v Sunderland (h) 18/10/2022

[joey_big_nose]

3 hours ago, Iceman said:

Hows that George Hirst lad doing? 

I'm reserving judgement till he gets to play when we've got three centre mids on. He's been hung out to dry when we've played two centre mids like all the other strikers.

[Oldgregg86]

5 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

I'm reserving judgement till he gets to play when we've got three centre mids on. He's been hung out to dry when we've played two centre mids like all the other strikers.

I’m not writing him off just yet but regardless of the team we’ve played upto now he has done the basics wrong. At Wigan in particular he was so bad. Playing balls to slow, giving the ball away, not holding it up , there are some attributes to work with but at his age he really should be a more complete player to be playing at this level and he needs to improve dramatically to earn a place even on the bench at the minute 

[rigger]

1 minute ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I’m not writing him off just yet but regardless of the team we’ve played upto now he has done the basics wrong. At Wigan in particular he was so bad. Playing balls to slow, giving the ball away, not holding it up , there are some attributes to work with but at his age he really should be a more complete player to be playing at this level and he needs to improve dramatically to earn a place even on the bench at the minute 

After the way Hirst played against West Ham, he might struggle to make the U21s bench. End his loan period, and say thanks, but no thanks, to a permanant move.

[M_B]

I'll clap him, then hope we pick up another 3 points. He was right man at the right time for Rovers, and left us in good shape. 

Could be the night for Szmodics to cement his place. 

 

[Sparks Rover]

10 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

I'm reserving judgement till he gets to play when we've got three centre mids on. He's been hung out to dry when we've played two centre mids like all the other strikers.

He struggles with basics, not sure our formation really matters.

[Gav]

11 hours ago, SuperBrfc said:

@BigBar

He publicly admitted convincing Stuart Harvey, part of the Rovers recruitment team, to leave Rovers and join Sunderland. This was whilst both Mowbray and Harvey were working for Rovers. 

 

Pep Guardiola persuaded Mikel Arteta to take the Arsenal Job and leave Many City, do you think City fans are up in arms about that? Or do they understand these things happen in football and wished him all the best?

We live in a society today where everyone wants to be offended by something, this is a prime example of that, I bet most fans had never even heard of Stuart Harvey before the story broke, I certainly hadn't. 

On Mowbray, he deserve the fans respect and he'll get it, the fans who attend understand the job he did, the players he produced and promotions are rare at Ewood.

I wish him all the best, but not this week, Rovers 2 Sunderland 0

[Mattyblue]

Promotions out of the third division are rare because we ain’t spent much of our 150 years down there!

(But yes, fair play to him for a quick exit from that god forsaken league, as other clubs have shown, it ain’t easy. But it’s nowt to crow about for Blackburn Rovers).

Edited October 17, 2022 by Mattyblue

[Exiled_Rover]

36 minutes ago, Gav said:

Pep Guardiola persuaded Mikel Arteta to take the Arsenal Job and leave Many City, do you think City fans are up in arms about that? Or do they understand these things happen in football and wished him all the best?

We live in a society today where everyone wants to be offended by something, this is a prime example of that, I bet most fans had never even heard of Stuart Harvey before the story broke, I certainly hadn't. 

On Mowbray, he deserve the fans respect and he'll get it, the fans who attend understand the job he did, the players he produced and promotions are rare at Ewood.

I wish him all the best, but not this week, Rovers 2 Sunderland 0

I'm a fan who attends and it'll take a lot for me not to boo him.

[Admiral Nelsen]

26 minutes ago, Gav said:

Pep Guardiola persuaded Mikel Arteta to take the Arsenal Job and leave Many City, do you think City fans are up in arms about that? Or do they understand these things happen in football and wished him all the best?

We live in a society today where everyone wants to be offended by something, this is a prime example of that, I bet most fans had never even heard of Stuart Harvey before the story broke, I certainly hadn't. 

On Mowbray, he deserve the fans respect and he'll get it, the fans who attend understand the job he did, the players he produced and promotions are rare at Ewood.

I wish him all the best, but not this week, Rovers 2 Sunderland 0

 

Must admit, I really struggle to get wound up by much that he's said in the press, either when he was here or since he left.

 

He'll get cricket applause from me based on the job that he did. I suspect that'll be the same for most others inside Ewood, but we'll see. 

[Gav]

26 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Promotions out of the third division are rare because we ain’t spent much of our 150 years down there!

(But yes, fair play to him for a quick exit from that god forsaken league, as other clubs have shown, it ain’t easy. But it’s nowt to crow about for Blackburn Rovers).

