Stoke City v Rovers (a) Sat. 19th Dec. 3pm

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

Just now, matt83 said:

As you know we’re very flexible with what stats matter. I’d wager we’ll be back to possession. 

Stats or hitting the post to be mentioned first though? 

[Tugay's Right Foot]

Gally 3/10 so far. Not winning or holding balls

[USABlue]

Can Gallagher do anything?

[USABlue]

Gally and Douglas on the end of that, you know nothing will come of it.

[davulsukur]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We have two injuries and a guy we're treating with kid gloves as we know his ankles are made of glass.

Most teams would struggle if three starting CBs were out. 

Why did we sign an injury prone player knowing our other 2 main centre backs were injury prone?

[Cherry Blue]

Try as we may we aren't going to get through a packed defense. 

[Stuart]

This is another poor poor game. Men against boys.

[USABlue]

I don't think this 11 can beak Stoke down.

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, davulsukur said:

Why did we sign an injury prone player knowing our other 2 main centre backs were injury prone?

Because the lad we wanted decided he'd rather sit on WBA's bench.

[Tormund]

Stoke time wasting already, really?

[Doogs]

Taxi for Tony...

[Proudtobeblue&white]

It's as if they are happy to win 1-0.

[Doogs]

Look at the job Neil Warnock has done at Boro. Nearly went down last season. Has the team organised...Tony hasn't achieved that as yet..  

[Sparks Rover]

Nyambe having a blinder apparently.  Well done Tony.  They'll be queuing to sign him

[Doogs]

Just now, Proudtobeblue&white said:

It's as if they are happy to win 1-0.

If only we could win 1 0 with our defence

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

2 minutes ago, Doogs said:

Look at the job Neil Warnock has done at Boro. Nearly went down last season. Has the team organised...Tony hasn't achieved that as yet..  

A few Warnock haters on here. He's twice the manager Mowbray is. 

Edited December 19, 2020 by Hoochie Bloochie Mama

[Sparks Rover]

Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

A few Warnock hates on here. He's twice the manager Mowbray is. 

Yeah, Chadmeister doesn't rate him.

[Tugay's Right Foot]

First half ending. Certain players offering nothing at all

[tomphil]

8 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Can Gallagher do anything?

Doesn't have too, he cost 5 million so the numpty who wasted that on him will keep throwing him in.

[Exiled_Rover]

Absolutely bossing this, just struggling to break them down and missed our clear cut chance. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

This has 2-0 written all over it.

[joey_big_nose]

Stoke look absolutely terrible.... Can't believe we haven't created more. Slips and mis control in the final third...

[simongarnerisgod]

we are dominating the game but have no end product,get a decent,ambitious manager he`d sort us out within a week,no outstanding teams in this division that`s what is driving me mad,it`s there for the taking

[New Jeru]

For all the possession we have, far too much of it is with players who aren't looking to do anything with it.  Not just today, but almost every game I've seen this season.

Trybull is having his best game I've seen him play, but between him, Johnson, the centre-halves, Kaminski, Douglas and recently Holtby, there's just no threat.  Most of them look way more anxious about possibly losing the ball than getting an attack going, so we go side to side over and over.

We need to get the ball to our more direct players a lot quicker.  It's not like we don't have them.  Armstrong, Elliott, Rothwell and even Nyambe can all run with the ball and exploit space and move the opposition around.  But instead we go left-back to centre-half to keeper to centre-half to right-back and let them get back into a formation where we struggle to break them down.

EDIT - Genuinely not a criticism of Trybull this time, he's doing his job very well, but when we play through him going forward the move is probably doomed.

Edited December 19, 2020 by New Jeru

[WacoRover]

66% possession, lol