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I don't understand how cases ever get heard in India, if we are number 72 tomorrow then there is no chance. Which means another delay till Feb/March based on previous delays. Do you need to pay to get up the list or something? There must be a way for a court case to be heard as otherwise this will just go on forever?

Our ability to survive is going to be heavily dependant on squad goals from players like Weimann, Cantwell, Dolan which sums up how hard it's going to be with the squad we have. Ohashi and Gueye are going to be lucky to get to 5-10 goals between them in my opinion, we have no Szmodic/Armstrong/Brereton this time around.

Fear a thumping today and at some point he must realise the same setup is going to see the same results.

Crazy after all he has done for the club. I wonder what the fans feeling is as that's normally a good barometer if its as mental as it looks from the outside.

Thankfully busy so don't have to see us get battered 4-0 in this one. I wonder how long we can go before we finally score, anyone know the current record?

For me it's a combination of poor quality wide players and a lack of getting bodies in the box when we attack. The former we are stuck with thanks to our overlords pocketing every penny they can and investing nothing. The latter however is on Eustace and he has to find a way of playing that means our only striker doesn't find himself out wide or back in midfield. I've seen enough now to know its time to try 2 up front so why doesn't he?

He needs a goal soon as it’s becoming almost a comedy sideshow at how poor he looks. That miss tonight was something else, was actually harder to do what he did than score.

No goals in the team and can’t keep clean sheets now either. I expected it pre-season then that start made me think not. Now we have reverted to the form we all expected I think it’s nailed on relegation battle. Just have to hope there are 3 worse teams like last season.

Time for the relegation thread please. For the first time this season I’d be critical of the manager as well. He’s got a hard job but took far too long to make changes tonight and lacks ambition to get us back in the game. Should have thrown the kitchen sink at it rather than just swapping Ohashi for Gueye. His saving grace was the defensive side but that’s long gone to shit now as well.

My money is on yet another delay, the Indian court system seems a complete joke based on how it was explained to work last time. Giving a judge 100+ cases to deal with in a day then putting those he/she doesn't get to at the back of the queue months down the line seems a bonkers way to run a court system.

We have to win this to bring some positivity back and ideally convincingly. No idea how that is going to happen though the squad looks really poor in an attacking sense. As a start Dolan and Hedges need to be benched in favour of others or a different setup. I like the back 3 and wing back idea someone else had on here think that would work well with Britain and Beck giving us some width. Also whoever plays up front needs some support so would go with both Gueye and Ohashi to start.

Lose to Stoke on Wednesday night and it’s time to open the relegation thread. We have hit the form we all expected pre-season with a total lack of creativity and goals. Anyone pointing at our league position needs to give their heads a wobble. Like under JdT last year it doesn’t reflect our performances at all and you can see where it’s heading.

Did Gueye sprint with the ball down the wing and out of play or did my eyes deceive me?

Dolan and Hedges continually play and put in 3/10 performances. Give someone else a chance on Wednesday night please.

Lack of quality in attack is really showing now. I moaned all summer about wingers and we failed to sort it which is showing massively. We have no pace power or threat, basically creating nothing. What’s worse is the pissing about at the back has crept in again which doesn’t suit our players at all. It’s a shame as we have the makings of a solid team if we just had the aforementioned wingers instead of Dolan and Hedges we would be much more threatening. The goals have completely dried up and I think it’s inevitable we find ourselves battling at the bottom without some new players in January.

We have been good at home this season and look very solid defensively. Going for a 1-0 win with Ohashi on the scoresheet. Fed up of these 1230 kick offs already!

Wingers please, one for each side that have lots of pace and directness to get crosses in the box. Guessing it will be loans given Venkys still aren't putting any money in.

He really needs a goal to get his season going, starting to look a poor signing. In his defence it’s not like he is missing loads of good chances but his general touch and technique looks on a par with Gallagher. If we aren’t going to be getting balls pumped in the box for him then he seems like the wrong fit for the way the team is setup.

Watched a stream and thought we were good value for a point and maybe all 3. Needed to score in that spell early on but Hyam fluffed it. Would never give the handball or claim if it was against us either, ridiculous decision. Weimann should have buried his chance in the second half to give us the lead. Shame we didn’t get what we deserved, in my opinion we played a lot better than against Swansea last Saturday so maybe it evens out.

If we can keep battling till January then hopefully we can loan in some better attacking players (as we certainly won’t pay for any). Eustace done a great job on a league one budget and got the lads motivated. The key area to address in summer was wingers and strikers. We have completely failed at the former and it’s hard to judge the strikers when we create nothing for them all game. Relying on hedges/dolan/sigurdson to attack a fullback or put some crosses in is a tried recipe for failure. The only hope is ACD if he get gets a start but not seen much so far to get my hopes up.

I think given Cantwell’s lack of defensive ability means he will be moved central, his tracking back is non existent. At least Dolan puts a shift in with that regard along with Hedges so would rather they stayed out wide.

Absolutely robbed the 3 points today but not often we get to say that. Could barely make 2 passes all game and just invited wave after wave of Swansea attacks. Nobody stood out bar maybe Beck first half and Cantwell second. Some poor ones from Gueye, Hedges and Dolan. Gueye was well off it and all seemed uninterested in pressing or putting a shift in.

This break has seemed to go on forever. Be good to get a squad update from the club about who is in contention for Saturday fitness wise.

I like Dolan and want him to stay but get the impression he sees himself as a top dog/wage earner whilst his ability doesn't reflect that. You would like to think rovers could be creative and give him a smaller basic wage but bonuses for goals/assists to address this but we are basically run by total muppets.

hate losing before an international break just leaves you stewing on it for weeks 😞