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Other Football League 2018/19
philipl replied to SBlue's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Saw the fag end of Bolton 0 Blackpool 0. No Joe Nuttall. Clubs which played Bolton kids early in the season got a 5 goal 3 point gift compared with what opponents face in Keith Hill's set up now. -
The Relegation Thread (15th edition)
philipl replied to jim mk2's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I don't think it is fitness, it is getting selection and tactics horribly wrong 3 games out of 9. If we weren't fit we wouldn't have closed out previous victories the way we have been doing. Rothwell disappointed but I bet that dribble through most of QPR in the 85th minute was a "sod your instructions, this is what I can do given the chance to play the way I should be played" moment. -
Rovers new style of play and how we play it
philipl replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Mowbray has now delivered a bad defeat against weak opposition in 3 out of 9 League matches. Mowbray giving away 15 games across the whole of this season like that will not only kaibosh play-off places, it will relegate us again. -
Agreed although he had given the keeper the eyes and he was going the wrong way before the penalty was struck. The foul contact was in the D but momentum of both players took them to ground well inside the area.
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By the way no way was it a penalty for Dack's goal.
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As a Rovers supporter I guess I am used to the periodic bad performance like Charlton or Luton at home. But far less frequently a game comes along so stratospherically bad that it literally leaves me numb. Yesterday was one of those once in five years or so events. The opposition so ordinary yet we got a thrashing with our two consolation goals the barest of fig leaves. In fact they almost mock us as the scoreline easily could, indeed should, have been 5-0 to QPR or perhaps more. The limitations of our defenders horribly exposed. Graham sadly past it. Midfield players we had high hopes of paper tigers. Mowbray powers of organisation and motivation as evident as a ... Sorry no metaphor possible- on yesterday's evidence they don't exist and his ability to react to things going wrong mid match is non-existent also. All fondly cherished hopes and beliefs get crushed by a performance that bad. As Warren Lucy said no player emerged with any pride. You look for redeeming features or hope for the future from that game and see none.
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That was off the scale bad. Nothing can be said which is remotely positive. Huddersfield and Stoke both getting stonking good results leave us just 6 points above relegation, 4 if Huddersfield and Stoke now kick on and pull themselves out of the mire.
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Pathetic= Tosin not chasing closing down. So much for no longer collapsing to a heavy defeat this season.
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Now 3-1 with yet more insipid defending. No strength no determination not good enough
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Powderpuff stuff at the back. 0-2
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Not one out of your seat moment in the entire half.
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Abysmal. Zero shots. Something horribly horribly wrong here.
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Sad to say Bell at fault
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Finally seen the highlights. The Lolly goal was ridiculously soft.
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Rovers' performance was brilliant if you were the Luton manager. It was everything he probably hoped for. Slow, sideways and everything in front of his defenders yet refusing to try long distance strikes.
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Championship season 2019-20
philipl replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Head to head Rovers will give both a very tough match. We are just not remotely set up to entertain despite having crowd pleasing players. -
My problem with Mowbray is he makes too many mistakes. All managers screw up but the good ones have enough about them to tweak corrections in game. Mowbrays tactics and game plan against Charlton were all wrong so blow me he only went and used them again against Luton
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QPR now on a terrible run. We know Mowbray charity is coming to the rescue...
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European Champions League 2019/20
philipl replied to philipl's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Meet someone with a massive grin on their face today? They are an Arsenal fan who had a bucket full of abuse from Spuds for Arsenal leaking 5 three times to Bayern -
Have now watched live three complete WBA games plus the highlights of the Blackburn charity show. QPR were by a country mile the worst opponents. Easily opened up at the back and pressured out of possession all across the midfield and never even began to get close to asking questions of West Brom's own dodgy defense. Should be three points regardless of QPR's elevated league position provided Mowbray doesn't decide on his Oxfam Shop formation..
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Rugby World Cup Japan 2019
philipl replied to dave birch's topic in I Can't Believe It's Not Football
Massive win for Wales over Australia. -
Mowbray is arguably a victim of his own success in raising expectations OR Another way of looking at it is Mowbray has tossed away 6 points at home through his own selections, tactics, team talks and substitutions 6 POINTS Let's look at the League Table if we had beaten Charlton and Luton 2-1 instead of losing by that score 1 WBA P9 W5 D4 L0 F17 A10 Pts 19 2 Rovers P9 W6 D1 L2 F12 A8 Pts 19 Sorry Tony, but this season, next season, any season, we are not going up if Managerial balls ups are costing us 3 points in over 20% of our games played.
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If Steve Waggott wants a scapegoat for poor attendances, he cannot look much further than his own manager. Twice this season we have had higher than expected gates against less attractive opposition. And Tony has served up dull as ditchwater pedestrian unmotivated losing football
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Not predicting a result but it won't end 11 v 11
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Oh yes he was. He played like an absolute drain and was a significant reason we went from leaders to finishing 6th in our promotion season. Personally, I reached a point of never wanting to see him in a Rovers shirt again. I was wrong...