“That was an eye opener as we were dominated all over the pitch by a well organised Sheffield United. They were everything I think we should aspire to be. Big, strong, organised and a clear tactical plan to execute. To be truthful 2-0 flattered us and the fact I thought Pears was by far our best player speaks volumes.”
“Dissapointing defeat yes. But you have to credit Sheff Utd for sure. Outstanding all over the park & we needed way more in the final third to trouble them. Comfortable & one of the best we’ll see at Ewood this season. Cantwell & Pears great. Gueye a lucky boy”
“Utterly dominated”
“Sheff United are easily the best team we’ve played this season and tbf we didn’t disgrace ourselves we just don’t have the players to compete with them”
“Easily the best team we’ve played so far this season.”
“I’ve backed them to win the league and still think they will. They can play good football, break quickly and also just toss it in and go direct. They will adapt their style depending on the opposition and how the game is going.”
“We got nothing, and deserved nothing. Sheffield United a cut above us all over the pitch. Well organised, drilled by Wilder, a solid spine and everyone knew their jobs. Good at the dark arts too. I suspect they will be champions. We have work to do to get to that level.”
“Them and Leeds top two for me this season”
“Thought Sheff united looked a top 2 team today.”
“They’ll be top 3 without a doubt, finish above Sheff Utd, you’re going up. They’re actually 2nd without the points deduction.”
“Sheff United were just better than us, both technically and in decision making. You watch some of the basic errors we make (JRC not clearing, Dolan and Ohashi not playing the pass accurately, Gueye running it out of play, half of our team unable to control is properly) and you you rarely saw Sheff United make those errors. Time may show that they are the best team in the league, but they were way infront of us today.”
“Played off the pitch by a superior side.”
“You could argue that we lacked ambition in the game but I didn’t think effort was lacking from the players. They’re just not good enough. Sheff United were just better in every department.”
“Sheffield United are clearly a strong side at this level and would beat us more often than not.”
“Toothless in attack ( we wouldn’t have scored if the ref had added another 90 minutes on) pathetic in defence, stood about like zombies while they walked past us, and if it hadn’t have been for pears it could have been 0-5.”
“Clearly Sheffield are a cut above us, so any criticism has to be tempered.”
“Depressing to see the team 2-0 up showing more desire for a goal than the home team losing in front of their own fans.”
“Sheffield are by FAR a better club and team than us.
If you need convincing, we played them today. “
“Different level Rak-Sakyi from our wingers.”
“We compete every week, we just don’t have the quality of player the likes of Sheffield Utd have. They had Hamer on the bench. He’d be our best player.”
“Yeah that was pretty sobering. Sheffield United showed their quality and didn’t really have to get out of 2nd gear. Rovers huffed and puffed until the 2nd goal went in and then seemed to go out of their way to try and concede a few more.
There is absolutely no shame in losing to Sheffield United, a team with a far bigger budget and with some genuine premier league quality, or at least top 2 in the championship quality (Hamer coming off the bench, I mean that says it all).”
“We are a team cobbled together on a shoestring budget.
Is it really surprising that we should lose to a side who will probably be promoted, (or certainly go very close)?”
“Sheffield United better in every area of the pitch . They won each and every individual battle . At times it looked like men against boys . Rovers tried but failed to compete and looked totally spent in the 8 minutes of additional time . .
I guess this is the difference between a cash strapped small town club and a city club with tens of millions in parachute payments.
We are massively disadvantaged when playing the big clubs in this league and what summed that up to me today was the difference in ability between their big centre forward Keiffer Moore and ours, Maktar Gueye .”
“Beaten by a far superior team. You are right that the parachute payments are totally skewering the league.”
“The ‘they’ve spent more money than us so we’ve no right to compete with them’ is the tony Mowbray loser excuse.”
“Sheffield United were hardly outstanding, but by the end of the game, they were attacking us with ease when it should have been us looking for a comeback. I can accept defeat when we are up against a better squad and a cannier manager, but that second half was flatter than a witch’s tit. A truly Halloween half for the Rovers.”
“Looking through the Sheffield utd squad this is far from one of the best squads in the championship”
“after 14 years of indian occupation ,the pain of getting outthought and out muscled does`nt really bother me anymore,like the old martial arts experts who used to smash their legs against a tree,after so long you don`t feel anything”
A team of young kids some loanees and some experienced players.plus the desire to play for each other.thought qe would have got a point today.usually games against Blackburn are pretty tight.but we def edged it today.i still think Blackburn will be thereabouts at end of season. Good manager .