Pears strikes (yet) again.

JE: ‘the most important thing today is that we’re competitive’.

How inspiring. It’s like we’re playing Man City at the Etihad.

Bollocks to that, a win and we’re safe. The important thing is that we’re positive and try to win the game.

I genuinely cannot fathom the small-time mentality that’s been allowed to creep in since JDT left.

36 minutes ago, rigger said:

If Szmodics does leave, I actually think Markanday will be ahead of Dolan for the central role, with Sigurdsson being first choice.

Agree with that - and I think Sigurdsson will make a very decent number 10 (certainly better than left winger).

I never get the 'TV money' argument.

If Scottish clubs had the same TV revenue as English clubs, the top players are still not choosing either Rangers or Celtic over the likes of City, United, Liverpool - or even the London clubs.

Bit deluded to think otherwise.

2 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Like this season the plan will be just to stay in the Championship.

It "suits" the project......

It's the lack of ambition that frustrates me as much as anything.

We've just spent the best part of 2 years challenging for the top 6 and talking about wanting to go up - yet right now, every point is celebrated by the club, as if staying up in the Championship is an achievement for Blackburn Rovers.

This summer is ginormous in shaping how the future of our club looks.

Neither penalty shout was a penalty, not even close.

I’d be embarrassed if either was given for Rovers.

Fortunately the ref called things fairly evenly in the second half and saw them throwing themselves to the floor at every opportunity.

That’s a sensational result.

Full credit to all 👍🏻

Horrible performance, good result (the bit that matters) at HT.

The referee seems desperate to give Leeds absolutely anything - expect a second half penalty for them and a red card for us.

25 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

no one mentioned Waggott apart you Abbey. 

People can only afford to move where they can afford to buy, not everyone can afford brand new houses in the Ribble Valley or outskirts of Blackburn Rovers for 200k plus. 

You won't get anything on Fernhurst/Oakdale (up Jack Walker Way) for under £200k.

I don't think anyone on the estate has any complaints about Rovers being down the road, it's more a case of the roads being blocked due to people abandoning their cars on double yellows / blocking people's drives / things like that.

To be fair, some of the parking going up Jack Walker Way, on double yellows all the way up, prevents emergency service vehicles from getting through.

In fact you don’t get more than 1 car through at a time, which is fun when something is coming the other way.

I’m not arsed either way, as I walk it down to the ground, but some of the matchday parking is pretty grim on a regular basis.

1 hour ago, G Somerset Rover said:

I still cringe at that story from Danny Graham(?) where he would just join in regularly with the boys, shouting his own name... "Coyyyyyllllllleeeeeee".

Ah, the Ben Marshall 'Undr The Cosh' interview - only listened to it this week!

The level of unprofessionalism during Coyle's era; it's absolutely no shock we went down under him.

I also finally listened to King Rat Bradley Orr's one this week also.
What a fucking cock end.
'If only the fans knew what was going on behind the scenes...'

We knew more than you did, you big-nosed Scouse prick.
Completely whitewashed all of the Kean stuff and made him out to look like some kind of innocent party 🤮

Hard to predict anything other than a heavy defeat.

If Bristol City can steamroll us without barely getting out of a jog, Leeds have the potential to make it a cricket score.

13 hours ago, Blue blood said:

My big issue is him saying we have been fantastic. After sitting through a number of managers spouting utter lies as the club is neglected and abused I have no stomach for another. Also its so far from reality ita has to see him as anything but a puppet. 

Fantastic? Harder to beat, upturn in form the last few weeks maybe but clearly anything but fantastic. 

He'll keep us up by virtue of other teams being rubbish and think he's great, but in fact he is the luckiest Rovers manager I know to have such a low bar for "success"

Agreed.

He's either intentionally spouting bollocks, or he genuinely believes that those 13 matches he's been in charge for have been 'fantastic'.

And I'm not sure which one worries me the most.

One of the greatest attributes any leader can have is humility.

All JE is interested in is self preservation with these stupid soundbites.

I can't bring myself to listen to his interviews. You know what generic bollocks is going to leave his mouth before he even starts.

I'd genuinely bin him right now and let Johnson & Lowe take the remaining games.

2 minutes ago, alcd said:

Hyam's performance was even worse than Shane Duffy's sabotage effort in his final appearance. Hyam looked like he was playing under the influence of sleeping tablets.

The most bizarre bit was keeping him on at HT, but taking off arguably our best player in that first half - and certainly our best defender (SW).

Be interested to hear the justification for this...

2 minutes ago, deanives said:

John Useless will probably try and put a positive spin on this, and comment that we're all in it together 🤦‍♂️🫡

If he does, he'll have completely eroded any credit he'd earned for the last couple of decent performances.

Stop with the bullshit, this has been nothing short of horrific.

Thing is, Bristol haven't even had to play well tonight - cruised in first gear, yet steamrolled us.

Pathetic, every single one of them.

Fuck me, Hyam really has gone full Duffy.

Pathetic performance front to back tonight, embarrassing.

10 hours ago, CambridgeRover said:

Markanday still looks completely off championship level

To be fair, he was very good yesterday and certainly one of our stronger performers.

6 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

We could have brought on Telalovic to make an impact. He never has before, but still.

I do think he's got a better touch than Gally - the couple of matches where he was given a start under JDT, I think he looks decent enough.

Should have scored a few (at least a couple at Hull springs to mind), but he's just struggling to get that first one away.

I've been critical over his first several games, but I have to give credit for the last couple.

Let's hope it's the foundations of something good.

2 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Gallagher won a lot of headers today which he rarely does. Couldnt direct them though.

Not exactly sure what Peter Jackson was smoking up in the directors box when he was dreaming up his MOTM. I wonder if a number 9 has ever won one without having a shot all game!

Agreed, he was about as far away from MotM as anyone today - Mr Jackson is on crack.

Brittain was the obvious choice for that, really good today.

I thought we were really good today - the press was excellent and we looked more of a team than we have in a while.

Plenty of positives: clean sheet / Brittain / defensive positions and tracking back / Tronstad excellent / Dolan good and Markanday impressed.

The negative for me was Gallagher. Works hard and does lots of good work, but he’s the point of failure in attack time after time. He just looks out of place when we attack.

But happy tonight. 4 points from the last 2 is a very good return.

10 hours ago, Bohinen1983 said:

I think Ayari looks a player too- only small but very aggressive, tenacious, skillful and can carry the ball. Can see why Brighton thought he might be worth a gamble.

Agreed, I like the look of Ayari - definitely has something about him.
Has the technical ability, but also puts his foot in.
A proper 'Rovers' player, I guess.

Chrisene, I'm still not 100% on. He's looked better in recent games, but I think he's still playing within himself a bit.