v Derby County (h) - 15/3/22

[Guest]

Mowbray and the players have got to look to wipe the slate clean. New mini season starts tomorrow. 9 winnable matches, 5 wins gets us 75 points and (imo) fifth/sixth place. One of those has to come tomorrow.

[1864roverite]

Sadly another defeat looms

[Wheelton Blue]

1-0 Rovers win

Law of Averages says a win and a goal will come sooner or later.

Mind you, I said the same before Bristol.

[G Somerset Rover]

22 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

1-0 Rovers win

Law of Averages says a win and a goal will come sooner or later.

Mind you, I said the same before Bristol.

We beat QPR 1-0 and have still nosedived since.

Not aimed at you, but I saw it a lot over the weekend, why do people refer to Bristol City as Bristol? It’s only because I live here that I notice it so much, but it’s like calling Man Utd, Manchester. There’s a blue and white team here too.

Edited March 14, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Upside Down]

I can see us either winning this with a storming performance or getting beat in a total disgrace.

[RoversTilliDie]

On 13/03/2022 at 20:51, roversfan99 said:

4 nil?! We havent scored 4 goals in the last 13 gamed combined.

Gallagher was crap again yesterday, so difficult to pick a strikeforce considing how incapable of scoring all of our attackers are minus Dack and Brereton.

Would keep the back 3, id bring in Giles for Pickering, probably go with a front 3 of Hedges, Dolan and Khadra, not many goals there but thats the case in general. Nyambe if fit back on the right, if not go with Buckley there.

Best case scenario is a 1 nil I suspect.

I don't think we have seen the best of Hedges yet, give him 90 minutes to prove himself. People were criticising Khadra in his first few matches as sub till he was given 90 minutes, then they started praising him. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to get into a game. 

[RoversTilliDie]

59 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I can see us either winning this with a storming performance or getting beat in a total disgrace.

A storming performance with a goal shy strike force. Derby might not be pushovers, they desperately need points. 

 

[RoversTilliDie]

On 13/03/2022 at 18:52, chaddyrovers said:

What changes would people make to he starting 11? would anyone change formation(I would)? What do people think the result will be? 

Rovers will win this and I will go for 4 nil prediction

I would change formation and go back to 4-2-3-1 formation.

                        Kaminski

Lenihan Van Hecke Wharton Giles

               Travis Rothwell

           Dolan Buckley Khadra

                    Gallagher

Subs:- Pears Brown Pickering Johnson Dack Hedges JRC

The changes I would make is Mowbray and the Venkys.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, 1864roverite said:

Sadly another defeat looms

It's like somebody's told the team not to win over the last 13 matches all them sitters missed' and after that fantastic run they went on before the new year. I can guess your answer Diaz injured. One man doesn't make a whole team.

 

 

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, Geoff66 said:

The changes I would make is Mowbray and the Venkys.

In the words of Dustin's Bar Mitzvah:

Kick em out, kick em out, kick em in the face!

[1864roverite]

21 minutes ago, Geoff66 said:

It's like somebody's told the team not to win over the last 13 matches all them sitters missed' and after that fantastic run they went on before the new year. I can guess your answer Diaz injured. One man doesn't make a whole team.

 

 

My answer isn’t BBD it’s he way the team was set up, lack of tactics or creativity and an unwillingness to play Hedges or Giles from the off plus senior players not having the bollocks to take a penalty !

[den]

11 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What are we fighting for ? Not much as far as I can see. Happy days and all lads together down at Ewood.

Just reminds me of a line from a Country Joe and the Fish  song about Vietnam. 

“ What are we fighting for ? Who cares, I don’t give a damn “ .

The amount of real fighting spirit that the likes of Moran and Speedie showed back when we first struggled up out of this division is sadly lacking and has been for 10 years. We out football teams from time to time but how often do we actually out fight teams that are better than we are ? I’d say never.

I have to disagree here Tyrone. From what I’ve seen of Rovers, they’ve been running their socks off. Workrate isn’t the problem. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 minutes ago, den said:

I have to disagree here Tyrone. From what I’ve seen of Rovers, they’ve been running their socks off. Workrate isn’t the problem. 

Let’s hope you’re right tomorrow den because Derby will be fighting.

[Ossydave]

This is teed up absolutely perfectly for us to do a 'rovers'. 

Derby without an away win in 2022, we'll sure as hell do our best to end that 😵

Alas, football is weird sometimes and at some point we're gonna win a do and score a few too.

3 nil home win, then we'll go on to score 0 more goals all season.

[Oldgregg86]

Let’s sign Rooney on a pay as you play an hour before kick off with the promise of the hot seat come may and royally screw them 

Edited March 14, 2022 by Oldgregg86

[Oldgregg86]

Got a funny feeling he might start hedges tomorrow, like a mercer hunch . So don’t be shocked if he’s not in the squad 😂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Got a funny feeling he might start hedges tomorrow, like a mercer hunch . So don’t be shocked if he’s not in the squad 😂

Or playing right wing back.

[tomphil]

He'll know people are questioning the signing i'm sure he browses social media it's almost like he's replying to this board at times. So he'll be trying to figure a way to shoehorn him in.

 

[Mercer]

Derby are in real turmoil, in administration with a very uncertain future.

Looking at recent results, Derby fare badly against top 6 sides. 

Surely, surely, surely, this will be the win we desperately need.

Gone for Rovers win at just less than evens and Rovers to score more than 2 goals at 4/1.

I'd go Kaminski / Lenihan, Hecke, Wharton / JRC, Rothwell, Travis, Giles / Dolan / Khadra, Vale

 

Anyone interested in Cheltenham tomorrow and wanting to fill their boots then go big (each way) on Coeur Sublime @ 16/1 in the 14.10!!! 

 

Edited March 15, 2022 by Mercer

[yankfan]

If Gallagher starts we will struggle to score again. I don’t care that Khadra, Dolan, Buckley aren’t 6’4”, Gallagher is and doesn’t do anything with it. I’d rather have players that have at least one skill on the pitch. TM will never start Dack, so I’d expect an unchanged lineup from last week and the same result. 

[TheRovers1994]

It really annoys me how much stick people give to Gallagher and Buckley when they are both out of position and Mis managed by a crap manager, a better manager with knowledge will turn them to gold 

[Ossydave]

I actually think Gallagher would like to be benched now. In fact I'm sure most of his goals this season have come as a sub too. Watch 60-70 mins on the bench with Uncle Tony and learn to read the game with him as he's such an expert. The finger is pointed mainly at Gallagher because without Diaz he should really be our biggest goal threat, he's really not though, although as you say its not helped one bit by the tactics. He's bound to be feeling the pressure.

I'd like to have seen Vale or Hedges given a start. Vale played (and scored shock horror) last night so it won't be him, Hedges isn't getting a sniff either. It's a ridiculous thing to say but a Gallagher injury now would possibly be a good thing as it would force his stubborn hand.

[AllRoverAsia]

10 hours ago, Wheelton Blue said:

1-0 Rovers win

Law of Averages says a win and a goal will come sooner or later.

Mind you, I said the same before Bristol.

LoL, I said exactly the same.

Tonight I'm going for a Dack goal in open play in a 1-0 win.

So anytime from 62 minutes onwards, barring injuries.

More likely than Hedges starting.

[OldEwoodBlue]

Today is a good day.

Tonight we can all smile and know we only have 8 more games with this buffoon at the helm.

Score is a sideshow.

[arealbrfcfan]

Flabergasted by results lately and whats more is seeing how many chanches we are having. The laws of averages and all that but really we have to be looking at a win tonight and nothing else

3-0 to Rovers tonight.