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No bloody wonder we got the performance we did! PATHETC ROVERS It was announced two weeks ago. There is a 5* at E250 per night and a load of 4* at E80 to E135 per night in Nijmegen on Booking.com right now. For the sake of less than E5k Pasha has completely FUCKED THE FEELGOOD WINNING FACTOR. This is not just rank bad management, this is disgusting ignorant stupidity.

For that matter so should we. From the Ohashi interception in the first ten seconds to five must score but didn't openings in the second half...

I was concerned by the sight of them in their training kit looking in the dumps disembarking the coach exactly an hour before kick off. Even Gueye looked pissed off. Schipol to the Nijmegen ground is going to be at least two hours on the coach and it didn't look anything like a Waggott special either.

The signings this summer are desperately poor on their showings to date but which Championship sides pass, move and retain the ball (ignoring their repeated attempts to gift us goals) like NEC do?

Ennis scored for Blackpool

NEC were decidedly better than the performance the toffees put on at Ewood. This Summer's signings look underwhelming on that showing- none of them would be in my strongest XI or even go to subs. Going to have to hope that Miller is class and starts well.

Kargbo and Tyjon apart, nobody did themselves any favours against a really crisp NEC who were easily the best pre-season opposition this summer.

Great goal Kargbo

NEC Nejmegen are in a decent top league kicking off next week. Shame Cantwell has a knock because he would have given them something to think about. Only Tyjon doesn't look outclassed.

Sound on the NEC feed, none on the Rovers feed

His head falls off without it...

You didn't say it has no sound.

Cantwell missing is the one that is concerning. He featured prominently in the video of midweek training. Obviously Brittain is gone.

https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/n.e.c.-tv.htm Counter to the live stream starting is now showing. Meanwhile on Rovers TV you can watch a replay of the Sheffield United game from last season...

Live feed starts 30 minutes before the game apparently.

https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/nieuws/nieuws/bezoekersinformatie-n.e.c.-blackburn-rovers.htm NEC will play their final friendly match this Saturday in preparation for the new season. They will face Blackburn Rovers at the Goffert Stadium. Kick-off is at 4:00 PM. Below you will find the attendance information for this match. For this match, NEC will be opening the Hazenkamp Stand. Supporters with a season ticket or club ticket can purchase four tickets. You can buy your ticket online for just €7.50. Tickets at the door on Saturday cost €10 each and will be sold at the ticket office on the forecourt, subject to availability. Due to expected crowds, NEC advises supporters to purchase a match ticket (online) in advance. The match will also be broadcast live on NEC TV.

Initial Gueye reaction is oh no followed by we have just signed a guy with a long throw and we are selling the guy whose head will be aimed for... Then realisation Gueye won't be starting unless Ohashi is injured. There is no doubt Gueye is a cult figure who has bonded incredibly well but let's see what the offer is.

Reading the situation at Hillsborough, a 44 game Championship season and just 2 relegation slots is a 50/50 likelihood this morning.

https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/nieuws/nieuws/bezoekersinformatie-n.e.c.-blackburn-rovers.htm According to this, the game will be on NEC TV. Seems they are expecting a good sized crowd. https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/n.e.c.-tv.htm - no details yet. The NEC website underlines HOW UTTERLY PATHETIC THE ROVERS WEBSITE IS.

1. Winners of the Championship Ipswich- sorry to be unoriginal 2. Automatic promotion (runners-up) in the Championship Birmingham to do an Ipswich 3. Four Play off semi-finalists in the Championship Coventry Middlesbrough Southampton Rovers (assuming a Leicester points deduction) 4. Three relegated sides from the Championship Oxford Hull Sheffield Wednesday 5. Where will Rovers finish in the Championship? 6th (has to happen eventually) 6. First Championship club to change manager (after the season starts) Watford 7. Winners of the Premier League Liverpool 8. A notable wild card prediction of something that will happen in the Rovers universe during the season (e.g. Donald Trump visits Ewood Park) I finally get to a game at Ewood again

Less than 24 hours to kick off and total silence about how to watch it.

Did the same v Qatar We could at least have given them Pasha.

Huge surge of posts but nothing has actually happened.