Its was a general point on promotions, I've seen 5 I think in almost 50yrs - They're rare alright. 

[tomphil]

Relegations are rare as well thankfully and he over saw one of them so he was putting that right and credit for that but can't have it both ways.

[Admiral Nelsen]

11 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Relegations are rare as well thankfully and he over saw one of them so he was putting that right and credit for that but can't have it both ways.

 

He definitely can though - he might've been holding the parcel when the music stopped, but our results after he took over were not far off playoff form. With probably the worst squad in many of our lifetimes. 

Yes we were still relegated, but there's a world of difference between the two scenarios and the amount of credit/blame he gets for them. 

[RoversClitheroe]

Can't stand Mowbray - getting a big old Boo from me.

Edited October 17, 2022 by RoversClitheroe

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Pep Guardiola persuaded Mikel Arteta to take the Arsenal Job and leave Many City, do you think City fans are up in arms about that? Or do they understand these things happen in football and wished him all the best?

We live in a society today where everyone wants to be offended by something, this is a prime example of that, I bet most fans had never even heard of Stuart Harvey before the story broke, I certainly hadn't. 

On Mowbray, he deserve the fans respect and he'll get it, the fans who attend understand the job he did, the players he produced and promotions are rare at Ewood.

I wish him all the best, but not this week, Rovers 2 Sunderland 0

Nope, he is a gurning chump who specialised in gaslighting Rovers fans for at least the last two years of his time here, possibly longer.

I sincerely hope his replacement is able to out think, out manouvre, out-play him and his new employer tomorrow evening. It's a low bar, from where I stand (sit) but hey ho, you'd hope Rovers have kicked on since the woe is Mowbray show left town.

3-1 to the Mighty Rovers!

COYB!

[RoversTilliDie]

12 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

I'm reserving judgement till he gets to play when we've got three centre mids on. He's been hung out to dry when we've played two centre mids like all the other strikers.

I think Hirst is just missing his first goal for Rovers, it took Hedges time to chalk up is 1st goal, and he's turned into a decent player. 

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

 

Must admit, I really struggle to get wound up by much that he's said in the press, either when he was here or since he left.

 

He'll get cricket applause from me based on the job that he did. I suspect that'll be the same for most others inside Ewood, but we'll see. 

He might get something else from the crowd if Rovers lose.

[Norbert Rassragr]

We won on Saturday, so we will lose this one.

[Paul Mani]

                         Kaminski 

       Carter        Hyam        Wharton

Brittain              Morton                  Hedges
              Buckley            Wharton   

                      Gally       BBD

SUBS

Pears, Phillips, Pickering, Garrett, Dack, Dolan, Szmodics

[rigger]

11 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

                         Kaminski 

       Carter        Hyam        Wharton

Brittain              Morton                  Hedges
              Buckley            Wharton   

                      Gally       BBD

SUBS

Pears, Phillips, Pickering, Garrett, Dack, Dolan, Szmodics

Would be nice to see.

[Rover_in_the_South]

It looks like this one is live on sky again? No red button mentioned...

[windymiller7]

15 minutes ago, Rover_in_the_South said:

It looks like this one is live on sky again? No red button mentioned...

Yes, main game on tomorrow - Amazon are showing Prem games on Prime Video though.

Rovers with a WLWLWL form with this one landing on a 'L', an ex-manager in town, main game live on Sky.......what could possibly go wrong!?

Come on Rovers, prove me wrong.

[Rover_in_the_South]

3 minutes ago, windymiller7 said:

Yes, main game on tomorrow - Amazon are showing Prem games on Prime Video though.

Rovers with a WLWLWL form with this one landing on a 'L', an ex-manager in town, main game live on Sky.......what could possibly go wrong!?

Come on Rovers, prove me wrong.

Would certainly be bucking a lot of trends if we won. We rarely play well on Sky

Thanks, Windy

[toogs]

18 minutes ago, Rover_in_the_South said:

Would certainly be bucking a lot of trends if we won. We rarely play well on Sky

Thanks, Windy

What is our record on sky post 2000? Would love to see the stats. My gut says truly Abysmal.

[rigger]

9 minutes ago, toogs said:

What is our record on sky post 2000? Would love to see the stats. My gut says truly Abysmal.

So we are due a good one !

[AllRoverAsia]

55 minutes ago, Rover_in_the_South said:

It looks like this one is live on sky again? No red button mentioned...

It's on Sky Football and Main plus it's selected for international coverage so not on Rovers TV, unless they still accommodate "dark" countries.