jim mk2

You have to laugh at being accused of making “bi-polar” reactions by someone who then describes the performance as “shite” 😁 Southampton away was always going to be difficult even with a full strength squad to pick from and the surprising thing was the number of folk who on our current form and state thought we were going to win down there. Some really ought to take their blue and white tinted specs off. More important now is how we bounce back from this - or otherwise. The players have to cut out the individual errors and the manager has to get them competitive and in the right frame of mind from the first whistle, which we clearly weren’t yesterday

That's a right old drubbing and seems to fair reflection of the game. I really don't understand why so many folk thought we had a chance today and why they also thought Martin is a poor manager There's too many mistakes in this Rovers team, silly individual errors that lead to soft goals. I still think this is Tomasson's last season. He's done as much as he can with the thin resources he's been given to work with

Correct, 4-0 is more realistic

Beats me why so many on here were predicting a Rovers win - this was inevitable

Better with Travis on the right, don't you think?

Division One defending and National League goalkeeping. Not good enough On past form, that's that for today folks

Brittain should be right back and Hill centre half with AN Other (good player) in Brittain's place farther forward

It means he's a defender playing out of position because of lack of alternatives and when he's presented with a chance his natural instinct is not to shoot

The point is, they're square pegs in round holes. It doesn't work

Fielding a full back in Brittain on the wing and Sigurdsson up front sums up this threadbare squad and patch-up-and-mend team. . You have to feel sorry for the manager

The question has to be why. After a promising start Sigurdsson has been ordinary to say the least for the past 6 months. Some of his displays have been downright poor. He doesn’t look Championship standard to me.

They'll be far too strong for us and I can't see anything other than a defeat And assuming he's in the Saints team the immutable law of the ex will come into play and Adam Armstrong will score. He's at his right level in the Championship

Ennis needs a rest. It’s been a hard season for him

You're talking my language there bazza. Bit younger than you, only saw the last 2 years of steam. 10D Heaven

Dyche doing a cracking job at Everton and making light of the 10-point deduction. And to think he was out of work for a while and we could have have offered him a job. I'm sure his former connection with our illustrious neighbours would not have been a problem.

Mike England was shoved up front in an emergency many years ago. But you'd never call him a forward, or striker in modern parlance. The way Szmodics plays the game isn't that of a striker by any definition.

Are we that hard to beat? But I agree that we are a "powder puff" team The Tottenham striker Son apparently labelled Spurs "soft" after their home defeat by West Ham last week and Tottenham are known in the game as "Spurs-y" because of their fragile nature and tendency to cave in under pressure, often against lesser teams. Should we be known as "Rovers-y" too? We usually win when teams let us play our passing game but our nice, fragile lads often disappear in the face of many of the muck-and-nettles players and teams in the Championship - Leeds and Preston being recent examples. Rovers-y Rovers. Sounds rather good, don't you think?

The Times had a piece this week saying Arsenal signed Raya because of his "ability with his feet" This is getting beyond daft IMO. I'd prefer to have a goalkeeper who hoofed it upfield every time but could do the basics right - like catching crosses and saving shots.

I’m not blaming him. Just saying he looked fed up and disillusioned. Don’t think he’ll be with us much longer

Yep

Tomasson looks a beaten man to me. He’s realised he’s taken this club and team as far as it can go

Press a soft team and it gives in 1-0 Leeds

Travis back is good and ought to be in the starting XI although his Cambridge fans club won't be pleased. Siggi I'm not sure about - just don't think much of him as a player. Ennis - who knows? Will he get injured by a passing butterfly between now and the game?

And again, thanks for the info. Looks like we're signing a whole new team

My, Gregg has been busy and it's wonderful to see Rovers so active in the transfer market for a change. Could you provide a source please?