Blackburn Rovers at home match thread

[Jerseybean]

John Eustace post match https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24245461.eustaces-verdict-dismal-blackburn-half-time-changes/

[Fuber]

1 minute ago, IAmNick said:

Do you think there's a chance though that as the 1st and 2nd goals came from near identical balls that was planned? Conway on the first, Sykes on the second. Same ball, same defender, mistake from him both times.

You have to be playing the ball and have a player there ready to capitalise on it - and I'm not sure we would have done around Christmas time. So yeah, Conway didn't literally force him into playing that shit backpass, but he was in the right place to take advantage of it.

Agreed about MacFadzean.

I'm loath to infer much too much from today in general to be honest.

After the first, Hyams confidence was gone as the rest of the match proved.

I was boggled when Eustace kept Hyam on with Carter on the bench, and then subbing Wharton.

[Pip King]

1 hour ago, TonyTonyTony said:

Meanwhile in Weston

All Quiet on the Weston Front

[Bazooka Joe]

Excellent result and performance.

Waited a long time for something like that. 
Now let’s keep it going.

[Ian M]

It’s a pity some City fans are more interested in preserving a “them and us” divide and claiming superfan status than just enjoying what was an excellent performance.

[Northern Red]

"Slapped someone up"

 

[Pip King]

Cider ee up my love 

[sh1t_ref_again]

Great performance and result, well done to all

[Davefevs]

16 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

hes finally doing what a lot of posters have been calling for    for quite a while and its worked a treat tonight. let the opposition worry about you and you will get more time to pick your passes and get into better positions. fair play to manning,took the reins off and let them have a go. brilliant result

I don’t want to detract from tonight, but second half on Saturday picked tonight’s team, rather than trying to match-up.  Was always gonna be Tanner / Vyner / Roberts in a back-3  I’m happy with that, but as you suggest, it can go to show what “focus on us” can do.  I’m not saying it’s formation, just that “this is the team we’ve got to select, so let’s focus on executing with it”.

There was a spell first half before we went 1-0 where they did break the lines a few times, but they never really threatened us.

[Kibs]

Such a crazy league 

Blackburn put 5 past Sunderland 

Sunderland should have put a few past us

Sunderland also go and draw at Leeds

We put 5 past Blackburn

 

 

[Out of his pie crust]

Wonderful. Yeah doesn’t mean much, they were pretty poor to say the least but a lot of happy souls I saw heading out the ground applauding the team, fair play to the lads. 

[NcnsBcfc]

I'd like to personally congratulate  Dominic Hyam for one of the most inept performances I've seen from a visiting centre back.

Why Eustace kept him on at half time and took Wharton off is anyone's guess, but he was able to cluster it again with our third (just like the first 2) in the second half.

Thank you Dominic for an entertaining display

[Frenchay Red]

So so much better tonight. I actually enjoyed it and left the ground with an unfamiliar sensation of thinking what a good game and great result!

[redrob]

1 hour ago, ralphindevon said:

Maybe penalties don’t count as shots?

Pens clearly don't as they don't count as clear cut chances either.

At two nil up (and just before Sykes tried to dink it past the on rushing keeper from 20 yards) Sky had us down as having had no clear cut chances. 

Just after said Sykes attempt, Sky has us as having had one clear cut chance. 

So apparently one on one's inside the box (i.e. Conway's first goal) don't count as clear cut chances but shits from outside the box do

[petehinton]

30 minutes ago, Ian M said:

It’s a pity some City fans are more interested in preserving a “them and us” divide and claiming superfan status than just enjoying what was an excellent performance.

Agree. I think we’ll have this for the rest of the year sadly!!

[E.G.Red]

Back from the game and looking forward to watching the highlights on ITV4 now

Edited April 10 by E.G.Red

[Fontaineofallknowledge]

I know Blackburn were poor but for me it showed what we've been missing without twine-someone that can handle the ball between the lines and actually unlock defences. Not sure bird is that type (think he's more of a sitter/james replacement) so along with the striker getting twine or similar is crucial to our chances next season 

[mozo]

Just now, Fontaineofallknowledge said:

I know Blackburn were poor but for me it showed what we've been missing without twine-someone that can handle the ball between the lines and actually unlock defences. Not sure bird is that type (think he's more of a sitter/james replacement) so along with the striker getting twine or similar is crucial to our chances next season 

He tried a few threaded balls and long shots which didn't come off, but you want players trying these things.

