[Archived] Qpr Away

[Al]

Antagonist by saying rovers played well....little friend no 1

No for having a pop at Bob.

[bob fleming]

didnt take long anyone who supports rovers ...bob

Antagonist by saying rovers played well....little friend no 1

Oh is that what that first post meant? Sorry, I just thought it was a collection of random words put next to each other in a pitiful attempt to create a sentence. Can I recommend that next time you want to say Rovers played well you type "Rovers played well". You can even cut and paste that for next time when you get home from the pub and start using other irrelevant words by accident.

[Iceman]

Should be at least a point at Leeds and a shoe-in home win against Rotherham. So 4 points minimum coming up.

Anything less and we may as well start preparing for League 1 as Rotherham are one of those dross teams you mentioned previously and Leeds are there or thereabouts as well.

Nothing is a shoe in win with this team.

[RoverCanada]

Overall a really solid and settled performance. Draw was probably a fair result, though I'd say it was leaning Rovers. They had a few breaks that Steele ably turned away, but I think Rovers had more sustained periods of pressure. Their free kick was a wonder goal, no stopping that.

I've always been a bit mystified by the stick Steele gets from some. Yes, he's had a poor start like the rest of the team, but still strikes me as an excellent shot stopper with an okay command of the area. His kicking can use some work. Could we improve on him? Absolutely. But he's a decent Championship keeper and it's not as if we have the money to replace him. Made some excellent stops today, with a couple awful kicks (though it was quite wet). Probably the man of the match - 9

Lowe was very solid defensively and his effort is always there, but I just felt sorry for all the work Conway was doing on the right and to have Lowe in support, whose legs simply aren't where they used to be due to injury, nor has he suddenly discovered any offensive acumen. I may be mistaken, but I think it was Lowe who made a ridiculous turnover with a pass from left to right towards where a RB would've been... I was watching him pretty closely out of curiosity as I recall him being quite solid when assigned to RB in years past and didn't quite get the 'he's a midfielder!' counterargument when he tended to perform fine as a RB... Miserable player supporting attacks, which is increasingly important for wingbacks, but he did quite well in defence. An okay performance overall - 6

First time I saw Williams and he struck me as quite shaky on defence. I don't think he was ever truly beaten on the wing, but he had me nervous all game. Didn't catch him on the attack much as it was usually either Conway on the right or Marshall supporting Gallagher on the left - 6

Hoban and Greer were largely solid at the back. Hoban scuffed a couple headers, though the wet pitch seemed to be the culprit on one. Greer was excellent positionally, but it's also quite clear he's in the twilight of his career. Can get caught by speedier forwards, and also had a ridiculous miss of a ball through the box that QPR should have finished. If he stays healthy, he's a really solid signing for 1-year at least. Both 7s.

Mulgrew looked really assured with the ball, though he's as slow as advertised. Thought he was doing great work for us, though I couldn't help but laugh when he went off injured... Evans was really tidy as his replacement. He's an excellent covering midfielder, also had a decent speculative volley from outside the box that forced a nice save from Smithies. Both 8s.

Akpan is often involved... but he has really poor touch and never seems to win the ball off his opponents. Good harasser though, wasn't afraid to get forward, and couldn't fault his effort. His yellow was quite harsh. I think it was for being the second time he'd been caught using his arm on the ball, but the second time was reflexively defending his face... 7

Marshall tended to float in and out of the game, but he seemed quite 'game' when he was involved. Seemed he was playing as a central midfielder alongside Akpan and if anything I was impressed by his defensive efforts, while he didn't get forward enough... the opposite of what I'd expect! 7

Gallagher showed some great strength at times. The kid's not lightweight. Really acquitted himself well on the wings, and has some pace too. Classic header goal. 9

I thought Graham was our worst performer. Held up maybe 1 ball launched at him, and was completely anonymous when he wasn't losing headers. Could have made up for it he connected on the clear header he had... It was almost a vintage Rhodes performance: looks absolutely useless all game, but then displays clinical finishing when he finally gets a clear chance, except Graham couldn't manage that last part... Maybe it was a matter of lack of service as we had much more success on the attack giving it out wide to Conway or pumping it up to Gallagher. 5

Emnes looks like he has some ball skills in his short cameo. Could be a good one. I don't think the ball even remotely approached Samuelson while he was on, which was disappointing as I was curious to see his ball skills.

[CAPT KAYOS]

Steady on Parson, how dare you come on here and disturb the orgy of woe, misery and self flagellation.

