v Preston (h) - 31/1/2025 - k/o 20:00

[Exiled_Rover]

As a season ticket holder I'm very tempted to give this one a miss. 

The lack of transfer activity, again, is sucking the life out of my support. 

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, arbitro said:

Forshaw was good yesterday and contributed a lot to the team effort and collective. Cantwell doesn't.

Did you actually see yesterday's game?

i did actually and there is no way of getting out of the issue that he`s on his last legs,coupled with  buckley (who was away in his own little dimension) it`s the main factor we lost,those two are the worst midfield combination iv`e seen since murphy and etuhu,thankfully,bristol city are shite and could`nt put pressure on for long periods

cantwell is a bit of a fanny but he can pass the ball,always looks for the ball and can do 90 minutes,thats if he`s still here for friday night,i would`nt be surprised if they started selling players this week and finally put the nail in the coffin of even getting near the play offs

venkys out,swag out,every **** behind the scenes at ewood out

[MB Rover]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As a season ticket holder I'm very tempted to give this one a miss. 

The lack of transfer activity, again, is sucking the life out of my support. 

Same boat, probably have a beer or two at home and stick it on the box

[arbitro]

25 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i did actually and there is no way of getting out of the issue that he`s on his last legs,coupled with  buckley (who was away in his own little dimension) it`s the main factor we lost,those two are the worst midfield combination iv`e seen since murphy and etuhu,thankfully,bristol city are shite and could`nt put pressure on for long periods

cantwell is a bit of a fanny but he can pass the ball,always looks for the ball and can do 90 minutes,thats if he`s still here for friday night,i would`nt be surprised if they started selling players this week and finally put the nail in the coffin of even getting near the play offs

venkys out,swag out,every **** behind the scenes at ewood out

It's strange how things can be seen so differently. After about twenty minutes I thought our midfield was stronger than theirs and certainly in the second half we controlled that area. Buckley got caught in possession a couple of times in the early part but after that I thought he was fine. I really think a lot of minds were made up about Forshaw before he kicked a ball and at Oxford he was poor (as were the majority) but yesterday I thought he was good. He made some good challenges and kept the ball moving very rarely giving it away. 

As the discussion was about him and Cantwell I personally would prefer Forshaw in games where we will have to scrap, be aggressive and match their physicality. Cantwell fails in all three areas for me. 

[lraC]

14 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It's strange how things can be seen so differently. After about twenty minutes I thought our midfield was stronger than theirs and certainly in the second half we controlled that area. Buckley got caught in possession a couple of times in the early part but after that I thought he was fine. I really think a lot of minds were made up about Forshaw before he kicked a ball and at Oxford he was poor (as were the majority) but yesterday I thought he was good. He made some good challenges and kept the ball moving very rarely giving it away. 

As the discussion was about him and Cantwell I personally would prefer Forshaw in games where we will have to scrap, be aggressive and match their physicality. Cantwell fails in all three areas for me. 

I agree on Forshaw and take him at face value. I saw no signs that his legs have gone, yesterday.

[Exiled_Rover]

56 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i did actually and there is no way of getting out of the issue that he`s on his last legs,coupled with  buckley (who was away in his own little dimension) it`s the main factor we lost,those two are the worst midfield combination iv`e seen since murphy and etuhu,thankfully,bristol city are shite and could`nt put pressure on for long periods

cantwell is a bit of a fanny but he can pass the ball,always looks for the ball and can do 90 minutes,thats if he`s still here for friday night,i would`nt be surprised if they started selling players this week and finally put the nail in the coffin of even getting near the play offs

venkys out,swag out,every **** behind the scenes at ewood out

I'd say Pears throwing two into his own net is the main reason we lost.

[Nipper1875]

The ticket sales are shocking for preston game well and truely - its looking and sounding like could well be more away fans than home fans it really is and its all down to waggot venkys pasha - dont blame anyone who cant be arsed i was going to finish early go and have few pints but now might just take youngest football training and be late at going on just the interest is dwindleing away even more like the ownership

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As a season ticket holder I'm very tempted to give this one a miss. 

The lack of transfer activity, again, is sucking the life out of my support. 

I'm a season ticket holder, if we all followed suit, Rovers would be in trouble. You've to take the rough with the smooth in football, till there's light at the end of the tunnel. I will be in my seat as usual Friday night.

[RoversTilliDie]

11 minutes ago, Nipper1875 said:

The ticket sales are shocking for preston game well and truely - its looking and sounding like could well be more away fans than home fans it really is and its all down to waggot venkys pasha - dont blame anyone who cant be arsed i was going to finish early go and have few pints but now might just take youngest football training and be late at going on just the interest is dwindleing away even more like the ownership

Never been the most loyal of supporters, some people at Ewood. Only turn up when the sun's shining, and every things rosy in the garden. Other clubs get full houses when there relegated.

