v Portsmouth (a) - 29/3/2025

[neophox]

Well even if the manager is tosh the players are the same... 

[StHelensRover]

1 minute ago, OllieNO said:

Are these actual statements made by VI?

If you get chance, you can catch a brief interview with him on BBC Lancs prior to this fixture where he confirms that he always targeted the international break as where he would start implementing his system and ideas.

[simongarnerisgod]

we ar`nt scoring unless it`s an own goal or wonder shot.easy team talk from the pompey manager "look lads,this lot won`t score,just keep it tight and don`t do anything stupid,easy 3 points for us and a good night out after

[Salgados Hair]

14 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

He also denied owning a dog, when he obviously did, why else would you have a XL bag of dog biscuits in

the kitchen.

Said he didn't see a message attached to a plane when he was photographed looking at it..

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

we ar`nt scoring unless it`s an own goal or wonder shot.easy team talk from the pompey manager "look lads,this lot won`t score,just keep it tight and don`t do anything stupid,easy 3 points for us and a good night out after

"Just don't let Ohashi shoot - nobody else has a goal in them". Would be my team talk. 

[Hasta]

3 minutes ago, neophox said:

Well even if the manager is tosh the players are the same... 

Same players didn’t look as tosh under Eustace. They are obviously  very limited at this level. However A good coach knows what he’s got and devises a system to get the best out of them. JE clearly did that. Ismael is too one-dimensional to do that, so he insists on playing how he wants to play with players not suitable to doing it, hence why they looks shit. 

Edited March 29 by Hasta

[OllieNO]

3 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

If you get chance, you can catch a brief interview with him on BBC Lancs prior to this fixture where he confirms that he always targeted the international break as where he would start implementing his system and ideas.

Thanks, good grief😵

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, Hasta said:

Same players didn’t look tosh under Eustace. They are very limited at this level. A good coach knows what he’s got and devises a system to get the best out of them. JE clearly did that. Ismael is too one-dimensional to do that, so he insists on playing how he wants to play with players not suitable to doing it, hence why they looks shit. 

Genuinely, how does he want them to play?

He's run them out in a 4-2-3-1, a 3-4-3 and a 4-4-2 system in just 5 games. 

[toogs]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Well even if the manager is tosh the players are the same... 

we have a team of average championship players that Eustace squeezed every last drop out of to get us top 6 during most of this season until his departure. It’s the opposite with Ismael. 
 

The players themselves aren’t tosh. 

[Penwortham Blue]

33 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Well that didn't take long. We struggle to score so it's likely game over

One point from 15 for the genius Ismael

Be 0 points from 36 in away fixtures against L1 promoted clubs, it runs a lot deeper than Ismael. Clowns running the club but for too long, too many spineless fuckers in Rovers shirts.

[miqaayil]

simply put... they just want it more... we look like "playing with nothing to play for" 

[OnionBalaji]

can’t believe anyone actually signed off on offering a three year deal to this clown? 
 

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Genuinely, how does he want them to play?

He's run them out in a 4-2-3-1, a 3-4-3 and a 4-4-2 system in just 5 games. 

God knows. I couldn’t be bothered watching that first half once I saw the team.

[Gamst]

The two wins under Lowe could prove to be very important! 

[StHelensRover]

Just now, Penwortham Blue said:

Be 0 points from 36 in away fixtures against L1 promoted clubs, it runs a lot deeper than Ismael. Clowns running the club but for too long, too many spineless fuckers in Rovers shirts.

That little statistic crops up each time and it's quite mindboggling. Says something about the culture and mentality of the club, it has gone on too long to be a coincidence.

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Genuinely, how does he want them to play?

He's run them out in a 4-2-3-1, a 3-4-3 and a 4-4-2 system in just 5 games. 

you`ve got the contract issues as well,if  approaching your last year without any talk of extension then your going to be thinking they don`t want me here and i certainly am not getting injured and lose my chance of a move

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2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Genuinely, how does he want them to play?

He's run them out in a 4-2-3-1, a 3-4-3 and a 4-4-2 system in just 5 games. 

I'd be setting them up same as JE it clearly worked(ish) surely being paid all that money you learn some tricks...

[StHelensRover]

2 minutes ago, miqaayil said:

simply put... they just want it more... we look like "playing with nothing to play for" 

Whereas when we stank the place out against Derby, we were told by VI that this was because the players "wanted it too much" 🫣 I've no idea at this point 

[Gamst]

I’m pretty sure it will be 2-0 before the hour mark. 

[booth]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Same players didn’t look as tosh under Eustace. They are obviously  very limited at this level. However A good coach knows what he’s got and devises a system to get the best out of them. JE clearly did that. Ismael is too one-dimensional to do that, so he insists on playing how he wants to play with players not suitable to doing it, hence why they looks shit. 

They did look as tosh under Eustace but he had an ability to get them to grind results out. I've seen just as poor performances from this bunch under him where we've made it to half time lucky to be 0-0 then play better in the second half. They are an unambitious bunch and now the boss has gone some just cant be assed, some aren't good enough and some are well past their best. Travis is a different player and looks to have reverted back to his JDT and Mowbray days.

Eustace is obviously a special manager as he's now done well at three clubs with piss poor players.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, ... said:

I'd be setting them up same as JE it clearly worked(ish) surely being paid all that money you learn some tricks...

That's all Lowe did. 

It's all I'd do too until the summer. Reassess then if you're completely tied to a 3-4-3 long ball system - you'll certainly have the room to shape the squad in your image because half of them won't be here.

[broadsword]

18 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Total Gash.

That's pretty much the last fourteen years

[bluebruce]

14 minutes ago, neophox said:

Well even if the manager is tosh the players are the same... 

These players had us in the top 6 for half the season and only started flagging after key injuries.

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

That's all Lowe did. 

It's all I'd do too until the summer. Reassess then if you're completely tied to a 3-4-3 long ball system - you'll certainly have the room to shape the squad in your image because half of them won't be here.

We haven't played the long ball game tho under Ismael. 

Eustace's tactics at times were limited and we don't created enough chances and to be fair it doesn't help when Pears flapped like a bird and Hyam/Carter get bullied by Derby's front 2. 

Most of these players have played in 3-4-3 formation. 

In Lowe's last game, we got battered by Swansea. 

[Bethnal]

On this showing, Woodrow’s reputation is well-earned.