You'll be telling us you wanted us to win all 3 points next. That seemingly isn't allowed these days under current m/b guidelines as it will apparently guarantee that Venky's will be around until the year 2581.

Lets gets this right then .. there was increased chanting against the loons yesterday and the team played better

Sort of contradicts the negativity of protests (alluded by some ) that it affects the team

[Stuart]

Antagonist by saying rovers played well....little friend no 1

It's a privilege to be described as a friend of Gav's.

[rishtonrover]

Hey ho, let's go! Marching all together, all to sh@g some sheep, we are so proud, we shout it out loud, we love sheep sheep sheep.

WELL...brilliant

[rishtonrover]

Good result today,great support, players like lowe akpan and steele having good games must be a good sign..like I said last week got a feeling we are about to turn the corner,looking forward to my first away trip of the season to leeds

my first post bob....

[Stuart]

I don't know why but given your vitriol I assumed you had been to the game.

[AggyBlue]

The team played really well and put the effort in for the full 90 minutes.

The back four again looked solid with Greer showing good leadership and lots of composure even when put under pressure.

Hard to analyse Mulgrew who was obviously still finding his feet when injured. Evans and Akpan worked well together.

Only question marks where Marshall and Graham. At times Marshall looked lost and didn't seem to know what his role was, Graham gives up to easily when dispossessed, waving his arms about complaining instead of getting after the ball and trying to win it back.

Emnes looked really quick and sharp when he came on. He got on the end of some forward passes that he really shouldn't through sheer determination and his cameo must have given food for thought regarding Graham’s inclusion for the Leeds game.

Overall a really enjoyable game which neither team deserved to loose, Steele made some smart saves and they had three or four last ditch fortunate goal line clearances.

Mike - I think she was an actress and not an escort

[Tom]

Did Emnes and Graham play at Boro together or was emnes at Swansea then?

[DE.]

Did Emnes and Graham play at Boro together or was emnes at Swansea then?

Emnes literally went on loan to Swansea the day Graham came to Boro on loan, according to wiki.

[matt83]

Thoroughly enjoyed the weekend. Well the drudgery of the 90 mins aside which was as usual the worst part of the day. For all we are devoid of any quality I think a draw was the minimum we deserved. Just before they scored we had a shot that was somehow blocked or missed target couldn't see for the life of me how it didn't go in and had it may have been 3pts. Ifs and buts of course.

For all the home support numbers and volume at Ewood is through the floor I previously thought our away support has largely been unscathed. But the pitiful nos of 400 ish who travelled for a Saturday 3pm ko In London suggest to me that interest is at an all time low.

Very worrying times. I can't see how we can heal and rebuild until the venkys go and can't see that happening. But couple of good banners on display yesterday and the odd rumblings that may pass for chants were almost exclusively Venky out ones so I feel finally the overwhelming majority are on the same page and might be a hint of fight left. Just hope we have a club left once the venkys finally discard us like a used tissue.

[RevidgeBlue]

Lets gets this right then .. there was increased chanting against the loons yesterday and the team played better

Sort of contradicts the negativity of protests (alluded by some ) that it affects the team

That's not the point I was making at all Cap. I was referring to the prevailing attitude on the m/b. All power to the Rovers fans who attended the game yesterday and got behind the team, the majority of people on here seem to be treating it as a badge of honour that they're boycotting the club. It also almost seems to be an offence to say anything remotely positive about the team or particularly Coyle as this is taken as an endorsement of the owners. Sadly this once fine site is imo no longer a Blackburn Rovers Football Club supporters site but more a vehicle to express hatred against the owners to the exclusion of all else.

Now in terms of matters on the pitch (which hardly anyone seems to be bothered about) with two points from six games it would be foolish to pretend all is well. It is however I think fair enough to acknowledge a decent performance in isolation which PB and Rishton Rover did, the latter getting slaughtered for it.

All that said, encouraging performance or not, Coyle should imo only have another half a dozen games max to start picking up some wins as if the next six games go the same as the first six, anyone else coming in at that stage would need a very respectable 1.5 points per game just to get us to 55 points which you would imagine would be a very tall order even at that stage and it would get even more difficult the longer it was left.

[ABBEY]

badge of honour ?? badge of fecking honour.....IT IS BLOODY HEARTBREAKING!!!!

