1 hour ago, rigger said:

That's because the EFL know that if Shef Utd go up their problem goes away.

The same EFL that gives a transfer embargo when the transfer window is closed

Finished 3-0 fantastic result and top tier status secured. WELL DONE LADS!!

0-3

0-2 

S Burns

Palace 0 Rovers 1 Leonard

PL2 Cup final will be v Brentford in a repeat of the group games. Rovers lost at home 2-3 and won away 2-1. 

Not sure who hosts the final I think they draw for it.

3 minutes ago, superniko said:

Looking ahead to next year, looks like there will be the least amount of Parachute Payments flying around since I can remember.

Only Norwich and Watford will have them who are in the league currently, and they'll be on their final year too due to 1 year relegation. So 5 teams overall with the relegated 3. If there's a few basket case clubs in that then we'll probably never see a better time to compete.

So if the 3 relegated clubs (lets say Saints, Everton, Forest) all got instant promotion back we'd be down to no legacy parachute payments and just the relegated 3 teams in 2024/25 as it'll be dried up at Norwich/Watford (as well as WBA this year). 

In our last year of payments, 10 different clubs were receiving them, a lot more competition. Even going back just 3 years there were 8 different clubs receiving them.

Originally it was smaller amounts spread over 4 years. I'd make it just a one off payment now

16 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Sunderland have to go PNE last day of the season so if they still even have outside chance of playoffs won't be easy game at all 

Rovers could beat Millwall on the last day and be reliant on Preston. 

There's a song there somewhere.

Michael Carrick made a very valid point in his post match interview.

Premier League referees rely on Var to correct their mistakes so they don't have to worry about decisions. When these same referees come down to the championship they make the same bad decisions but there is no VAR to help them out.

I don't like VAR and accept refs make bad calls sometimes but refs who rely on VAR shouldn't be reffing games without VAR.

35 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It looks like Champions is spelt wrongly.

I think it says Clampetts

If i didn't feel hard done by enough i've just seen that  Cork got the assist when he should have been sat in the changing room

6 minutes ago, M_B said:

We could well have just witnessed the birth of a star, Adam Wharton was on a different planet to anyone else on the pitch,and Burnley were nowhere near him.

Tomasson says the team needs to play a certain way, to showcase their talents and prove they're capable of stepping up to the next level. I'm 100 % with him after that performance, anyone wanting to sign Wharton will have to cough up a mighty sum. 

It took a worldie to beat us tonight,but Burnley know they've been outplayed. We all know where we're short,but that performance has to bode well for the future. 

We witnessed it in August away at Blackpool shame the manager didn't

4 minutes ago, J*B said:

At some point early second half before they scored my phone said they had 0.34 xG. That’s all I know. 

Fair enough about the 0.02 I heard it wrong but zero saves from Pears and one shot on target (the goal) is a fact

Just now, J*B said:

I believe that effort on goal had an xG of 0.02. They had much more than that in total. 

No they really didn't they had the chance at the end which bumped them up to 0.92. They had 1 shot on goal all game

17 minutes ago, superniko said:

Did we though? If we did, the chances were slim and unlikely so not even to be called ‘half chances’ (granted a chunk of theirs has probably come from that open goal at the end).

A lot of talk about ‘taking our chances‘ again as I’ve seen week after week. I keep reverting back to the absolute diddly squat we actually created (another match with sub 1.00 xG). 
Happens when your ‘creative’ players are Diaz/Dolan/Hedges

Prior to their goal their xG was 0.02

1 minute ago, booth said:

Scored because they brought on a player they signed for around £4m and conceded none because we haven't invested in a striker since 2019.

Had Benson not been on the bench it would have ended 0-0.

Or had Pickering been told under no circumstances let Benson cut in on his left foot. He's just scored in the last two games  that way

10 minutes ago, arbitro said:

You have just assassinated the whole performance there, a performance in which we were the better team. 

Each to their own I guess.

Much in  the same way Benson was given the man of the match award by sky when clearly the best player on the pitch was Wharton.

2 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Nope, we're in real trouble now. Spurs and West Ham playing each other, plus one more game each. I'd say we need Spurs to lose that one, and lose to Manure (only a place above us) who in their last 5 have drawn 1 and lost 4. West Ham's extra game is bottom placed Leicester. Even if Spurs draw both games, they'll finish above us on GD if we lose to Palace. Our only saving grace might be Palace's form seems to have wobbled a bit and they're our last game. They've drawn one and lost one 5-0 in their last two, and we would probably have beaten them recently but Eastham got sent off. However they're also third in the league so are clearly one of the better sides. It's away.

Think we're going down, personally.

and we play our last fixture before everyone else so lose and they will all know what they need with 2 games each to go each

More championship cheating a big dive by Morris

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

West Brom’s destiny is in their own hands too

Not if we win all our games and Cov outscore them

Sky apologising if anyone was offended by the bad language in the Luton Boro game. 

They better mute the sound tomorrow.

Sprds 3-2  v chelsea

Wolves 5-0   v Palace( {down to 10 men)

Not good results 

On 23/04/2023 at 17:32, arbitro said:

Man City youngsters were a joy to watch today and sometimes you just have to say the opponents were too good for you. There was no lack of effort from Rovers but City's passing, movement and touch was excellent - it was so easy on the eye. In fairness Sam Burns came on in the second half and was probably Rovers best player as he could have had a goal or two with his running in behind. Ayala looked a way off fitness yet and I'll be surprised if he features in the first team this season. Interestingly there was no Ash Phillips or Harry Leonard.

or Jake Garrett

I'd start Garrett. My only concern is that Refs like sending people off v Burnley. They have faced 10 men 7 times in the league

Phil Jones career was ruined by Ferguson who tried to make him a defensive midfielder. If he had developed as a centre half he'd have been a much better player..