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

[Sparks Rover]

What's Mercerbet saying.....?

[matt83]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

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

If he was a a free transfer or academy graduate I’d be astonished if he got as much football as he does. 

[G Somerset Rover]

Conceding that early against a team who have had 5 shut outs in 6 is just unforgivable. Mountain to climb yet again.

[Butty]

These aren’t great but they are really organised defensively, gunna be tough to get back here now. Got all the ball but doing absolutely nothing with it.

[G Somerset Rover]

6 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

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

Big Sam isn’t even better than Mowbray according to Joe H so you won’t see him agreeing with this!

[SBlue]

Injuries 1 Rovers 0

I think we’ve been ok tbh

Can see us scoring, but can also see us conceding - Johnson has only been tested once and came up short.

Really think we’re gonna be talking about “that year we somehow managed to have Harvey Elliott play for us” for years to come.

Keep the faith.

[Exiled_Rover]

Bloody time wasting at home.

Game's gone. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Tippy tappy shite

[Waggy76]

11 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

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

Yes , there's more than a grain of truth in that !!

[superniko]

- Stoke are not good, we always have 1 or 2 clangers in us and they were clinical when we offered it to them. They’re the perfect team for us to play against, we just need to stick it in the net. 

- Gallagher needs hooking off at HT, he is our weakest attacking link by a mile. Offering nothing and giving the ball away at every occasion. 

- Trybull superb, very mobile, good pressing and good technically. 
 

Dolan for Gallagher or Davenport for Gallagher and move Rothwell up there and carry on as we are. 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

3 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

66% possession, lol

Performance-based manager. 

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, matt83 said:

If he was a a free transfer or academy graduate I’d be astonished if he got as much football as he does. 

Put simply he wouldn’t. Mowbray needs dragging over the coals for the signing and his usage of him. Just bench him FFS, he’s awful.

[Miker]

Gallagher needs to come off half time. It's like playing with 10 men at the moment. He's not offering anything. 

We need a moment of magic to unlock the defence. Either need to get Dolan on, or give Chapman/Butterworth a chance. 

 

[joey_big_nose]

I'd get Dolan on and get him running at their full back. Exactly what we need. Stoke are happy for us to have the ball so this is the perfect game for him. Reckon he will cause absolute carnage.

[neophox]

Trybull and Johnson with Eliott best players on the pitch. The others need to stepup, notably Gallagher, Holtby and Rothwell. Douglas once again fault for the first goal missing his marking.

[duckson]

Gallagher will be on the pitch until the 85th minute....TM favourite. 

Edited December 19, 2020 by duckson

[New Jeru]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Bloody time wasting at home.

Game's gone. 

I'm just glad there's no fans in the ground to hear them playing Little Mix at half-time.

[LDRover]

So slow and ponderous. Stoke wi let us play in front of them all day. Let's see if our esteemed leader can use his famed tactical nous to get us back in the game.

 

[roversfan99]

Plenty of huffing and puffing, side to side passes, nothing substantial, no shots on target and yet another game without a clean sheet.

A lot of totally unsubstantiated snobbery from the commentators towards Stokes style too.

[neophox]

Brentford having fun with Reading.

[yellowsubmarine]

Knowing Tony... he's going to bring on... Buckley to unlock this giant Stoke team.

[Doogs]

3 minutes ago, Butty said:

These aren’t great but they are really organised defensively, gunna be tough to get back here now. Got all the ball but doing absolutely nothing with it.

That's a sign of a team going places. Just being organised...Tony cant organise us I am afraid 

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, LDRover said:

So slow and ponderous. Stoke wi let us play in front of them all day. Let's see if our esteemed leader can use his famed tactical nous to get us back in the game.

 

he`ll be stroking their ego`s and handing out the lemon drizzle cake

[Tugay's Right Foot]

We do miss Big Ben with his work rate, hold up and direct running. Thought he would be back

[Exiled in Toronto]

12 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

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

Apart from him not bothering to mark up at the throw in that led to the goal. Bell would’ve been crucified for that.