v QPR (a) - 4/2/2025

[Torgeir]

If WBA beat Sheff W and we lose to WBA they’ll be five points ahead of us. 

[Forever Blue]

The positive was Kargbo is rapid. 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Love Eustace but that one's on him. Ridiculous subs. Changes should have been made at HT. 

Quickly going right off Cantwell. 

My front 4 would be

Dennis Ohashi Kargbo

        Gueye

Edited February 4 by Wegerleswiggle

[Exiled_Rover]

For the first time this season I have to put that loss squarely at the feet of the manager.

How he continues to trot Pears out there when he's giving away a goal a game is beyond me. Another howler again. If we had their GK it's at least a draw.

Then to only give Kargbo 5 minutes at the end is criminal, especially with Hedges stinking out the joint again. You're not telling me he hasn't been running rings round our players in training - he ran past two of theirs like they weren't there then. 

[Wegerleswiggle]

1 minute ago, Forever Blue said:

The positive was Kargbo is rapid. 

And Dennis is even faster

[Michael123458]

£40 rovers fans paid tonight to watch that. Get a few beers for journey home make it go quicker 

[Torgeir]

Kargbo is going to need to adjust. He looks quick but also very small/lightweight. Might be more of the same as ACD. 

[Andy]

Kargbo looked decent in his cameo.

I thought Buckley was pretty decent tonight, too. Maybe I have low expectations for him and I'm pleasantly surprised by an average performance.

Thought both goals were avoidable, which seems to be the recurring theme for us.

[superniko]

Just now, Torgeir said:

If WBA beat Sheff W and we lose to WBA they’ll be five points ahead of us. 

Boro, WBA, Norwich and Coventry will be finishing above us. Wouldn’t put it past Bristol City / Sheff Wed either.

We have 8 points from our last 11 fixtures 

As someone else posted earlier, we’ll drift back to 10th-14th and we’ll be 12 months away from losing Travis, Tronstad, Brittain and Hyam on frees. 

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

The positive was Kargbo is rapid. 

"Pacey"

[Wegerleswiggle]

We miss Tronstad so much 

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, booth said:

Cantwell is Buckley mark 2. And that's being kind.

I think Buckley has and continues to contribute a lot more than Cantwell. At least he holds the shape, gets his foot in and on his day can pass the ball well. Cantwell I still have absolutely no idea how he intends to impact a game of football. I feel like we get significantly worse when he comes on - looser shape, lower energy, less threat... He drifts around doing so little except slowing down the play and losing the ball.

We've had over half a season of Cantwell now and I think he's quickly moving into the lost cause category. Hopefully the new signings can bring a side of his game out we have not seen yet. I do think him and Gueye are very poorly suited to one another as a pair - maybe Cantwell and Dennis could work better.

[Penwortham Blue]

9 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Still trying to work out which bright spark decided to agree to bring forward the game to this week, just 24 hours after an inevitable last minute transfer deadline and knowing that we had 4-5 key players out injured.

Do we get a choice, don’t they league legislate as to first available opportunity ? I can’t see why we would have agreed to a fixture the day after the window closes unless mandated ?

[B16Rover]

1 minute ago, Torgeir said:

Kargbo is going to need to adjust. He looks quick but also very small/lightweight. Might be more of the same as ACD. 

Is ACD actually quick? Kargbo looks fast over a long distance

[Ferrit]

Pitiful stuff, too many bad players

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Ricky said:

We’ll be out of the play off places pretty quickly. That’s another example of why the transfer business needed to be done earlier. It’s another 3 points thrown away as even after the window has closed we’ve not been able to field 2 new signings. 

3 new signings. 

[M_B]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

For the first time this season I have to put that loss squarely at the feet of the manager.

How he continues to trot Pears out there when he's giving away a goal a game is beyond me. Another howler again. If we had their GK it's at least a draw.

Then to only give Kargbo 5 minutes at the end is criminal, especially with Hedges stinking out the joint again. You're not telling me he hasn't been running rings round our players in training - he ran past two of theirs like they weren't there then. 

You're doing it again, neither goal was a "howler".

[wilsdenrover]

Just now, Penwortham Blue said:

Do we get a choice, don’t they league legislate as to first available opportunity ? I can’t see why we would have agreed to a fixture the day after the window closes unless mandated ?

The clubs agree a date, if they can’t the league picks the date.

[Ricky]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

How he continues to trot Pears out there when he's giving away a goal a game is beyond me. Another howler again.

He sees the other keeper every day in training, I’m assuming Toth is even worse! He’d be playing him otherwise. I can’t imagine Toth was a Eustace signing at all and I’m guessing he’s looked pretty average so far. 

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Kargbo is going to need to adjust. He looks quick but also very small/lightweight. Might be more of the same as ACD. 

Clearly stronger than ACD and twice as quick.

[scotchrover]

A really disappointing night. Individual player thoughts are :

-Buckley- nowhere near good enough at this level.

-Hedges- forgot he was on the pitch.

-Cantwell- doesn’t look 100% right to me.

-Dolan- the most appalling decision maker in that team.

-Beck- struggled against the directness of Smith (I think he was called) which seems to be a common theme for the lad. He needs moving further forward, onto the wing.

-Forshaw- probably the best appearance so far, even if it was for a short period. 

-Pears- questionable keeping. Time to give Toth another go. 
 

On another note- why the hell did we stop pushing forward after we equalised? We had them on the ropes. Eustace’s tactics and subs are at fault tonight for me. 

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, Andy said:

Kargbo looked decent in his cameo.

I thought Buckley was pretty decent tonight, too. Maybe I have low expectations for him and I'm pleasantly surprised by an average performance.

Thought both goals were avoidable, which seems to be the recurring theme for us.

Buckley was really poor tonight.

[Torgeir]

1 minute ago, B16Rover said:

Is ACD actually quick? Kargbo looks fast over a long distance

Quick off the mark. Kargbo probably faster, but I’m not expecting much. The only player we’ve signed this window that we know will improve the starting eleven is Dennis. And big question marks over his fitness considering he hasn’t played much for a good while. 

[Waggy76]

3 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Do we get a choice, don’t they league legislate as to first available opportunity ? I can’t see why we would have agreed to a fixture the day after the window closes unless mandated ?

Preston aren't playing this week but are at weekend in the FA cup

[London blue]

Pears: 2/10. One good save. Awful distribution and gave a goal away. Flapped at everything.

Beck: 3/10. One of his worst games, was rattled and showed his immaturity 

Batth: 5/10. Dealt with most of what came at him but poor playing from the back.

Hyam: See Batth

Britain: 5/10. Tried but was visibly frustrated. Had nothing Infront of him to work with.

Travis: 5/10. Overran in midfield and couldn't push us forward.

Buckley: 0/10. A truly woeful display. Lacking accuracy, bite and any semblance of game management.

Hedges: 1/10. A point for not taking himself off. Such a poor winger.

Dolan: 5/10. Not his worst game and got the goal but I'm being generous.

Weinmann: 2/10. Invisible. Can't remember him touching the ball.

Guaye: 4/10. Ran his heart out but did little else. Lacked quality.

Subs: 0/10. Special mention to Cantwell who played as poorly as anyone over 90 mins, all packed into 10.

Kargbo gets a reprieve for being new and quick.

Eustace: 1/10. His worst game that I can remember. Allowed our midfield to be overrun for 70 mins. Left Hedges on and made some truly mystifying subs.

Dog shit from all involved, really.