v Sheffield Utd (h) - 2/11/2024

[roverandout]

The 'they've spent more money than us so we've no right to compete with them' is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.  

[RTM08]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

The 'they've spent more money than us so we've no right to compete with them' is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.  

Imagine if Luton and Ipswich for example had had that kind of attitude. 

[Forever Blue]

Just now, roverandout said:

The 'they've spent more money than us so we've no right to compete with them' is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.  

We compete every week, we just don’t have the quality of player the likes of Sheffield Utd have. They had Hamer on the bench. He’d be our best player. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Was the Hedges miss as bad as I thought it was from the stands?

The overhit Ohashi pass to Cantwell was an absolute stinker. 

The Hedges 'attempt' was pathetic. 

[roverandout]

Just now, RTM08 said:

Imagine if Luton and Ipswich for example had had that kind of attitude. 

Bang on

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

33 minutes ago, Giant said:

Harry Pickering should be starting at LB, he’s a better defender than Beck, who got roasted again by the opposition RW. Beck looked much better further forward after Harry came on.

Give over.  Dread to think about RakSayi running at Pickering for 90 mins.  He's slow beyond belief. Would have been on a yellow within 15 mins 

[roverandout]

3 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

We compete every week, we just don’t have the quality of player the likes of Sheffield Utd have. They had Hamer on the bench. He’d be our best player. 

Looking through the Sheffield utd squad this is far from one of the best squads in the championship 

[Forever Blue]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Looking through the Sheffield utd squad this is far from one of the best squads in the championship 

Don’t be silly. It’s also  far better than ours. 

[London blue]

15 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

good job uncle Jack had a better vision than you.

Don't be ridiculous. That was a long time ago and Venkys have put paid to any legacy. Sheffield are by FAR a better club and team than us. 

If you need convincing, we played them today. 

[London blue]

15 minutes ago, roverandout said:

The 'they've spent more money than us so we've no right to compete with them' is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.  

That's not what was said though, was it?

[martonrover]

48 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

stoke a budget team? their owners are minted

As are ours (reportedly).

Stoke, like ourselves, are an established Championship team who are likely to finish midtable, which is about the best we can hope for.

[Hasta]

You could argue that we lacked ambition in the game but I didn’t think effort was lacking from the players. They’re just not good enough. Sheff United were just better in every department. 
 

 

[M_B]

11 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Don’t be silly. It’s also  far better than ours. 

They'll be top 3 without a doubt, finish above Sheff Utd, you're going up. They're actually 2nd without the points deduction.

Edited Saturday at 18:45 by M_B

[Hasta]

5 minutes ago, M_B said:

They'll be top 3 without a doubt, finish above Sheff Utd, you're going up. They're actually 2nd without the points deduction.

I’ve backed them to win the league and still think they will. They can play good football, break quickly and also just toss it in and go direct. They will adapt their style depending on the opposition and how the game is going.

Edited Saturday at 18:50 by Hasta

[Hasta]

48 minutes ago, London blue said:

Fine, judge every team on the same standards, despite vastly different spending power. Your choice.

 

35 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

good job uncle Jack had a better vision than you.

Uncle Jacks vision was having vastly different spending power than most. Once we didn’t we got relegated.

[LDRover]

46 minutes ago, rigger said:

One instance that stuck out to me, was in the second half, we had possession on the left wing about 18 yards from their bye-line. we ended up putting the ball out for their throw-in, in our right-back position, without any of their players touching the ball. 

I said at the time that was one of the worst passages of play I'd ever seen.

[G Somerset Rover]

I think reality is dawning for many that we did in fact have a terrible transfer window - Beck and Cantwell aside.

Eustace talked of Baker like he was the Championship Iniesta yet he’s barely played a minute.

Gueye couldn’t trap a bag of cement.

Ohashi looks every inch the freebie untested at Championship level.

I could go on.

I’m personally underwhelmed by Eustace and our recruitment team but the buck starts and ends with our owners. Years and years of neglect was always going to bite us on the arse sooner rather than later and despite the (IMO misleading) start to the season, it could well end up being this time round that we do drop.

Edited Saturday at 19:05 by G Somerset Rover

[roverblue]

Did Gueye sprint with the ball down the wing and out of play or did my eyes deceive me?

[Forever Blue]

What was the attendance?

[martonrover]

38 minutes ago, roverandout said:

The 'they've spent more money than us so we've no right to compete with them' is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.  

 

37 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Imagine if Luton and Ipswich for example had had that kind of attitude. 

They are the exception rather than the rule.

Luton’s bubble burst very quickly.

Ipswich did well to carry the momentum of promotion from League One into their Championship form.

Mowbray had the opportunity to do similar with us, but he overthought it and instead chose to drop anchor.

The final table will essentially reflect how much each club has spent.

Sheffield United are clearly a strong side at this level and would beat us more often than not.

Our squad is clearly still lacking in certain areas and we are a middling side, at best.

It didn’t help that our recruitment set up was only completed shortly before the beginning of the season, which led to a flurry of hasty, late window signings.  
That isn’t conducive to a promotion push.

[Penwortham Blue]

10 minutes ago, martonrover said:

 

They are the exception rather than the rule.

Luton’s bubble burst very quickly.

Ipswich did well to carry the momentum of promotion from League One into their Championship form.

Mowbray had the opportunity to do similar with us, but he overthought it and instead chose to drop anchor.

The final table will essentially reflect how much each club has spent.

Sheffield United are clearly a strong side at this level and would beat us more often than not.

Our squad is clearly still lacking in certain areas and we are a middling side, at best.

It didn’t help that our recruitment set up was only completed shortly before the beginning of the season, which led to a flurry of hasty, late window signings.  
That isn’t conducive to a promotion push.

Nothing about Blackburn Rovers in 2024, is conducive to a promotion push !

[simongarnerisgod]

10 minutes ago, martonrover said:

That isn’t conducive to a promotion push.

how many times have we been on the verge of building a good side that could challenge for the top six???only for venkys to ruin the show by either selling and  giving the better players away or cutting the managers budget,they don`t want us promoted

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, RTM08 said:

Imagine if Luton and Ipswich for example had had that kind of attitude. 

They both had large wage budgets (*) when they were promoted from the championship.  This was especially true of Ipswich who had an average Championship wage budget when they were in League One

Edit - * compared to pretty much every team without parachute payments

Edited Saturday at 19:46 by KentExile

[martonrover]

5 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Nothing about Blackburn Rovers in 2024, is conducive to a promotion push !

 

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

how many times have we been on the verge of building a good side that could challenge for the top six???only for venkys to ruin the show by either selling and  giving the better players away or cutting the managers budget,they don`t want us promoted

All comes down to the owners, not the Head Coach and his staff.

The exception is when we hire a total clown, such as Coyle.

The Head Coach at Rovers can do no more than make the best of a bad job.

[Torgeir]

1 hour ago, Giant said:

Harry Pickering should be starting at LB, he’s a better defender than Beck, who got roasted again by the opposition RW. Beck looked much better further forward after Harry came on.

Rak-Sakyi would've torn Pickering a new one.