v Sunderland (a) - 21/4/2025

[Tomphil2]

2 minutes ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Cant we give what Dolan wants and then sell him next season if another club comes knocking? Letting him go for free is just ridiculous.

They don't see that as 'investment' their idea now is get someone for 4/500k on 5 grand a week and pray he turns into a player.

[Andy]

Not a pretty first half, but we've been solid enough and took the one good chance of the game.

Good finish from Dolan and, in fairness, Woodrow hasn't been horrible.

Still, all too little too late. Just an extra win or couple of draws in that horrific run and we'd be in the mix.

[Eddie]

16 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

How the feck did we contrive to lose five on the bounce!!!!!😠

Arrrrrggghhhhh!!

Very frustrating. Shouldn't have been hard to pick up 5/6 points from 5 matches. Had we done that, we'd be right in with a chance. 

[duckson]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

Very frustrating. Shouldn't have been hard to pick up 5/6 points from 5 matches. Had we done that, we'd be right in with a chance. 

Groundhog Day.

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Very frustrating. Shouldn't have been hard to pick up 5/6 points from 5 matches. Had we done that, we'd be right in with a chance. 

against really poor sides as well,that hurts

 

[doctorryan]

7 minutes ago, Tom said:

From what I’ve seen after 20 minutes Dolan is having one of his very good games,............

His 1st touch is actually effective today.

[davulsukur]

8 minutes ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Cant we give what Dolan wants and then sell him next season if another club comes knocking? Letting him go for free is just ridiculous.

Going off his interview the other day, it sounds like it's more about being at a club pushing at the top end. If we were showing signs of making a real go for it for once, he'd probably stay. 

Basically, he can see we are totally devoid of ambition and believes he can play at a higher level.

[DE.]

9 shots to 1 in Sunderland's favour, and we're 1-0 up. Of course. It's like we live in a simulation where, no matter what, Rovers will crash out of the playoffs only to suddenly have a surge in the final few games leaving us just outside the playoffs.

Edited Monday at 14:59 by DE.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Very frustrating. Shouldn't have been hard to pick up 5/6 points from 5 matches. Had we done that, we'd be right in with a chance. 

We just contrived to make the relegation battle more interesting.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

against really poor sides as well,that hurts

 

This..makes my blood Boil.

Blown our best chance in years.

[Michael123458]

As things stand we are only 4 points off too 6 now let’s see what happens but at the interval game on RTID!!

[simongarnerisgod]

if we did the impossible and managed 6th place there would be an emergency meeting in the boardroom about what went wrong

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, DE. said:

9 shots to 1 in Sunderland's favour, and we're 1-0 up. Of course. It's like we live in a simulation where, no matter what, Rovers will crash out of the playoffs only to suddenly have a surge in the final few games leaving us just outside the playoffs.

I can only think of 1 save Toth has had to make.

[DE.]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

I can only think of 1 save Toth has had to make.

1 more save than Pears would have made. A shame we waited until essentially all hope was gone before dropping him.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

This..makes my blood Boil.

Blown our best chance in years.

I think we had a better chance under JDT if they'd got him a CF, but then we had a worldie CM at the time. 

Pissing off Eustace was the coup de grace of this season.

[OsloRover]

Bristol City now losing to Luton

[Exiled_Rover]

Luton winning too.

[duckson]

1 minute ago, OsloRover said:

Bristol City now losing to Luton

1-1 now

[Crozzy]

This sky+ coverage too is also obsessed with showing replays and missing the next passage of play. So annoying 

[Paul Mellelieu]

Pinned back this half.

[Paul Mellelieu]

Currently four points from sixth.

[booth]

It's just a matter of time. We aren't stopping any of the crosses coming in, it's only their lack of quality that's keeping us in the lead.

[Exiled_Rover]

Need to make a change here, haven't been in it at all this half. 

[OsloRover]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Need to make a change here, haven't been in it at all this half. 

Montgomery for Brittain, was that what you wanted? 

[Blue Greyhound]

16 minutes ago, DE. said:

9 shots to 1 in Sunderland's favour, and we're 1-0 up. Of course. It's like we live in a simulation where, no matter what, Rovers will crash out of the playoffs only to suddenly have a surge in the final few games leaving us just outside the playoffs.

I did say a few weeks ago as hopeless as it looks, we will come back in form out of nowhere, we do it all the time, the only consistent thing about us is that we will be inconsistent.