FAC Q/F v Sheffield United (a) - 19/3/23, 12pm K/O

[jim mk2]

Just now, rigger said:

We'll be at Wembley this season, in the play-offs

FA Cup, read the post

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’m not sure Utd will beat Brighton.

i really hope they don`t,they are bound to have the ref,the fa and var on their side though

[Gamst]

We were brilliant today and it just wasn’t to be. The referee let an awful lot go today especially fouls against our boys. A very odd refereeing performance. It was also surprising to see only 4 mins added time in a half where there was 3 goals and a minute long drinks break. Was a bit heartbreaking watching my 5 yr old son sobbing loudly after their third goal, but I’ve treated him to a new kit and he is now laughing at how many goals Haaland will score against them!! We have dodged a bullet really…I’d rather not play at Wembley than spend hundreds of quid to watch us lose 6 nil! 

[Ianrally]

16 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s called “ football intelligence “. Gally hasn’t got any. He’s just a manufactured footballer, big lad and all that.

If Bryan Douglas was turning up at Ewood as a young lad now, he would be turned away as being too small. 

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

FA Cup, read the post

Read your separate, last sentence.

[roverandout]

I'm over my anger now.  I still don't feel any pride about losing a game we had in the bag in the last 10 minutes.  We were playing Sheffield united not Manchester united.  I feel badly let down by the manager and some of the players.  We will probably never have a better chance of being in an fa cup semi final.  

[superniko]

Final one from me as I work my way through the recording - loved JDT’s reaction to Szmodics goal. Didn’t see that for 5 years. 
The bloke wants success. 

[tomphil]

2 hours ago, superniko said:

Feeling Supersonic, Give me Sammie Szmodics!

That, that's what i'm talking about.

[jim mk2]

5 minutes ago, rigger said:

Read your separate, last sentence.

The post was about the FA Cup. 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, roverandout said:

I'm over my anger now.  I still don't feel any pride about losing a game we had in the bag in the last 10 minutes.  We were playing Sheffield united not Manchester united.  I feel badly let down by the manager and some of the players.  We will probably never have a better chance of being in an fa cup semi final.  

Agreed. It was a very creditable performance for 80 mins but the bottom line is we were winning with ten minutes to go, the manager chucked in the white towel with his substitutions and we didn't even make it to extra time.

So I think it's going somewhat overboard to say how superb we were, superb would have been holding on and winning 3-2.

We can show we've learned from this by making the play offs and performing well in the play off games however.

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, superniko said:

Final one from me as I work my way through the recording - loved JDT’s reaction to Szmodics goal. Didn’t see that for 5 years. 
The bloke wants success. 

i hope venkys give him some serious money to spend in the summer,i think this year has come to soon for promotion,give him the funds for 3 players in the summer and we`ll go up,honestly think we are nearly ready to challenge we`re just a few players short

[Nic81]

I’m one of the new members - although I was a lapsed member (Pugg) from years ago. Thought we played really well and proud of the team. Although I understand trying to hold on to the lead and being more defensive, I think that bringing on two players, just coming back from injuries was a mistake. Both looked rusty and were well off the pace in a really high intensity game. Brittain was poor when he came on against Leicester too. Would have much rather subbed Morton or Sammie as both looked tired. 
 

Hopefully the break will do us good and we can push on and secure a play off place. Currently living in Jersey but coming over for Easter, so booked Norwich tickets. Can’t wait. 

[BankEnd Rover]

6 minutes ago, superniko said:

Final one from me as I work my way through the recording - loved JDT’s reaction to Szmodics goal. Didn’t see that for 5 years. 
The bloke wants success. 

Yeap, re-watched that clip a few times! 

[Moptop1]

4 hours ago, Spartakfenni said:

 

 

🤔 can’t see where you corrected the error. Andy Gray last gig on MAJOR tv channels was in 2011. His and Keys behaviour to females has made them toxic.

Read back you’ll see

[Exiled_Rover]

25 minutes ago, J*B said:

We’ve no way of working out whether they’re rovers fans, well meaning Sheff Utd fans or trolls. 

Even if they're 'well meaning' Sheffield United fans, it'll just come across as smug and condescending in light of the refereeing travesty we've just experienced.

