jim mk2

I told you Stoke would win. Hope you put some money on

Quite so chief. Yosser Hughes had it right

Season over. Just end it now I always thought we’d end up 9th or 10th Make that 15th Allez off Ismael

Ten minutes to save the season

Here comes Sam to score the 2nd

This is as bad as the Derby second half. No pressure, no creativity, no apparent hope of us scoring

Subs in 5 mins

Eight minutes till the substitutions

I got shot down after the Derby game for saying the Rovers players aren’t playing for this manager but what more evidence is needed?

Ismael heading for 1 point out of 9 As Yosser Hughes said, “I could do that”

Why? The fans couldn’t care less

Stoke playing a high press like Derby. When did we last beat a team managed by Robins?

Great managerial appointment this. Might as well have stuck with Lowe

Rubbish by Rovers another soft goal.

Dolan at it again …,,, liability

He’s lost the plot. Five man defence and Forshaw starting. Check the 2-0 Stoke, make it 3-0

Where was the “reaction” at Derby and why should it be any different tonight? Apart from a brief spell at the end of the first half at Pride Park the players looked like they’d logged off for the season. Stoke will be up for this with Derby reviving and the Stoke manager has a very good record against us. It’s difficult to see anything other than another sorry defeat Stoke 2 Rovers 0

Rovers down to 10th as it stands

Never understood this line. I support the team in blue and white halves, not the owners, or the manager, or anyone else I was here decades before the owners came and (hopefully) I'll still be here when they've eventually gone Staying away and crowds dwindling to zero doesn't guarantee the owners will leave unfortunately, and only serves to damage the club in the long term

Sorry, you don't know our Rovers Our lot have given up for the season and we always lose to struggling teams anyway This is an absolute 100% certain victory for you.

You're being too kind. He took over in a team in the top 6 and, if he had anything about him, he would find a way to keep us there. That's all he has to do - and it would have been more prudent for the club to give him a contract to the end of the season reflecting that. As is stands, the season is becoming a write-off and for me, next season is irrelevant when such a good opportunity is being thrown away

Be honest, Norwich dominated the match and should have won by 3 or 4. Rovers were fortunate to snatch a point. I don't think anyone would dispute yesterday's second half was abysmal. Apart from a brief period before half time Rovers were poor overall. Either the players are still sulking over Eustace going or they don't understand and/or are not on board with what Ismael is trying to do. On the evidence of 2 deeply disappointing displays under him that have probably finished our playoff hopes, I think it's the latter. We'll see in the next game. Another performance like yesterday will confirm my suspicions

To judge from the first 2 games, and yesterday’s second half in particular, I think this is true. The players are clearly not playing for him

Schoolteachers told us to strike the ball like you would use a 3-iron in golf, ie low and flat, and that floated crosses are like using a 9-iron and are defenders’ balls. Real basic stuff

Supporters have perhaps found out things about Ismael too, that he’s had zero impact on the team and the players, that he’s tactically rigid and that, really, he’s not very good. What was that second half all about today? Rovers were all over the place, failed to put Derby under any pressure and never at any point looked like saving the game. A large part of that is down to Ismael. My worst fears about him are being realised quicker than I expected