[Archived] STOKE away

[Mc Love]

yak looks ###### off

[jimw1988]

That pass by Lowe summed up our first half!

[MarkBRFC71]

He's playing really well. If we had 11 Pedersen's on the pitch we would be pushing for the Champions League places.

I hope you're joking otherwise I'm having you sectioned.

We should have shipped him to Australia - he might be able to get away with playing with zero heart and balls there - and kept Brett.

[Tom]

If Formica waited then Ruben could have been clean through, lazy pass.

Our entire team looks shocking today and mainly uninterested, why should they care though playing for this fool who at the minute looks unsackable.

[j166429]

This is absolutely soul destroying....

[MarkBRFC71]

If Formica waited then Ruben could have been clean through, lazy pass.

Our entire team looks shocking today and mainly uninterested, why should they care though playing for this fool who at the minute looks unsackable.

Perhaps they are as f**ked off with him as we are? Or maybe they're just resigned to leaving in Jan or Championship football next season.

[John]

Not giving up hope yet, we have shown we can score goals and get draws recently.

[Rovermatt]

Pedersen's distribution is so poor.

[MarkBRFC71]

Anyone keeping count of how many times we've been in their box?

[Tom]

Any chance of Pedersen being subbed at half time?

I wish we could take them all off

Pedersen having a stinker but I couldn't pick out anyone playing well.

Great contact by Ruben then

[Heinz]

A shot on goal!

[RibbleValleyRover]

Looking at the rest of the league is there really three sides worse than us? For the first time in a long time I think we are one of the weakest three maybe even the worst team in the league.

If the result ends like this and IMO we are done. Nobody can turn this around.

[DE.]

An absolute disgrace. It's difficult to put into words how bad that half was.

Keep in mind Stoke are terrible, but we are worse. Our players cannot string 2 passes together, the majority of them look like they are playing at least two leagues too high. Everything about the way our team is set up is wrong. Our players don't look like they know what they're doing, most have been anonymous - the Yak's one contribution was to misplace a simple pass behind Hoilett.

We give away possession so often that against a better team we'd be 4 or 5 down. I don't really see how we come back from this - from top to bottom we have a group of absolute losers at our club, and we are where we are for that reason. The right manager can turn the players into winners, but we know Venky's will not do that, so we're essentially done. Season over.

[Mc Love]

Its not only we look disinterested, we are being muscled out of and off challenges

[Rover Down Under]

Awful first half from us. I think every single player gave the ball away very poorly at least twice. We had maybe 2 speculative shots on goal and absolutely nothing to be positive about. If Stoke were any good we'd be 3 down by now.

[philipl]

Kean is utter garbage.

There is a Premier League team here but a total failure on the touchline.

CryerRovers Andrew Cryer

Half time. Stoke 1-0. Absolute rubbish

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Vital Blackburn

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One of the worst, uninspiring halves in recent history...and thats saying something with how poor Stoke are playing

[ebenrocks]

oh my god. This is embarrassingly tragic.

[tonyoz]

Rochina, Formica, Pedersen and Junior all poor .............if we expect the flair to come form midfield we are goosed for sure.

[rock steady]

hard to believe that's premier league football i've just been watching. looked more sunday league at times.

the only positive thing i can say is that yak's hold up play has been good when we can actually get the ball to him.

[Grez]

I went Xmas shopping this morning and got talking to the sales guy about football. I told him I supported rovers and how everything has gone to ruin in the last 12 months....

The guy gave me a 20% discount without me asking and said he felt sorry for me.

A new low - pity!

[Torgeir]

Awful.

Defending has been decent but distribution poor. Yakubu been our best player, midfield five have been absolute rubbish.

All alarm bells should be ringing in Pune and at Ewood by now - we are relegation fodder.

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Two very poor sides. Neither Robinson nor Sorenson have had a thing to do, barring that is, pick the ball out of the net.

Our central midfield pairing just isnt working. If Pedersen cant distribute then he's got nothing. Nzonzi's been more of a liability than anything else. Yakubu and Formica have looked sharp but Rochina has struggled to really get into the game. All the players look like they're lacking confidence especially in the final third. Hoilett has been marshalled well by Stoke but he's always trying to beat one player too many.

All in all. We dont deserve to be behind but we've barely tested the Stoke defence. To get anything from here would be a big ask. Stoke look terrible but at least they have an effective set piece in their locker. Our plan A is giving the ball to Hoilett and hope he can beat 2/3 players. Rochina needs to get involved far more.

[tonyoz]

hard to believe that's premier league football i've just been watching. looked more sunday league at times.

Yep. The worst for a long time.

[booth]

An absolute shambles. And that's just the manager.

[Tom]

I know Stoke are leaving men forward but we are 1-0 down and left Dann, our tallest man at the back for a corner.

I just can't see anyway back into this game for us, 3-0 still looks likely.

Please wake up in India