[Archived] ROVERS VS WIGAN

[RV Blue]

Sack him.

[AdamRochina]

Was gonna watch the game now I'm not gonna bother 

[booth]

One player sets up a goal, one scores a goal. He drops both.

[Waggy76]

cant go today but he is frightened of the opposition ,  I had a gut feeling he would drop Chapman..

Defeat , I am afraid . hope to be proved wrong ¬

 

[Mercer]

Wow, just don't get dropping of Graham and Chapman.  

Still got a gut feel about a Rovers' win and stuck a modest bet on at 7/2 earlier in week.  Was going to bang more on today subject to line up but not now.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

That's a crap selection.

No way we win this.  The ball will not be retained up front.  

[Gav]

Graham can think himself unlucky not to start, but aside from that the side spot on for us playing away from home against the league leaders where we'll potentially spend plenty of time without the ball, so no point playing Chapman and another striker.

Still going for a draw, so is Tony.

[AdamRochina]

Just now, Gav said:

Graham can think himself unlucky not to start, but aside from that the side spot on for us playing away from home against the league leaders where we'll potentially spend plenty of time without the ball, so no point playing Chapman and another striker.

Still going for a draw, so is Tony.

And when we are 2 or 3 down what will mystic mogga do then when the draw becomes out of reach?  I expected a drubbing but this line up confirms Tony is scared of other teams 

[bigbrandjohn]

Antonsson runs around a bit more which is what  we will need to start the game and Conway has the bit between his teeth and works hard to cover  

I have seen worse line ups and he still has the options on the bench. It does my head in to think we are in the position of being spooked out playing Wigan. Such is life. 

[davulsukur]

TM was always going to drop Chapman for this game. Didn't think he would drop Graham though.

A loss and it will all come back onto him. 

[Hasta]

Dropping Chapman for Conway makes the side more static.

He's then had to drop Graham to make us a bit more mobile. 

[G Somerset Rover]

Leeds fans all told us that Antonsson can not play up top on his own - he doesn’t have the strengths to play the role. It’s just going to keep coming back at us all day long.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, bigbrandjohn said:

Antonsson runs around a bit more which is what  we will need to start the game and Conway has the bit between his teeth and works hard to cover  

I have seen worse line ups and he still has the options on the bench. It does my head in to think we are in the position of being spooked out playing Wigan. Such is life. 

Antonnson runs around alright but to no purpose. When did he ever win the ball back off an opposing defender ? Would you be shaking in your boots having to mark him ? I wouldn't be. 

Mowbray has set us up not to lose  so I expect the cavalry to be brought on when the damage has been done and it's too late.

 

[JacknOry]

Interestingly, Nuttall still cannot make the bench with Samual suspended.

[Bigdoggsteel]

Antonnsson first goal a cert

[USABlue]

28 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Antonsson and Conway in for Graham and Chapman.

WTF.  Why, way to motivate, play well get dropped.  Piss poor management.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Antonnsson first goal a cert

I'd be delighted if that was the case.

[OJRovers]

£27 to watch your best player warm up on the touchline.

Mowbray will be rightly criticised if it doesn't go well with the starting line up. 

[Pedro]

He's not up front on his own is he? He's got Dack up there playing as a 10.

Decent team, mustn't lose and we all know that Chapman can deliver off the bench.  Fingers crossed.

[Husky]

Must win game for those that think we are still in the automatic promotion hunt. A draw or defeat means that we will be in the mix for top 6 at best.

I suspect we'll go for a bore draw and lose. Mowbray is too negative for automatic promotion.

Team set up to draw and 2-1 to Wigan.

[blueboy3333]

Playing a bloke up front on his own who can't hold up the ball is lunacy...especially as we may resort to hoofing it when they put us under pressure.

 

[HowieFive0]

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

Playing a bloke up front on his own who can't hold up the ball is lunacy...especially as we may resort to hoofing it when they put us under pressure.

 

Lets hope the other nine players man up and step up to the plate to make sure we aint under pressure and just hoofing !

[jim mk2]

Mowbray overthinks things. Football when it's played well is a simple game. . 

[blueboy3333]

Just now, HowieFive0 said:

Lets hope the other nine players man up and step up to the plate to make sure we aint under pressure and just hoofing !

It's not a case of 'manning up' if everybody drops deep because that's how Mowbray has set the team up. If you drop deep you have to have someone up front who can get hold the ball. Antonsson is the worst player I've seen in a long time at holding it up.

[skous18]

will they stream the game somewhere and thats some poor desicion from mowbray to play antonssone