To Hell And Back. Dingles 0 v Rovers 0

[James No. 7]

It sounds like they're playing all over us now.

Blow the whistle, ref!

[Flopsy]

well get about 4 mins injury time

COME ON ROVERS

Ian moore's come off for Branch

[Flopsy]

Pederson booked for diving in the area - went down to easily - no pen

savage booked

[Flopsy]

5 mins extra time added on

Burnley on Top

we cant HOLD THE BALL

[Flopsy]

some dingle fan trying to hit savage and start a fight

[TROOPER]

Hilarious quote from Bumley commentators, "this lad who's run on the pitch should get a good kicking!" quality stuff from our inbred neighbours

[herbergeehh]

Did Camara just threaten to HIT the linesman??

[Flopsy]

pederssons been to the emerton corner taking school

[Flopsy]

0-0's a fair result - we havent done enough to win - but neither have Burnley

Full Time - well done both sides and the fans (well the majority)

Will have to go to the Ewood game

[West Aussie]

Back To Ewood Must settle the nerves

[herbergeehh]

Game over.

[Kremmin]

Thanks Flopsy. We'll nail 'em at Ewood.

[TROOPER]

Bumley commentator qoute " the Clarrots have done really well here against one of the better premiership sides in the last couple of years!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Tim Southampton Rover]

My man of the match was Savage with Nelsen and Todd a close second and third - great solid performance from those guys and a fair result at the end of the day.

Tough conditions and now they've played in one derby away from home, they should be able to use that to their advantage at Ewood.

[Rovermatt]

Burnley really had us under the cosh. Thank God one of their fans decided to break up the momentum. Typical.

At least now we'll be able to play them on a proper pitch.

[Dufflite]

Anyone know when the replay is?

[Tim Southampton Rover]

1st March im guessing like the others.

[Shevchenko]

1st March I think.

[greggyk]

Burnley didnt have one chance and i was never in doubt that rovers would not concede.

I didnt think the game was that bad!!

decent performance and we should stuff em at ewood.

[DE.]

That was awful. No doubt the pitch played a part in that but we were shocking. They were our equals today, sadly. Disappointing. We were organized, solid at the back... but boring, useless and weak up front. Our passing was dreadul, our control poor, shooting weak, set-pieces back to normal(rubbish), and our lack of creativity was apparent, though Burnley defended steadfastly when they needed to. Emerton started quite involved, but couldn't beat any Burnley players. He then disappeared for periods of the match, I think he and Pederson switched flanks at one point... it didn't work. Pederson fell over a lot, but made a couple of attempts at scoring, probably our most dangerous player today. Dickov didn't do much, Johnson when he came on was poor. Thank goodness for Sav - true heart and fighting spirit. Thommo was ineffective, as was Reid, but I was impressed with Reid's defending during his time on the pitch.

The most entertaining thing was the dingle fan on at the end trying to start a fight with Sav(but quickly running when Nelsen (and another defender, Todd was it?) squared up to him). He was giving the police a bit of a tussle though. Burnley were gaining momentum at that point, but he thankfully depleted it and we managed to scrap our way past the last 4 or 5 minutes.

Burnley played like the Championship side they are, we did not play like a Premiership side. They made it difficult, but we should have been able to overcome it.

Not impressed... we have to pick it up at Ewood.

Edited February 20, 2005 by DE4life

[arealbrfcfan]

will this one be on TV also?

[Eddie]

The lad who did run on the pitch will get himself a good kicking, took a swing at a cop, I'm sure he'll be feeling that around now haha.

Fair result, neither team looked like scoring. Pedersen's flicked header in the first half only thing that really looked dangerous.

Thought we did play quite well though, solid in tough conditions. Gallagher and Emerton were both pretty awful though. Emerton is good at the one touch passing, but as soon as he gets the ball down and starts running he just goes nowhere. He seems to just jog towards the defender, never once did he stick to the touchline to get a ball in, though perhaps this was due to a lack of presence in the area.

Should be comfortable in the replay, they never looked like dangerous, and when we got the ball down and played they couldn't touch us, which makes me think that on a better pitch playing in a more controlled fashion we shouldn't have any real trouble.

[LeChuck]

Why is Johnson on the bench ahead of Stead and Gallagher? He's got a bit of pace, that's it. Gallagher can't play with Dickov either...why is he given game after game when Jansen was scoring goals before his injury at Christmas?

Ironic that, as an ex-striker, Hughes seems to be getting everything right except the strikers. Can't believe Stead wasn't included today, he scored midweek and I'm guessing would have been full of confidence after that...he certainly looked it on the highlights on RW.

Johnson and Gallagher/MGP wouldn't be good enough for Division One, let alone a Premiership side.

On the plus side...Todd and Nelsen look very solid, Savage is 10 times the player Ferguson is and Neill/Johansson look good at full back. Hopefully Reid will play ahead of Tugay, he's far more combatitive.

[youandwhosearmy]

the reply should be a nicer little earner for the club, full house for once?

Edited February 20, 2005 by youandwhosearmy

[RoyRover]

This match didn't really live up to the hype. A draw ws a fair result. Neither side created that much, although Rovers did have the better of the chances. Dickov going off was a big blow and Johnson didn't really do much when he came on. I'd go for Dickov and Bothroyd/Stead up front in the replay. Bringing the match back to Ewood is a good thing. We get to play Burnley for a second time in the season, we can have full house and hopefully the game will be shown on TV. Pedersen and Savage were the best players for Rovers, while the defence looked solid again.

That Burnley fan who came on at the end, is even more stupid than I thought a person from Burnley could be. His team were ontop going into the last couple of minutes, and he comes on, slows the game down and then assaults a police officer. Nice one! I'm lookin forward to the replay already. Any idea when it will be?