[Guest]

Great to read that summary, CanadaRover. Let's hope this is a starting point for a more settled team. Considering how poorly we've started the season, a win against Rotherham on Saturday could see us out of the relegation zone and take the pressure off. We really need to start picking up big points.

[RoverCanada]

Lets gets this right then .. there was increased chanting against the loons yesterday and the team played better

Sort of contradicts the negativity of protests (alluded by some ) that it affects the team

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the players were, if anything, spurred on by the Venky's Out chants. They were probably the loudest chants of the game. If the chants were 'against' the manager or certain players, I could imagine it being a downer, but it's clearly solely directed at the owners. Didn't strike me as a very 'negative' crowd at all - one of the benefits when the players actually look sorted on the pitch for once!

Great to read that summary, CanadaRover. Let's hope this is a starting point for a more settled team. Considering how poorly we've started the season, a win against Rotherham on Saturday could see us out of the relegation zone and take the pressure off. We really need to start picking up big points.

Cheers. I may have been a bit kind on Marshall for one, and I was definitely cursing our defence a fair bit in the 1st half, but perhaps I was just so pleased to see a competent performance after the apparently dreadful displays leading up to this one!

edit: realised I forgot to rate Conway! Often my favourite player on the pitch. Wasn't able to finish on the day or create too many true chances (had one sneaky low shot that went just wide), but he's simply a catalyst when given the ball. Seems he's woken up after being sidelined by Lambert. 8.

[DE.]

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the players were, if anything, spurred on by the Venky's Out chants. They were probably the loudest chants of the game. If the chants were 'against' the manager or certain players, I could imagine it being a downer, but it's clearly solely directed at the owners. Didn't strike me as a very 'negative' crowd at all - one of the benefits when the players actually look sorted on the pitch for once!

Exactly as it should be. Neither the players nor the manager are the enemies here. As long as we're behind the players the media can't accuse us of trying to sabotage the team - not that they care very much about us these days anyway.

[Blue blood]

Whilst I'm glad we're looking solid and are nowhere near out of sight I also think is that the best I can hope for? A competent performance? Decent organisation? Effort?

The bar is so low at Ewood it's untrue. I know all journeys start with the smallest of steps but I also feel until we have more ambition, until we have higher standards, we're only going to slowly go backwards.

And yes I'm aware the key problem is Venkys but a key part of that is how standards have been lowered by them.

[davulsukur]

Just watched the whole game back on rovers player.

We actually looked like a football team, which was a pleasant surprise. I'd be more concerned if I was a QPR fan based on that. They were the home team but didn't really do a great deal against the bottom of the league.

I think Mulgrew was looking like a good signing in his 30min spell. Using his experience to guide others and seemed calm and composed on the ball. Hopefully he's back sooner rather than later.

[Roverall]

That's not the point I was making at all Cap. I was referring to the prevailing attitude on the m/b. All power to the Rovers fans who attended the game yesterday and got behind the team, the majority of people on here seem to be treating it as a badge of honour that they're boycotting the club. It also almost seems to be an offence to say anything remotely positive about the team or particularly Coyle as this is taken as an endorsement of the owners. Sadly this once fine site is imo no longer a Blackburn Rovers Football Club supporters site but more a vehicle to express hatred against the owners to the exclusion of all else.

Now in terms of matters on the pitch (which hardly anyone seems to be bothered about) with two points from six games it would be foolish to pretend all is well. It is however I think fair enough to acknowledge a decent performance in isolation which PB and Rishton Rover did, the latter getting slaughtered for it.

All that said, encouraging performance or not, Coyle should imo only have another half a dozen games max to start picking up some wins as if the next six games go the same as the first six, anyone else coming in at that stage would need a very respectable 1.5 points per game just to get us to 55 points which you would imagine would be a very tall order even at that stage and it would get even more difficult the longer it was left.

You could not see the big picture if it it was dressed in winking neon lights two feet in front of you.

[CAPT KAYOS]

Exactly as it should be. Neither the players nor the manager are the enemies here. As long as we're behind the players the media can't accuse us of trying to sabotage the team - not that they care very much about us these days anyway.

Exactly DE and just my point to the doomsayers against those who want to vent ire and matters not what the fans do towards the apparent owners etc

Its all boll axe what the players take notice of unless its directly at them or individually

It creates an atmosphere - which is exactly what football needs.

[Mike E]

Please stop bypassing the swear filter. It's a family site. Accidentally typing a swear happens, but bypassing the filter deliberately just looks a bit desperate