂

Did we manage to win with Jim Mk2 present ?

A much needed result, Walhstedt with important early save and today, we took our chances. To my mind, we are a better team than our position suggests and on our day are capable of beating any team in this league. If we can win these next two home matches, then the table will be looking a lot better.

Prayers and thoughts with you and your Mum. Stay strong, look after her and keep faith that there will be a positive outcome with your Mum beating it and returning to good health.

The Coventry players ensured that decision was changed. Looked like both linesman and referee who was much closer were happy with it, until they had a chat and the referee recalled his vendetta against Blackburn Rovers. Given last year’s Ewood fixture and the clear play off consequences of his inability to spot the keeper’s handball goal, he shouldn’t have been appointed to this match.

Equally hard to say he does have both hands on the ball and the referee seemed happy with it, until he realised it was Blackburn Rovers.

With a full squad to pick from, we are more than capable of winning matches in this league. JDT hasn’t been backed and we are down to the bare bones, particularly up front. If luck ever evens out for Blackburn Rovers, we are due a mammoth winning streak.

Unbelievably, yes.

Once again, guilt edged chances missed, no luck and can’t keep a clean sheet. When you see Dolan and Markandy on the team sheet, you really do worry where the goals will come from. Hopefully, Ennis might improve things should he ever be deemed fit to play a competitive game but looks like we are in for a long and tough season. Frankly staggered that the EFL appointed the referee to the match after his horrendous error, against the same opposition at Ewood last season. A decision that took our play off place and handed it to Coventry, absolutely stinks.

Praying that isn’t the outcome but fear the worst. We aren’t a lucky team, we miss guilt edge chances and this one just feels like it is going the same at way as the tail end of last season and last run of matches.

That is all it takes in this league, a few wins. Boro and Coventry last year were rock bottom and ended up meeting in the play offs. As we are currently experiencing, a run of losses and the reverse is true.

A second for Ipswich, same MO, unbelievable.

Everything Ipswich are hitting is going in, another strike from outside the box. Wish we would let it go from distance a bit more, we always trying to walk it in.

Our XG is incredibly high. In most games that we have lost, the XG suggests we should have won but of course the match isn’t played on paper. We have never been a lucky team, we are missing gilt edge chances and letting really poor goals in and that is always going to result in poor outcomes and a lowly league position. The above is well illustrated by the fact that Sunderland, Cardiff and Leicester scored with pretty much every effort on target, the two recent penalties conceded and the fact that we have missed both penalties awarded to us.

If they do come for him, Swag will be rubbing his hands for the compensation and then give the job to Damian Johnson 🙈

I would like to see Tronstad get a game. I’m not a great fan of Travis, he is far too inconsistent, and I can’t understand why he plays the more advanced role. I realise he can’t take it on the half turn but what is he ever going to give us further forward, he just doesn’t have the creativity or goals in his locker.

Given all his issues since joining, I keep forgetting that Ennis is a Blackburn Rovers player ! His playing career at the club certainly hasn’t started yet !

I wouldn’t disagree with this at all but it is a toss of a coin which of Hyam or Carter to drop out, both been poor recently.

I like JDT, think he is a good coach and could have easily taken us up, they just needed to give him a small amount of backing, say £3/5m and maintained the wage budget. Even as it stands, I don’t think we are far from being a good team and on our day, we can undoubtedly beat anyone in this league. Unfortunately, very little seems to run for us on the luck front and you can’t keep missing guilt edge chances and slipping sloppy goals, without being at the wrong end of the table. I am desperately hoping for a minimum 4 point haul from Coventry and QPR but in all honesty, I can’t see us turning the tide until the next Ewood fixture. Truly hope that I am wrong.

Indeed, a golden age when we were on our knees and he brought us back up and then very nearly made it to the top tier the very next season. We were skint but he wasn’t bothered about taking years for a journey, just happy to make us incredibly hard to beat and loving 1 0 wins. Still remember the hurt at Eastville, we did our job that day, Kevin Stonehouse (RIP) with the goal but Preston losing to Swansea saw us miss out.