[Archived] Rovers V Burton Albion Game Thread.

[Doug]

I take it you weren't there today Jason.. Graham was very very disappointing again and was rightly taken off.

I didn't agree with the two other subs but I wouldn't say they contributed directly to the equaliser. We weren't really under any sustained pressure at any point but the defence collectively switched off to concede a very soft goal.

Graham was disappointing, I commented at the match that I could see Stokes and Gally starting up front if he continues with performances like today.

[Tom]

Byrne was the one man in the middle that went looking for the ball and distributed it out wide, without him it was the usual bypassing of the midfield.

Coyle is never a manager in a million years I can't wait for the day he is sacked but it will be too late for us and too little to save us long term.

[Doug]

Byrne was the one man in the middle that went looking for the ball and distributed it out wide, without him it was the usual bypassing of the midfield.

Coyle is never a manager in a million years I can't wait for the day he is sacked but it will be too late for us and too little to save us long term.

We need Evans fit ASAP on todays showing.

[West Yorks Rover]

Graham was disappointing, I commented at the match that I could see Stokes and Gally starting up front if he continues with performances like today.

Not playing for Coyle, must have realised pretty soon after signing, what a useless excuse for manager he is.

[Tom]

Clownpants Coyle says we deserved more than a point ignoring the 7000 free headers they had in the box, the fact Steele made the only Save of note and they hit the bar and generally looked more comfortable.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

No I didn't go, I'm boycotting as you well know but good on you for attending. By the way, what's your opinion on the leaked dicunents? Only ask as you're generally a regular poster on most threads yet I don't recall too much reaction from you on this.

Anyway, Tom commented on Byrne's substitution earlier in the thread - he went to the game. So, in my opinion, if you've no ball playing midfielder there's more chance you'll bypass midfield and Graham is the man to hit so strange he was hooked.

So, what you're saying is that we needed to get as many defensive minded players on the pitch late on? At home? Against Burton Albion?

Fair enough.

1. Didn't know you were boycotting

2. Please send me link to leaked documents - not seen them

3. Graham wasn't holding the ball up today at all - was bossed by their centre halves - partly aided by the referee

4. Yes Lenihan is more defence minded than Byrne - do you include Stokes and Feeney in that, as they were the other two substitutions.

Overall think Coyle is tactically poor - but can't really call his substitutions today.

[RevidgeBlue]

Not playing for Coyle, must have realised pretty soon after signing, what a useless excuse for manager he is.

If he's good enough for youngsters like Wharton and Gallagher, and (on today's performance) more experienced players like Conway and Marshall, he should be good enough for Graham. That's no sort of excuse.

[Iceman]

Byrne was the one man in the middle that went looking for the ball and distributed it out wide, without him it was the usual bypassing of the midfield.

Coyle is never a manager in a million years I can't wait for the day he is sacked but it will be too late for us and too little to save us long term.

Steve Kean?

[RevidgeBlue]

Clownpants Coyle says we deserved more than a point ignoring the 7000 free headers they had in the box, the fact Steele made the only Save of note and they hit the bar and generally looked more comfortable.

Get me a pair. I thought we should have had the 3 points today as well.

That said if we can't stop conceding soft goals as a poster above said we'll soon be cut adrift and it'll be too late to do anything about it.

[Dunnfc]

1. Didn't know you were boycotting

2. Please send me link to leaked documents - not seen them

3. Graham wasn't holding the ball up today at all - was bossed by their centre halves - partly aided by the referee

4. Yes Lenihan is more defence minded than Byrne - do you include Stokes and Feeney in that, as they were the other two substitutions.

Overall think Coyle is tactically poor - but can't really call his substitutions today.

ht

[Athlete]

Blackburn Rovers ‏@Rovers 39s39 seconds ago

Todays attendance is 10356 (including 477 visiting supporters)

More like 7 or 8k

[Al]

Agree about the substitutions, disagree completely with your remarks about the fans. Given we'd lost our first three games and whilst there are obviously glaring deficiencies in certain areas I thought it was a much improved overall display which should have brought three points. There were also excellent performances from youngsters Wharton and Gallagher.

So whilst it was desperately disappointing to throw away 2 points at the end there were some signs of encouragement today and I thought there was nothing wrong at all with fans clapping at the end if they wanted to.

At last a fair post about the match. We were the best team and were desperately unlucky to lose at the death. I felt that the corner that Burton scored from should have been a goal kick. It appeared to hit a Burton player on the back on it's way out, but hey ho a lot of so called supporters sitting at home, full of glee, because we didn't win.

