[Archived] Blackburn Rovers Football Club v Bristol City Football Club – Saturday 2nd February 2013 – Kick Off – 3pm

[yoda]

Judging by us still being on page 7 at the full time whistle, most of us are not here this season!

tut tut Philip topman knows best

[Mr. E]

Champions League next up, right fellas? What a joke this team is.

[onlyonejackwalker]

Steady away 2.0. Rhodes clinical when the chances came. Good performances from MGP, Hanley, Dann. Another clean sheet. Crowd very quiet but good professional display.

[dubdubdub]

Champions League next up, right fellas? What a joke this team is.

We won and you've had six months to accept the fact that this team isn't Barca. What a joke.

[patrickvalery]

Champions League next up, right fellas? What a joke this team is.

You know we won right? At least try and enjoy the moment. There have been and will be plenty of other weekends to mope around after losing.

[The Dart]

Clean sheets are something that have avoided Rovers since the Scottish fraud first arrived. If they come back and with a player like Rhodes we can steady the sinking ship.

[jonv]

Champions League next up, right fellas? What a joke this team is.

Sounds like someone needs a snowball directed at their cranium

[Clitherover]

No chance we'll keep Rhodes next season, as soon as the offer comes in he'll be off and who can blame him?, he's Premiership standard.

Looking at the table there's one playoff place up for grabs i think, 7 points is possible to close down but the other three teams above Boro are looking out of reach to me, 11 points is a very big ask to catch now. It looks like a case of being the best out of nine teams which have a chance of getting that final playoff place, it's going to be tricky.

[yoda's brother]

Sounds like someone needs a snowball directed at their cranium

na, clicky ba would be better

[Howler]

i'm just happy to enjoy a routine 2-0 home win, our second clean sheet in a row and continued signs of progress under Appleton.

[Tom]

Not sensational but a good win tro great goals from JR and strong performances from Mary Kate and Ashley, Orr and Pedersen

Central midfield still poor mind you

Appy days!

[Majiball]

Think Rhodes chose to play for Scotland a little prematurely.

Did he Kean, t'was a wise choice.

Appleton is well known for getting his squads fit.

You really can't improve fitness levels that much in one week. More likely better organised, motivated and that he's getting into their heads about how he wants them to play. The Psychology will have changed and so performance levels will increase, not fitness per say.

[Rovers_Dan]

appears we are grinding these results out now. playing crap and still winning.

good lad appleton

[Salgado Is A Hero]

Did he Kean, t'was a wise choice.

Amen to that. Rhodes could be scoring plenty in the Prem and donkey Wellbeck would be getting picked ahead of him because he plays for one of the big teams.

[rovers11]

Easy win today. Some will say its only Bristol City and we should win easily. But, in my view, how many times have we beaten weak teams easy this season? Very few.

I think there`s 2 play off places available. Boro are sinking and I expect Palace to fall. We 11 behind Palace with a game in hand, plus we still have to play them at Ewood, and they`ve got Watford and Boro in their next 2 games. A lot to do but at least it keeps the interest in this season alive for a bit longer.

[Stuart]

Really enjoyed today. It took a whole for the atmosphere to get going, probably the first goal to be honest, but there was little to complain about today.

100% from all the players and they were solid. Special mention for Hanley who did very well throughout.

Rhodes just became our only real spark of excitement in a workman like team. As long as he is fit we are happy. If we lose him for any period we may struggle. If we can hokey-cokey-loan DJ and Goodwillie then we have back up but he is massive for us.

[rovers11]

Really enjoyed today. It took a whole for the atmosphere to get going, probably the first goal to be honest, but there was little to complain about today.

100% from all the players and they were solid. Special mention for Hanley who did very well throughout.

Rhodes just became our only real spark of excitement in a workman like team. As long as he is fit we are happy. If we lose him for any period we may struggle. If we can hokey-cokey-loan DJ and Goodwillie then we have back up but he is massive for us.

When DJ and Thomas come in they will be sparks as well. King is also a big spark. Appleton likes to keep it simple - win the ball back and get it out wide to the wingers.

[RoyRover]

Good win, useful 3 points, 2 more goals for Rhodes, good day at the office.

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Made hard work of it IMO, but after the second only one team in it. Still not good enough on this showing to make PO. We need fresh blood, and Best back to help Jordan. But happy with a win, and off for a pint at the New Inn!

[1864roverite]

Does anyone have an update on Mr Best's current training status ?

[Tugay-is-God]

Amen to that. Rhodes could be scoring plenty in the Prem and donkey Wellbeck would be getting picked ahead of him because he plays for one of the big teams.

Rhodes is a great player for us and all but better than Welbeck?

Im not sure about that.

[ada2020]

Does anyone have an update on Mr Best's current training status ?

Returned to full training yesterday I believe.

[Amo]

Rhodes is a great player for us and all but better than Welbeck?

Wouldn't take much to be better than Welbeck, tbqh.

[Josh]

Returned to full training yesterday I believe.

He did indeed, there's an interview on RoversPlayer talking about his situation. I imagine it will be 2-3 weeks before he makes his way onto the bench, depending on how he copes in reserve games

[Stuart]

Best - CKR - Rhodes - DJ C

An embarrassment of Championship riches up top (although you can still only really play 2 of them) and so lacking in centre midfield.