v PNE (a) - 22/2/2024 - 12pm k/o

[Tugay-is-God]

Maybe the best I've seen Pears play this

[moerpho]

Pears MotM

[roverandout]

Awful performance even more awful ref

[NeilInBristol]

Both were bad decisions - that's 2 reds against our local rivals now.. I wonder if the refs have been advised to be extra harsh. I don't think either were a red and its so frustrating we lose Beck for a game or two

[Displaced Rover]

1 minute ago, superniko said:

You’ll not see much worse performance than this bandit refereeing. 
 

Summed up by our lad getting bitten by some gypsy in white shirt and getting a red. 
 

Lineman staring right at it 1 yard away

The bite was after the stupid kick which deserved a red card. People need to be a bit more objective in this thread 

[cesus]

Has any foul NOT seen a card!?!? FFS

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

Ref has the face of a cunt

[The Gull]

We have been absolutely terrible, but this ref is clueless, Preston players conning him in to free kicks and yellows before that red card, which was probably right but he caused it the prick.

[NeilInBristol]

Blimey Pears..well done chap 

[Exiled_Rover]

Does this ref have a quota of cards to hand out? Fuck me. 

[booth]

How the fuck did that living bollock not go off for clearly biting another player?

[Tom]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Awful performance even more awful ref

Ref hasn’t actually got much wrong, reds both obvious but he’s missed the other red for the bite but not easy to spot 

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, Displaced Rover said:

The bite was after the stupid kick which deserved a red card. People need to be a bit more objective in this thread 

It was a yellow card at most. 

[Tugay-is-God]

Awful game 

[K-Hod]

Just now, Tom said:

Ref hasn’t actually got much wrong, reds both obvious but he’s missed the other red for the bite but not easy to spot 

Linesman doesn’t have that excuse with the bite, was right in front of him….

[ItsRoverZ]

Couldn't give a fuck we kept our unbeaten run ..I couldn't care less it's a point away from home. That was absolutely fucking woeful from rovers, utter fucking gash a pathetic performance I'd be livid if I was one of the 6000 to travel. 

[RTM08]

I fully expect both Preston and Burnley to finish above us this season. Even with 10 they looked far more threatening than us.

[Forever Blue]

Not a great performance but still unbeaten. 
 

credit to PNE, they did to us what we did to Burnley.

[The Gull]

Just now, Tom said:

Ref hasn’t actually got much wrong, reds both obvious but he’s missed the other red for the bite but not easy to spot 

Not done much wrong? He booked two of ours for nothing then gave a free kick for a dive ffs. 

[CambridgeRover]

Take a point but probably our worst 90 mins of the season so far. Very poor going forward and in possession. 

Crazy referee but both red cards were the right call. I hope that Preston players gets a long ban for that bite

[superniko]

3 minutes ago, Displaced Rover said:

The bite was after the stupid kick which deserved a red card. People need to be a bit more objective in this thread 

Clearly - but the ref has had no control on the whole game, it wasn’t a free kick in the first place which wouldn’t have led to the whole incident. 
Which ended with a player getting bitten 1 yard in front of a linesman with Beck constantly saying he was bitten 

[NeilInBristol]

2 minutes ago, booth said:

How the fuck did that living bollock not go off for clearly biting another player?

Do the EFL ever review these?!

[yellowsubmarine]

We dont deserve anything at all to be honest. Pears was exceptional today, our best Rovers player. Ohashi second. The rest are just not good enough. Against 10 men, we played like we are the team with 10 men. Players and manager need to look at themselves especially Eustace. He had a half time talk and a whole half to beat 10 men. And we almost lost the game if not for Pear's saves.

[DE.]

Knew as soon as they went down to 10 that was our chances of winning down the drain. Can't remember the last time we took advantage of being an extra man up. 

 

Same old from the officials mind. Preston reverted to the dark arts and the ref was hoodwinked throughout the second half. With that said, almost all teams in the division will do this when they go a man down and the quality of official will be below average at best, so we need to find a way to win in these situations. 

 

Whilst Beck probably deserved a red for kicking out, Preston obviously should have been down to 9. Hopefully retrospective action taken. Don't think him going off in the game would have made a difference as we can't take advantage of being a man up anyway. 

 

Disappointing performance. Pears the only player who deserves credit. Still, despite our worst performance of the season, mostly against 10 men + referee, we didn't lose and got a point, so... forget about it and move on, I guess. 

 

[Forever Blue]

Just now, RTM08 said:

I fully expect both Preston and Burnley to finish above us this season. Even with 10 they looked far more threatening than us.

Burnley should they’ve spent about £100m more than us ffs! 🤣