Guppys Love Child Posted 25 April Posted 25 April Don't really think it makes much difference to suggest a team selection. Gary "clone of our past managers" Rowett will just rince and repeat. Souttar may get a deserved start, but your Daka's, BdCR's Wink's, Choudhury's etc will take to the pitch, sticking the place out in a 423 fvcking 1 formation. (Shock, gasp) I'd be very surprised in we see a noticeable inclusion of youth players from the get go. And I welcome that if I'm honest, like the last match it would be a shame to tarnish them with the same "brush of abject failure" the so called experienced players have all been liberally painted with.... 3
nnfox Posted 25 April Posted 25 April So if we win we finish 6 points behind Blackburn, with a better goal difference. That adds legitimacy to the claim that we were relegated because of off field issues, and could/would be used to somewhat paper over the cracks. I don't want us humiliated or anything like that, but if there was ever a game I didn't want us to win, it's this one. 1
whoareyaaa Posted 25 April Posted 25 April Surely the only people travelling to this are the people that clapped the players off when relegation was confirmed
Corky Posted 25 April Posted 25 April Failure to win this will have meant the points deduction had no material bearing on the season. 3
OntarioFox Posted 25 April Posted 25 April 6 hours ago, Tomo260 said: Hopefully souttar plays and gets a injury that lasts just enough for him not to be sold, but just in time for him to serve us , That'll be him back in April 2027 when a back four of Thomas, Vestergaard, Okoli and Choudhury has us 7 points adrift of safety in League One then 1 1
tcrofts Posted 25 April Posted 25 April 2 hours ago, nnfox said: So if we win we finish 6 points behind Blackburn, with a better goal difference. That adds legitimacy to the claim that we were relegated because of off field issues, and could/would be used to somewhat paper over the cracks. I don't want us humiliated or anything like that, but if there was ever a game I didn't want us to win, it's this one. I hope they wouldn't use it to paper over the cracks because what they have (not) done over they years has put us in a position where 6 points deducted can put us in relegation
Popular Post BRFC1875 Posted 26 April Popular Post Posted 26 April A sad state to see 2 former Premier League champions really struggling. At the risk of sounding a bit "entitled", when you see what's happened at clubs like Brentford and Bournemouth in the last few years I don't think it's unreasonable for us to be feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. As it stands, you're obviously in a worse situation than us right now, your fall from grace has been quicker and more dramatic no doubt and as I've stated elsewhere, in the modern game Leicester is certainly a bigger club than the Rovers, but in many ways we've experienced very similar paths. I'm sure with the negativity around the club you'll be doubting your ability to bounce straight back up, but as an outsider looking on I think you probably will. We had a season in League 1 and came straight back up, you don't want to get stuck down there like Sunderland or Ipswich did. Anyway good luck for next season, there's a strong feeling at our place that we've just delayed the inevitable for a season or two. We'll see, I'll go for a 3-2 Rovers win on Saturday. 4 1
BRFC1875 Posted 26 April Posted 26 April PS is there anyone posting on here that was at this match? Terraces, a muddy pitch and teams full of English players.... and Mike Newell the dirty bastard 3
Katy Posted 26 April Posted 26 April 5 hours ago, BRFC1875 said: PS is there anyone posting on here that was at this match? Terraces, a muddy pitch and teams full of English players.... and Mike Newell the dirty bastard I wasn’t but that pitch! My first time at Ewood was the Rooster Russell 1-0 game, the season David Speedie dived at Wembley 😉
Claudio Fannieri Posted 26 April Posted 26 April 6 hours ago, BRFC1875 said: PS is there anyone posting on here that was at this match? Terraces, a muddy pitch and teams full of English players.... and Mike Newell the dirty bastard I was, what a game, this was the frustration with this Pleat side, we were capable of playing some decent stuff at times and had some good players for this level but woeful inconsistency meant we never challenged for promotion and seemed to just hang about in mid table
Brizzle Fox Posted 26 April Posted 26 April 1 hour ago, Katy said: I wasn’t but that pitch! My first time at Ewood was the Rooster Russell 1-0 game, the season David Speedie dived at Wembley 😉 Yeah that was a great day. Crammed in the away end and I couldn't even see the bottom half of the goal when Rooster scored. Mocking Dalglish on the way out didn't work out so well in the end though. 1
Rubbersoul Posted 26 April Posted 26 April There is absolutely no point in playing the likes of Daka, Fatawu, Mukasa, Winks, Ricardo, Ayew, Ramsey even James. They’ll all be off. Theres nothing on this game either so it’s not like we can get done for fielding a “weaker side” Just let some of the u21s get a taste of senior football. We’ve got two forwards who have had great seasons at youth level. Why not let them experience Championship football? It’ll be 4231 with Daka upfront but would be nice to see some fresh faces. 3
fazzyfox Posted 26 April Posted 26 April If the league try to charge us for fielding a weak team they’ll have to take 45 other cases this season under consideration too 4
Angus Scott Posted 26 April Posted 26 April 5 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said: I was, what a game, this was the frustration with this Pleat side, we were capable of playing some decent stuff at times and had some good players for this level but woeful inconsistency meant we never challenged for promotion and seemed to just hang about in mid table Yes I was there too. As you say such a frustrating team considering the players we had 1
BRFC1875 Posted 26 April Posted 26 April 5 hours ago, Katy said: I wasn’t but that pitch! My first time at Ewood was the Rooster Russell 1-0 game, the season David Speedie dived at Wembley 😉 Yeah I was at all those games, that Russell goal was when our keeper smacked it against him and he run it into an empty net if I remember rightly? We all know Speedie dived, it's no secret! He was one of those players that you loved if he played for you and hated if he played for someone else, he was only here a season but he's still idolised at Ewood 30 odd years later, that takes some doing. In that 3-3 game Mike Newell got sent off for kicking Colin Hendry, it doesn't show it on that video and I forgot you had G McAllister playing for you, what a player he was. That season we made it to the PO's and got smacked 6-1 by Chelsea over 2 legs in the days when the team that finished 4th bottom of the 1st division had to play in them for a chance to stay up. I don't know how many season's they did that for, it can't have been more than 2 or 3 but I think they do something similar in Scotland now. 2
Sting Posted 26 April Posted 26 April Thomas 36 mins Ayew 42 mins Winks. 44 mins All wrapped up before second half collapse......
ACF Posted 26 April Posted 26 April Play Motsi if he’s back from international duty, last ditch attempt to get him to stay, or force the tribunal fee up. Hutchinson deserves a start. Him, Page, Monga, even Silko. Play Vietes because why the **** not. Do not want to see any players whose contract is about to expire, or is going to want a move away. They are not part of this clubs future, and that should have started as soon as relegation was confirmed. 3
lookwhaticando Posted 26 April Posted 26 April Some of the locals here confuse the hell out of me when talking formations in the beer leagues I play in. They often count from front to back, and they have a terrible habit of not counting the keeper in the headline number - so when they say “7v7” they mean 8v8 because the keeper isn’t a real person with feelings I guess. Numpties. Anyway, in that vein I suggest we change things up and play a 1-3-2-4 formation at Blackburn.
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