Miller11

“Significant cost”

The entire point of football is for a team to try and win games to finish as high up the table as possible. Unfortunately Rovers this seems to be quite a long way down the list of priorities. How can they expect attendances to be anything other than pathetic while this is the case.

It’s a definite goal scoring opportunity given how shit of a goalkeeper Walton is. It’s a shame we didn’t capitalise on the couple of idiotic errors he made playing it out really poorly. We really ought to have tested him more. On that, I wish we’d be a bit braver when Alebiosu picks the ball up. He literally ALWAYS manages to get a cross over. When we see that is happening Hedges should be steaming in at the far post and one of the midfielders should bust a gut to get in the box. Really frustrating how we don’t commit more men forward.

Was the penalty incident the one in the first half where we got a free kick on the edge of the box? It looked outside the area from where I was. Haven’t seen a replay though.

Rather than writing lists about referees I’d much rather Ismael tried a bit of self reflection. Of course he won’t though, Ewood is an accountability free zone from the top down. And while everything always remains someone else’s fault, and beyond their control, the best we can hope for is muddling along in the Championship. Predictably we went to pieces late on. Why try and defend so deep with such a limited back 3? Was anyone expecting a blood and thunder performance from Tavares or Baradji to help solidify things? Why DeNeve and not a full back? Gueye was crap, but we didn’t give him much of a chance… it’s hard to close down 2 thirds of a pitch and half a team on your own. Miller spotting Cantwell’s smart run but kicking the ball like a 7 year old on a windy Blacksnape instead of sitting it up in the corner was the moment that killed us.

I think a better mantra is “Don’t believe most of what comes out of Blackburn Rovers employees mouths”

Second only to the obvious.

Feels like points thrown away today. Worth remembering it’s less than 2 years since they came to Ewood and we completely humbled them. The trajectories of our two clubs in that time are polar opposites. Dropping points is a big concern and we need to pick up plenty over the next month. We haven’t accumulated enough to survive our customary New Year collapse.

I’d be tempted to drop Ohashi a bit deeper and give Gueye a start, particularly if we are going to be smashing aimless balls upfield again. Forshaw has to start for me… what a sorry state of affairs.

Pears - should be grateful to be playing at all Alebiosu - played primarily in Scotland (not for Rangers or Celtic) McLoughlin - Started his career at Cork City Pratt - must be pinching himself he’s not still at Victory Park Miller - From a country where it’s not even the most popular form of football, also Hibs Hedges - Flint, Orient, Stevenage, Yeovil… Gardner Hickman - Unwanted by Birmingham Montgomery - See Pratt Morishita - A possible exception Ohashi - Jumped at the chance to play in England having been in Japan all his career Gudjohnsen - he’s not his father If any of the above can’t properly motivate themselves playing at Ewood Park for Blackburn fucking Rovers then they should just give up.

Absolutely this! Nothing is ever the owners, Suhail, Yasir or Gestede’s fault. Ismael fits right in. Slopey shouldered liars.

There’s a few posts on here that seem to be hinting at the crowd (or lack of) being to blame for our awful home form - a disgraceful insinuation. Lets be honest, a hell of a lot of those who went to PNE did so for an evening out with the football a sideshow - certainly shouldn’t be using that as a benchmark for home support. Quite frankly it’s an absolute miracle we get the attendances we do given we’ve had to put up with 15 years of hell. The powers that be at Ewood hold us all in utter contempt, and shame on any Rovers fan who is buying into this narrative they are none too subtly trying to spin. They don’t give a shit about increasing the attendance or atmosphere, they only care about increasing revenue but are too incompetent to try anything other than milking the few of us that are left. I can take the bad results and performances (I had very low expectations this season), but I’m being pushed to the absolute limit by the owners, Suhail, Gestede, Ismael and Sufi. We are a husk of a club because of those people. The detachment the fanbase are feeling is totally unsurprising, and while terrible results don’t help the problems run much deeper.

Has Ismael blamed the fans yet? They’ve been planting that seed all week.

I don’t know. Forshaw has nearly 100 premier league appearances to his name. Don’t think many other of this cobbled together rag tag bunch have enough quality to do that in their careers.

This seems very reminiscent of when Mola and Garrett were seen as the answer at Turf Moor. Carter spent about 20 minutes on an exercise bike in the tunnel against Derby. Obviously worked a treat. Wonder if Baradji will be subjected to the same.