I don't think we were intentionally throwing matches; it's the result of putting an absolute incompetent nobody like Kean in charge of the team.

What I do find interesting though is NDAs being handed out like sweets.
And they're still clearly active, as no former player has been brave enough to speak up about what went on.

Why would you do this if there's nothing dodgy being concealed?

8 hours ago, ABBEY said:

That was 100000% gally yesterday when he shit out like a coward of the challenge in the first half . I'd of dragged the soft bastard off there and then . Is there more of a soft arsenal in football for a 6ft 4 striker..

Epitomised everything that is wrong with the deep roots of the club did that

The worst bit was, if he'd made the effort and won the ball, SS would have been clean through.

Hard to see anything other than a heavy defeat, based on form under JE to date.

Unless the players can be arsed playing like they did against Newcastle again.

He makes the point that they've not had much time on the training ground, which is a reasonable enough point.

Problem is, we also have no plan or actual tactic.
Yesterday, Plymouth either had a clear instruction that a simple ball over the top of our CBs would bring them success, or their tactic was changed early on to adapt.

What did we do? What is our plan during games?
I genuinely don't see it.

It's like 11 lads are selected and the rest is just whatever happens on the pitch.
This has been an observation since JE took over and it's genuinely concerning.

55 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

honourable mention to leo today,he played very well and looked like a keeper who belongs at this level

I've had pelters for this, but I'm sticking with it - Leo will become a good GK and play at a higher level than Pears ever will.
Well, technically he already had (international football).

He's had a poor start overall with us, but I think there's a very decent GK in there.

I genuinely couldn't get past the first sentence of that post-match interview:

'The effort the group put in to limit them to very few chances was amazing'

Does he think that the game was played behind closed doors?
We saw Plymouth have about 17 efforts on goal with our own eyes - and they should have been out of sight by HT.

Baffling.

1 minute ago, RoversTilliDie said:

If it wasn't for a very soft red card decision, Rovers would have took the 3pts. What have referees got against Blackburn Rovers, they always seem to side with the visitors. One good thing Sam Szchmodics on target again. I can't believe Tyrys Dolan was on the bench, he's one of our best players this season.

I wish I could be as optimistic as you are - Plymouth should have scored at least 3/4 in that first half.
We sat deep and were wide open.

A proper team today would have been out of sight by HT.

The only surprise is that we managed to not concede more than one goal, though you do have to say Leo had a decent game.

But then, the manager publicly stated that a point would have been a good result before the game (at home to Plymouth...), so at least we lived up to his expectations.

2 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Neil Warnock is available again after stepping down at short notice at Aberdeen.

It's never too late

Warnock is exactly what we need as a club right now.

2 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Even if we hold on I'm expecting "It's a great point in the circumstances against a really good side..." 

Eustace out. Even Berg won a game ffs.

If he genuinely tries to spin this as a good point, or a positive result (presuming we don't concede again), he is an absolute joker.

We fail to beat Millwall, QPR, Plymouth at home - we deserve to go down.

Just now, Bethnal said:

Gallagher ambling around the field, aimlessly. For a guy out of contract in the summer and a baby recently arrived, he doesn’t appear to give a shit.

Agreed - he’s usually a hard worker if nothing else.

But he seemed a bit lazy and/or disinterested today.

McFadz should have been subbed at HT, their forward had him all first half.

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

That miss from Siggurdson was terrible.

Whilst it was (and it really was), it wasn’t even in the top 10 of ‘shit things we did’ in that first half.

Good start and nice finish for the goal, but after that we sat back and a better side than Plymouth score 3/4 in that half.

Have to credit Leo, he’s had a good half and kept us in it.

Concerning approach to the game though, this is one we need to win and a point just isn’t good enough.

Opportunity for JE to prove his worth, we need some changes at HT or we’ll be lucky to draw this.

19 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Once again John Eustace says the Plymouth game is not a must win game in the Lancs Telegraph, when is it going to be a must win game when we're relegated to league 1. It's time this spineless excuse for Blackburn Rovers players rolled up their sleeves and said enough enough let's win a game at home.

I think it's this attitude that isn't doing him any favours at all.

We've gone from the JDT 'we'll try and beat anyone in the division' approach to 'we'll be happy to take a point at home to Millwall and Plymouth'.

It's fine being cautious, but we've had enough winnable games over the last couple of months to put us well clear of a relegation scrap.

You cannot underestimate mindset and attitude in professional sport.
Tell players that a point at home to Millwall or Plymouth is a good result enough and they'll believe it.

6 hours ago, scotchrover said:

I’ve just heard Pears is out on Saturday, which means Leo’s in goal. If that’s the case, I’ll be going to the pub instead of Ewood. 

Whilst Leo has been poor overall, I thought he was fine on Tues.

Some good starting positions, handling and distribution all fine.

Expect better for their goal (obviously), but the defenders have to take the bulk of the blame for that one.

Feel some are a bit too harsh on him.

If we fail to win yet another home game against a side around us, we really have to consider if Eustace is the right man for the job.
'Just failing to lose' will not keep us up, we need to actually try to win some matches before we start playing the better sides in the division, in the run-in.

30 minutes ago, M_B said:

At least the white flag doesn't go up under this manager, unlike the last one. That's 3 times already we've come back to earn a draw. At least his team has shown some balls. 

I think Tomasson's pissing about towards the end did untold damage to the squad, the ridiculous loaning of Travis to Ipswich was as stupid and childish as it was baffling. 

I'm sticking right behind Eustace, he's been handed a huge job to keep us up. 

Thing is, it means we’ve been behind in several games we should have been winning.

He’s had the perfect run of games to get us well clear of the bottom 3, yet we’ve won none and sit 2 points from the drop zone.

In his own words: no excuses.

2 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Who are we going to beat if we can't beat this shit show? 

You could apply that same statement to most of the teams we’ve played since Eustace arrived.

Dreadful tonight, no desire to win that game at all.

Minus Szmodics and possibly Ayari, there is no actual talent in that side.

We are going down, make no mistake.

44 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

So to clarify amidst the cryptic way of posting. You are saying that Broughton has been put on gardening leave, on record?

He's guessing - nobody actually knows what is going on at the club, which is the most frustrating aspect.

Talk to the fans. Give them the basic courtesy of telling them what's going on.
Oh, and how we managed to cock up 3 x fee transfers in the last year (yet all outgoing deals and free transfers in went through fine).

We saw that he had a bit of talent, just never off the treatment table.

And in the few appearances where he was, he looked overweight (for a professional sportsman).

If we were awful, but winning games against the teams around/below us, nobody would care one jot.

But we're awful AND being beaten, struggling to draw against those sides.

We needed a Warnock/TM/Big Sam type to get us over the line this season, then review options in the summer.
We got a rookie who has shown nothing so far, nothing to suggest things will improve and he's apparently telling the fans to 'fuck off' at the end of matches...