[Archived] Chelsea V Rovers Preview

[philipl]

5-0 is already equalling our heaviest ever PL defeat and there are what? 20 minutes to go....

This has just been posted on the BBC website:

"This is a disgracefully inept non-performance from a so-called top flight side. How much are these total wasters at Blackburn being paid a week for this? Chelsea haven't even had to try."

Sadly 100% true.

[bigbrandjohn]

Hoilett on for Pedersen. Benni must be delighted. He wouldn't get on if we had ten subs

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I can see the final score being 7-0+

[Hi Mack]

I understand our important games are those teams around us but we may as well TRY to get something from a top 4 team but it's like they are told not to get injured so they are fresh for our 'big' games.

It's doin' my head in.

Dare i say it?..............We were better under Ince!

I could literally play better than Andrews Nelsen Roberts MGP! They are all dreadful!

[RibbleValleyRover]

I'd be upset if we lost 5-0 but if they were 5 cracking goals we could do nothing about then i would accept the gulf in class between teams and say fair enough... All of their goals has been largely down to poor defending and a lack of closing down.

Gifted them these goals...

[Hughesy]

Pedersen, Roberts, Nelsen & Andrews are simply not good enough..... It's as simple as that.

[gumboots]

Pedersen, Roberts, Nelsen & Andrews are simply not good enough..... It's as simple as that.

And we have no money to replace them

[cesus]

I said to my brother before this one, I really don't want to watch this when I heard about "the sick bug". I am horrified at what I have seen, this could be easily 10-0! There is not a single player to blame they are all appauling, there is not any players trying to help each other. They get through our "defence" whenever they attack. I'm prepared for the abuse but to play like this away from home so often I don't even think we deserve to be in the premiership!

[M2XLY]

what will united do to us next week?

[ABBEY]

GET F STRACHAN BEFORE THE SMOGGIES GET HIM

[Barrymaffia]

Pedersen, Roberts, Nelsen & Andrews are simply not good enough..... It's as simple as that.

Once again I agree.. So lightweight

I am also lookin at Sam and his tactics. Not very good

[BRFC1995]

its chelsea away..........i didnt go its cost m nowt and i fully expected it.

already over it, roll on the next winnable game in 2 weeks.

really not a coincidence that ollsen played at arsenal and today.........worse than mcevely dire full back

[wandel77]

Its embarringsing to lose with these figures ! I konw that Chelsea is a class act, but we are awful to look at the moment.

[Mozzer]

Once again I agree.. So lightweight

I am also lookin at Sam and his tactics. Not very good

and what tatics in your opinion should we be playing ?

[ABBEY]

BRING BACK BRAIN KIDD OR JIM ILEY

[MarkBRFC71]

Sam Allardyce has to take a long hard look at himself..It's his tactics and game play they are playing...the team was never up for this at all..

Questions need to be asked about why we capitulate embarrassingly every time we play a top 4 team. Sam's pre-match team talk must be "Right lads, we've lost today already, so go and run about a bit, keep it below 10 and don't get injured".

Pathetic, and the sooner Sam is gone the better for me. Keeps picking players who are just not up to it (Roberts, Pedersen and Andrews), the tactics are awful (Plan A - lump it up front. Plan B - see plan A), the whole "I'm the expert" toss, the fact we've played well against a decent side once (Villa) under his reign. Just - not - good - enough.

Beating the Dingles was fantastic but probably just prolonged his tenure unfortunately. Time for a change ....

[ABBEY]

and what tatics in your opinion should we be playing ?

ONE WHERE WE TRY AND WIN...I THINK THATS WHAT FOTY IS ABOUT ?

NOT ROLL OVER AND TAKE IT UP THE BUM

[beerwins]

Its amazing to see so many of our players behind the ball when they attack and doing NOTHING!

Next match away must be a different mindset, we can blame the players all we want but the gameplan and mentality come from manager and its quite clear to me that the players dont respond to this style of play or defensive mindset.

The worst thing is i knew it was coming and thats the problem i shouldnt be expecting to get drubbed, makes the win last week taste a bit bitter now.

[RibbleValleyRover]

and what tatics in your opinion should we be playing ?

Its was stupid to play a 4-4-1-1 when we knew that Dunny and Di Santo were out injured. Without those two players that system just doesn't work.

[tony gale's mic]

Dare i say it?..............We were better under Ince!

We'd be much worse off under Ince right now.

First half wasnt great but about par for the course given we'd lost the backbone of our side.

Second half has been disgraceful.

[Dan]

We all knew what was going to happen today when we saw the line up. Roberts and Andrews aren't prem quality along with a few others. 4-5-1 hasn't ever worked, so ditch it. We are uselessand an embarassment, when we got fat Sam, one of his pluses was that he was successful again the 'top 4' he is is ###### against them now.

[Rover Down Under]

OMFG! Just got in and saw the score and there's still 15 mins left. Glad I didn't watch it. This is just plain embarassing. If this is repeated at Old Trafford next week we will have shipped close to 20 goals in 4 games. No excuse players, Sam and the backroom staff, what in Gods name are you playing at and what in Gods name are we paying for?

[Mattyblue]

How is a plan of getting everyone behind the ball but not closing down EVER going to end up anything but a hiding.

How is playing 1 up front but with no support ever going to result in a goal?

Ditto getting free kicks in dangerous areas, filling the box with 6 footers then floating the ball into the keepers hands?

If these are supposed to be tactics then God help us.

[Plastic Head]

An even more pathetic capitualtion than I expected.

Maybe a 10-0 slamming will make Allardyce start to take these games seriously.

Notice Keef is still on. Allardyce, you are a f***ing idiot. He is atonic, debilitated, diseased, helpless, broken-down, limited, decrepit, disarmeded, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, deranged, disturbed, fruity, loco, a lunatic, mad, maniacal, mentally ill, mindless, non compos mentis, nuts, psychotic, unbalanced, unstable, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked ,neurasthenic, paralyzed, sclerotic, shaky, tremorous and weak. A blockhead, bonehead, cretin, dimwit, a dork, a dumbbell, a dunce, fool, ignoramus, an imbecile, jerk, moron, muttonhead, nincompoop, nitwit, out to lunch, a pinhead, a simpleton, stupid, a fool, a twit and most of all a c^^t.

[snatchymcsnatch]

I'm detecting the first hint of resentment at Allardyce here (aside from the usual Sam Bashers). I'm starting to feel the same way this is simply not good enough. We have no right to be in the premier league with performances like this... hate myself for saying that.