[Archived] Beware of Jack the treacle eater! Away day at Yeovil - December 21st

[K-Hod]

A win's a win. And we kept another clean sheet.

[Amo]

Yeovil are a very poor team for this league so you cant take anything from this game except ask why didnt Rovers win by more.

In the spirit of the season, kindly stfu and enjoy something Rovers-related for once.

[JAL]

In the spirit of the season, kindly stfu and enjoy something Rovers-related for once.

Trying to keep that sense of balance before one or two get carried away, which they do, when, or if, Rovers might happen to lose a game in the near future and wonder how or why this might happen after beating someone like Yeovil Town.

[Tom]

JAL it sounds as though if Dunny had his shooting boots or some of the 7 million chances fell to Rhodes we would have walked it

It also sounds that apart from a shaky few minutes we performed well throughout

[JAL]

JAL it sounds as though if Dunny had his shooting boots or some of the 7 million chances fell to Rhodes we would have walked it

It also sounds that apart from a shaky few minutes we performed well throughout

It was only Yeovil Tom ! yet the stark fact remains that other than Jordan Rhodes we have no one else to support Jordan in putting the ball into the back of the net on a regular basis.

[Gav]

Result is all that matters, most on here thought Donny would be a push over but I wish we'd beaten them 1-0!

If we win people want more goals, if we lose its Rhodes fault as he's not a team player, this site is a fooking joke at times.

[Brfcrule1]

I'm going to email the BBC. Poor journalism.

dub you should not really bother with the BBC bias gimps the lot of them and as for that Manish Bhasin he's the biggest tool of them all never replies to any tweets you should do what the rest of us do subscribe to rovers player and you get to watch the whole 90 minutes of every game and for £5.49 per mth is a fantastic deal well worth every penny.

[Neal]

Do you reckon?

Sheff Wed December 13 P4 W2 L2.

Sheff Wed 1-2 Bournemouth

Watford 0-1 Sheff Wed

Sheff Wed 0-1 Nottm Forest

Sheff Wed 2-1 Leicester

Some decent results there. Underestimate anyone in this Division at your peril Neal.

Of course, but having no manager and looking at their dreadful performance yesterday... We should be looking to tear them to bits.

[thenodrog]

Yeovil are a very poor team for this league so you cant take anything from this game except ask why didnt Rovers win by more.

Harsh.... or uninformed. In the past 2 months Yeovil have beaten Forest, Watford and Blackpool.

[West Yorks Rover]

Harsh.... or uninformed. In the past 2 months Yeovil have beaten Forest, Watford and Blackpool.

Decent form recently, no doubt down to taking 3 Prem squad players on loan.

So, pretty good result !

[USABlue]

Lowe wasn't the only option, though.

Somebody was out on the wing, seriously?

[thenodrog]

Somebody was out on the wing, seriously?

RW. Taylor was in space on the back post.

[Stuart]

Got to love the fact that Rochina provides a moment of sublime quality, something to marvel at, in a game we won, and a complete plodder like Lowe shakes his head in disgust, and people rush to defend...

Lowe!

It seems to have become a sport in itself.

[den]

Got to love the fact that Rochina provides a moment of sublime quality, something to marvel at, in a game we won, and a complete plodder like Lowe shakes his head in disgust, and people rush to defend...

Lowe!

It seems to have become a sport in itself.

It was more of a training ground trick Stuart and best left there really. Very clever trick mind you, but most managers wouldn't want it - being only one goal up in an away game. Put the game to bed first.

[Stuart]

It was more of a training ground trick Stuart and best left there really. Very clever trick mind you, but most managers wouldn't want it - being only one goal up in an away game. Put the game to bed first.

This is exactly the reason why managers put out weakened sides in the FA Cup. All of the romance in football is dead.

The fact is he very nearly scored and, the law of averages says that Lowe would have hit row Z. By the corner flag. Rochina fancied it and had a crack. If he had hit it with his other foot - normal fashion - we wouldn't even be discussing it. Don't we want to admire in footballers stuff we CANNOT do ourselves, and at least make them (try to) earn their ridiculous wages? Maybe it's just because it's Christmas and I'm getting a bit misty-eyed.

[Majiball]

It was more of a training ground trick Stuart and best left there really. Very clever trick mind you, but most managers wouldn't want it - being only one goal up in an away game. Put the game to bed first.

I understand what you're saying but the game should have been put to bed in the first half by all accounts. Dunn should have scored one or two and yet the focus is on a sub who played one third of the match. We do need to get better as a team at capitalising on our better periods during matches and scoring when we're in control. We don't seem to be able to get that 2nd goal at present to give us some breathing space and relax GB and give him an opportunity to play others for longer.

