[Archived] Rovers versus Manchester City, 25th April 8pm

[tony gale's mic]

Before all the slagging starts happening, I think we've done blummin' well today considering we're playing a side who are full of class players who would all get in our side.

We didn't deserve to lose this, maybe didn't deserve to win either but certainly deserved a point.

A mistake cost us but we certainly didn't give up.

Well done Rovers. Unlucky

Good effort by the players, and any manager in the world would have struggled with our set of players against theirs.

But it is concerning it's the same old story. Plenty of nice play in the middle third, but apart from Olssons free kick never even tested the keeper.

And bringing on Rocinha for a midfielder may ultimately have cost us the match.

[Shabani]

When you havent got a single player who can put the ball into the back of the net, you're going down

[sam_rovers]

we played well today.. gutted

[Eddie]

Based on this result we will go down. We can't pass, can't score, can't keep the other side out and we have to play away at West Ham (where obviously we'll get bugger all). It's not looking good.

Think that is totally unfair. We played well tonight. Passed well, moved well and, after settling into the match after about 15-20 minutes, defended well. We pressed them, closed them down and broke well. We created enough chances, far more than them from the 20th minute onwards, but our problem is our strikers not taking them.

As I said before...play like that and we will get points from our final four games.

[tony gale's mic]

Massively, massively unlucky to lose again today, but that's been Kean's problem. He's not a lucky manager.

A lucky manager gets two penalties today and a few other bounces of the ball. Instead we lose 1-0 despite being the better team on show.

Sorry, but Kean's problem is that he's not up to the job.

Bringing on Rocinha and sticking him in midfield has cost us. You make your own luck.

[Inta Beaver]

That game was crying out for Pederson, Dunn, Emerton, and Samba are never going to put a free kick away, Olsson effort was all Hart had to really save.

Gutted.

[Maverick]

Do we have any plan for our set pieces? I counted 5 different players taking the set pieces and where are the runs into the box. Sorry but gamst need to get on the field in the late 15 min.

[DE.]

Based on this result we will go down. We can't pass, can't score, can't keep the other side out and we have to play away at West Ham (where obviously we'll get bugger all). It's not looking good.

If we're looking for results that sent us down (assuming we do) it won't be this one we look at. It'll be 2-2 vs Blackpool, 1-1 vs Birmingham, 4-3 loss to Wigan, and the results coming up against Bolton, WHU and Wolves.

Tonight I didn't expect a win, and the team performed above my expectations. It's just a shame we are so devoid of quality. A team of triers and grafters, which Allardyce had moulded the perfect system around. All turned to dust.

[DP]

Before all the slagging starts happening, I think we've done blummin' well today considering we're playing a side who are full of class players who would all get in our side.

We didn't deserve to lose this, maybe didn't deserve to win either but certainly deserved a point.

A mistake cost us but we certainly didn't give up.

Well done Rovers. Unlucky

Fair enough. Doesn't really help us but we battled hard.

Seen the replays and definitely offside. Thoroughly peed off 5am, off to bed

[m0r94n]

Seems easy to blame the ref, as much as I want to. I think there were 3 calls in that game and he got 2, possibly 3 wrong. For the Man City goal, I wouldn't have been fussed about Balotelli being offside if he had not adjusted his run. You get the look over the shoulder and the shift to the right that obstructs Robbo's view. For the pens, Roberts went down easily but it was a pen, if it wasn't he's got to book Roberts for the dive. I think the Kalinic pen could have easily been given, especially as the arms are out and in the back, it's not a standard tussle for the ball. Anywhere else on the pitch and I think we'd have got the decision.

We didn't test Hart tonight and in these sorts of games we need to offer more going forward. It's been our biggest weakness all season. I just hope Kalinic isn't dropped for the rest of the season due to his performance tonight. Roberts was dire.

[Presty On Tour]

I wonder if Kean will take the postives to the next match and bla bla!

Where's this protest then?

[Grabbi Graeme]

Alan Smith on Sky hit the nail on the head, "you have to wonder if Blackburn would be in this position if Sam Alladyce was still the manager".

For the effort we put in we deserved something from the game, I feared the worst in the early part of the game, but we got ourselves back into it, until bad defending let us down again, let's see what Kean has to say about it

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Can't fault the players. City got very lucky. I know Kean will get stick for another defeat but you can't throw tonight's result at him. We bossed the second half and I bet that we played a heck of a lot better than many people on here thought we would. We weren't hammered, we werem't embarassed, we were just unlucky.