[Out of his pie crust]

35 minutes ago, Ian M said:

It’s a pity some City fans are more interested in preserving a “them and us” divide and claiming superfan status than just enjoying what was an excellent performance.

It was great tonight wasn’t it 

[Mr Popodopolous]

*Blackburn haven't really been thrashed under Eustace albeit it is a small sample size.

Sure they were not very good hut arguably some of the sides we struggled vs in February and March also weren't too good either.

*Until tonight.

Edited April 10 by Mr Popodopolous

[Pip King]

Feeling much better about having renewed after that tbh 

[Red-Robbo]

Matt Smith, Lee Mack, Billy Beaumont, loads of dour old blokes in flat caps! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Sir Jack Walker. Can you hear me Sir Jack Walker?! Your boys took one hell of a beating. 

Edited April 10 by Red-Robbo

[slartibartfast]

1 hour ago, spudski said:

City absolutely strolled that. 

It was like a training session. So relaxed. No pressure what so ever. 

Good win...but jeez...that's the worst performance from an away side I've seen in a long time. And they finished 7th last season. 

That goes along with the Fulham "team" of 68-69 which we strolled to a 6-0 win  without getting out of third gear, as the poorest opposition I've seen (or at least remember). But I don't care we won and it's GREAT !

[Mr Popodopolous]

I reckon somewhere between 14.5-15.5k tonight all-in, the latter the max of my estimate range in terms of those in attendance itself.

[slartibartfast]

1 hour ago, 2015 said:

Hull at home in 2022.

Wasn't there a Huddersfield fyffor a bit earlier as well ?

[TDarwall]

You can't knock the current run of results. Blackburn looked like a team that relaxed (or were tired) after a run of high pressure games- but you can only beat whats in front of you.

I've said for a while that Anis has been written off too early & for me he's been out best attacking outlet for a couple of months now - all hail the Albanian Prince! 

[pillred]

48 minutes ago, Pip King said:

All Quiet on the Weston Front

Said to him on another post that he was very quick to criticise and slow to praise and tonight is the proof, he must be hiding on Weston Pier tonight with Shergar and Lord Lucan.

[W-S-M Seagull]

2 hours ago, JBFC II said:

4 games to go and every side in the top half can still go up mathematically, while every side in the bottom half can still go down.

Such a crazy league

After the Southampton game I got laughed at on here by suggesting we could get play offs. 

Too many teams would all have had to of dropped points etc they said. Totally impossible they said. 

I got laughed at and riducled for suggesting the play offs were in our own hands. 

Well had we beaten QPR, Sheffield Wed, Cardiff and Sunderland following the Southampton win, which I firmly believe we had the ability to do as they are all poor teams, we'd now also be sitting on 68 points. 71 if we had beaten West Brom.

It was very much in our own hands after all. 

Great result and performance tonight. Just what I wanted to see but there is a bitter taste in the mouth still about how this season got wrote off. 

[Superjack]

2 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said:

Well looks like the usual suspects have gone a tad early in writing off Manning the club, owners and whoever has the balls to stand up for the club. Still expect some scorn though, i.e how poor Blackburn were, but they had plenty to play for, we didn't, hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel, no need for a mass clear out a few additions and we should be fine.

 

Manning no. 

Owners yes. Not to early though. Too late.

[RedM]

7 hours ago, WessexPest said:

Superb City, God-awful Blackburn.

Imagine coming all the way down to witness your relegation-haunted team get horsewhipped like that.

Their final four fixtures - Leeds, Sheff W., Coventry, Leicester. They’re in deep scat.

I did feel sorry for them, only to quickly remember it happening to us quite a few times away too. Preston away for example I won't forget.

[sh1t_ref_again]

6 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

After the Southampton game I got laughed at on here by suggesting we could get play offs. 

Too many teams would all have had to of dropped points etc they said. Totally impossible they said. 

I got laughed at and riducled for suggesting the play offs were in our own hands. 

Well had we beaten QPR, Sheffield Wed, Cardiff and Sunderland following the Southampton win, which I firmly believe we had the ability to do as they are all poor teams, we'd now also be sitting on 68 points. 71 if we had beaten West Brom.

It was very much in our own hands after all. 

