v Middlesborough (h) - 4/4/2025

[dallydally]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:53, SpaceBarSlam said:

One of the bleakest nights I've experienced at Ewood. Came onto the ground with absolutely 0 expectations. That team is not playing for Ismael and I don't blame them with the absolute non-tactics he's got them playing.

Massive, massive credit to our fans tonight, for turning out when there were so many reasons not to and for being so vocal. The most vocal I've heard the Riverside for a very, very long time. 

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But why no protests?

[Tom]

Notice the guy next to Waggott with this logo on, he’s running scared 

https://prestigesecurity.uk

[K-Hod]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:56, Gordon Gekko said:

Desperate times but please stop playing that shitty Muse song at the full whistle, we’ve had enough FFS

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We’ve been through enough, we don’t need to hear Muse!

[Roverall]

Robert Coar is Emperor Palpatine

[jim mk2]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:54, Tom said:

Fuck off Hinchcliffe 

‘they were not a top 6 side’

Dick

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 He's right, unfortunately.  The quality just isn't there to sustain a challenge over the season

[BigHoz]

All fart no poo that 2nd half. 

[Torgeir]

  On 04/04/2025 at 10:15, Lancaster Rover said:

Why, has he won a raffle?

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Fuck off.

[WacoRover]

Can’t wait to hear isnail’s postgame comments. I bet he throws the players under the bus

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Trav applauded the five left in the ground.

The three twats looked like they should be in Madame Tussauds, and should be stuffed and fucked off as soon as possible.

What a shit show all round.

[jim mk2]

So where are the protests - another damp squib?

Years ago fans would have been going berserk at a manager with Ismael's record since he came in.

 

[TimmyJimmy]

No words. Goodnight.

[BigHoz]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:57, Tom said:

Notice the guy next to Waggott with this logo on, he’s running scared 

https://prestigesecurity.uk

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Don’t know why, tamest stand in world football is the jack walker. 

[Lancaster Rover]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:59, Torgeir said:

Fuck off.

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Unnecessary 

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:57, Tom said:

Notice the guy next to Waggott with this logo on, he’s running scared 

https://prestigesecurity.uk

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I hope he's paying for that out of his own pocket.

Oh who am I kidding, of course he's not.

[Torgeir]

  On 04/04/2025 at 21:00, jim mk2 said:

So where are the protests - another damp squib?

Years ago fans would have been going berserk at a manager with Ismael's record since he came in.

 

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Wrong target mate. 

[Torgeir]

  On 04/04/2025 at 21:02, Lancaster Rover said:

Unnecessary 

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So was your post.

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 04/04/2025 at 21:00, jim mk2 said:

So where are the protests - another damp squib?

Years ago fans would have been going berserk at a manager with Ismael's record since he came in.

 

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Lots of chants, lots of boos, but no direction.

If you were sat in Ewood when Burnley came to town this season there's clearly still a lot of passion (and hatred) in the fan base. It just needs shaping. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Horrific..God help us next Season.

[neophox]

Abysmal as usual since Christmas ...we looked good when Lowe had us two games....then back to route one... abysmal...this team is just not good enough... 

[Lancaster Rover]

  On 04/04/2025 at 21:02, Torgeir said:

So was your post.

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I fail to see what Cantwell has done to earn a start. He’s been atrocious for ages and is one of the least commuted players I’ve seen in a Rovers shirt since Bradley Orr. 

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I'm fuming there was no chicken. 

[joey_big_nose]

  On 04/04/2025 at 20:50, Bohinen1983 said:

Objectively, why should we win this one? Squad's wank and chronically underinvested in- especially so when you consider the players sold in recent years.. 

Venkys out!  Venkys out! Venkys out!

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Because essentially the same squad has been right up in the playoff push in two out of the last three seasons, and flirted with it under Mowbray too. There are obvious weaknesses in the team but it can compete as it has shown in the right conditions with the right leadership. 

The cardinal sins are not really about money. It has been utterly disillusioning two successful managers so they leave mid season, most recently totally derailing a well performing teams. That isn't fundamentally about budgets or investment - though that is a factor - it's about the chaos and mismanagement derived from our ludicrous ownership arrangement. Irrespective of financials we need clear engagement, communication and planning which the owners just cannot provide.

WE NEED THEM GONE.

[G Somerset Rover]

  On 04/04/2025 at 21:03, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Horrific..God help us next Season.

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I am going to throw my mortgage on us going down whilst the odds will still be slightly favourable. There is zero chance we stay up next season. Zero.

Edited April 4 by G Somerset Rover

[Gamst]

I just can’t stand them. What are they getting out of this? We despise them and they don’t like football. 

[Torgeir]

We would've taken 52 points at the start of the season eh? It's the hope that kills you.

Eustace walking away in the middle of a promotion chase and the second manager in a row that leaves after a diabolical January transfer window. Who would want to buy the club? Dwindling fanbase, small town. Reduced to a shadow of our old self in 15 years.