sts have got away with murder on and off the field for years.playing a teams when it suits,i still remember the covid farce last year.they had a fully fit squad for the final,should have been playing rovers on a short turnaround,when teams are vulnerable.suddenly they have a few down with covid.match off.following week we play leeds on the friday they also have a game.they called that off.had a nice fortnight off after wembley.we had a 2 day turnaround after leeds and played sts on the monday,who been resting for over 2 weeks.we unsurprisingly got well beat.i remember pearson wasnt happy.i didnt blame him.cheats

You could just about list every player, Houghton, Connor, Longstaff and Satae make some shocking defence decisions and attempts, if you analysed every try I'm sure you could pick out every player.

It feels like when it starts to go wrong everyone loses faith in the men either side so they're caught in 2 minds rather than focusing on their job and trusting the others to do theirs.

Quite agree Dave but despite Hodgson being in the job nearly 2 years I have yet to see any real hard tangible evidence we have any of the things in your post I've put in bold.

On the field we are an absolute shambles and it beggars belief what they actually work on in training as watching the games its worse than watching a group of kids that have never played the game.
I don't buy Hodgsons excuse of fatigue either as is we are that fatigued before and just after halftime then there is something seriously wrong.

Its just no longer a surprise when the team serves up shambolic performances and teams must rub their hands at the prospect of facing us as we are just so predictable.

Hodgson for me is just not the right man for the job, you only have to look at Leeds to see the difference Rohan Smith (who is also an inexperienced head coach) has made to the way Leeds play in his short time at the club since replacing Agar with the same group of players.

The defeats are one thing but it is the manner of the defeats that are just inexcusable and indefensible and typical of the usual mid season nose dive we have seen for far too long now.

wonder how rovers will fare against the cheats on friday?

Bet they won’t give up like our lazy lot