[Mattyblue]

Yep. There was definitely nothing different here going on post relegation in that summer of 2012 that led to that collapse in ST sales apart from crap fans…

[Nipper1875]

10 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Never been the most loyal of supporters, some people at Ewood. Only turn up when the sun's shining, and every things rosy in the garden. Other clubs get full houses when there relegated.

Very true but once youve got the dam addiction to it you end up there even when you dont want to which is even more than ever at present  

[Mattyblue]

Every fanbase has fans that only turn up when it’s ’rosy in the garden’.

 

[simongarnerisgod]

expecting pne`s unhinged hatred of rovers to come to the fore this week😁

[chaddyrovers]

3 hours ago, Nipper1875 said:

The ticket sales are shocking for preston game well and truely - its looking and sounding like could well be more away fans than home fans it really is and its all down to waggot venkys pasha - dont blame anyone who cant be arsed i was going to finish early go and have few pints but now might just take youngest football training and be late at going on just the interest is dwindleing away even more like the ownership

How many walk ons tickets have we sold? 

[Bronzed A Donis]

14 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Never been the most loyal of supporters, some people at Ewood. Only turn up when the sun's shining, and every things rosy in the garden. Other clubs get full houses when there relegated.

What a load of inflammatory nonsense.

FYI we had over 26k on the night when we were relegated in 2012, despite everything. 

On the pitch you take the rough with the smooth, which our fanbase is no different to anyone elses in fact pretty resolute at its core.

When you are deliberately held in contempt by those running the club for 14+ years, people can stick 2 fingers up whenever they like. 

[BlackburnEnd75]

                       Pears

Brittain.   Batth.  Hyam.  Beck

                 Travis.  Buckley

 Weimann.     Cantwell.    Dolan

                      Gueye 

Subs: Toth, sanderson, JRC, forshaw, Hedges, Leonard, some kids. 

[TheRevAshton]

Too many tired bodies, too many injuries, and the gaffer has been incredibly let down in terms of recruitment.

Preston will walk this, nailed on away win.

What a shame, we'd have stuffed them a couple of months ago.

Venkys Out. Suhail Out. Waggott Out. Rudy Out.

[roverandout]

1 hour ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

What a load of inflammatory nonsense.

FYI we had over 26k on the night when we were relegated in 2012, despite everything. 

On the pitch you take the rough with the smooth, which our fanbase is no different to anyone elses in fact pretty resolute at its core.

When you are deliberately held in contempt by those running the club for 14+ years, people can stick 2 fingers up whenever they like. 

Just a superfan mentality 

[arbitro]

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Just a superfan mentality 

I genuinely think that in the minds of some of them they feel that being critical is being disloyal so they simply support anything and everything that the club does to prove their loyalty. It's only my theory but having tried to converse with some of them I believe it to be true in most cases.I

The most obvious ones are 'where would we be without them' and 'badly advised'.

[martonrover]

15 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

I'm a season ticket holder, if we all followed suit, Rovers would be in trouble. You've to take the rough with the smooth in football, till there's light at the end of the tunnel. I will be in my seat as usual Friday night.

Makes me think of the 80s again.

We had bugger all money, but because we were run by well meaning people who cared about the club, it was easy to stick with the club through thick and thin.

This is very different, and a lot of supporters reach a tipping point where they think, “what’s the point?”.

I’ve been going since the 70s, but this latest January window meltdown may well prove my tipping point when it comes to deciding whether to renew next Summer.

[Mattyblue]

I’d ignore RTID, his posts are all over the place. One minute he’s all ‘get behind the lads’. Few hours later he will point out how shit they all are.

[Waggy76]

26 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Makes me think of the 80s again.

We had bugger all money, but because we were run by well meaning people who cared about the club, it was easy to stick with the club through thick and thin.

This is very different, and a lot of supporters reach a tipping point where they think, “what’s the point?”.

I’ve been going since the 70s, but this latest January window meltdown may well prove my tipping point when it comes to deciding whether to renew next Summer.

If this was the 70s Waggott and Co would be looking over their shoulders , everytime they arrived at a game !

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

I’d ignore RTID, his posts are all over the place. One minute he’s all ‘get behind the lads’. Few hours later he will point out how shit they all are.

Not quite Rovers Till I Die but more like Sometimes Rovers Till I Die.

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 hour ago, Waggy76 said:

If this was the 70s Waggott and Co would be looking over their shoulders , everytime they arrived at a game !

Why's that ?

[sharpysharps86]

As crazy as this sounds, if Travis starts on Friday then I'd pair him with Forshaw. Forshaw is closer to the type of player Tronstad is than Buckley, so my logic is that Travis can do what he does best and Forshaw can do the Tronstad role. Buckley being there I fear means Travis has to change the way he plays.

Predicted team:

                   Pears

Britain    Batth    Hyam    Beck

           Travis    Forshaw

Weimann      Dolan       Hedges

                    Gueye

Think he'll revert to a back 4 for this game.