The Aynsley Pears depreciation thread.

[roversfan99]

We wont sign a new number 1. Itll be Pears as first choice next season, the club has no standards.

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, Rogerb said:

It's not a recent problem though and there is no sign of it improving 

True but isn't getting worse. No way should he be letting either goal in. 

Its very simple we need a new number 1 in this summer. 

[arbitro]

I put this in the Aynsley Pears thread As he features prominently and there wasn't an appropriate one.

This is what our club means to fans and when I see some calling for an all out boycott they should think about Luke and what Rovers mean to him.

Well done Rovers for making Luke's dreams a reality.

[Tom]

Fair play to Aynsley there, Trav as well seems to really want to make people feel valued when we see this sort of video 

[bluebruce]

On 21/03/2025 at 10:12, arbitro said:

This is what our club means to fans and when I see some calling for an all out boycott they should think about Luke and what Rovers mean to him.

Sorry, but why should they? Rovers don't mean more to him than they do to the rest of us, and a boycott isn't a picket line. He can still choose to go if he likes, he's not going to be abused and called a scab.

[lraC]

It’s a shame the people at the top, don’t think the same about the club, players & manager, as people like Luke. They abuse the love and the fans loyalty to the club, in essence, with some of the decisions and statements.

I attended a one to one meeting not that long ago and was shocked to hear what was said about one of the players, who has since been sold. Despite this thread being about the lack of quality of one of the players, I don’t think any of us, would abuse a player, but the decision makers, seem to think nothing of it. 
The statements made in the press about both JDT and Eustace beggar belief, so imagine what is said behind closed doors. 

[arbitro]

10 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Sorry, but why should they? Rovers don't mean more to him than they do to the rest of us, and a boycott isn't a picket line. He can still choose to go if he likes, he's not going to be abused and called a scab.

The young lad, like many other Rovers fans won't know anything about the shambles we have become. The players are role models to him and his main enjoyment in life is watching Rovers. Of course nobody can stop him going and your picket line comment is extreme.

I see your post has been liked by a couple who have openly said don't buy season tickets. One actually said anyone who does is part of the problem.

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, arbitro said:

The young lad, like many other Rovers fans won't know anything about the shambles we have become. The players are role models to him and his main enjoyment in life is watching Rovers. Of course nobody can stop him going and your picket line comment is extreme.

I see your post has been liked by a couple who have openly said don't buy season tickets. One actually said anyone who does is part of the problem.

I don't understand what point you're making. My picket line comment wasn't extreme, it was a glib way of pointing out nobody can stop him going. If nobody can stop him going, what are you driving at? Why do we have to think about him when considering an all out boycott? I can't see any relevance. The best I'm getting from your second post is you're worried it will upset Luke and upend his picture perfect view of Rovers? I'm sorry but if that's what it is, that's no reason at all to reconsider boycott action, we have far bigger concerns.

I'm not sure why it matters that my post was liked by people who want a boycott either. Any more than it would be relevant for me to say your post has been liked by people who want to keep attending (no idea if that's true, just an example).

[Mattyblue]

The young lad sits alongside 10,000 less folk than he would have if these owners hadn’t have ever turned up.

Not sure what difference it will make to him if it’s another, say, 3k less next season.

[USABlue]

Had a dream the other night Pears let a soft one under his body at Pompey, not good that I'm dreaming about that crap. Problem may be worse than I thought.

[USABlue]

Thiught his oositioning and decision to stay instead if close down the angle made it easy for Murphy.  Showed him a big big gap on his left.  Poor keeping IMHO.  Should have been rushing the attacker soread making himself big instead he stands motionless with his left side of goal wide open.  That said are we ever gonna score again.

[Tom]

I criticise him often but that’s a goal that you don’t expect your keeper to stop typically, lots at fault but it’s a good finish 

[Andy]

Yeah, I'm his biggest anti-fan, but yesterday's goal wasn't his fault.
Defending was awful.

He did however make his routine cock-up in the second half - coming out for the ball, standing still and leaving the goal unprotected.
Fortunately for the team, the defenders got him out of it.

Now the season is over, give the rest of the season to Toth or Michalski. Pears shouldn't play for the first team again.

[Upside Down]

The fact this guy is our number one goalkeeper shows just how fucked the club is.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 hours ago, Tom said:

I criticise him often but that’s a goal that you don’t expect your keeper to stop typically, lots at fault but it’s a good finish 

You don't expect him to stop it - but you also definitely expected Murphy to score it. When was the last time he pulled out a good save?

He's a woeful GK. 

[Ferrit]

One of the best keepers in the championship according to Hinchcliffe. What a tosspot

[rigger]

2 hours ago, Ferrit said:

One of the best keepers in the championship according to Hinchcliffe. What a tosspot

Pears wasn't even the best keeper on the pitch, never mind the championship.

[Tom]

Another evening when he hasn’t made anything above a routine save and cost us another soft goal 

[Upside Down]

58 minutes ago, Tom said:

Another evening when he hasn’t made anything above a routine save and cost us another soft goal 

I definitely gave him too much credit when I said he was worth a 12 point deduction, he's far worse than that.

[Ghost7]

Least of our worries is player performances.... but can anyone explain to me why a goalkeeper would parry a fairly tame header behind himself and towards his own goal..... rather than away. Instinctively it has to be out and away... 

He is the least commanding goalkeeper I've seen I've seen at Ewood. I can't think of worse.

The club MUST get rid of him and spend serious money on a commanding keeper. 800k here and there isn't going to cut it in this position.

[Ferrit]

Worst keeper in the league. He’s not even league 2 standard

Not sure why we are worried though, that wanker Nixon has him off to Man United (lol at that, and lol at Nixon in general, the worst “journalist” on the planet)

[Andy]

I genuinely refuse to believe that either Toth or Michalski would be performing worse than Pears.

He's consistently atrocious, costs us goals/games and is - understandably so - targeted by opposition as our weak point in the team.

Persevering with him, when he's so detrimental to the team, is mind boggling.

Edited Wednesday at 13:48 by Andy

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, Andy said:

I genuinely refuse to believe that either Toth or Michalski would be performing worse than Pears.

He's consistently atrocious, costs us goals/games and is - understandably so - targeted by opposition as our weak point in the team.

Persevering with him, when he's so detrimental to the team, is mind boggling.

Maybe that's why we're persevering with him

[KentExile]

Pears getting linked with Man Utd again last night.  Although this time its the more believable story that they want either Pears or Woodman as their new number 2 keeper rather than as first choice

Edited 17 hours ago by KentExile

[London blue]

23 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Pears getting linked with Man Utd again last night.  Although this time its the more believable story that they want either Pears or Woodman as their new number 2 keeper rather than as first choice

If Aynsley Pears gets a contract for 40 grand a week to sit on United's bench and be a domestic box tick I think we can call time on the game as a whole.