[Archived] Rovers vs Aston Villa preview

[jimw1988]

What a save by robbo!

[LeChuck]

It's not a coincidence that the right hand side is a problem. Dann and Orr are too shyte to play on the same side, Hanley and Dann need to swap positions.

Edit: Orr that time, just jogging and leaving his man. I can't stand him.

We need to make a double change and try something different. I'd maybe bring Dunn and Modeste on. Don't care who goes off.

I'd say bring Henley on for Orr but at this stage it feels like a waste of a sub.

[novella]

the whole squad needs ###### shooting. hope kean gets sent to syria.

[yellowsubmarine]

Formica, Petrovic have been horrible!

[G Somerset Rover]

I've never bought into the whole 'Rovers have better players than any of the teams in the bottom 5'. Our team is absolutely dreadful. We can't even create anything against a sh!te Villa team.

Today's the final confirmation for many that we are as good as down.

[Lathund]

Kean's "the team is behind me" comments have annoyed me in the past, but even when we have been ###### in the past it at least has seemed like the players were playing for something, whatever that may have been. Today they just don't seem bothered. Even worse than last week.

[Clitherover]

Edit: Orr that time, just jogging and leaving his man. I can't stand him.

Come on give the lad a chance, he'll blossom into a fantastic defender given time.

(this is sarcasm btw)

[Andy]

Agree completely that Kean can no longer claim that the players are playing for him, after today.

Thankfully we have Robbo or we'd have been dead and buried by now.

And he seems to be the only person showing any passion and commitment out there.

Absolutely horrible first half against a very beatable team.

[DE.]

That performance proves we can definitely "shout the team to safety". All they need is a few renditions of "BARMY ARMY" and we'll be reet.

Alternatively you could say it was a sickening first half proving our team is bereft of confidence, quality or direction. The only positive I can draw from that is that we can't really play much worse. I wouldn't put it past our current crop of losers with Kean at the helm to prove me wrong on that, mind.

[Joar]

What's the point of watching this dross when the players doesn't even show up?

[RoyRover]

We even had a rallying call from Venny Rao in the week saying we wouldn't sell the rest of the squad

I believe him. And everyone else should too.

Sounds like an absolute horror show at Ewood today.

[MarkBRFC71]

At the game, and frankly we've been absolutely dire. Pedersen, Petrovic and N'Zonzi have been embarrassing, not only for how bad they've been but the total lack of balls and commitment any of them have shown. A disgrace to the shirt all 3 of them.

The only players who deserve even an inkling of credit so far are Robbo, Orr, Hanley, Formica and Yak - at least they are trying. The rest are a bunch of lazy arse, half hearted, gutless wonders.

[BRFC1995]

22% posession away last week and currently 44% posession at home, we really don't use a ball in training they are bloody scared of it,or to save money on balls we use the head of a chucky doll gotta be a reason we don't want it.

[AllRoverAsia]

Feeling sorry for Yak must be lonely up front. This is the worst Rovers team I've ever seen - bunch of overpaid nancy boys who can all feck off as far as I'm concerned. Tools every one of them.

No wonder there are so many empty seats at Ewood today - crap head Kean can't fool everyone.

[Gogger]

You are what you eat and this so called team have a striking resemblance to chicken ######.

[LeChuck]

At the game, and frankly we've been absolutely dire. Pedersen, Petrovic and N'Zonzi have been embarrassing, not only for how bad they've been but the total lack of balls and commitment any of them have shown. A disgrace to the shirt all 3 of them.

The only players who deserve even an inkling of credit so far are Robbo, Orr, Hanley, Formica and Yak - at least they are trying. The rest are a bunch of lazy arse, half hearted, gutless wonders.

I could probably have guessed who would have been in those lists of yours before the game even started! Obviously Dunn would have been in the first list if he was playing.

Pedersen has been no worse than anybody else - he's been less poor than Orr and Formica, who have been shocking so far.

Orr, Dann and Petrovic are comfortably our worst performers today as they are continually giving Villa chances. The rest (except Robbo) have been rubbish, but less so.

[Mercer]

No worries.

Brilliant tactics to lull Villa into false sense of security.

Keano will sort em out at half time.

3-1 to Rovers with Villa rueing missed chances.

[Ferrit]

Petrovic must be an absolute world beater in training, because he's absolutely **** when it comes to match day.

[Wimbledon Rover]

Think we should get Dunn and Simon on from the start of second half!

[Mike Graham]

Feeling sorry for Yak must be lonely up front. This is the worst Rovers team I've ever seen - bunch of overpaid nancy boys who can all feck off as far as I'm concerned. Tools every one of them.

No wonder there are so many empty seats at Ewood today - crap head Kean can't fool everyone.

Are the fans giving Coco a hard time ARA?

[BuckyRover]

What's the point of watching this dross when the players doesn't even show up?

There is no point.

[jimw1988]

As it stands the bottom 5 are now 10 points behind Villa.

[Stuart]

Dreadful. But for Yak and Robbo, I'd sub the lot of them.

Should be at least 2-0 down barring a save Robbo had no right to make.

No fight, and Steve Kean currently working his own special brand of magic in the dressing room.

[barry_]

In the darwen end. Heads gone. Hearts broken.

A team bereft of anyone who wants to put in a shift.

Midfield pathetic.

[AllRoverAsia]

No way we've had 44% possession the the first half. Villa have gone through us like a knife through warm butter. I'm pretty sure that Rovers have not had 1 shot on target in the first half. Someone tell the halfwits that we are the home team!