Championship 23/24

[speeeeeeedie]

It is going to be one interesting run in.

Usually one team romps away with top spot, this season it's a 2 possibly 3 horse race between Leicester, Leeds, and Ipswich for 1st.

Southampton look safe for a play off spot behind the top 3 which leaves West Brom, Coventry, Hull, PNE, and Norwich fighting for the 2 playoff spots.

Relegation, unfortunately with Rovers very much in play, is even tighter.

Rotherham are gone.

Sheff Wednesday have won 5 of 6 but are still second from bottom on 38 points. Yet Watford in 12th are only 6 points better off. 

Sunderland in 10th have lost 5 in a row and conceivably could be dragged into a relegation fight, albeit slight.

Let's hope for results to go Rovers way tonight.

[Upside Down]

21 minutes ago, speeeeeeedie said:

It is going to be one interesting run in.

Usually one team romps away with top spot, this season it's a 2 possibly 3 horse race between Leicester, Leeds, and Ipswich for 1st.

Southampton look safe for a play off spot behind the top 3 which leaves West Brom, Coventry, Hull, PNE, and Norwich fighting for the 2 playoff spots.

Relegation, unfortunately with Rovers very much in play, is even tighter.

Rotherham are gone.

Sheff Wednesday have won 5 of 6 but are still second from bottom on 38 points. Yet Watford in 12th are only 6 points better off. 

Sunderland in 10th have lost 5 in a row and conceivably could be dragged into a relegation fight, albeit slight.

Let's hope for results to go Rovers way tonight.

Hull city you say?

Another club that had shit owners, has been sold and is now challenging for promotion.

Still, whowouldbuythisclubwewouldbelikeburywithoutvenkyswedontwanttobelikeleeds

[roversfan99]

Kipre has just tipped a header from a certain goal over the bar for West Brom away at QPR with his hand.

Does us a massive favour but the sort of decision that perhaps brings VAR closer.

[Bbrovers2288]

QPR will be safe, they look far far better than us 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

16 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

QPR will be safe, they look far far better than us 

How many teams look worse than us at the moment ?

[martonrover]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

How many teams look worse than us at the moment ?

Only Rotherham, (who we were unable to beat home or away). 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Only Rotherham, (who we were unable to beat home or away). 

That tells you all you need to know. We were relying on the teams down at the bottom staying there. That was never going to happen.

[Blow-in]

On 24/02/2024 at 22:36, Leonard Venkhater said:

Chair will have to sit deeper..

He hadn't a leg to stand on.

 

Jimmk2 got there before me, well before me.

You could say I have been dethroned 

Edited March 6, 2024 by Blow-in

[martonrover]

30 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

That tells you all you need to know. We were relying on the teams down at the bottom staying there. That was never going to happen.

IF (and it’s a big IF) we win on Saturday, it won’t look as bleak.

There would be grounds for hope and the table should look better.

Fail to win and I just don’t see where one is coming from.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 minutes ago, martonrover said:

IF (and it’s a big IF) we win on Saturday, it won’t look as bleak.

There would be grounds for hope and the table should look better.

Fail to win and I just don’t see where one is coming from.

Definitely. This season is going to be one of those seasons were the team fourth from bottom is going to need a more than average number of points to stay up. Apart from us and Rotherham everybody else is fighting for their lives.

[Paul Mellelieu]

I'm prepared for it to go to the final day of the season.  Bugger.

[1874]

Rovers are now -14 goal difference and -18 points from corresponding fixtures last season.

Corrected some errors

[Devon Rover]

8 hours ago, martonrover said:

IF (and it’s a big IF) we win on Saturday, it won’t look as bleak.

There would be grounds for hope and the table should look better.

Fail to win and I just don’t see where one is coming from.

It will only look less bleak until the run of fixtures coming up after it. For that reason, as you suggest, it is a must-win against Plymouth. Not a game for a 5-man defence at home....

[martonrover]

5 minutes ago, Devon Rover said:

It will only look less bleak until the run of fixtures coming up after it. For that reason, as you suggest, it is a must-win against Plymouth. Not a game for a 5-man defence at home....

Looking at the fixtures, I think there's a fair chance that a win would make the table look better for the first time in weeks.

Have to say I'm not confident though, on the evidence of Tuesday.

[Stonesrick]

Attendances this Tuesday in the Championship:

Coventry v Rotherham – 22,092

Hull v Birmingham – 20,398

Ipswich v Bristol C – 28,001

Leeds v Stoke – 36,118

Sheff W v Plymouth – 23,037

Sunderland v Leicester – 40,293

And……

Rovers v Millwall – 11,711

 

Prior to those charlatans taking over:

30^th October, 2010:

Rovers v Chelsea – 25,836

Thanks very much Venky’s and all your minions for protecting Jacks legacy.  

[JHRover]

28 minutes ago, Stonesrick said:

Attendances this Tuesday in the Championship:

Coventry v Rotherham – 22,092

Hull v Birmingham – 20,398

Ipswich v Bristol C – 28,001

Leeds v Stoke – 36,118

Sheff W v Plymouth – 23,037

Sunderland v Leicester – 40,293

And……

Rovers v Millwall – 11,711

 

Prior to those charlatans taking over:

30^th October, 2010:

Rovers v Chelsea – 25,836

Thanks very much Venky’s and all your minions for protecting Jacks legacy.  

Also worth noting that the likes of Hull, Ipswich and Coventry were all getting much lower gates at this level, down in the teens rather than 20's, until recently.

Then all three got taken over and new owners delivered a wave of optimism and engagement and attendances rocketed.

Still apparently such a fate is impossible here.

[Paul Mellelieu]

26 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Also worth noting that the likes of Hull, Ipswich and Coventry were all getting much lower gates at this level, down in the teens rather than 20's, until recently.

Then all three got taken over and new owners delivered a wave of optimism and engagement and attendances rocketed.

Still apparently such a fate is impossible here.

It is "impossible" because our owners don't want to sell.

[Leonard Venkhater]

12 hours ago, Blow-in said:

He hadn't a leg to stand on.

 

Jimmk2 got there before me, well before me.

You could say I have been dethroned 

What could I do to cushion the blow?

[arbitro]

Rotherham have terminated Daniel Ayala's contract. He has played seven games and was sent off twice.

 

[cesus]

20 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Rotherham have terminated Daniel Ayala's contract. He has played seven games and was sent off twice.

 

When he played for us I did quite rate him but he was just never available enough. I have to say I'd have never have offered him a contract after training with us then trying to slope over to the Middle East for a bigger pay day.

[chaddyrovers]

Leeds 2 nil up at Sheffield Wednesday. 

Sheff Wed were the better team until Leeds scored just before half time

[philipl]

9 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Leeds 2 nil up at Sheffield Wednesday. 

Sheff Wed were the better team until Leeds scored just before half time

Good result for us.

I expect the Wednesday game to be one of the tougher ones in our run in...

[B16Rover]

 

Lowest average attendance Vs highest in the last 10 years 

[ABBEY]

On 07/03/2024 at 09:20, Paul Mellelieu said:

It is "impossible" because our owners don't want to sell.

Well let's hope next week forces there hand

[moerpho]

Cardiff beat Ipswich at home after two late goals. Both in extra time. Could do with some of that for Rovers.