v Derby County (a) - 8/3/2025

[Penwortham Blue]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

After spending ages criticising my suggestion of playing Ohashi and Gueye and saying how wrong it was. And also how Hedges must start and Dolan doesnt deserve to.

For me Ohashi has to start and get as close to Gueye as possible. He needs to be alert and sniffing around anything that might break from the Big Man’s presence.

[Gav]

9 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Big crowd for a big derby like at every club.

When was the last time we opened the Bburn end upper for our derby? 

Decades?

[Mattyblue]

When we were in the PL.

It was a one off game that stoked the imagination of the fanbase due to a few factors… obviously not the norm and means nothing in the grand scheme of things apart from get promoted and you’ll see it every week - but we won’t, so we won’t.

[roversfan99]

2 points from 12 games for Derby. Anything other than a win tomorrow isnt good enough and we may aswell pack up now in terms of play off chances if we cant overcome these.

[roversfan99]

19 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

For me Ohashi has to start and get as close to Gueye as possible. He needs to be alert and sniffing around anything that might break from the Big Man’s presence.

Derby are both dreadful and their confidence is on the floor. Playing them both and attacking them from the start has to be the way forward.

[martonrover]

3 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

 

They're going to look silly if Derby win, as will any Rovers' fans chants directed at Eustace during the match

This match is one enormous banana skin. Rovers fans should support the team, hope we win and wait till the final whistle. Then give Derby and Eustace as much stick as possible.

This does not of course mean they are the real villains  

Are you going tomorrow, Jim?

[NeilInBristol]

"John Eustace has struggled to make an impact since swapping Ewood Park for Pride Park. They have lost every game and are yet to score a goal under his watch".....

Until we play them

We are always so generous with teams who haven't won in a while 

[martonrover]

1 minute ago, NeilInBristol said:

"John Eustace has struggled to make an impact since swapping Ewood Park for Pride Park. They have lost every game and are yet to score a goal under his watch".....

Until we play them

We are always so generous with teams who haven't won in a while 

Well if it does happen, I think we can forget the Play Offs once and for all.

Even a point wouldn’t be good enough.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

After spending ages criticising my suggestion of playing Ohashi and Gueye and saying how wrong it was. And also how Hedges must start and Dolan doesnt deserve to.

Look at wording of my post and its show with the above comment you haven't read properly and just jump in head first. 

1 hour ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Wish I could your optimism, Chaddy.

always am. I'm going so lets hope I can be good luck for the team 

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

As others have said, the stick is being aimed in the wrong place.

The narrative in the main would suggest hes just a one off greedy traitor.

are you leading the chant tomorrow then at Pride Park? 

[Gav]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

When we were in the PL.

It was a one off game that stoked the imagination of the fanbase due to a few factors… obviously not the norm and means nothing in the grand scheme of things apart from get promoted and you’ll see it every week - but we won’t, so we won’t.

It wasn’t a one off game at all, we’ve seen decent crowds plenty of times when the product on the pitch is worth supporting, even under these rats.

You should stop talking our support down.

[Mattyblue]

As usual Gav on this issue you seem to always be arguing a different point than me. I’m not remotely ‘talking the support down’, we have good support. And of course games when the team is riding high will see more walks ons, especially in the run in, why wouldn’t it?

But at these prices we will only get sustained (I.e every week) big crowds when we go up, just the way it is as you aren’t selling substantially more STs in this division at these prices. None of that is the fanbases fault - shame the owners aren’t interested in the going up part.

 

Edited Friday at 20:07 by Mattyblue

[Waggy76]

I hope it is not only John Eustace who gets some verbal abuse tomorrow, the real enemy is within our ranks, S. Waggott and S. Pasha they manipulated this whole fiasco! 

[jim mk2]

1 hour ago, martonrover said:

Are you going tomorrow, Jim?

No, couldn’t get tickets! Watching from afar, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. 

[StHelensRover]

Going tomorrow and will be watching through my fingers. 

Hope our fans don't make ourselves look absolute mugs, goading Eustace and Derby fans from the off, if we lose we'll look like morons and be laughing stock of the week online.

Feel like as a squad we're such a soft touch, I think we need to be big and strong and try and bully Derby tomorrow. Hope the players can switch off from the atmosphere which I'm sure is gonna be pretty sour. 

 

Coyb

[Paul Mellelieu]

If you can't goad the opposition at a football match.................

[rigger]

27 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

If you can't goad the opposition at a football match.................

You don't deserve to have a ticket.

[davulsukur]

6 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Pathetic.

There really is no hope is there. The Club really have done a fabulous job of brainwashing everyone.

ALL the ire should be directed towards Venky's , Waggott and Pasha..

I've no idea how the club managed to deflect the blame back onto JE, thay statement the put out was a joke. I think a lot of Nixon's (paid for by SW) stories were the one's that did it.

Agreed, all the rage should be heading the way of SW, SP and Venkys.

[roversfan99]

It happened last time, there was initial disdain towards those who deserve it and a general realisation that under these owners we will never thrive.

Fast forward a few weeks and Tomasson seemed to go from being lauded for speaking out to a traitor. Albeit he obviously wasnt as relevant in Championship terms as he went off to Sweden.

People havent learnt even though its happened again.

[Neal]

[Andy]

I'm going to be completely honest, I stuck a fiver on Nyambe to be the scorer in a 0-1 defeat.

It's 140/1 if anyone fancies backing the inevitable.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

2 hours ago, NeilInBristol said:

"John Eustace has struggled to make an impact since swapping Ewood Park for Pride Park. They have lost every game and are yet to score a goal under his watch".....

Until we play them

We are always so generous with teams who haven't won in a while 

Yup.  Most Rovers thing ever would be rolling over and losing by a couple. 

[DE.]

There will surely be some negative sentiment aimed towards Derby and Eustace, that's natural considering what happened, irrespective of whether you see Eustace as a 🐍 or as a victim of Venky's. Ultimately the result is all that matters and if we fail to pick up three points from the worst team in the division, then we can't really expect to be in the top six at the end of the season. Our team hasn't exactly thrived under pressure in the second half of any seasons when we've been involved in a playoff push. Let's see if anything has changed.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

6 hours ago, sabino said:

Good grief, Mr Grumpy!

They are having a laugh. Remember that feeling??

No...its what following this Circus of a Club does to you these last 15 years.

Edited Friday at 22:31 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Ossydave]

The owners are cunts

Waggott is a cunt

Suhail is a cunt

But despite all that I don't see the issue with people also having a tainted view on Eustace. He walked out on our famous old club FFS.  That therefore makes him a cunt too

[lraC]

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

The owners are cunts

Waggott is a cunt

Suhail is a cunt

But despite all that I don't see the issue with people also having a tainted view on Eustace. He walked out on our famous old club FFS.  That therefore makes him a cunt too

Lots will want to see you next Tuesday.