v Blackpool (h) - 27/08/2024 - 19:45 k/o - Carabao Cup

[neophox]

Watching this dross...we were lucky against Oxford.....

Its obvious this team needs new players.... the Liverpool lad will come straight in this poors side.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

1 minute ago, DanielMB said:

JRC, Pears, Buckley, Vale, Hedges…League 1 players at best.

...Pickering, Fadz, Baath, Dolan, Brittain, Hyam...

[Upside Down]

Poor game management. Should have killed them off before making the big change.

[alcd]

Clueless and lifeless, Looked every inch a League 1 outfit. No Szmodics to bail them out any longer. Can expect much more of this dismal fare, 

[AAK]

1 minute ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

...Pickering, Fadz, Baath, Dolan, Brittain, Hyam...

Basically all the team is shit haha. Blame the owners simple.

Edited August 27, 2024 by AAK

[Butty]

Shite. But it will be quickly forgotten about if we bring in a new keeper, a winger and a centre mid. JRC should be nowhere near the team on Saturday. 

[booth]

Just now, Upside Down said:

Poor game management. Should have killed them off before making the big change.

Strolling about isn't going to kill them off. Too many players thought they were too good for little old L1 Blackpool.

[neophox]

3 minutes ago, booth said:

Buckley & JRC midfield pairing who struggle to compete with a lower league L1 side.

Vale is an awful forward and would be lucky to be first choice in a L2 side.

One of the oldest defenders in the football league and a bloke who is scared of his own shadow at CF.

Pickering one of the slowest fullbacks in the Championship.

And then there's Pears.

Why did it go so wrong?

+++++sell your best players... zero investment.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

1 minute ago, Butty said:

Shite. But it will be quickly forgotten about if we bring in a new keeper, a winger and a centre mid. JRC should be nowhere near the team on Saturday. 

That will depend very much on the quality of those signings.  

Tonight shows us 3 is nowhere near enough. 

[Forever Blue]

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

..we were lucky against Oxford

Don’t be silly 

[AllRoverAsia]

I stayed up to watch that, I need my head examined.

We have a lot of weaklings in our squad, a lot.

JE and his mass subs, madness born of arrogance, stupidity or both.

JRC, what he taking?

Hyam and McFad on together, well FFS.

The corner routine, pathetic.

I'm going to do what I should have done hours ago and have a sleep.

[RevidgeBlue]

10 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

You realise it's on Saturday right?

Lol.

I honestly thought it was lunchtime Sunday.

After tonight I still may tune in then!

[Michael123458]

We had a massif chance there to take the momentum to dingleland. If we had of drawn a big club in round 3 we’d of had more of a stride. Anyway it’s done poor poor result but Saturday is now the only thing that matters with the international break coming up we need something here. For me a point would be fucking brilliant. Win your home games and draw your away games you go up. RTID 

[alcd]

33 minutes ago, Ricky said:

JRC can’t play Centre Mid despite what Chaddy might try to tell us. He needs too long on the ball. Better out of the middle of the field when he can take people on. I like him but he’s no CM. 

He's certainly not got the pace to play in a wide position. He's simply not Championship standard. 

[LDRover]

Seriously, if I'd been playing as badly as JRC I'd have asked to be taken off. That was back to the bad old days of a few years ago from him. Dreadful.

[Dolly blue]

Lacking in brain , fitness and guts … as the Pool fans sang “ Championship ……..youre  having a laugh “ 

Deserved that defeat… not one of them could be arsed … as for JRC … he made Jason Lowe look like a player .. utterly embarrassing 

[Mars Rover]

I believe they have conceded near enough immediately after each of Eustace's big sub roundabouts. It might be worth his time revisiting this idea.

[AAK]

I am serious now, I want to set up a mass protest. Who's with me? Seriously, I will organise the best protest ever, are people on board? No joke either, I will organise it

Edited August 27, 2024 by AAK

[Forever Blue]

Well, it’s always nice to have a cup run but we didn’t kill Blackpool off when we were 1 up, so only ourselves to blame. 
 

The subs changed the game, but not how JE intended. 

On to Saturday….

 

[bluebruce]

19 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I'd love to ship him out. You could tell when we signed him that he didn't want to be here. He's been crap for over 6 months now. 

You could tell when he signed? He won player of the season in his first year...

Lately though, crap, yeh.

[WacoRover]

Judging by comments, it appears liquor sales are up wherever Rovers fandom abides 😆

coping mechanism, for sure

[Forever Blue]

3 minutes ago, AAK said:

I am serious now, I want to set up a mass protest. Who's with me? Seriously, I will organise the best protest ever, are people on board? No joke either, I will organise it

Are you protesting going out of the EFL cup?

[Paul Mani]

Flat throughout…missed a few chances to put them to bed and let them in.

The change was uncharacteristic and I suspect he wanted to trial three at the back but it destabilised us. Individually, we gave them two goals.

Most players were below average. L Duru, Bucko, Carter, Siggy Weimann and Gueye did ok. JRC was poor on Saturday and worse today.

Lesson - JRC isn’t a CM. We don’t look comfy with 3 at the back. 

 

[G Somerset Rover]

4 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Seriously, if I'd been playing as badly as JRC I'd have asked to be taken off. That was back to the bad old days of a few years ago from him. Dreadful.

He’s such an enigma. I know from speaking to a friend of his that he’s very much a confidence player but how the f*ck is that the same guy who single handedly took on Huddersfield that time?! He was like Gerrard that day.

[BankEnd Rover]

We should of killed them off, we didn’t, seemed very relaxed which wont be the case on Saturday…Let’s remember we gifted them a goal…It’s a game less which is a huge positive with this squad.

We need 3 more signings as a minimum, and finally please can we sign someone who is rapid!