v Swansea City (a) - 6/8/22

[Andy]

Really pleasing first half.

It’s not always about flowing football and dominating teams - to be successful you have to be tactically savvy and alter your approach for the situation.

Big credit to Hedges (2 assists in 2 games for him), he makes that goal, well finished also.

Back four look solid, let’s hope same again in the second half.

Edited August 6, 2022 by Andy

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Miker said:

Have to say it doesn't look like we're missing Nyambe or Lenihan at the moment. I see Rothwell is already a sick note for Bournemouth at the start of the season as well. Onwards and upwards with this team and manager!

Darragh and his new pals have conceded 3 at QPR in 45 mins. 

[Exiled in Toronto]

2 minutes ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Just let the boring gits have the ball in their own half.

You can't score there.

So far we look comfortable and organised.

Ayala on his deck chair.

Agreed. Let them piss about playing in front of our entire team as much as they like. I’m really liking Hedges’ awareness, he sees what’s going on around him, you can’t coach that. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

2 minutes ago, J*B said:

I’m told I am allowed to let you embed links to tweets, therefore…

Great goal Sammie!

Oh sorry, is that a thing? 

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

 

Could have won a penalty and got Fulton sent off, but I'll settle for a goal instead. 

[BigBar]

Great to be in front. Hedges done well in the end but you'd like to see him go on and tuck it away himself. Happy days though.

[ItsRoverZ]

4 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Darragh and his new pals have conceded 3 at QPR in 45 mins. 

A QPR team we never gave a sniff too, they had a long range strike that hit the bar but that's it 

[Colt Seavers]

Very early days of course but we don't look leaky at the back so far this season. We must be channelling our inner Howard Kendal.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, Exiled in Toronto said:

Agreed. Let them piss about playing in front of our entire team as much as they like. I’m really liking Hedges’ awareness, he sees what’s going on around him, you can’t coach that. 

I love seeing their GK (Fisher, a Rovers Academy graduate) acting like he's Edison. 

That's going to result in 5+ goals over the course of the season for the opposition.

[Ulrich]

Nice

[oldjamfan1]

16 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

                        Kaminski

Brittain      Ayala    Wharton    Pickering

                  Travis    Buckley

  Brereton-Diaz  Szmodics   Hedges

                        Gallagher

1-3, debut goal for Sammie and Diaz and Dack with the other 2.

Ooh. Correct starting line up and as predicted a Sammie goal. It couldn’t could it?…. 😂

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, ItsRoverZ said:

A QPR team we never gave a sniff too, they had a long range strike that hit the bar but that's it 

Exactly mate, but that's the Championship! I'm hoping it's as even as last year and that most teams have a chance of the play-offs. 

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, Colt Seavers said:

Very early days of course but we don't look leaky at the back so far this season. We must be channelling our inner Howard Kendal.

Ayala is genuinely a PL quality CB, he holds everything together at the back. He was my MOTM against QPR and he's playing exceptionally well today too.

You just don't get enough games out of him. Lenihan asking for parity with him is laughable. 

[roverandout]

Going to be a good season.  This league is their for the taking 

[TimmyJimmy]

Swansea targeting out of left field diagonal balls at our left back. Pretty consistent so obviously a tactic. Must have Pickering down as a weak point.

We're letting Swansea have the ball up to the half way line then we're biting them. Solid two rows of 4 behind the ball. Look strong so far but it only takes one good through ball.

BBD getting lumps kicked out of him.

Need more of that intensity that JDT talks about in the 2nd half.

[WacoRover]

Rovers are certainly competitive. So far this season, I love our new player acquisitions. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, TimmyJimmy said:

We're letting Swansea have the ball up to the half way line then we're biting them.

The Mike Tyson approach to competitive sport!

[Blueandwhitemike]

Great to be ahead but could still go either way this one, they have some good players and Manning has out a couple of cracking balls in, if they’d been better they’d have finished one

[Butty]

EDIT: Error

Edited August 6, 2022 by Butty

[Dan]

5 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Ooh. Correct starting line up and as predicted a Sammie goal. It couldn’t could it?…. 😂

Lottery numbers please pal ☺️🤞🏻

[matt83]

Watching Swansea play I’m having flashbacks to that mind numbing season where rovers decided pointless possession in our own half was the way to play. 

[Dan]

2 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

The Mike Tyson approach to competitive sport!

Shock Suarez signing incoming? 😂

[Dan]

Swansea playing AC/DC at the start of the second half. Lucky Owen? 🤞🏻

[Dan]

1 minute ago, matt83 said:

Watching Swansea play I’m having flashbacks to that mind numbing season where rovers decided pointless possession in our own half was the way to play. 

And then we’d get hit with a sucker punch. Nice to be on the opposite side of that. Hopefully we can keep it up. 

[moerpho]

Why is Gallagher such a favourite with managers? Reminds of Lowe. Surely we have better alternatives on the bench?