I’ve just looked him up as he was just before my time and all sites have him playing for Trelleborgs in 1983 ? Random connection if true.

Currently 20/1 to get relegated. Even the most blinkered of Rovers fans surely see that’s way too big.

Ward was crap but fucking leagues above this guy over the last 2 months.

I said on the ground, if you got 10 top strikers to line up and head that cross down and over the bar from there they wouldnt be able to manage it. The angles don’t compute.

Fair points. I think I just wanted to point out it’s not a dislike of the guy why he’s getting criticism. It is actually wholly based on his performances. We could play to his strengths more and find out if he does look any better, although if we aren’t going to do that then again you do wonder if the recruitment team have different visions to how we should be playing when targeting signings than Eustace.

If you watch Keiffer Moore performance and watch Gueye's cameo you see a huge difference in target men. Moore didn't just win headers. He also directs them into the path of a team-mate. When long balls come up to Gueye, he can win them but often they flick on or get knocked down to no-one. As I mentioned above, there are three crosses in injury time - one he doesn't really go for, the other the keeper just comes and claims it easily from him and the third and final one he should really be favourite for but the shorter defender does enough to get it away. As much as I would love to see him knock it down like he did for Weimann at Burnley, that touch has been few and far between. Admittedly Sheff United probably have a very good defensive line. If he started against a bottom half team and we put more balls into the air it would be interesting to see how he did. Against Derby on the opening day he looked a right handful. But he's featured in 12 Championship games now and he is looking progressively worse each time. The longest he's played in a game is 65 minutes so Eustace clearly knows he isn't getting a great tune out of him. It's nothing to do with not liking him as a person, but I dont particularly like what I've seen as I footballer. However I'd love him to become Rudy Mk2.

Go on rovers.co.uk and watch the full game. There’s 3 crosses put in towards him in injury time which he doesn’t get close to winning. If heading is his forte, the one on 95 minutes he really should be able to outjump the full back and make something out of that.

I’ve seen quite a bit of Burnley this season and they don’t look like they will make the top 2 at all. Serious lack of creativity and goal threat compared to last time. I suspect they will need to take a risk and throw money at it in January to get up, which judged on the summer seems unlikely.

Pears JRC. Hyam. Batth. Beck Trav. Tron Siggy. Ohashi. Cantwell Leonard

On the ground I didn’t really notice anyone jumping out of tackles. I saw a lot of shit control, badly executed passes and wrong decision (and a lot of pissing around at the back which could be solved quickly).

To be fair you are right. We had a net spend of £40million and still got relegated.

I meant relegated in 1999 when Jack was still in charge and, despite all the enthusiasm, vision and control he had, still couldnt stop relegation. Go back and follow the conversation. London Blue was saying that criticism yesterdays performace should be tempered because Sheff United were a level above us because their owners have spent money and we haven't. Basically Venkys have sold anyone decent and just replaced with bargain basement buys (incuding in the board room). Therefore, although you can level some blame at Eustace and the players, it's always going to be difficult to compete against teams on seriously larger budgets. Abbey said that not being able to compete with them was 'nonsense' and "good job uncle Jack had a better vision than you." My point is Uncle Jacks vision was to spend money. But to your last point, yeah Venkys were fully responsible for relegation last time and are fully responsible for our inability to even look like we can mount a sustained challenge to return at any point. Therefore a lot of the blame for yesterday's performance rests with Venkys and not fully down to JE and the players.

Uncle Jacks vision was having vastly different spending power than most. Once we didn’t we got relegated.

I’ve backed them to win the league and still think they will. They can play good football, break quickly and also just toss it in and go direct. They will adapt their style depending on the opposition and how the game is going.

You could argue that we lacked ambition in the game but I didn’t think effort was lacking from the players. They’re just not good enough. Sheff United were just better in every department.

Sheff United were just better than us, both technically and in decision making. You watch some of the basic errors we make (JRC not clearing, Dolan and Ohashi not playing the pass accurately, Gueye running it out of play, half of our team unable to control is properly) and you you rarely saw Sheff United make those errors. Time may show that they are the best team in the league, but they were way infront of us today. However the pissing around and the back, refusal to leave anyone up from corners and lack of any real changes to how we were playing was frustrating.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/makhtar-gueye/transfers/spieler/606849 I hope those fees quoted are in cents and not euros

Don’t know why but I suspect first goal wins in this game.

I was annoyed after all 3 games, but I think after yesterday I absolved Eustace of any blame, which was not the case at Coventry and Plymouth. I felt the setup and the game management was OK, but the players simply lack quality. Gueye and Ohashi stated well but almmost every Rovers fan is now questioning them to some degree. The Weimann signing looked a good experienced head on paper, but ultimately he's been an averge Championship player for average mid-table Championship sides for almost 10 years now. This during the 'best years' of his career. Therefore at 33 what can we realistically expect from him. Even so, his decision making for that chance was poor. He had several options, and gently looping it over the bar was the worst.

Yes. Same fans who said Telalovic was shit when you said he was a work in progress and just needed time. Some opinions people get right. Some opinions people get wrong.

It's hard to pick the best of the early albums. For me I used to say NOTB, but over time that became Piece of Mind and then Seventh Son. In the 90s they went off the boil a bit, but it would have been very difficult to keep that level of consistency. However I think since the reunion there have been great moments. A Matter of Life and Death is just solid front start to finish for me. Probably in my top 5 albums. And the title track from The Book of Souls is also in my top 5 tracks.

He was the best for the style of those first two albums. Iron Maiden and Killers were excellent and very raw sounding. I also love Piece of Mind, Seventh Son, A Matter of Life and Death and many of the Bruce albums. Paul wouldn't have suited those.

Yes. And if I got caught and refused service so be it. And if they stuck a sign up in the pub telling me I wouldn’t get served if I was under age then I wouldn’t be arsed about it.

I just disagree with you here. I know people that have done it (still do) and it's not because they can't afford the full prices. It's because they don't want to pay it. The ones I know still go up and down the country away, and that's not cheap. It's never bothered me they do it, but I also know they run the risk of not getting in and if they get caught being blacklisted by the club. That's the chance they take. It's a club statement aimed clearly trying to stop people doing it going forward by making them aware they are now taking it far more seriously than before.

I don't like the regime as much as anybody, but they are trying to "cheat the system" and "defraud the club". How is that divisive? I've no idea if there were any delays getting into Ewood on Saturday due to checks as I wasn't there, but if there was and that's the only way they can identify those on concession ticket then it does now inconvenience other supporters. I don't know how you want the club to word it. "We caught only 25 people on Saturday. Pretty please stop doing it".