1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Saw somewhere they've already sold 4,000 tickets which is bad news for Rovers as Mark Robins (he's that kind of guy who wont want to let their fans down) will ensure his side are 'at it' irrespective of whether they have a play-off chance or not.

They’re not the only ones who will be at it. Leeds winning last night has intensified the race at the top meaning Leicester will have it all to play for in the last game.

I’m increasingly gloomy, I can’t see us getting another point.

48 minutes ago, Commondore said:

Viktor Johansson, who's been among the best keepers in the league for two seasons running despite playing for a hopeless Rotherham side, has a £750.000 relegation release clause... 

Outstanding in the game at Ewood

He'd be first on my list if we manage to stay up. 

Just watched highlights the FA Cup semi-final and you have to say there is no way we are going to win this match

Coventry were brilliant, fought every inch of the way from 3-0 down and deserved to win

And how on earth is Hyam going to cope with Sims?

Rovers 0 Coventry 4

David Moyes on MotD apologised to West Ham fans after their 5-2 defeat at Crystal Palace

Has Eustace apologised for the debacle today? 

Between them, how many points have Pears and the Swedish lad cost us this season? It must be 10-15 points thrown away through stupid, unforced errors that no professional goalkeeper should make.  

1 hour ago, Penwortham Blue said:

I struggle to see us taking another point. If B’ham lose mid-week but beat Norwich, they will very likely finish above us.

Yes we got done on goal difference last season at the top of the table and goal difference could send us down this season. It’s that tight

18 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I think its not unreasonable to expect that you should be winning against second bottom at home. Doesnt mean we will, but a draw IMO would be underwhelming.

Just listen to your old Uncle Jim - he’s seen if time and again with Rovers. Wednesday have been in much better form than us and they proved it today. 

I said on here after the abject defeat away to West Brom that I thought Rovers could easily go down and sadly it’s looking that way.

I don’t normally call any game as a “must win” (a draw would have been fine today) but the Coventry match is near as dammit a must win because I don’t think we’ll get any change out of Leicester

Today was a disaster for the club there’s no other way of describing it. 
 

1 minute ago, K-Hod said:

Seems like you were the one upset, alluding to people’s upbringings, tbf.

Not at all. Just an observation 

24 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

So people can’t just prefer different things to you, nah?

Of course. It’s one person’s opinion. Feel free to disagree. No need to get upset 

20 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

Law of Northern upbringing? I'd say your the one with strange upbringing. I'd rather anyone (except dingles) over scousers . I hate the bin dippers with a passion . 

Who would you rather get relegated Jim? Burnley or palace, Bournemouth or a west ham

In no particular order of preference Palace, Brentford, Fulham, West Ham, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Brighton. Bournemouth etc. Any of them will do. 

9 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

But failure to beat the worst team at home shouldnt be considered par for the course, it was a terrible result.

I dont doubt that we are not particularly good or that we may very well not win tomorrow. I just think that if we cant at least think such a fixture is winnable and anything other than a win is a huge disappointment, then there is something wrong.

Come on, they need to win far more than we do. A draw isn’t a bad result at all 

34 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

6 points from 7 games isnt very good but the league table isnt irrelevant as thats how good they have been over 43 games.

 

Since Eustace took over Rovers have taken 13 points from 13 games including 2 wins IIRC

In 13 games in the same period Wednesday have gleaned 21 points from 39, including 6 wins and giving themselves a fighting chance of survival after looking doomed all season.

Compared to us that’s good form

They will be up for it with the backing of 7000 fans tomorrow so unless we’re in the right frame of mind too and play much better at Ewood than we have been  I still don’t see how you “expect” us to win

You know how this is going to pan out. We’ll go to Leicester on the last day needing a point at least to stay up

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

 

We should expect to win. We are playing 2nd bottom at home, win and relegation is impossible, I dont get the general fear playing against such a poor side at home trying to focus on negating them. It suits them if we sit in and try to defend, if we be aggressive and press high then we can win.

Wednesday are in very good form, the league table is irrelevant. Saying we should expect to win is a bit daft to be honest seeing as we’ve only won 2 since the new manager took over

Words like "legend" are bandied around too easily. If Wilcox was a "legend" how you classify Shearer? Wilcox was a very good player for Rovers and nothing more.

Anyone who wants a London team to win anything must have had a strange upbringing. It's a fundamental law of northern football fandom. 

Football is a reflection of wider society. Just look around you and think about what's been going on for the past 40 years.

The rich do what they want, they make the rules to suit them and the rest have to follow. The rich are getting ever wealthier and more powerful while the poor are left with the crumbs under the table. 

The Premier League and the big European clubs are is a big part of all this. It's not a surprise. 

18 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Put these clubs in order of which you’d currently prefer to win the PL. (These are in my order)

Arsenal

Chelsea

Newcastle

Liverpool

Man U

City

Spuds

 

A London club to win before a northern club?

Thunderation and gadzooks, sir. Have you taken leave or your senses? 

Derek Underwood RIP

He was a unique bowler, accurate, turned the ball sideways at a fair pace, unplayable at times, never seen a player like him

That was in the days of uncovered pitches of course; whether he'd be as successful on the modern, flat tracks who knows? 

Absolutely staggered by that after the Bristol debacle

Will the real Rovers please stand up? 

1 hour ago, Parsonblue said:

Not helped, but December and January are the games against relegation rivals that JDT couldn't win that have really hurt us.  We failed to beat Rotherham, and Huddersfield home and away.  Same with Plymouth. 

And but for the width of a crossbar we would have lost to  Rotherham. The warning signs were there back then 

1 minute ago, RTM08 said:

I must admit at one point I followed this trail of thought, but most likely relegation and admin would lead to the loss of the academy and training grounds and with the current financial setup in football and the new finance deals coming in we'd have more chance of regularly playing Stanley than Burnley for the foreseeable future.

Quite possible but still doesn’t mean the owners will depart. They’re rich and they’re arrogant and we’re just pawns in their vast empire. 

5 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

relegation could be the best thing to happen for us,the indians might **** off,administration ok ,id`e give anything just to be shut of them

Don’t understand this. Why would they leave if we went down? Why would one automatically lead to the other? Relegation is the worst thing that could happen. 

1 minute ago, Dolly blue said:

If we’re honest…we deserve nothing else. 
A shambles of a club with plastic management and paper players …we deserve to be relegated. 
The final cuts are being inflicted..death is near…I’m surprised we’ve survived this long. 
Embarrassed to be  a fan tonight ….it’s no longer  the club we knew and respected . 

 

I don’t understand this. As fans we do not deserve to be relegated. We’ve suffered enough. The players and managers deserve an almighty bollocking from the CEO (which won’t happen obviously) but fans deserve better. Much better 

4 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Just imagine if Jim had gone…

I think it’s now as simple as beat Wednesday and we’re safe, lose to them and we’re down.

Decided not to go in the end. Best decision I’ve made in a while. Agree about the Wednesday match but I’ve a feeling it will go to the last game with us needing at least a point against Leicester to stay up

Totally unacceptable result and performance. The manager and the players should apologise to the fans who made a long journey to watch that capitulation.