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Inevitable, can’t score then concede. Bogey team this lot

Possibly, I expect the physicality and intensity of the English game has come as a huge shock to him. I wouldn’t raise your hopes though, at his age he’ll find it hard to adapt and I’m not sure he has the attributes to be a success.

Is that Ohashi's Irish brother? 😁 I don't think it matters really. He's not much use

Brereton to Sheff Utd confirmed.

Rowett's made them into a very solid outfit. We seem to struggle against his teams and we were second best most of the 90. I'd take their No 8 and the left winger all day long.

Depressing post This chap tends to have his ear close to the ground.

Yep, we were unfortunate to be at the Ricoh and it was a horrible watch. They've been a hoodoo team for Rovers over the years and I wouldn't be surprised if it were the same scoreline

The team were way off the pace and tired and second to nearly every ball at Oxford. It was a game we shouldn't have lost - but we did because we do not score enough goals and most of the time look totally impotent. The formation matters little and overall the squad just isn't good enough I'd be delighted but surprised if we get a draw out of this Rovers 0 Coventry 1

Sorry yesterday was such a miserable experience. Rovers were shockingly poor.

Brittain had trouble with their left winger (a very good player) in the first half but got a grip on him in the second half and made some good forays forward down the wing too. He's not slow - listen to fans who watch him every week.

Forshaw managed yesterday to make Baker look dynamic, which is saying something. He can't kick the ball properly either - his hoof "shot" at goal near the end of the game was laughable. He's not alone though - Brittain should have got one on target too instead of firing it over Perhaps it's the modern, lighter balls but players don't seem capable of doing the basics these days of keeping the ball low by lacing it with the head down. not back, and knee over the ball

I wish you'd stop this constant criticism of Tronstad, Simon. He's a key player for us and he has a very important defensive midfield role in the team that no one else does better. The lack of points is down to an inability to score goals owing to a set of forwards who aren't good enough to play in the Championship

O'Brien has done nothing of note since he was in demand 2 years ago. I wouldn't sign him but having seen Forshaw yesterday he couldn't be worse. At one point yesterday we had Weimann and Forshaw trundling around in midfield, combined age 65 or thereabouts

Good summing up of the match but please next time split it into paragraphs (return key) to make it easier to read? The standout for me is the lack of ability across the forward line. None of them - Gueye, Leonard, Dolan, Duberry (and Ohashi) - are Championship standard and we will always struggle to score goals while they are our only options. At present our best attacker is Brittain when he gets down the line and behind the defence. Beck can get forward too but his distribution and final ball today was terrible Cantwell frustrates but he’s the only one in the front 6 with any creative ability. On today’s evidence I don’t see the point of the Forshaw signing and we might as well play JRC instead. All in all a depressing day and a 6 hour round trip to boot. Some fans are taking solace from the fact we’re still in the top 6 but that was not a potential promotion team I saw today - nothing like it. Without 3 or 4 decent signings (haha) it won’t be long before we drop down into mid table.

Forshaw looks a average plodder, just like Baker and many before them. He’s not going to make any difference to this team

To be fair Oxford deserved it. Rowett (I hate his teams) has made them tough and strong and very well organised. We got bullied today. Their number 8 is a very good player, don’t know his name

Well that keeps up our 100 per cent record. I remember when we used to see Rovers win matches Just one thing to say…. Without at least 3 decent quality players coming in this Rovers team is not good enough to make the top 6.

Tronstad hamstring

Stalag Kassam

We're setting off soon, thermos flasks filled, hip flasks at the ready and rugs, gloves, scarves and rattles on board. Will this be our group's first win of the season? I desperately hope so.

Agree. I was thinking when news came through of his death of an modern equivalent and there isn't one He was spring heeled, a livewire jack in the box. Saw him score a few times at Ewood, including IIRC the 5-0 defeat the season we went down. A devastating player and brilliant in a different way to the brilliance of Best and Charlton. Lots of stories about him. My favourite was he played golf on the day of the 1966 World Cup final and threw his golf bag around in anger when he heard England had won. He grew up 2 miles from Pittodrie. How did Aberdeen miss him?

So 16 days and a few hours until we sign at the death a “quality” loanee no one except Chaddy has heard of. The tension and excitement is building

Albion fans love him after his previous success there but I can’t see this working out. It’s a shame really because I like Albion, always enjoyed trips to the Hawthorns and if I’d been unlucky enough to grow up in the ugly dump that is the West Midlands conurbation I’d probably have been a Baggies fan. I will always be grateful to Tony for getting us out of League 1 at the first attempt (though he took us down) and among the many duds he brought some excellent players to the club. He remains controversial however because in the end he overstayed his welcome and jokes about him boosting his pension fund were correct, as he knew he was under no pressure to win promotion to the Premier League and could stay at what he realised was a middling and unambitious club for as long as he wanted. The overwhelming feeling when he went was one of relief So good luck WBA supporters. How long before Tony starts picking weird team formations, playing players in wrong positions and, as results dip, fobbing off fans with talk of a “long term project”? Start taking the Mogaddon pills chaps, you’ll need them

Nothing wrong with the competition...... the FA Cup is wonderful. It's the stranglehold TV companies have on the game, their voracious pursuit of money and profits, their scheduling of matches to fill TV airtime and total disregard of the fans that's the problem

Southampton didn’t deserve that, played really well. Comical 3rd goal though