[Archived] Chelsea V Rovers Preview

[j166429]

This is the worst I've seen the rovers play for a long time! The only one who has had a decent game is Robinson. We are absolutely useless.

[alexanders]

Nelsen again!!! What a horrible performance!

[RibbleValleyRover]

Poor defending, 5-0. Another Nelsen error...

[snatchymcsnatch]

It's what I expected - I'm fed up of us just automatically throwing the towel in against the big guns though. Surely we should at least have a go.

[j166429]

I correct myself. This is the worst side I ever seen!!

[Ben-2000]

At least they gave it a go at Arsenal. nearly £50.00 for this, thank god I stayed at home!

[Heinz]

SACK OUR WORST DEFENDER RYAN NELSEN

[CrazyIvan]

I've given up watching. We are SHOCKING defensively away from home. The opposition waltz through us like we're not there. Not just midfield but defenders are just woeful. Explain it please someone? I don't even think it's Sams tactics, I just think it's something within the team mentality that needs sorting out. We WILL win away from home. Not today though.

[DarrellH]

Sick and tired of watching this 10 men behind the ball with no pressure rubbish!!! We'd be better suited with two rows of table football type things with two guys moving them from side to side than this shower of.... Disgraceful!

[Ossydave]

5.

I have never seen such a 1 sided top flight game in my life.

Genuinely think we could conceed 10 here.

[Exiled in Toronto]

"Sam keeps things tight at the back"

"Sam gives the top 4 hard games"

[Hasta]

Remember that semi final at Old Trafford when we should really have beat them. That seems a long long time ago.

[deftangel]

Our away 'form' is absolutely disgusting. It is not acceptable to be regularly getting tonked four, five, six whatever away from home. I don't care who the manager is, what game he last won or what he's achieved.

We were doing alright at 1-0. Pedersen had a fair bit of space on the left, could have made something of a couple of opportunities with some more composure.

This kind of capitulation is unprecedented and unacceptable.

[DE.]

Sickening. What the hell did he tell them at HT?!

[chocky]

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..

[RibbleValleyRover]

Got to feel for the fans who paid 47 quid to witness this @#/?...

[mogster]

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.

[dulwich]

It's what I expected - I'm fed up of us just automatically throwing the towel in against the big guns though. Surely we should at least have a go.

Exactly right, and what I've been saying for weeks now.

[bigbrandjohn]

The problem with a defensive plan is that at 5-0 it may be worth changing. The strategy of winnng the games you can win and not worrying about the top four is that ou can get into a losing mentality.We have been there before.

[Maverick]

5-0

Think it will end 8-0 or something.

This is just pathetic.

I know we are playing Chelsea, but how we play today, we would have lost to every PL club.

Championship next year???

[Exiled in Toronto]

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..

In the post-match, this will be nothing to do with him. He takes credit for wins and blames the team for losses

[Barrymaffia]

Bloody embarassed.

All I want is for us to give it a go at least

[snatchymcsnatch]

Sod this - lets get p1ssed...

[M2XLY]

its a joke!!!!!

Nelson is SH1T

[DE.]

Championship next year???

Nope, because for some reason it's the big 4 we seem to automatically capitulate against. When it comes to other teams we actually seem to put up a good fight (we beat Villa with 10 men after all). But practically every time we play the big 4 now we get utterly smashed to pieces. It's so embarrassing.