[Archived] Rovers V Fleetwood

[Wilky]

Any of you lot goin to this?

Its at fleetwood with a 3pm kick off

[brfcshabba]

Think I will be venturing to Highbury for this one

[brightonrover]

I'll be there and hopefully Preston too.

[Wilky]

Where do u pair live? Maybe meet up for a drink?

[cravenblue]

When is this?

[cn174]

When is this?

Next Saturday

[Wilky]

Nxt saturday 3pm at highbury ground fleetwood 10 mins from where i live

[JC4LAB]

Lots of ex Accrington Stanley Players now at Fleetwood.inc old favs Craney & Cav Barry & Miles I believe..Think Ex Rover Alan Wright may be there in some role..No wonder they are on the up.

[Saltysellars]

Lots of ex Accrington Stanley Players now at Fleetwood.inc old favs Craney & Cav Barry & Miles I believe..Think Ex Rover Alan Wright may be there in some role..No wonder they are on the up.

My mate went to see Lancaster City vs Fleetwood over the weekend and he sent me a text message saying that Alan Wright was the best player on the pitch by an absolute mile.

[MCMC1875]

Is there a pub near the ground? If not, possibly visiting the North Euston Hotel.

[brightonrover]

Is there a pub near the ground? If not, possibly visiting the North Euston Hotel.

Is the North Euston in the centre?

[AggyBlue]

Is the North Euston in the centre?

On the sea front.

I spent many a night in there.

[sibbald]

There is 2 pubs at the actual ground, if not there is a weatherspoons in town center about 15 minute walk

[Gav]

Think we'll be going.

[The Harwood Yankee]

Anybody got any idea if there'll be many of the usual first team starting in this game? I'm not even sure if we have any interesting trialists with us at the moment who might be playing.

[Gav]

Just seen the teams, Fleetwood:

Robinson

Nzonzi

Jones

Andrews

Olsson

Hoilett

Roberts

But playing at Southport:

Givet

Dunn

Salgado

Chimbonda

Perdersen

Linganzi

[92er]

Just seen the teams, Fleetwood:

Robinson

Nzonzi

Jones

Andrews

Olsson

Hoilett

Roberts

But playing at Southport:

Givet

Dunn

Salgado

Chimbonda

Perdersen

Linganzi

Somebody will probably be able to do the link with today's LT in which Andrews talks about the togetherness of the squad which will help us do even better than last saseon.

[67splitscreen]

No Kalinic mentioned, guess he will be at Southport as Roberts is at Fleetwood, can't see us playing 3-7-0 you never know.

[roversmum]

Never mind all that, where's Dr Sam is what I want to know

[wilyrover]

I was going to Fleetwood, but now I'm spoilt for choice, Southport is handier.

[Manchester Blue]

Never realised that Southport wouldn't be a reserver game. How annoying.

[AggyBlue]

Southport is nearer but it's Fleetwood for me today:tu:

[Tom]

Rovers one up at fleetwood, Roberts with the goal

[brfcs5359]

Went to Fleetwood. Last year we learned pre-season Nzonzi was a very promising buy. At Fleetwood we learnt not very much. Andrews was abysmal, Roberts non existant. Robinson did not have a save to make. Ollson was fast but loose and Hoillet was Hoilett. All running with no passing and no sense.

The two interesting points in this laid back friendly was the formation 3-5-2 (or 5-3-2) and the youngsters. Blackman was poor, very poor contributing little and squandering chances with I'll judged choices. Jones was outstanding as was the next centre half to roll of the production line Hanley(?). Jackson Ramm at RB was solid as was the third young centre half.

[Parsonblue]

The highlight of the game for me was, once again, the performance of our younger players. Jones, Hanley and Gunning were excellent as the back. Young Jackson Ramm gave another promising display on the right of midfield while Olsson provided pace and threat on the opposite wing. Hoilett, as graham has said, looks dangerous when running at the opposition but his choice of pass leaves much to be desired. Hopefully this will come with experience. Nick Blackman works hard but his finishing is erratic. Having watched him on a regular basis for the Reserves I really can't see him progressing to Premier League football.

Once again the Rovers employed a 3-5-2 system. Today it worked well as Ramm and Olsson have pace on the wings and the three defenders who played today covered each other extremely well. It was good to see the Rovers adopt a passing style of football and the long ball was kept to the minimum. For a pre-season game I found it very enjoyable but it will be interesting to see if we mix seniors with young reserves against Preston and Huddersfield. I suspect that those games will provide a more difficult test for the younger players.