Great result and performance tonight. Just what I wanted to see but there is a bitter taste in the mouth still about how this season got wrote off. 

So you have been the most negative poster for months, you now manage to quote perhaps one of the few positive comments you may have made and turn that into a negative comment, must be the sea air. 

Ps hope you did not miss last night as you said you would not be bothering going to the last games as you had enough.

[ChippenhamRed]

6 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

After the Southampton game I got laughed at on here by suggesting we could get play offs. 

Too many teams would all have had to of dropped points etc they said. Totally impossible they said. 

I got laughed at and riducled for suggesting the play offs were in our own hands. 

Well had we beaten QPR, Sheffield Wed, Cardiff and Sunderland following the Southampton win, which I firmly believe we had the ability to do as they are all poor teams, we'd now also be sitting on 68 points. 71 if we had beaten West Brom.

It was very much in our own hands after all. 

Great result and performance tonight. Just what I wanted to see but there is a bitter taste in the mouth still about how this season got wrote off. 

Such a stupid post.

Yes, the play offs were mathematically in our own hands at that point. That’s objectively true. But most people didn’t think we would gain enough of the points available in order to secure a play off spot - and they were proven right. We didn’t.

Coming on here and saying “if we’d won all these other games that we didn’t, we’d have been in the play offs, so look how right I was” isn’t the clever point you think it is.

[GrahamC]

8 hours ago, Northern Red said:

"Slapped someone up"

 

Struggled to pick that up, seeing as he has such a strong Scottish accent..

[Red Army 75]

Blackburn worst team I’ve seen down the gate in years. I hope they go down with Birmingham. 

[westonred]

Fair play the substitutaions made all the differeence we were starting to look tired until the change

[TV Tom]

8 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

*Blackburn haven't really been thrashed under Eustace albeit it is a small sample size.

Sure they were not very good hut arguably some of the sides we struggled vs in February and March also weren't too good either.

*Until tonight.

Not very impressive results, Eustace's decision not to take Hyam off at half-time while making four substitutions was also baffling.

[mozo]

6 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

Not very impressive results, Eustace's decision not to take Hyam off at half-time while making four substitutions was also baffling.

It's an interesting result in the context that a lot of people were hoping for Eustace over Manning. I wonder how he would have done here.

[TV Tom]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

It's an interesting result in the context that a lot of people were hoping for Eustace over Manning. I wonder how he would have done here.

judging by his results and his decisions last night night............. crap

[Numero Uno]

2 minutes ago, mozo said:

It's an interesting result in the context that a lot of people were hoping for Eustace over Manning. I wonder how he would have done here.

Blackburn were so passive. It was noticeable that we were by far the more aggressive team which for any Blackburn fan who travelled must have made them feel physically sick. I know it's a bit "old school" but I expect us to get bullied by some of these Northern teams and it was the total opposite, we bullied them for 90 minutes whilst they failed abysmally at trying to look easy on the eye.

[SecretSam]

Just watched the highlights. Hyam's probably still screaming, or has had to be sedated. 

[Bodiesaffer]

Weird game for me last night.  Boring to watch,  until the subs came on.  Great win, keep itcoming City, and lets build momentum for next season.

[TV Tom]

24 minutes ago, mozo said:

It's an interesting result in the context that a lot of people were hoping for Eustace over Manning. I wonder how he would have done here.

If Manning's team (or indeed any manager's team ) put in such an inept performance like that and made the brainless decision of leaving Hyam on the pitch they would get dog's abuse from the fans and rightly so

[Crackers Corner]

Fun fact, we scored more last night than the gas have scored in all games since mid Feb.

Edited April 11 by Crackers Corner

[1960maaan]

I thought it was a decent game, with luck they may upload the full 90 at some stage. 
We started well and all through the game our press was good.,Knight in that deeper role makes a difference . I thought Twine had his best game by some way and Sykes in the team improves us and our press / closing. McCrorie looked back to something like his best , Tanner was very good again and Vyner too. Tommy lead the line well and the service meant he was much more involved and he started the press well. Williams and Roberts were outstanding , but Blackburn were poor and allowed us so much room that Roberts could move into "overlapping centre back" mode with very little threat of getting caught out.  Mehmeti must have been begging Manning to get on against a struggling defence . Nice to see Wells get goals and a good assist by Cornick.
Pleased that JKL got on , but it also it says something that even in a game we are cruising in Mebude isn't given a run.
All round good day , we do need to show consistency and back it up on Saturday . It won't be as easy , I see Huddersfield being much more compact and similar to those sides we struggled against not that long ago. 