Graham's substitution was fair enough. He is unfit, overweight and was knackered after half an hour. He needs to do some training and lay off the pies.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Get me a pair. I thought we should have had the 3 points today as well.

That said if we can't stop conceding soft goals as a poster above said we'll soon be cut adrift and it'll be too late to do anything about it.

I would agree with this - can't say we deserved three points, as we didn't make the best of the chances we had - but performance wise we should have taken 3 points.

[Athlete]

At last a fair post about the match. We were the best team and were desperately unlucky to lose at the death. I felt that the corner that Burton scored from should have been a goal kick. It appeared to hit a Burton player on the back on it's way out, but hey ho a lot of so called supporters sitting at home, full of glee, because we didn't win.

Graham's substitution was fair enough. He is unfit, overweight and was knackered after half an hour. He needs to do some training and lay off the pies.

Think we may of been a different game fella what about all there pressure towards end of 1st half or there screamer hitting the bar.... We were shockingly poor yet again don't dress it up

[brinscall]

marathon not a sprint. just relieved it didn't turn out to be 4 straight league defeats. that would've put the jitters through the team and could've been hard to get out of the habit. finally getting on the board can make a huge difference. opposition neither here nor there when you consider they are in the same division, just like newcastle. would you be happier with a home draw against newcastle at this early stage? what if newcastle are fighting relegation and burton in the play-off mix at the end of season? hindsightically it could be a good result it could.

[Leonard Venkhater]

"but hey ho a lot of so called supporters sitting at home, full of glee, because we didn't win."..

.We sat at home, but I can assure you,that we were still disappointed we didn't win...

As a previous poster said, groups of people responding in different ways need to show mutual respect.

We know who the real enemy is, after all.....

[Athlete]

I would agree with this - can't say we deserved three points, as we didn't make the best of the chances we had - but performance wise we should have taken 3 points.

Performance wise ffs they'd be saying they should of taken three

[Tom]

If he's good enough for youngsters like Wharton and Gallagher, and (on today's performance) more experienced players like Conway and Marshall, he should be good enough for Graham. That's no sort of excuse.

you continue your campaign against Graham, (you've always been hyper critical of him even when he put in the best centre forward display seen at Ewood for years against Boro) which is justified so far this season to be fair but then use Marshall as an opposite example.

For me Marshall couldn't look less interested or motivated if he tried, took the easy, lazy option every time today causing counter Attacks to stall each time. His head is in another place and so will he be soon.

[Parsonblue]

A better performance today and good to hear the Blackburn End getting behind the team during the second half. Sadly, it's another two points dropped against a pretty ordinary side. Nonetheless it was an improvement on the previous three League games. Coyle's insistence on the 4-2-3-1 formation doesn't seem suited to the players. Today Graham had to fill in as the middle one of the attacking three behind Gallagher and it's a role he is simply not suited for. Gallagher and Wharton were huge plus points today and hopefully we'll see Jack Doyle at left-back instead of Hendrie against Crewe. Lowe and Hendrie are not good enough at full-back both defensively or going forward. The bottom line is that we need another five or six players of a decent standard if we are to have a chance of staying in this division. Sadly, with Venkys at the helm we know that won't happen. Good day all round today for watching the Rovers with the Under-18's coming back from a 2-0 deficit at half-time to snatch a 3-2 win in injury time earlier today, in dreadful conditions, with a brilliant free-kick. It was a cracking second half performance by the youngsters - pity we can't get some of their spirit into the first team.

[Al]

He's not good enough to do the forward slotted pass from midfield to a on running forward. He's not an average midfielder he's a poor one.

He's not a full back either. The Burton winger had the freedom of the park. Lowe never marked him all the match. He plays too close to the middle.

[perthblue02]

Nigel Clough believes they should have had all three points

http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/managers-verdict-backburn-3260028.aspx

[Al]

Think we may of been a different game fella what about all there pressure towards end of 1st half or there screamer hitting the bar.... We were shockingly poor yet again don't dress it up

I didn't dress it up. Sorry if we were not poor enough for your agenda!

[Tom]

Nigel Clough believes they should have had all three points

http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/managers-verdict-backburn-3260028.aspx

Well he certainly has as much right to that claim as our fraudster.

the truth probably somewhere in between

[perthblue02]

Just had a look and we are just under a quarter of the way to matching the goal against column from last season

[Al]

"but hey ho a lot of so called supporters sitting at home, full of glee, because we didn't win."..

.We sat at home, but I can assure you,that we were still disappointed we didn't win...

As a previous poster said, groups of people responding in different ways need to show mutual respect.

We know who the real enemy is, after all.....

Read through this thread. There were lots of people gleeful when Burton scored. Maybe not you but plenty were.