v Barnsley (h) - 29/12/21

[Tugay-is-God]

2019 Brereton returns!! 

[Darwen Rover 007]

I think we should buy the Barnsley RB Brittain.. he looks very good 

[Tugay-is-God]

EI-EI-EI-O....!

[47er]

2 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Should have been 21.

Blackpool equalise against Boro 1-1.

Boro score a 2nd!

[G Somerset Rover]

GET IN!!!

Few signs of the frailties from seasons gone, but that’s a huge win. 

[moerpho]

And that is another 3 points in the box. I think I have become a believer tonight! Love this team to bits. 

[WacoRover]

YES!!! Elated at this run of results 

[neophox]

Massive win! Brereton is the King!!!!! ROVERS ROVERS ROVERS!!!!!!

[Ulrich]

1 hour ago, Ulrich said:

It’s coming 2nd half 👍 and with it bookies will weep 😂😂

I did a chaddy 👍

Shame I went for Chelsea and sporting to win as well hahaha.

[joey_big_nose]

Amazing result.  Some nervy moments but really we should have won very easily given the bucket of chances.

 

[neophox]

20 goals from Brereton before end of year!!! Sheer magic!!!

[DE.]

Don't break this team up in January, Rovers. The momentum we have is real - this is unquestionably the best chance we've had of returning to the top flight since we went down.

[Mr. E]

We were nailed on to lose a game like this every season in recent times...is this the biggest sign yet we are onto something special?

[neophox]

We will have learned alot from this game. Credit to Barnsley who will take points with their new manager.

 

Hudds next!!

[BigBar]

That miss from Ben at the end👀

[47er]

And once again the opposition had easily the most possession!!

[CambridgeRover]

Through by the skin on our teeth

We need to move on from Travis and Gallagher. They are being carried by the others players

[bigbrandjohn]

Phew the new shirt broken in with a win. Glad Barnsley didn't take their chances   

[neophox]

2 minutes ago, BigBar said:

That miss from Ben at the end👀

Yes... but he's also scored 20 goals...but it was a big miss...maybe a wake up call for him to... his finish for 2-1 was superb!

[RoverDom]

10 points clear in the play offs with a decent goal difference. I really really hope by March I'm not back to wanting mowbray out

[BigBar]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Yes... but he's also scored 20 goals...but it was a big miss...maybe a wake up call for him to... his finish for 2-1 was superb!

I'm aware how many he's scored, im saying it ironically, didn't look like the finish of a 20 goal striker. Just banter pal.

[Blue blood]

Huge game psychologically for us. Expected to win. Dominated. Sucker punch equaliser. That's tough mentally to come back from. And yet we did. 

I've thought many of our issues have been psychological/mental over the last few years - bottling it when we were near playoffs, not holding onto leads, so to overcome a mental challenge like this is especially pleasing. 

[moerpho]

A big shoutout for Lenihan today. That was a true captains performance and some truly great passes. A solid 8.

[joey_big_nose]

1pt off top. Insane. We've played six wins in a row and every game looked comfortably the better team

How have we done it? 

I know a lot of people will say "round pegs" - but is it really? Brereton wide left, Buckley false 9, Nyambe and Pickering in midfield. It's really quite an unusual setup which is the culmination of Mowbrays strange tactical innovations.

Non Rovers fans who have just woken up to us will be looking at the team we put out and thinking we have a tactical genius as a manager. Maybe they are right? It was just was a while in the oven.

[Tom]

Huge win, it’s one that if we let it slip we’d be complaining that teams with ambitions of promotion find ways to win, and we did just that 

There’s a real belief around, genuinely no reason why we can’t do this