 

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Such a stupid post.

Yes, the play offs were mathematically in our own hands at that point. That’s objectively true. But most people didn’t think we would gain enough of the points available in order to secure a play off spot - and they were proven right. We didn’t.

Coming on here and saying “if we’d won all these other games that we didn’t, we’d have been in the play offs, so look how right I was” isn’t the clever point you think it is.

Think you missed the point of my post. 

Also, the games I mentioned were more than winnable for us. 

[W-S-M Seagull]

2 hours ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

So you have been the most negative poster for months, you now manage to quote perhaps one of the few positive comments you may have made and turn that into a negative comment, must be the sea air. 

Ps hope you did not miss last night as you said you would not be bothering going to the last games as you had enough.

I was ridiculed for saying "it's in our own hands" people went to great lengths to prove to me it wasn't in our own hands. 

Yea I went last night mate. At about half past 6 my son said he wanted to go so we went. Great result and performance but lots not act like it was a meaningful game and it would have been a big thing to miss it. 

[ExiledAjax]

8 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Too many teams would all have had to of dropped points etc they said. Totally impossible they said. 

And this has proved true.

We've gone at 2.16 ppg (aka promotion or even title-winning form*) for the past 6 games...and have climbed two places in the table.

Be angry at the maths of the league table rather than saying we should/could have won games that we didn't.

*In a normal season.

[Robbored]

1 hour ago, TV Tom said:

 Eustace's decision not to take Hyam off at half-time while making four substitutions was also baffling.

I wasn’t surprised to see Eustace make changes at ht but wasn’t expecting to see 4 all at once and I’m glad that I wasn’t a Blackburn player in the changing room. I can image how toxic the atmosphere must have been.

 

[TDarwall]

5 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I was ridiculed for saying "it's in our own hands" people went to great lengths to prove to me it wasn't in our own hands. 

Yea I went last night mate. At about half past 6 my son said he wanted to go so we went. Great result and performance but lots not act like it was a meaningful game and it would have been a big thing to miss it. 

If you don't want to be ridiculed, best advice is to avoid making ridiculous statements. It was pointed out to you at length at the time that it was not "in our own hands".  You just wanted to frame it that way because you knew you could complain when it didn't happen.

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 minute ago, TDarwall said:

If you don't want to be ridiculed, best advice is to avoid making ridiculous statements. It was pointed out to you at length at the time that it was not "in our own hands".  You just wanted to frame it that way because you knew you could complain when it didn't happen.

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

[Kibs]

It looks like we will surpass last seasons points total and league position with arguably a weaker squad, which like it or not, would be progress. Credit to both managers.

Imagine what could have been had NP been properly supported in the transfer market in the summer after Alex Scott was sold.

[cidered abroad]

What are the odds on the first match of next season will be away at BRFC (Lancashire)? When they get their revenge!

[Bazooka Joe]

That hammering has confirmed that both BRFCs are crap.

[ChippenhamRed]

29 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Think you missed the point of my post. 

Also, the games I mentioned were more than winnable for us. 

But we didn’t win them. So the expectation that we would drop too many points for the playoffs proved correct. How do you not get that?

As for “missing the point”…how many times are you going to get facepalmed before you start to realise that maybe the communication problems are all yours and not everyone else’s?

[mozo]

49 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

I pointed out to you previously that this inconsistency existed under Nige too, so that says to me that the blame isn't necessarily with the gaffer all the time.

At the start of the season, in all comps, we only won 2 of our first 7 home games. You tell me who or what you blame for that?

That includes being 2-0 against a struggling Stoke side who came back to beat us 3-2.

If we judge Manning on his inconsistent form and disappointing defeats, then we have to judge Nige the same. I personally don't blame either of them.

By the way, check out our line up for that Stoke game. Besides Conway being injured and Wells replacing him, it was a really strong side.

The reason I'm dragging Nige into this is as an illustration that our squad is not currently capable of producing consistent performances.

Edited April 11 by mozo

[Kibs]

37 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

But we didn’t win them. So the expectation that we would drop too many points for the playoffs proved correct. How do you not get that?

