Quote Originally Posted by Bobcrompton1896 View Post
4th defeat already so on course for a mid-table finish with what weve been served up so far. Not good enough.

Of course,some people will say our expectations are unrealistic. How exactly with the highest wages,most expensive squad and best facilities in this League?

This is Division 3 after all apparently we were incapable of stringing passes together against Oldham. Must have been all the quality they have over the field. Talk about dumbing down!And all this criticism of the supporters at home matches,maybe we are supposed to want our team to lose????

On a positive note,and in spite of lack of effort I dont see us being relegated.

Bob you are the exact kind of prat I refer to. A complete numpty. You wouldn't have gone on Sat, so I have no idea why you always rear up when Rovers lose. You never appear when we win.
If we win the two games in hand we are 3rd. And you spouting your usual utter tripe about relegation.
I've been to the majority of games this season home and away and I will happy to to talk to the fans about where we are going wrong. We deserved nothing on Sat.
The young lad who ran the game was Byrne (who we had last season and never played) he was excellent, and that's what we lack. Creative in midfield. But I'm sure Bob and his 60 years and watching football but not understanding football would have identified the reason we lost, and why its not working 100%. But we win our 2 games in hand (both winnable) and we go 3rd. Bob wouldn't see this though.
Teams lose football matches sometimes. Palace who haven't got a point or scored a goal beat the league champions on Sat for instance.

My main concern thus far, the remit for how Mowbray went and scourced players - his criteria - is slightly flawed. The key players - Mulgrew, Graham, Whittingham, Conway, Bennett and Evans all have NO EXPERIENCE in this level of football. They lack the physicality it takes. The games we have lost, have been down to not being strong enough. And not winning the physcial battle. At times we still think we can turn up and our class will be enough. It simply isn't, as Oldham showed on Sat. Anyone who is into football knows Oldham are decent at this level. They have players who know exactly how to get results. They just had a bad start. If you see football in numbers (like Bob) then you think we will just turn up on Sat, not play well and expect to win, you are the one of the idiots who booed at the final whistle. Or came to the Gillingham game and started moaning after 30 seconds.

the main issues are - we are simply not being coached well. I don't know what input Venus is having? Or Lowe? Mowbray is regretting the type of player he recruited, as he is realising the lack of experienced league 1 players is causing problems. Mowbray IS doing a ***** job running the club. I would move him upstairs now to Director of football, as he is dealing with everything, and it maybe all too much. And move in a young hungry coach/manager to get with the players. On the training pitch.
We haven't been that bad, equally we haven't played well at any point this season. But we are still very much in this. A few minor tweaks and we will likely keep in the auto promotion hunt.
If they keep turning up like on Sat and not battle, then we will fall away.
Be an arrogant prick, say things for the sake of saying them in order to try make yourself look clever and be a prat like Bob, I think its best to stay away. Go shopping with the wife or whatever.