Leeds United v Rovers: Boxing Day 2018, 3pm

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Why is reed on the bench?

He finished the game on Saturday hobbled. He's probably not fully fit. 

[Stuart]

21 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

Here we go ..

Here we stop, surely?

That is the worst side that Mowbray has picked to date - by some distance. What are we playing, 6-1-2-1??

Mowbray comes out and says Brereton doesn’t have a problem with his confidence then drops him from the squad! Needs to stop saying one thing and doing another.

Frightening.

Bring on the 3-0 win!!

[Fraserkirky]

Looks like Tony has been back on this message board. Few of us asking for the wing back formation with Dack in midfield, and two up top. Well it looks like that’s what we are getting today. Smallwood dropped thank god.

I don’t have any problem with Dack coming deeper to get on the ball when we have two up top.

[roversfan99]

I suspect that it might be Armstrong and Dack both off Graham, rather than Armstrong alongside Graham.

Thats how it has been in the past anyway.

[HowieFive0]

Just now, Stuart said:

Here we stop, surely?

That is the worst side that Mowbray has picked to date - by some distance. What are we playing, 6-1-2-1??

Mowbray comes out and says Brereton doesn’t have a problem with his confidence then drops him from the squad! Needs to stop saying one thing and doing another.

Frightening.

Bring on the 3-0 win!!

Sorry stuart my Here we go comment ..was simply ..heres the team ?

[Oldgregg86]

It looks like

                Raya.       

Leni mulgrew Williams

Bell.                    Nyambe

      Rodwell  Evans

                Dack    Graham.   Armstrong

 

 

Edited December 26, 2018 by Oldgregg86

[Stuart]

1 minute ago, HowieFive0 said:

Sorry stuart my Here we go comment ..was simply ..heres the team ?

I know mate, it was a good link that’s all.

Really looking forward to being wrong but this looks like being a shocker.

[blueboy3333]

Just now, Oldgregg86 said:

It looks like

                Raya.       

Leni mulgrew Williams

Bell.                    Nyambe

      Rodwell  Evans

                Dack    Graham.   Armstrong

 

 

We must be targeting their right-back?

[blueboy3333]

17 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Why is reed on the bench?

Hamstring strain. 

[blueboy3333]

 

According to the LT^

[Doug]

Not enough pace, energy or ability in this line up.

Like Rodwell coming in for Smallwood but what does Rothy have to do?

Armstrong, Nyambe , Bell, Williams, Lenihan  shouldn't be played in the same team, too many league 1 ability players for one team.

I'm not usually the negative sort, but after the weaknesses of our team that were exposed by Norwich, I fear Leeds will tear us a new one!!

Anyway, come on Rovers, give us a win!!!

 

[Stuart]

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

 

According to the LT^

Rodwell aside that’s looking like the team that used to lose us game after game in L1 - until TM scrapped it.

[HowieFive0]

Just now, Stuart said:

I know mate, it was a good link that’s all.

Really looking forward to being wrong but this looks like being a shocker.

?

[HowieFive0]

Just now, Stuart said:

Rodwell aside that’s looking like the team that used to lose us game after game in L1 - until TM scrapped it.

I think we ve all got to come to the realisation that the squad we have at the moment regardless of formation/position has hit its ceiling. 

Only new blood in January/Summer in positions we re weak in is going to take us up another level. 

[blueboy3333]

1 minute ago, Stuart said:

Rodwell aside that’s looking like the team that used to lose us game after game in L1 - until TM scrapped it.

I think Rodwell is a liability defensively (his pens-conceded-to-minutes-played ratio must be right up there) so it could be a lot worse than that. 

I'm hoping we at least go two up top with Dack in behind if we are going to play 7 defenders. 

[blueboy3333]

Just now, HowieFive0 said:

I think we ve all got to come to the realisation that the squad we have at the moment regardless of formation/position has hit its ceiling. 

Only new blood in January/Summer in positions we re weak in is going to take us up another level. 

 Is Mogga the man to do that? He failed miserably this summer. 

[RevidgeBlue]

14 minutes ago, blueboy3333 said:

Hamstring strain. 

Isn't that a reason for him NOT being on the bench?

I would have thought that a fit Travis was a better option than a semi crocked Reed. 

The line up isn't quite as unimaginative as I was fearing, we usually line up with seven or eight defensive players plus Dack and Graham anyway.

 

Edited December 26, 2018 by RevidgeBlue

[yellowsubmarine]

7-2-1. Lets give it a go! Come on Rovers!

[HowieFive0]

1 minute ago, blueboy3333 said:

 Is Mogga the man to do that? He failed miserably this summer. 

Who knows BB ..as we all know  no manager nailed on for success. 

Depends what targets Owners/TM set this season ? Stay in this division and we ll take it from there ? The 7M spent on Ben B clouds this and instantly puts pressure on TM ..although no one on here quite sure who authorised that signing ..those who ve seen the Sunderland Netflix doc will see that nothing is as straightforward as you seem with players in and players out ! ..

[perthblue02]

Brererton ill according to ifollow

[Waggy76]

This is going to be a difficult afternoon ...

[HowieFive0]

Just now, Waggy76 said:

This is going to be a difficult afternoon …

Every afternoon is difficult watching Rovers ..?

[perthblue02]

4-4-1-1 formation apparently

 

[RevidgeBlue]

With pacey inventive midfielders zipping the balk about either side of him Evans looks so far out of his depth its frightening. Doing a Lowe, jogging about a bit whilst the game goes on around him.

[HowieFive0]

ball in net by Dack ..whistle already gone ..