[47er]

Got to love the fact that Rochina provides a moment of sublime quality, something to marvel at, in a game we won, and a complete plodder like Lowe shakes his head in disgust, and people rush to defend...

Lowe!

It seems to have become a sport in itself.

You don't think Rochina did what he did because he is one- footed? It was sublime alright but cracking it in with his right foot would have been more impressive.

[darrenrover]

It was more of a training ground trick Stuart and best left there really. Very clever trick mind you, but most managers wouldn't want it - being only one goal up in an away game. Put the game to bed first.

Stu and Den, it was a sublime piece of skill, how he did it lord knows and for those that think it was a 'looper' and a comfortable save you weren't at the game. I was in line and it was hit with unbelievable venom.

I agree that Rochina frustrates and is over elaborate at times but he excites.

The game should have been out of sight, Dunny and Rochina could have had a hat trick each. Why the focus is on this god knows. I think the stats say we had 25 attempts on goal of which 12 were on target

It was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining match and could easily have finished up 8-3.

We're all doom mongers on here generally but enjoy it while we can, I certainly did on Saturday.

Get down to Ewood on Boxing Day!!

[den]

This is exactly the reason why managers put out weakened sides in the FA Cup. All of the romance in football is dead.

The fact is he very nearly scored and, the law of averages says that Lowe would have hit row Z. By the corner flag. Rochina fancied it and had a crack. If he had hit it with his other foot - normal fashion - we wouldn't even be discussing it. Don't we want to admire in footballers stuff we CANNOT do ourselves, and at least make them (try to) earn their ridiculous wages? Maybe it's just because it's Christmas and I'm getting a bit misty-eyed.

I absolutely know what you mean Stuart. However, you know deep down that the odds of him scoring were remote. He didn't "nearly" score. You wouldn't want him to do that every time would you, and the manager who had been working all his footballing life towards getting the players to perform unselfishly and for the good of the team, wouldn't have wanted it either- unless of course the game was won.

Stu and Den, it was a sublime piece of skill, how he did it lord knows and for those that think it was a 'looper' and a comfortable save you weren't at the game. I was in line and it was hit with unbelievable venom.

I agree that Rochina frustrates and is over elaborate at times but he excites.

The game should have been out of sight, Dunny and Rochina could have had a hat trick each. Why the focus is on this god knows. I think the stats say we had 25 attempts on goal of which 12 were on target

It was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining match and could easily have finished up 8-3.

We're all doom mongers on here generally but enjoy it while we can, I certainly did on Saturday.

Get down to Ewood on Boxing Day!!

The sublime piece of skill isn't denied denied. The game wasn't out of sight and it was the wrong decision to play tricks. As 47er said, just hit it with his right foot. We would have been talking more about him if he'd actually done the easier thing and scored.

[Riverside67]

Strange reading the Yeovil match reports how much they thought Rovers we average by comparison with the other teams down there this season.

They hit the woodwork twice and could have had a penalty.

Two sides to every story I know but with 5 in midfield we should really be less vunerable than what we are. Someone in the reports on the game who went said above that Lowe had to cover for a lack of effort from others in that area.

Still much for Bowyer to work on by the sounds of it.

[DE.]

Two sides to every story I know but with 5 in midfield we should really be less vunerable than what we are. Someone in the reports on the game who went said above that Lowe had to cover for a lack of effort from others in that area.

This is exactly why we cannot take anybody out of midfield to try and support Rhodes - we'd get destroyed. We're vulnerable enough with 5 in there.

[arbitro]

Strange reading the Yeovil match reports how much they thought Rovers we average by comparison with the other teams down there this season.

They hit the woodwork twice and could have had a penalty.

Two sides to every story I know but with 5 in midfield we should really be less vunerable than what we are. Someone in the reports on the game who went said above that Lowe had to cover for a lack of effort from others in that area.

Still much for Bowyer to work on by the sounds of it.

Where do you get the five in midfield from? Dunn played off Jordan Rhodes. Of course as the home team they will get chances but I guarantee that the ratio was 2:1 in our favour for chances. That's not bad for any away side.

At half time a Yeovil fan sat close to me put up three fingers and said that we should have been three up. That was a fair assessment of the first half.

[Amo]

I don't know what everyone's whining about. I bet Rochina's right-footed effort would've been less accurate than his Rabona (heh...boner).

[Tom]

I don't know what everyone's whining about. I bet Rochina's right-footed effort would've been less accurate than his Rabona (heh...boner).

I can't speak for anyone else but I just enjoy whining. Whinings my favourite

[Amo]