v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00

[simongarnerisgod]

from what iv`e seen so far,travis is`nt going forwards because forshaw is struggling with the pace of the game and he has to be looked after

[booth]

Three years running isn't a coincidence.

This is a carefully managed decline.

[Tom]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

from what iv`e seen so far,travis is`nt going forwards because forshaw is struggling with the pace of the game and he has to be looked after

That’s being kind to Travis, he isn’t having an impact for us, got to be counted 

[Penwortham Blue]

1 minute ago, Rover_in_the_South said:

This will be two soon.

Certainly feels like that.

[superniko]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

from what iv`e seen so far,travis is`nt going forwards because forshaw is struggling with the pace of the game and he has to be looked after

It’s the best Venkys, Rudy and Waggot could do for us in January - says it all 

[roverandout]

Phillips is a total bellend 

[G Somerset Rover]

I know we’re a passive bunch but another shitter against Cardiff and IMO Suhail and Waggott are gonna start feeling the heat.

[TugaysMarlboro]

150 applicants, a 'thorough interviewing process' and we end up with a manager who's football methods look the antithesis of his predecessor.

Succession planning indeed.

[Ghost7]

3 minutes ago, Polky said:

Johansson cost Stoke City the same amount we paid for Wahlstedt…

But he couldn’t play out from the back so we signed that Swedish donkey 😭

Wages. If there's good competition for a signing we don't pay the wages needed.

[RTM08]

The petulance and body language has been appalling. This is a team actively not giving a damn.

[deanives]

Which team is going for the playoffs again? 

[jim mk2]

Just now, G Somerset Rover said:

I know we’re a passive bunch but another shitter against Cardiff and IMO Suhail and Waggott are gonna start feeling the heat.

Why? The fans couldn’t care less

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, booth said:

Batth is a big loss.

I don't think its just that... Eustace would have had a specific way to work the defence and him going it will atrophy away.

The team generally looks a bit unsure about how to play.

[yankfan]

Giving the ball away like a Sunday league side after a Saturday night at the pub. 

[davulsukur]

So poor. 

Anyone who picks Adam Forshaw ahead of Tronstad deserves everything he gets. 

[B16Rover]

2 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Cantwell also far too slow and constantly losing possession 

There's no grit to him, his heads probably half way focussed on his inevitable cameo on stranger things season 5 

[Herbie6590]

[Devon Rover]

And to think some people on here said losing Baker didn't matter. We replaced him with Forshaw who is literally out for a jog this evening, watching a game.

[jim mk2]

Ismael heading for 1 point out of 9

As Yosser Hughes said, “I could do that”

[BigHoz]

1 minute ago, deanives said:

Which team is going for the playoffs again? 

None of these 

[Tom]

If you had to rate them now there isn’t a single one of them worthy of a score above 5, it’s pitiful stuff 

[Paul Mellelieu]

[rovers11]

Not one to write a manager off after 3 games, but how has he managed to coach any sort of shape, structure and organisation out of this team in less than 3 weeks? Absolutely shocking. We haven't been good offensively for a long time but we have been very organised until now.

When a manager has to go with 3 centre halves, it shows they don't know how to organise a team so they throw another defender into the mix.

I'm surprised as I thought VI was supposed to be an organiser who made teams hard to beat.

[Ricky]

I don’t think I’ve uttered the words ‘oh for fuck sake’ quite so many times in 35 minutes! Stupid errors throughout 

[booth]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

I don't think its just that... Eustace would have had a specific way to work the defence and him going it will atrophy away.

The team generally looks a bit unsure about how to play.

Course it's not just that, the main issue is those scumbags bringing in the likes of Forshaw and Sanderson, not adequately replacing Szmodics and Wharton and not replacing Pears as soon as we lost Kaminski.