AS the weather turned to reflect what the thoroughly fed-up Rovers fans were witnessing on the pitch, the thought crossed the mind that this season cannot end soon enough.

But, the problem is, what happens then?

From Shrewsbury Town at home to Bolton Wanderers away, and from Cardiff City away to Brighton & Hove Albion at home, this was up there with the worst performances of the campaign.

Teams play badly. Players make mistakes. You can accept that.

And, as desperately poor as Rovers were, the fact remains that it was errors from defenders Shane Duffy and Matt Kilgallon, the first incomprehensible and the second unfortunate, that handed Huddersfield a rare victory over their Roses rivals.

But what is unacceptable was the lack of fight, desire and enthusiasm on show apart from brief spells before the scoring was opened and after it was completed.

Rovers were booed off after what was their third home loss on the run, their fourth game without a win, and their fifth defeat in their last seven outings.

They could have no complaints. Apart from Ben Marshall, Grant Hanley, half-time substitute Jason Lowe and possibly Darragh Lenihan, they were not remotely good enough.

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Similar displays in their final four matches and the best Rovers can hope for is a fourth-from-bottom finish and the good fortune that three sides are worse than them.

And after that? That is up to Venky’s and the direction they want to take the club in.

Their lack of communication, both internally and externally, and hesitancy is nothing new.

Indeed Paul Lambert is now experiencing what other managers who have served under Rovers’ owners were forced to contend with.

The difference is the current incumbent of the Ewood Park hotseat has taken the issue into the public arena.

The talk of uncertainty could well have started to have an effect on the players, although there can be no excusing what they served up here.

But it remains the issue and until Venky’s put a proper structure and plan in place, and people on the ground here in Blackburn who can execute it, then Rovers will continue to fall further behind the teams at the top of the table.

And quite possibly the teams around them too, including their opponents from across the Pennines.

Huddersfield’s appointment of David Wagner captured supporters’ imagination and the club has capitalised on that by selling more than 11,000 season tickets for the 2016-17 campaign even at this early stage.

There was a similar air of optimism and excitement surrounded Rovers following Lambert’s arrival in November.

And while there were ups and downs in between they remained the overriding feelings just six weeks ago when his side made it four straight home league wins.

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That was the time to strike but, like so many decisions that have to be signed off by India, prices for next season have yet to be made public.

Since then Rovers have gone off the boil and, whenever season ticket details are released, the club will have a difficult job convincing fans to hand over their hard-earned if this is what they are going to be treated to.

Before the game supporters had been urged to be ‘loud and proud’ after admission prices were slashed in both ends of the ground.

It resulted in a slightly improved attendance and, certainly in the opening stages, the Ewood faithful got right behind the team.

But the support subsided after it became clear that far too many in the blue and white halves were going through the motions.

Yes there was a period in a drab first half when Rovers put the Huddersfield goal under pressure.

But the fact that Jed Steer did not have a serious save of note to make until late on, when he denied Lenihan from distance, was telling.

That said his opposite number Jason Steele had little to do either apart from pick the ball out of the back of the net.

Matt Grimes was partly to blame for Huddersfield’s opener, the midfielder electing to shoot when he should have passed.

But the real responsibility lay with Duffy whose blind headed back pass was turned in by Nahki Wells, who then forced Kilgallon into turning an inswinging Harry Bunn corner into his own goal.

Danny Graham had three opportunities to reduce the deficit while Jordi Gomez felt he should have been awarded a penalty.

But Rovers’ rally was fleeting, and as rain and then hail replaced the sun that had beamed down before kick-off, they ultimately got what they deserved.

Absolutely nothing.