Academy & U21s

[1874]

3=1 vital win for u21s 

[Guest]

Rovers 21's have all but confirmed safety in PL2 Division 1 with that win today. Leicester would have to win all of their games and Rovers lose all of theirs for things to change now.

[1874]

2 hours ago, JoeH said:

Rovers 21's have all but confirmed safety in PL2 Division 1 with that win today. Leicester would have to win all of their games and Rovers lose all of theirs for things to change now.

2 go down so all to play for

[bluebruce]

Remaining league fixtures are 4th placed Palace (twice - home and away!), 1st placed Man City (at home), and fellow relegation strugglers Tottenham (at home).

Think we know which game looks most winnable and crucial! Spurs also have two games in hand on us, and are 3 points behind. Wolves 2 behind us with 1 game in hand.

[Sweaty Gussets]

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If 2 go down we are right in it still. Looks like Spurs play Wolves tomorrow and then Spurs play Man City on Friday, when we play Palace. 

[rigger]

6 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Remaining league fixtures are 4th placed Palace (twice - home and away!), 1st placed Man City (at home), and fellow relegation strugglers Tottenham (at home).

Think we know which game looks most winnable and crucial! Spurs also have two games in hand on us, and are 3 points behind. Wolves 2 behind us with 1 game in hand.

A lot depends on which players are selected to pad out first team squads. Except for City.

[1874]

Spuds u21 1 Man City U21 2

I think the Rovers Spuds game may decide what division we are in next year

[Snarley02]

Spurs play Wolves on Friday. Draw would probably suit us.

[arbitro]

Today's team to play Crystal Palace.

 

[ben_the_beast]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Today's team to play Crystal Palace.

 

Interestingly no Wharton or Leonard.

Currently 1-0 Rovers. 40 minutes gone.

[arbitro]

Jordan Eastham sent off on the hour mark. Still 1-0 though. 

[arbitro]

Palace equaliser on 82 minutes. 

[only2garners]

And two further goals so Rovers lost 3-1.

[rigger]

On 07/04/2023 at 13:31, arbitro said:

Jordan Eastham sent off on the hour mark. Still 1-0 though. 

The linesman had a nightmare in this incident. The forward was a good yard offside, but the linesman was a few yards behind the play and didn't give it. Then Eastham took the player out. Mitigation for the linesman is that the area he was running in was just mud. The other side has artificial grass put down

[rigger]

We played quite well until going down to ten. In the end we were out-muscled by a physically larger side. Some of our football was a delight to watch, as was our goal. We played a short, fast passing game. They played long ball cutting out midfield. 

[Mattyblue]

What’s the point in playing Mola at this stage? Surely some of our own lads should be starting.

[rigger]

18 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

What’s the point in playing Mola at this stage? Surely some of our own lads should be starting.

Mola is being played at center half to cover for the players that have been moved on or are with the first team squad. He is not good as a center-half, but he is reasonably strong in the air.

[Mattyblue]

I thought it was a Rovers development team? So why is a senior pro about to go back to his own club playing (out of position too)?

[rigger]

9 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

I thought it was a Rovers development team? So why is a senior pro about to go back to his own club playing (out of position too)?

I would have preferred to have seen Pratt start at center-half. But perhaps Mola looks good in training.

Edited April 9, 2023 by rigger

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[philipl]

Roll over Haaland, there is a Rovers 15 year old coming for your place!

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

I thought it was a Rovers development team? So why is a senior pro about to go back to his own club playing (out of position too)?

Sometimes they like a senior pro in there to help the kids.  That's actually Jay Spearings job at the moment for Liverpool 23s....especially this time of year when a lot of the 16/17s will be playing up due to the older lads leaving and looking for new clubs.

Edited April 9, 2023 by Sparks Rover

[Mattyblue]

No problem with that, but a loanee that’s buggering off in a few weeks and is only 23 himself?

[arbitro]

Rovers are at home to Forest tonight at Ewood in the semi-final of the PL Cup. It's free for season ticket holders too.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/april/11/preview--rovers-under-21s-v-nottingham-forest-under-21s/

[roversfan99]

Does anyone know if season ticket holders have to get actual tickets, as on the website it has a fee even if you allocate to a season ticket holder?