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

This may sound odd, but after watching that tonight I am more optimistic about staying up than before. If we can transfer that tight structure, energy and intensity we had in our good spell to our remaining games, we will cross the finishing line.

If we can't, we deserve to go down.

Massive performance needed at Bolton to get all 3 points.

[PAFELL]

Based on this result we will go down. We can't pass, can't score, can't keep the other side out and we have to play away at West Ham (where obviously we'll get bugger all). It's not looking good.

What a load of garbage your post. apart from the first20 so minutes when Rovers could not get the ball. Rovers dominated the match. The goal, in my view exposes the application of off side rule. The old when the ball goes forward and an an opponent is beyond the defender it would have been ruled out. Even today their player did play an active role by deliberatly blocking robinsons view.

Rovers played well tonight, they battled well against a multi million pound team.

[mattym]

And bringing on Rocinha for a midfielder may ultimately have cost us the match.

It did cost us the game.

[PAFELL]

Sorry, but Kean's problem is that he's not up to the job.

Bringing on Rocinha and sticking him in midfield has cost us. You make your own luck.

Dunn was injured. who else does he bring on?

[Exiled_Rover]

If we're looking for results that sent us down (assuming we do) it won't be this one we look at. It'll be 2-2 vs Blackpool, 1-1 vs Birmingham, 4-3 loss to Wigan, and the results coming up against Bolton, WHU and Wolves.

Tonight I didn't expect a win, and the team performed above my expectations. It's just a shame we are so devoid of quality. A team of triers and grafters, which Allardyce had moulded the perfect system around. All turned to dust.

Allardyce didn't 'mould a perfect system around' the triers and grafters, it's the only ###### way he knows how to play.

[tony gale's mic]

If we'd had that goal ruled out we would've been absolutely fuming.

Ballotelli isn't really blocking Robbo's view when the ball is struck, and there's no way he would've got anywhere near it either way.

[Ferrit]

As much as it pains me to say it, what with being one of Keans biggest critics, I can't blame him too much for that. Apart from, of course, picking Emerton. That guy is so bad it's not even funny.

We were guilty of missing glaring chances, Roberts/Olsson and Jones in particular. The simple matter of the fact is you can't miss chances like those in this league. Set pieces were also a joke, how many good opportunities did we have to get the ball into a good area only for an absolutely dire delivery from Dunny or Emo? Appauling really.

Onto Bolton, anything less than 3 points and we're gone.

[Mc Love]

I agree if we play like that we wont go down but the simple matter is we need to start scoring. Peds should have been on in the last 15!

[RoyRover]

I couldn't fault the effort of the players. I thought that Phil Jones, Salgado, Jermaine Jones had fine games. But for all the hard work, we didn't test Joe Hart and the only real chance we created, Jason Roberts totally fluffed. We started the second half very well but we just couldn't create the clear cut chances that we needed. Kean made a mistake bringing Rochina on for Dunn. Hopefully we can carry this sort of effort into the Bolton game, which now becomes a must win one.

[Rovermatt]

Think that is totally unfair. We played well tonight. Passed well, moved well and, after settling into the match after about 15-20 minutes, defended well. We pressed them, closed them down and broke well. We created enough chances, far more than them from the 20th minute onwards, but our problem is our strikers not taking them.

As I said before...play like that and we will get points from our final four games.

Aside from Roberts's obligatory gilt-edged chance, our strikers never got a nice, clean sight of goal this evening. On the rare occasions our midfielders do put their foot on the ball, instead of stretching for it, they play either low percentage long balls or low percentage balls into the channels. We simply cannot retain, or take advantage of, possession.

[Exiled_Rover]

As much as it pains me to say it, what with being one of Keans biggest critics, I can't blame him too much for that. Apart from, of course, picking Emerton. That guy is so bad it's not even funny.

We were guilty of missing glaring chances, Roberts/Olsson and Jones in particular. The simple matter of the fact is you can't miss chances like those in this league. Set pieces were also a joke, how many good opportunities did we have to get the ball into a good area only for an absolutely dire delivery from Dunny or Emo? Appauling really.

Onto Bolton, anything less than 3 points and we're gone.

Sadly who else do you play. Pedersen? He's just as bad.

[DanLad]

If we'd had that goal ruled out we would've been absolutely fuming.

Ballotelli isn't really blocking Robbo's view when the ball is struck, and there's no way he would've got anywhere near it either way.

Rubbish.