Better safe than sorry, I say. 

[J*B]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Even if they're 'well meaning' Sheffield United fans, it'll just come across as smug and condescending in light of the refereeing travesty we've just experienced.

Better safe than sorry, I say. 

See above - welcome Nic, great to have you as a returning member to this Rovers community. 

[arbitro]

In August I saw us well and truly walloped at Bramhall Lane when we were lucky to get nil and only concede three. If anybody wants a yardstick as to how much we have improved compare that to today's performance with essentially the same players. The dust has now settled on today and I'm feeling optimistic about my club, more so than I have for a long time.

[Herbie6590]

Has everyone voted yet ? 

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/1011481/sheffield-utd-blackburn?tab=voting

[Exiled_Rover]

22 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i hope venkys give him some serious money to spend in the summer,i think this year has come to soon for promotion,give him the funds for 3 players in the summer and we`ll go up,honestly think we are nearly ready to challenge we`re just a few players short

If we had an actual striker we'd be pushing for automatic promotion this year - of course we'd then need an entire new team in the Premier League, but that's by the by. 

Sod O'Brien, our inability to bring in a proper striker on loan in January will ultimately be our downfall this season. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

5 minutes ago, arbitro said:

In August I saw us well and truly walloped at Bramhall Lane when we were lucky to get nil and only concede three. If anybody wants a yardstick as to how much we have improved compare that to today's performance with essentially the same players. The dust has now settled on today and I'm feeling optimistic about my club, more so than I have for a long time.

Yeah, me too. I’m probably one of the sternest critics on here but todays performance plus one or two of the  recent ones lead me to believe we may have turned a corner. We can actually manage to play for 80 minutes now. Under the previous management we rarely got more than 45 minutes.

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, arbitro said:

In August I saw us well and truly walloped at Bramhall Lane when we were lucky to get nil and only concede three. If anybody wants a yardstick as to how much we have improved compare that to today's performance with essentially the same players. The dust has now settled on today and I'm feeling optimistic about my club, more so than I have for a long time.

The most exciting thing is that we only started one (MASSIVELY OVERRATED) loanee today. Admittedly Brereton-Diaz is probably walking for free in the summer, but that's such a good base to build from. 

[toogs]

38 minutes ago, Gamst said:

A very odd refereeing performance.

Having watched Rovers for 40 years in big occasion matches, there was nothing odd about it. 

[Leonard Venkhater]

36 minutes ago, Gamst said:

We were brilliant today and it just wasn’t to be. The referee let an awful lot go today especially fouls against our boys. A very odd refereeing performance. It was also surprising to see only 4 mins added time in a half where there was 3 goals and a minute long drinks break. Was a bit heartbreaking watching my 5 yr old son sobbing loudly after their third goal, but I’ve treated him to a new kit and he is now laughing at how many goals Haaland will score against them!! We have dodged a bullet really…I’d rather not play at Wembley than spend hundreds of quid to watch us lose 6 nil! 

Your last sentence sums up the feelings in our house. Even if we had won, when the dust settled, we would have only been going to Wembley for a semi final..not a final... 

[bluebruce]

39 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i hope venkys give him some serious money to spend in the summer,i think this year has come to soon for promotion,give him the funds for 3 players in the summer and we`ll go up,honestly think we are nearly ready to challenge we`re just a few players short

Thing is if they do, and we don't go up, we'll end up lamenting it as we're sanctioned for breaking 'profit & sustainability' if that's what they're still calling it.

[Torgeir]

51 minutes ago, Gamst said:

We were brilliant today and it just wasn’t to be. The referee let an awful lot go today especially fouls against our boys. A very odd refereeing performance. It was also surprising to see only 4 mins added time in a half where there was 3 goals and a minute long drinks break. Was a bit heartbreaking watching my 5 yr old son sobbing loudly after their third goal, but I’ve treated him to a new kit and he is now laughing at how many goals Haaland will score against them!! We have dodged a bullet really…I’d rather not play at Wembley than spend hundreds of quid to watch us lose 6 nil! 

Could be a blessing in disguise. I really dislike Sheff Utd and it hurt like hell today, but it will soften the blow if they get thrashed by City in the next round. Dreaming of facing them again in the playoff final.