Championship 21/22

[booth]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

A crisis to me would be if we were in the relegation places

Not going up vs going down. What would be the biggest loss in income?

Not being snarky, I genuinely don’t know.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just watching Forest v Hudds. Why is they can take real corners and we can’t. Both teams are quicker, more urgent , more decisive than Rovers.

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Just watching Forest v Hudds. Why is they can take real corners and we can’t. Both teams are quicker, more urgent , more decisive than Rovers.

most likely because they practice them in training,decent set pieces can be worth 10+ goals a season

both sides are playing like we did before febuary,fast,forward passing and looking to get in behind teams,somehow we`ve gone back to the possesion based **** of last season,though not having a centre forward has`nt helped

[rigger]

8 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Just watching Forest v Hudds. Why is they can take real corners and we can’t. Both teams are quicker, more urgent , more decisive than Rovers.

At the U18s last week, we seemed to concentrate more on sneaking the ball out of the corner D, than the quality of the actual cross.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Good game so far , two good teams zipping the ball around. Forest robbed with an offside goal that wasn’t for me.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Brilliant game, end to end stuff, Forest just scored with what we can’t do - work a set piece.

[rigger]

I would say Forest winning would be the best result for us.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Forest have that Spence going outside on the right and banging the ball in every time. None of this left footer cutting back inside nonsense.

Edited March 7, 2022 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, rigger said:

I would say Forest winning would be the best result for us.

I’d say it doesn’t matter, they’re both a goal better than us at the moment. They’d both give Fulham a game.

[rigger]

7 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’d say it doesn’t matter, they’re both a goal better than us at the moment. They’d both give Fulham a game.

It's the FA cup, whats Fulham got to do with it ?

[simongarnerisgod]

6 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Forest have that Spence going outside on the right and banging the ball in every time. None of this left footer cutting back inside nonsense.

football is a simple game,a fact that mowbray just does not adhere to

[AllRoverAsia]

Surridge leading the Forest front line well.

Forest have 2 goals from set pieces. We work from a different manual.

Good game.

Young Pearson gets an unexpected credit for not doing a dying swan act after that push and then getting a bit of afters albeit on the wrong player.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, rigger said:

It's the FA cup, whats Fulham got to do with it ?

I think you know what I mean. Fulham beat us in a stroll on Saturday. They wouldn’t beat either of these teams in a stroll.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Surridge leading the Forest front line well.

Forest have 2 goals from set pieces. We work from a different manual.

Good game.

Young Pearson gets an unexpected credit for not doing a dying swan act after that push and then getting a bit of afters albeit on the wrong player.

They’re playing another game to us, it’s not fair. Are you allowed to run around like that ?

[AllRoverAsia]

35 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Good game so far , two good teams zipping the ball around. Forest robbed with an offside goal that wasn’t for me.

Being able to pass first time and receive, turn and pass in one movement helps

[Waggy76]

Jordan Rhodes coming on, I think we could do with him 😂😂

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

most likely because they practice them in training,decent set pieces can be worth 10+ goals a season

both sides are playing like we did before febuary,fast,forward passing and looking to get in behind teams,somehow we`ve gone back to the possesion based **** of last season,though not having a centre forward has`nt helped

We really havent. We have had at times marginally more of the ball but we certainly havent been dominating possession. Teams seem to be playing deeper against us.

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Forest have that Spence going outside on the right and banging the ball in every time. None of this left footer cutting back inside nonsense.

Brereton as a right footer has cut in from the left onto his right and scored 20 goals. Our wing backs are always on the right side like Spence is.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

6 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

We really havent. We have had at times marginally more of the ball but we certainly havent been dominating possession. Teams seem to be playing deeper against us.

Brereton as a right footer has cut in from the left onto his right and scored 20 goals. Our wing backs are always on the right side like Spence is.

I’m not talking about strikers. I’m talking about guys like Giles who are hugging the touch line yet insist on coming back inside every time. Spence is trying to get around the back of the defence all the time. It’d help if we had full backs with the pace Spence has though.

How many goals has Brererton scored like that this season ? 

Edited March 7, 2022 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I see Rhodes came on and didn’t do anything. He’s slower now than he was before. I wouldn’t fancy playing either of those two in the play offs, Forest especially.

[BRFC4EVA]

So so frustrating that we are allowing this mismanaged Bournemouth team get away with it. We have gained 2 point on them tonight. Why oh why didn't we sign a striker in Jan? Madness

[Sparks Rover]

League if started at the beginning of Jan...Makes for grim reading compared to before January 

Edited March 9, 2022 by Sparks Rover

[G Somerset Rover]

What a bloody opportunity...if only we had someone who could put the ball in the back of the net.

[superniko]

21 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

What a bloody opportunity...if only we had someone who could put the ball in the back of the net.

Bang on.....with 10 games to go we only play 1 team in the Top 10 (Bournemouth at Home), compared to Huddersfield who have 5/10 against the Top 10.

Like you said it's a massive opportunity that hopefully we don't rue with results like Tuesday night.

Hopefully somebody can stick the ball in the net and we pick up 6 points from the next 2 at home! Unless we get that i'll still be nervy regardless of who we have to play.

 

[speeeeeeedie]

Although Rovers could drop out of the playoff spots if each of the 3 below win their game in hand I find it remarkable that after scoring 3 goals in 12 games Rovers aren't mid table.  

I can't see goals coming any time soon either though, but teams can't score against Rovers either. More draws on the way.

That Sheffield Utd loss is looking worse by the week. 

[Admiral Nelsen]

6 minutes ago, speeeeeeedie said:

Although Rovers could drop out of the playoff spots if each of the 3 below win their game in hand I find it remarkable that after scoring 3 goals in 12 games Rovers aren't mid table.  

I can't see goals coming any time soon either though, but teams can't score against Rovers either. More draws on the way.

That Sheffield Utd loss is looking worse by the week. 

 

I agree that our lack of goalscoring is a massive worry, but some positives to consider before the international break.

 

i) Bristol City & Reading have absolutely woeful defensive records - with the exception of Peterbrough they've let in around 10 goals more than the next worst defence in the league. Derby admittedly are much more solid, but even they haven't kept an away clean sheet since November.

ii) Whilst it's unlikely that we'll start being as clinical as we should be at least until BBD is back, law of averages suggest that we won't carry on being as profligate as we have been either. If we had an exact replica of the QPR chances for instance, even a team which is being wasteful would expect to have bagged at least one or two more. 

 

Any team will score if you create enough chances, so even though I worry about our options until Ben comes back, I think we're well capable of scoring the goals we need to win the next three before the international break. After then, we'll be relying on Brereton and maybe Dack to take the chances that others have been missing.