StHelensRover

First half an hour has been another cracking advert for the Championship. It's like rewatching the Oxford match from Tuesday.

Thanks for confirming. I think I meant automatic relegation but forgot to be specific. Even if we aren't automatically relegated, these horrible owners will probably ask for us to be relegated again at least one more division to 'find our level', we'll soon be running round on public parks playing against pub teams.

Rock bottom of the 4th division without a single point. They were deliberately relegated two divisions and it's very soon about to be 3 divisions. (Edit- I dunno whether there's relegation this low down the women's pyramid. I'm guessing the damage is so catastrophic that they won't recover from this for years, our name is complete mud in the women's game, we're more likely to fold). Is that what our owners think of providing opportunities to young women in the sport? Our billionaire owners who love our club.

Looking at the three fixtures of Sheff W Oxford Pompey I would have preferred 9 but accepted 7 points from those matches, given the unpredictability of the division. The fact that we've now only got one point from them because the replay is probably months off, is making me panic. Tomorrow is the toughest match of those three and if we don't win we're sucked right back in. That game in hand will linger over us for ages now and nothing is guaranteed from it. That game in hand against Wednesday might come when we're in real trouble and there will be so much pressure on it. The last 15 years has shown that we never turn up under pressure. I have a feeling tomorrow will be an ugly draw, 0-0 or 1-1. Not great for either side.

It's probably from reading people like me on here, saying that I think Ismael is a dud manager and that Gueye is one of the worst players in the club's history. It is harsh sentiment, but it's not abuse and it's an opinion about a professional's ability to do a job they're paid to do. I spend all my hard earned money following this dud manager and these crap players round the country, so I can say what I like about them as long as it's not illegal or bigoted.

I wish people would stop making excuses for this manager. He is complicit in the shite and wafer thin squad that we have. Every team gets injuries and suspensions, he doesn't get a pass because of it. If the recruitment and turnover in players was below his expectations and worse than what he originally agreed to, he'd walk out, like most managers (see our last two). He's still here and has never said a word about it, so stop feeling sorry for him. We looked tactically clueless last night. Alebiosu tearing down the wing and putting in (mostly) good quality deliveries to no one. The other key tactic was to hoof the ball down the middle of the park to Ohashi and Gudjohnsen, who are short, slow and not overly physical. As the game drifted on the 'tactics' went out of the window and we looked clueless. That's all VI's fault.

You could have easily fit everyone who was in the entire stadium into the Blackburn End or Darwen End. There is no way it was one third full.

I've been of the opinion since the home defeat to Bradford City that I would snap anyone's hand off for 21st place.

There was a few seconds of play in the second half near the Darwen End that was like a comedy sketch, both sets of players trying to control the ball, failing and knocking it into the opposition player, who then did the same. Several people round me just laughed.

Another masterclass from VI. I wonder what the fewest number of home wins we have had in a season is, we must be well on track to beat it We at least must be on the way to a pre-xmas record.

Two awful teams who will be scrapping it out for 21st place come (what) May. What another waste of time that was.

"All this confusion, nothing's the same to me" blaring out on the tannoy system at Ewood

This club is on death row.

Easily the lowest turnout I've ever seen for a league game at Ewood. 7k at most. The atmosphere has been funereal the entire half, long periods of silence, like being at The Crucible The football from both sides has been guff. From where I stand it looked like a foul on Miller for their goal, but let's be honest, it was coming anyway. Stinking first half.

There's two teenage lads in NO1 in swim shorts, goggles and armbands. Very good.😄