Championship - 22-23

[Hasta]

I guarantee we will beat Millwall to no avail on the last day.

[Blue blood]

It's still in our hands. Can't ask for more then that. 

[Cherry Blue]

Part of me says I think it's all over but with 3 games, regardless of the opposition, it isn't.

Players will do their best & we will all get behind the team. 

[Penwortham Blue]

46 minutes ago, den said:

That’s okay for us isn’t it?

Better the WBA winning but Sunderland now in with a great chance as well. 7 points from our games and Millwall / Sunderland can’t touch us but Coventry and West Brom could. Mad that to be mathematically certain, we need 9 points.

[AllRoverAsia]

Sunderland are a good watch.

There, I've said it.

[Mattyblue]

Shows the difference a *good* loan can do in a key area…

[BankEnd Rover]

17 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Sunderland are a good watch.

There, I've said it.

They’ve got some good players, a lot better than we’ve got. 

[simongarnerisgod]

20 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Sunderland are a good watch.

There, I've said it.

propped up by loan players it has to be said

[Penwortham Blue]

1 hour ago, sympatheticclaret said:

In peace, as ever ...

Looking at the situation from a reasonably objective standpoint, I'd be worried about the soft underbelly of Rovers and the inability to see games out, the fact that both Luton and Millwall are tough very fit physical sides, the lack of goals with Brereton-Diaz's current form & Gallagher being out, and finally, the negative goal difference ...

Thanks for that, not in peace 😡

[Penwortham Blue]

11 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

They’ve got some good players, a lot better than we’ve got. 

Yes, I don’t think Mowbray signed any of them, maybe Geldhart on loan.

[roversfan99]

He is doing a good job with a very young, promoted team to be fair, especially as down to injury and a very late loan recall, he doesn't have a striker.

[1874]

As it currently stands we are the only club chasing the playoffs who control their own destiny

Edited April 23, 2023 by 1874

[Darrenbot]

With Sunderland playing well at the end of the season and us falling away again,maybe its time to stop calling it a Mowbray death spiral that we had the last few years and it is just a Rovers death spiral,we have/had have a squad of players that cant see it through when the going gets tough.

Edited April 23, 2023 by Darrenbot

[Mattyblue]

It happened with Bowyer too. Mentality not been right at this club for a decade now (wonder what the common denominator is).

[Wheelton Blue]

This season isn't down to mentality IMO.

It's a lack of ability.

[Mattyblue]

I think it’s both. The (almost never) coming back from going a goal down stat says it’s more than just ability.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, Blue blood said:

It's still in our hands. Can't ask for more then that. 

We fucked it up in January.

[Wheelton Blue]

Ability and mentality tend to go hand in hand, The better players have more of both.

I don't think we've 'bottled it' though, as some are suggesting.

Edited April 23, 2023 by Wheelton Blue

[Mattyblue]

Agreed. Performances aren’t declining, but poor recruitment, average players and some unbelievable bad luck has caught up with us.

 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

He is doing a good job with a very young, promoted team to be fair, especially as down to injury and a very late loan recall, he doesn't have a striker.

Wasn't Simms recalled on the 31st December leaving Sunderland all January to sign one? 

[roversfan99]

13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Wasn't Simms recalled on the 31st December leaving Sunderland all January to sign one? 

I think the intention was to have him back temporarily and then loan him back once Everton signed a new striker which didnt happen.

[superniko]

[Blue blood]

3 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We fucked it up in January.

It's one of many muck ups this season but undoubtedly one of the biggest. There's been a fair few others mind but the negligence regarding the squad, especially up front, has to be one of the biggest contributors 

And yet despite all this we still have a chance that isn't reliant on other teams.

[bigbrandjohn]

Er that would be Mowbray in the play offs. 😳

[Upside Down]

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Shows the difference a *good* loan can do in a key area…

Shows what filling out a form can do