As for “missing the point”…how many times are you going to get facepalmed before you start to realise that maybe the communication problems are all yours and not everyone else’s?

Honestly CR, save your breath!!!

[TonyTonyTony]

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said:

But we didn’t win them. So the expectation that we would drop too many points for the playoffs proved correct. How do you not get that?

As for “missing the point”…how many times are you going to get facepalmed before you start to realise that maybe the communication problems are all yours and not everyone else’s?

No communication problems on my end. I said it was in our own hands. I was told it wasn't. It's been proven it was. 

I'm fully entitled to my opinion and no amount of face palms by people doubling down will change my opinion. 

Maybe the issue is people not being able to respect that others have differing opinions. 

[Kid in the Riot]

5 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

No communication problems on my end. I said it was in our own hands. I was told it wasn't. It's been proven it was. 

I'm fully entitled to my opinion and no amount of face palms by people doubling down will change my opinion. 

Maybe the issue is people not being able to respect that others have differing opinions. 

You really are a complete moron, aren't you?

[phantom]

47 minutes ago, mozo said:

I pointed out to you previously that this inconsistency existed under Nige too, so that says to me that the blame isn't necessarily with the gaffer all the time.

At the start of the season, in all comps, we only won 2 of our first 7 home games. You tell me who or what you blame for that?

That includes being 2-0 against a struggling Stoke side who came back to beat us 3-2.

If we judge Manning on his inconsistent form and disappointing defeats, then we have to judge Nige the same. I personally don't blame either of them.

By the way, check out our line up for that Stoke game. Besides Conway being injured and Wells replacing him, it was a really strong side.

The reason I'm dragging Nige into this is as an illustration that our squad is not currently capable of producing consistent performances.

This is part of the recent problem, how quickly people forgot how bad it got at times in the past

 

[Mr Popodopolous]

3 hours ago, TV Tom said:

Not very impressive results, Eustace's decision not to take Hyam off at half-time while making four substitutions was also baffling.

Certainly not very impressive, so yeah I was hopeful of a win but they usually don't get thrashed under him is my point. Mix of them being rather poor and us pressing excellently, showing the intent when required etc IMO.

[RedRoss]

2 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

What is your definition of a winnable game in the Championship?

Blackburn beat Sunderland 5 - 1 the other week and we drew with them the next week but then beat Blackburn 5 nil last night.

I would argue there isn't a winnable game by default in the Championship. Every team has had competitive spells this season asides from Rotherham.

[TV Tom]

50 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Certainly not very impressive, so yeah I was hopeful of a win but they usually don't get thrashed under him is my point. Mix of them being rather poor and us pressing excellently, showing the intent when required etc IMO.

You're right, they're normally quite competitive, maybe Sammy's goals have been papering over the cracks ?

[Mr Popodopolous]

5 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

You're right, they're normally quite competitive, maybe Sammy's goals have been papering over the cracks ?

That might be the case. Under Tomassson they were prone to the odd thrashing this year but lots of goals at both ends at other times. They may have scored a couple with him last night as they were that sort of side. Eustace has definitely tried to tighten them up judging by the lack of thrashings although you wouldn't know it from last night.

[TV Tom]

3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That might be the case. Under Tomassson they were prone to the odd thrashing this year but lots of goals at both ends at other times. They may have scored a couple with him last night as they were that sort of side. Eustace has definitely tried to tighten them up judging by the lack of thrashings although you wouldn't know it from last night.

I watched on the telly when they played at Norwich earlier in the season and they battered them 

[Severn Beach Pigeon]

5 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

No, it wasn't.

We were relying on others dropping points to catch them, so it was not in our own hands.

[cotswoldred2]

On 11/04/2024 at 00:50, Superjack said:

Manning no. 

Owners yes. Not to early though. Too late.

So in the real World how do you change owners through the fanbase, you might have input re: managers but the owner who has put  £millions into the club stadium infrastructure etc but I am at a loss how sacking Steve would help, unless you know the answers, or is it just silly talk on social media that has no bearing on reality?

Of course IF a multi billionaire should want to buy up Steve then great, but not seeing a queue of such just yet, so let's just concentrate on supporting Manning and the team we DO have a bright future been saying it for some time, nice to feel that good things can happen.

Edited April 12 by cotswoldred2