v Millwall (a) 14/8/21

[Roverthechimp]

1-1

Enjoyable tbh and great spirit to come back. Awesome header from BB on a great freekick from Rothwell

Changes were right to give TM cred

[Darrenbot]

Good point especially after conceding the first goal.2 games in and nobody in the Championship has won both games,when was the last time that happened.

[West Yorks Rover]

Millwall will be distraught at dropping 2 points, let's face it we were poor.

Better open the cheque book or we're going down.

Edited August 14, 2021 by West Yorks Rover

[yankfan]

Good result. We’re going to struggle against physical direct teams. Need to be better getting forward, moving Dolan out of the 9 role helped us get a hold up front better. Great to see Diaz scoring, would love to see his confidence grow. 

[DE.]

Good result for us. 15 shots to 2 tells a story - but we made the most of our chances and defended well, whilst Millwall only got 2/15 on target, scored once and conceded the only shot against them on target. One could argue they had a worse game than us.

[windymiller7]

Joint top! No one has maximum points from first 2 games - mad!

[TheRoversReturn]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

That'd be a hammerblow as we wouldn't replace him. We're already short upfront. 

We certainly are short up front, we play Dolan there! 😄

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Early days but it appears Pickering is not looking great at left back.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Tom said:

Sounds pretty uninspiring but a great point in the end especially after going behind 

A very tough game against a fired up Millwall who came out with the intention of bullying us. The ref let them get away with murder.

I thought we held up well and even had them crying to the ref at the end as we matched their physicality. Very promising - we'd have folded in recent years.

Travis clear MOTM for me - he's a brilliant CM at this level and vital for us. 

[OldEwoodBlue]

Davenport been good since coming on. Buckley was useless today. Too physical for him today. Chapman is crap. Nyambe poor today. Ayala MOM. Brereton really good second half.

Awful first half.

Enjoyable second half.

Fair result

[Cherry Blue]

What a joke Radio Lancs is saying 11 is the latest score when reading out today's results.

Good point despite lack of shots. Hope Rothwell is ok

[Miker]

Hopefully Rothwell is okay.

Not the best performance, but nice to see us come back to take a hard fought point. Millwall have strengthened quite a bit this season, and being able to hold them on their 1st home game post-lockdown is pretty good. 

Don't care if we have 20% possession and 1 shot on goal. If we can get results like this, we can have a good season.

[den9112]

Ben Brereton man of match 100% ..

 

[neophox]

Let's enjoy us being joint top of the table... Brereton will grow in confidence.. This is a real bonus.. Now we need some more competition in the team and kick on.. 

[barry_]

Good to hear the travelling Rover supporters in full voice doing what fans should be doing... supporting the team. 

[neophox]

A good start... If we invest the £10m we got from Armstrong sale right we could have a nice season. Mowbray need to prove us wrong in his last season... 

[bigbrandjohn]

What a difference a Diaz makes. Joint top with a slim squad. Too many choices just serves to confuse 😜

just need to find a connection to Uruguay or Peru for Gallagher and the transformation will be complete. 
 

BTW Armstrong will be feeling right at home. Scoring great goals in a team that concedes more. 

[islander200]

3 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Millwall will be distraught at dropping 2 points, let's face it we were poor.

Better open the cheque book or we're going down.

I think you underestimate how bad some of the teams are in this division.We ain't the only team with a piss poor bench.

We need signings no doubt but Huddersfield, Derby and Peterborough at a minimum are worse than us 

[1864roverite]

Unexpected point will take that! Took bumley for £8.00 means my acca is currently at £65.00 with me just waiting for a Liverpool win to top it off nicely 👍

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Early days but it appears Pickering is not looking great at left back.

I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion.

He's light years better than Bell and Douglas. 

[West Yorks Rover]

Just now, islander200 said:

I think you underestimate how bad some of the teams are in this division.We ain't the only team with a piss poor bench.

We need signings no doubt but Huddersfield, Derby and Peterborough at a minimum are worse than us 

But we've got Tony Mowbray.

[booth]

Good result.

[yankfan]

I don’t think we can continue to play Dolan up top against the more physical direct sides, like Millwall.  It’s too difficult for us to keep the ball when there’s no outlet. He’s a ball of energy and a real pest but with SG and BB wide, we have no ability to get up and out. Too bad BB and SG aren’t much better in the air than him. 
 

Hope Rothwell is ok, he had a strong match. 

[WacoRover]

Four points from the first six? You bet! 

To come back & score from 1-0, and to thwart Millwall, at the end, in their place, is a great effort. 

I’m satisfied with this start, let’s keep it going, lads! 

[Stuart]

4 minutes ago, barry_ said:

Good to hear the travelling Rover supporters in full voice doing what fans should be doing... supporting the team. 

Fans in the ground always do.

Seems an unnecessarily pointy comment.