v Portsmouth (a) - 29/3/2025

[because of boxing day]

There were a few boos from some around us at the end but the fans are understandably devastated after the capitulation of late and  the spite and venom was more aimed at Venkys than the players. 
I don’t think there was one player amongst our lot who was not trying which made our inability to dictate the pace all the more galling. 
In the match we suffered a bombardment of wind assisted up and unders and a weak referee who permitted every Bishop pull and tug that put us under so much pressure.  It reminded me so much of our failure to manage the windy conditions at Plymouth this autumn. 
Season over and out I’m sorry to say. 
 

[EgyptianPete]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:43, simongarnerisgod said:

no we wer`nt,given he was a good coach but you can`t win every week and key injuries in a small squad like ours will mean a drop off in results,don`t think we`de have lost 5 straight games against rank opposition with him in charge,do you????

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Well yes it was only due to smods we kept up last season, eustace is not the manager you think he is, granted this guy is awful, not had any insparation since JDT and then maggott and co screwd that up AGAIN, we need to get rid of the players and start again. 

[Dolly blue]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:47, rigger said:

Speed-skaters don't go down-hill.

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If they were in blue and white halves, under the current regime….they would 😉

[EgyptianPete]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:47, rigger said:

Speed-skaters don't go down-hill.

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Ha ha i know they don't, maybe the irony didn't compute, speed - Fast     Downhill  well down 😂

[davulsukur]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:27, broadsword said:

Since venkys took over, We've not beaten them once. We play them next month, might be the last time for a long time

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We've played them twice already?

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Personally didn't have a right lot of interest in this game. Forgetting the playoffs now, and we're safe for this season atleast.

On reflection of this season What a total waste of time and money. Complete shit show from top to bottom. Yes the highs were good at the time but the inevitable occurred.  

[simongarnerisgod]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:48, EgyptianPete said:

Well yes it was only due to smods we kept up last season, eustace is not the manager you think he is, granted this guy is awful, not had any insparation since JDT and then maggott and co screwd that up AGAIN, we need to get rid of the players and start again. 

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oh we`ll be getting rid of players and replacing them with worse ones and certainly starting again in leauge one!!!!!!!!!!!,eustace did a fantastic job this season,given what he had to work with

[rigger]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:51, EgyptianPete said:

Ha ha i know they don't, maybe the irony didn't compute, speed - Fast     Downhill  well down 😂

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No, it was just a poor analogy. Maybe you should have said a downhill skier.

[StHelensRover]

Dreading Friday now.

Boro will be salivating at the prospect of this game. The playoffs have opened right back up for them and they get to strike first by playing on the Friday, against statistically the current worst team in the division.

They'll have done their homework and worked out our confidence is shot and that we don't even look awake until we concede and will come flying out at us. If we concede early it's gonna get nasty.

[broadsword]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:53, davulsukur said:

We've played them twice already?

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Blimey that's a relief! 😮‍💨 😆 

Edited March 29 by broadsword

[davulsukur]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:56, broadsword said:

Blimey that's a relief! 😮‍💨 😆 

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At least we managed to score a goal against them for a change.

[Tomphil2]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:08, broadsword said:

I think now pressing than that, new owners are needed. 150th anniversary next year. Without new owners, the club won't be around to have a 175th I don't think

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It will be they'll never let it go bust but where their managed decline will leave us is anybody's guess and i'd take a punt on another decade of this ownership giving us lean times the like of which this club has never seen before.

The message form fans now needs to be loud and clear, invest or #### off.

There is no in between anymore.

[DE.]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:01, Tomphil2 said:

The message form fans now needs to be loud and clear, invest or #### off.

There is no in between anymore.

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They'll already claim they're 'investing' in keeping the lights on (despite that recently being funded by player sales).

The message just has to be fuck off. They are not worthy custodians of this club - never have been and never will be. It's been 15 years, they've had their chance.

[dallydally]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:05, DE. said:

They'll already claim they're 'investing' in keeping the lights on (despite that recently being funded by player sales).

The message just has to be fuck off. They are not worthy custodians of this club - never have been and never will be. It's been 15 years, they've had their chance.

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They don't listen. Never have, never will.

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  On 29/03/2025 at 18:55, StHelensRover said:

Dreading Friday now.

Boro will be salivating at the prospect of this game. The playoffs have opened right back up for them and they get to strike first by playing on the Friday, against statistically the current worst team in the division.

They'll have done their homework and worked out our confidence is shot and that we don't even look awake until we concede and will come flying out at us. If we concede early it's gonna get nasty.

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And that's just in the stands!

[broadsword]

Yeah I'm not interested in we're on a journey, jam tomorrow bullshit. I'm done waiting, they can just fuck off immediately for me, ta.

[broadsword]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:58, davulsukur said:

At least we managed to score a goal against them for a change.

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Would of been nice to go into our 150th anniversary season in a good place. That should of been a target 5,10 years ago. Missed out on a big pay packet there

[davulsukur]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:05, DE. said:

They'll already claim they're 'investing' in keeping the lights on (despite that recently being funded by player sales).

The message just has to be fuck off. They are not worthy custodians of this club - never have been and never will be. It's been 15 years, they've had their chance.

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Agreed, I just want rid of them.

15 years of this shit, it's someone else's turn to suffer. We've paid our dues.

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:01, Tomphil2 said:

It will be they'll never let it go bust but where their managed decline will leave us is anybody's guess and i'd take a punt on another decade of this ownership giving us lean times the like of which this club has never seen before.

The message form fans now needs to be loud and clear, invest or #### off.

There is no in between anymore.

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Fixed it for you. 

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[StHelensRover]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:28, davulsukur said:

Agreed, I just want rid of them.

15 years of this shit, it's someone else's turn to suffer. We've paid our dues.

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It's the longevity of it that's so depressing isn't it? Pompey, Coventry, Bolton, Birmingham, many others have had horrendous owners who took the club off a cliff and humiliated the fan bases, but they're all clubs who eventually got through it and are now on the up. 

We've had this over us for 10% of our entire existence, as one of the oldest football clubs around. When you consider that length of time it's galling.

There hasn't even been any 'good times' of note, unless you count pipping Shrewsbury Town to 3rd division promotion. We've bottled every big occasion and had nothing to be proud of. 

What I wouldn't give for our 150th year to be the one we had their curse lifted!

Edited March 29 by StHelensRover

[jim mk2]

I suggested after 2 games under Ismael the players weren't playing for him and I don't think there's any doubt now. They were devastated to see the popular Eustace go and they have soon made up their mind they don't like Ismael. Unprofessional yes, but they obviously do not believe in him and/or what he's trying to do (does anyone)?

The club is in crisis . Key players are out of contract in the summer and the manager is a dud who needs to be sacked. Red Bull showed how to be ruthless when the team realised they'd made a mistake and sacked a F1 driver after only 2 races - Rovers, if the club were properly run, should do the same. 

[aletheia]

  On 29/03/2025 at 18:39, rigger said:

What good have we gained from it.

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Harvey Elliott? Beck?

[frosty]

  On 29/03/2025 at 19:35, StHelensRover said:

 

We've had this over us for 10% of our entire existence,

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Crikey, never thought of it like that before 🙁 awful. When will it ever end......