Devon Rover

Sorry, I have missed this new one. Please could someone link me to it?

Boom - yet another piece of "significant investment". We, the great unwashed, are so very fortunate. Glad he has signed, I think he is a decent player. We need much more than this just to 'stay still'. And staying still will actually mean continuing to drop down the league, of course.

I'm out for a good while, too. I know its not as much as several others will have travelled but I'll have driven six hours and walked another to get there today. The team barely bothered turning up and the absolutely fucking appalling manager we've got couldn't be bothered to clap the supporters. I'm the fool. I won't be putting myself out for this for the foreseeable future. If a big protest against Venkys were to take place in Blackburn, I'll get there. But nothing more. Today was a harsh blow to my remaining loyalty to a club that doesn't really exist anymore. And it was emphasised by the clearly totally different environment, mood and spirit of Portsmouth FC, despite their own years of struggles. Our club, as of 2025, can't match up to anything like it. That was very sad to feel and that's on Venkys. I don't want to have any part of their business empire, anymore. I'm out. Now to drive home, still displaying my shirt. I'm proud of what it used to represent, nothing of today.

The goal all started from Woodrow failing to close down the left back quickly enough. He is offering nothing at all

Made it to Portsmouth. Arrived and saw yet another baffling lineup. Why do I bother?! Let's hope I'm proved very wrong...

The bit that did annoy me in that statement was about the "two way engagement" with fan groups. As an outsider, this looks like a complete backfiring strategy, once again, of some 'fan representatives' holding conversations with Waggott/Suhail. If you keep doing this, you will be used, with your "engagement" held up in propaganda as wonderful positive work by our exec team. Those conversations are clearly doing more harm than good. Overall, the statement avoids the main (Venkys) issue and is exactly the bland and dismissive response that was always inevitable. Which, I guess, moves us to the next actions that everyone involved in the media push today will have prepared for. How do we move forward with this, and how can we all support that?

It's going to be a vomit-inducing "we are all in it together, with you", perhaps with a bit of defensive talk about how Venky's keep us afloat, a sprinkle of "worked with fans groups to put forward a generous season ticket offer" and a dash of "will someone think of the players, they need us all working together to support them, not causing distractions in the media", bullshit.

This is an interesting approach and I am genuinely grateful for the proactive effort. Assuming any response from those named will be to dismiss the request out of hand, what then? As that assumption is surely almost certain, I expect there is a plan in place for the "protest and unrest" that could have greater impact than previously? I appreciate details won't be shared at this stage but knowing there is a plan beyond the in draft communication feels very important to avoid bluffs being called. Thanks again.

Anyone got any idea how far down the road this cheap and nasty can has been kicked, this time?

Similar to @Herbie6590, I'm going to this one with an old mate who is a Pompey fan. In truth, if I didn't have the rare chance to catch up with my friend there, I wouldn't have bought a ticket. But I am now kind of looking forward to a game where there is (slightly) more hope than expectation of any kind of decent result. Opening goal is likely of huge importance.

Just to say that, in amongst so much crap going on at our club, I really appreciate these updates on our loaned out players. You never know which of them we might become dependent on in the next season or two..! Thank you for taking the time.

If we can send him back now, we absolutely should. He is a useless block to any of our actually contracted young players. The loan signings have, almost entirely, been a disaster.

This is fucking abysmal. I think that's me switching off from Rovers, at least until the summer, but perhaps longer. The club is a mess - moreso now than ever before. I can't bear seeing it. The last few matches have been worth sacking this useless manager over. We know, of course, no such thing will be on the cards.

Dennis is a crock. This was known before we signed him. It was a very foolish signing and use of our "significant investment". I'm still shocked, if not surprised, at how our new manager has managed to take us from the play off places to six points below it in just a matter of weeks. His appointment was just as bad as the January transfer policy (and the one before that, etc etc).

Have we even led a game, yet, under this head coach? So far his appointment has been nothing short of disasterous.

Lucky that Dennis is looking sharper and more focused, eh? Dreadful signing.

I cannot see any evidence of what VI and the team have been doing in training. They've been a complete mess.

Into the last five minutes. One shot on target so far. Clearly the five man defence was a master stroke by our '1st of 150' manager.

Honestly, on this performance, and last weekend's, I'd not be hugely disappointed to see any of this team, or the manager, leave. I've never felt so disconnected to a Rovers team. Its sad. Thanks very much Venkys, you absolute cunts.

This whole performance has been utterly embarrassing. These are people paid to play football, right?!

This has honestly been one of the worst halves of football I've ever seen Rovers play in 33 years. Due to the total lack of skill, shape, competence, etc etc. It's abysmal. Simply has to make changes at half time.

And to think some people on here said losing Baker didn't matter. We replaced him with Forshaw who is literally out for a jog this evening, watching a game.

So many of this side should be nowhere near wearing the kit of Blackburn Rovers. One of the more foremost is the goalkeeper. If we had Stoke's we'd be in the playoffs, despite the weaknesses elsewhere.

What the fuck was that from Hyam? Total bloody prick, that bloke

Dolan and Cantwell are total liabilities here