v Middlesbrough (h) - 29/12/22

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, booth said:

Too many passengers in the squad, not enough goals, midfield is paper thin.

Many of us knew this last year, why the club doesn't know is beyond me.

The manager certainly knows it, that's why he keeps playing down talk of promotion.

Did I really hear a '"go back to Sweden" chant from the BBE tonight? I definitely heard boos when Dack was rightly subbed.

Baffling.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Dan said:

I think I’m done. Since Venky’s took over it’s been nothing but misery. The only high point was promotion from League One after that nobhead took us down. Same old shit season after season. There’s no enjoyment. It’s just Groundhog Day. 
 

I’m wondering if I could get hypnotised to completely careless about football. Be one of those fuckers that says “it’s just a game”. 

Or the ones that keep telling me we’re third in the league.

[Ghost7]

I think Tomasson and Broughton will have seen enough now, that said, you'd struggle to sell a lot of this squad.

Money needs investing, loan players need returning (their mistake!). Surely some business will get done early for once.

[BlackburnEnd75]

Going to stick to the positives. Thought we played well first half and deserved that lead. Some elements looked to be clicking into gear and we could've had a couple more if Gally had been on song. Thought JDT made a good tactical move having JRC and Hedges go man to man, nullifying them down their left.

I'll leave everyone else to pick through the bones of the rest

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, Dan said:

I think I’m done. Since Venky’s took over it’s been nothing but misery. The only high point was promotion from League One after that nobhead took us down. Same old shit season after season. There’s no enjoyment. It’s just Groundhog Day. 

I’m wondering if I could get hypnotised to completely careless about football. Be one of those fuckers that says “it’s just a game”. 

If you find someone, let us all know. 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Ianrally]

3 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

The referee went to Carr Hill school, lives in Freckleton. Rumours of him being a Nobber. His brother played for B'pool. 

Bit too close geographically for comfort really. 

Yes true as I’ve mentioned earlier. That’s the second time we’ve had him this season. 

[Guest]

Just back from that. What a shambles the second half was, after so much that was good in the first.

We were always going to be chasing the game once Boro got into their stride, but I just don't understand the mentality of throwing a game like that. 

Thanks too to the Neandertal morons in the Riverside (you know who you are!) for demonstrating how low a person's IQ can go whilst still being allowed out without a straightjacket. Sorry if you were upset by being asked to moderate your language, and how very dare anyone actually move seats at half time for a better view. Oooh, handbags at thirty paces ladies. 

Back to the game. We seemed to have a plan in the first half, and the plan was working. With a little luck, and if we actually had hungry strikers who want to score goals, we could have been well enough clear to have sunk Boro. But no, we just have to find a way to self-sabotage and allow the opposition to rail-road us to defeat.

A bitter pill, that second half. I do hope it doesn't deter too many from pushing through the New Year's Day hangover to get to Ewood for the Bluebird visit.

I won't hold  my breath just yet.. 

[Torgeir]

4 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

The referee went to Carr Hill school, lives in Freckleton. Rumours of him being a Nobber. His brother played for B'pool. 

Bit too close geographically for comfort really. 

What about the fourth ref that actually made the call? The referee had a good game.

[superniko]

20 minutes ago, BigBar said:

1 up at half time...conceed within 30 seconds of the restart. Have a player sent off for a stupid act of petulance. Go 2-1 down soon after. Create next to nothing to even try get back into it. That's the ultimate recipe for a weak mentality and a losing culture right there.

Agree 100%. Conceding within the 1st minute of the 2nd half is actually more infuriating than the petulant stupidity. Just highlights they’re not in a fight for promotion for me. Going through the motions. 

[Bethnal]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

The manager certainly knows it, that's why he keeps playing down talk of promotion.

Did I really hear a '"go back to Sweden" chant from the BBE tonight? I definitely heard boos when Dack was rightly subbed.

Baffling.

Never treated the BBE as a fountain of wisdom. 

[BankEnd Rover]

1 minute ago, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Going to stick to the positives. Thought we played well first half and deserved that lead. Some elements looked to be clicking into gear and we could've had a couple more if Gally had been on song. Thought JDT made a good tactical move having JRC and Hedges go man to man, nullifying them down their left.

