[Archived] Middlesbrough 0 V Blackburn Rovers 1

[Finch]

First away win, clean sheet, Burnley lose and have a player sent off and Stanley come from behind to rescue a point ... Not a bad day all round This must put us in the top half right?

[Bondi-Rover]

Woo-hoo! eventually worked outthe commentary on rovers.co.uk - it works with a Mac afterall!

nonda sounding like he's showing a bit of promise which is great news.

[AussieinUk]

This must put us in the top half right?

Yes - 10th now, I believe.

Edited September 23, 2006 by AussieinUk

[budha]

First away win, clean sheet, Burnley lose and have a player sent off and Stanley come from behind to rescue a point ... Not a bad day all round This must put us in the top half right?

If I'm not totally wrong, we're 10th now.

[AxesFirstTouch]

Emerton was Rovers best player, he looks a better right back then Neil at the moment, he was excellent going forward, very unlucky not to score near the end with a great run and shot.

Rovers really should have by more goals, but again didnt create enough chances.

Zurab was pretty crap, hes a good backup defender but will cause more harm then good.

One gripe why the hell doesnt Hughes bring on Gally earlier?

Edited September 23, 2006 by wakefieldrawks

[1864roverite]

got to say its a great result for Rovers.

Rovers now have some momentum building with the European game on Thursday quickly followed by Wigan at home.

Bring it on.

[cgbdon]

we are 9th not 10th comon rovers!

[Salgados Hair]

Nonda and Benni gets my vote too for the pairing up front. We will need all the class we can muster against Mr Woodgate (T.Henry in his pocket last week!)

1-0 Rovers, Nonda to grab his first goal.

Yay me!!

Nice result today, sets us up nicely for Thursday. C'mon Rovers!

[brfcshabba]

we are 9th not 10th comon rovers!

We are 10th not 9th come on Rovers!

BBC Table

[brfcjon]

does anyone no where I can find the goal online?

Thanks Rovers for putting my negative expectations to bed regarding defence. Managed a clean sheet and scored 1. Lovely!

[tony gale's mic]

just two points off the pace from where we finished last season...things don't look so gloomy after all!

[West Sussex Rover]

Zurab was pretty crap, hes a good backup defender but will cause more harm then good.

Oh my god, Zurab has one bad game after all good games and we should drop him!

Hell! lets bring Todd back, or even Matteo!!??

[krislu]

Great win and a cleen sheet! Can't get much better than that.

[AxesFirstTouch]

Oh my god, Zurab has one bad game after all good games and we should drop him!

Hell! lets bring Todd back, or even Matteo!!??

Where did I say drop him?

[yellowsubmarine]

Oh my god, Zurab has one bad game after all good games and we should drop him!

Hell! lets bring Todd back, or even Matteo!!??

No, lets re-sign Amoruso instead.

[RoyRover]

I'm delighted with this win, it was important to get our first away win and keep a clean sheet. It was good that Nonda scored as well, this could give him more confidence to get back to where he once was. With Celtic beating Rangers and Europe winning in the Ryder Cup, it's been a good day all round. Now all it takes is for Notre Dame Fighting Irish to win today for it to be a clean sweep.

[Radagast]

Good result, with important factors like the first away win (and goal!), Nonda scoring on his first start, a good Oojier performance (so I hear) and a clean sheet making for a very satisfying and encouraging Saturday afternoon.

[West Sussex Rover]

Where did I say drop him?

QUOTE(wakefieldrawks @ Sep 23 2006, 17:04 )

Zurab was pretty crap, hes a good backup defender

Erm??? Sounded like you wanted to drop him to the bench, i mean surely saying he is a good backup player means there is someone who should be playing ahead of him...?

Oh and before anyone says it, he's the wrong side of central defence to be replaced by Nelsen...

[yellowsubmarine]

This clean sheet will do the entire defence's morale a great deal.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Excellent result and confidence must be high now for Salzburg come Thursday!!

[ElTwis]

Don't really know where to post this so it'll have to be here, does anyone know if the Salzburg match is to be televised this thursday?

[frosty]

Great result, delighted at the defence and Ooijer and Nonda also.

[Modi]

Just got home and a thoroughly uplifting performance by Rovers.

From start to finish there was only going to be one winner, although the central defence did a few good impressions of someone opening a pair of curtains, especially in the first half.

Very impressed with Nonda. Emerton was excellent again, and he deserved a goal for his run where he outmuscled their palyers. Toogs was stupid for this yellow card, but apart from that was great.

Some other random points:

The Mickey Gray chant was superb and I'm sure he was laughing at it. That was banter for those who defend the chants in the Salzburg thread.

Why did SAS get thrown out?

And did anyone see Jordan? I didn't and I didn't hear him either. Has he broken his consecutive run?

Edited September 23, 2006 by Modi

[Mr. E]

really wasn't expecting the 3 points today, fantastic that we got them anyway! Sounds like Boro didn't trouble us much at all. Can't wait to see Nonda's goal.

Let's keep it rolling.

[John]

What was the Gray chant?

Bring on Thursday!