I'll leave everyone else to pick through the bones of the rest

If we had played poorly in that first half I would be with half the posters & relaying my anger on here like i Normally do. However we saw a reaction in that first half. The red card changed the game and that’s what it really boils down to…Not the manager.

[simongarnerisgod]

we lost again because the midfield was powder puff,we can`t concentrate and can`t keep the ball as jdt would like,buckley being stupid did`nt help,but it was obvious boro`s manager got into them at half time,i don`t know what jdt said to our lads but it can`t have been very inspirational because we lost our shape within a minute,im`e clinging on to hope that he buys some midfielders in january,morton is a lightweight,buckley is a lightweight and travis is`nt good enough to hold the middle of the park together

[DE.]

I find it hard to believe there is any serious discontent at Ewood, considering what Mowbray got away with after our L1 promotion. Then again, does JDT have his own flag?

[Doogs]

10 years of shite continues..

[BankEnd Rover]

On a positive, We utilised the left hand side perfectly tonight. Cardiff won’t have has much quality however maybe a tougher side to crack down.

[Andy]

12 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

For now.

Could be out of the play offs altogether by the end of the next game. (A loss and results go against us)

And yet we’ll still be higher than the other two teams / new managers that were mentioned in the post that I’d replied to.

We can’t say, for example, Mowbray has done well to get Sunderland into the top 6 in a few months and criticise our similarly new manager, whilst we sit above them.

[DE.]

1 minute ago, BankEnd Rover said:

If we had played poorly in that first half I would be with half the posters & relaying my anger on here like i Normally do. However we saw a reaction in that first half. The red card changed the game and that’s what it really boils down to…Not the manager.

The equaliser came before the red card, though. We don't know how the game would have gone from 1-1 with eleven on the pitch, but past history doesn't really suggest we would have roared back to victory, so I'm not entirely sure we can be hugely confident we would have ended up with the three points. The red card unquestionably made it a much more difficult task though. 

[JohnD]

18 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

What do you mean?

Just let them play, no instructions from JDT, they are better without him

[booth]

24 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

I think Tomasson and Broughton will have seen enough now, that said, you'd struggle to sell a lot of this squad.

Money needs investing, loan players need returning (their mistake!). Surely some business will get done early for once.

It could have been addressed in Summer, but we'll see what happens in January. If GB sticks to his belief that we're pretty much good with transfers for this season I'll be bitterly disappointed whether promotion is the aim or not.

Edited December 29, 2022 by booth
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[Guest]

The worst decision I’ve ever seen in a Rovers match. A fucking straight red card for THAT? It’s laughable. One level below the ‘best football league in the world’ and you get a straight red card for bouncing the ball off someone. You’d never finish a game of five a side if the refs were as bad as those in the championship. Love to see his report, what’s he gonna write next to the red card? Violent conduct? Fuck me.

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, JohnD said:

Just let them play, no instructions from JDT, they are better without him

I used to say the same about Mowbray, just give him matchdays off.

[arbitro]

Buckley's lack of discipline cost us tonight. We played some good stuff in the first half and the big diagonals and cross field passes had Boro in real trouble as we stretched their defence and got in behind. We could have gone in two up at half time although Boro had a couple of chances of their own. We were caught cold at the beginning of the second half as Boro came out of the blocks quicker than us. I still thought we would go on to win but Buckley really killed that notion with his infantile behaviour. Boro stepped up and got their second and it was going to be tough from there but credit to our players who pushed for an equaliser and had a couple of chances. I was annoyed with Tomasson for taking off our two most creative players and replacing them with two defensive midfielders but my real anger is towards Buckley whose idiocy cost us tonight.

[JamieUK]

Really enjoyed the first half - as a game of football probably most enjoyable since WBA/Watford? Shame about the second half.

A point on Adam Wharton - I don't think he was asked to warm up at all in the second half. Strange given it's usually 2 lots of 3. Might be mistaken but quite sure he wasn't out.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, JohnD said:

Just let them play, no instructions from JDT, they are better without him

Ah so you long for the days of Mowbray then - we looked like we'd met for the first time on the car park for half of his time in charge.

[Ianrally]

Norwich are four points behind us with a game in hand. They were quick enough with a decisive move to get rid of Dean Smith. It will be interesting to see whether us or them finish the higher at the end of the season.