v West Ham United (a) - League Cup - 9/11/22

[AllRoverAsia]

2 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

got a bit frustrating when they cut away from our shootout just to babble on about liverpool, luckily they caught our final penalties live though

Yes, they should have replayed the ones they didn't cover live and then go back to live. They did that for others.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Gotta say - that looked like a foul in the lead up to their first goal - but hey ho, we are through 

[arealbrfcfan]

10 hours ago, roverandout said:

I will be at work so have 3 drinks for me 

Amazing atmosphere mate! I couldn’t see but I think some player with long sweaty hair jumped into the crowd I was too buzzing to see who it was either Diaz or Dack 

[A Northern Horde...]

Superb result...feels good around the Club atm.

[jodrell]

33 minutes ago, Crozzy said:

Will say i didn’t notice Dack when everyone was celebrating 

Gave his shirt to a fan and had a big grin on his face.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

After tonight every player should feel part of the set up. That’ll be great for after the World Cup. That BBD goal just put another £5 million on his fee.

[ossyian]

6 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

You don't think a team with Pears Rankin-Costello, Edun, Vale, Buckley et al is any weaker than a team with Trav, Hyam, Gally, Morton, Kaminski etc etc? 

That is surprising.

No I said apart from defence there isn't much difference.  Midfield to front is minimal apart from BBD. Look who played tonight Dack, Vale  Buckley, Markanday  swap with Szmodics, Hedges, Gallagher, Travis. I think we've got good depth now

[M_B]

Great win, 11 changes with 5 academy players in the starting line up and 3 on the bench. 

Pleased for Vale to notch, and Hirst to put his penalty away, but how must Szmodics have felt taking his? 

[oldjamfan1]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

Great win, 11 changes with 5 academy players in the starting line up and 3 on the bench. 

Pleased for Vale to notch, and Hirst to put his penalty away, but how must Szmodics have felt taking his? 

Because he’s a West Ham fan?

Would make him want to score even more I should think.

[garnersfags]

 

1 minute ago, A Northern Horde... said:

Superb result...feels good around the Club atm.

Ewood will be rocking on Sunday, should be a few hundred knocking about to see the coaches off before heading into the Premier Suite and Blues Bar for brekkie and to watch the game. 

Buzzin! 

[RV Blue]

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Edited November 9, 2022 by RV Blue

[Miller11]

Am I remembering right here… didn’t we lose to West Ham on penalties in 1998?

Wilcox redeemed his 1993 miss absolutely smashing one into the top corner, but Hendry missed the decisive one. If so I’m even happier with beating them tonight!

 

Edit: I am definitely remembering right. FA Cup replay. Finished 2-2 and Henry missed in sudden death. Hated Eyal Berkovic at the time as he’d had a run in with Kevin Gallacher and I think got him sent off.

Edited November 9, 2022 by Miller11

[Tricky]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12743189/west-ham-2-2-blackburn-rovers-9-10-on-pens-carabao-cup-highlights

 

[JPTSwindon]

Great result!

Cup runs are great for raising the profile and belief around the team.

Also lots of minutes for the wider squad - all players who will be expecting more time in the starting XI as the season progresses.

Good times!

[garnersfags]

EVERY. 

OUTFIELD.

PLAYER.

TOOK.

AND.

SCORED.

A.

PENALTY.

🎤

Edited November 9, 2022 by garnersfags

[bluebruce]

5 minutes ago, Tricky said:

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12743189/west-ham-2-2-blackburn-rovers-9-10-on-pens-carabao-cup-highlights

 

Watching the sheer amount of penalties there, with only the last one missed, is just ridiculous.

[garnersfags]

5 minutes ago, Tricky said:

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12743189/west-ham-2-2-blackburn-rovers-9-10-on-pens-carabao-cup-highlights

 

Ha-ha.

Crazy how nervous I still was, watching those pens....

[garnersfags]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

Watching the sheer amount of penalties there, with only the last one missed, is just ridiculous.

Strangely, Buckley's was the best of the lot.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

6 minutes ago, garnersfags said:

EVERY. 

OUTFIELD.

PLAYER.

TOOK.

AND.

SCORED.

A.

PENALTY.

You could watch Rovers for the next 50 years, if you’re lucky enough of course, and you won’t see a repeat of that - ever.

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He really needs a song at this point - and not just "JDT's blue and white army".

It's as easy as 1-2-3, J-D-T!

[superniko]

19 consecutive successful penalties is about 1000/1 if we consider the standard of player diminishes as it progresses 

Edited November 9, 2022 by superniko

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, starscascade said:

Well well

 

 

I must have missed the hatrick

[bigbrandjohn]

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

It's as easy as 1-2-3, J-D-T!

It’s so elementary

[Mercer]

Almost speechless for all the right reasons.

Absolutely terrific.

Proud, once more, to be a Rover. 

[RoverCanada]

Ah, well that was a fun one 🙂 Generally quite a good effort/performance from everyone.

Just before the equaliser, my friend (a neutral) commented, "huh, I wonder why they're not trying to get it to Brereton more...". Classic cut in and finish from him!

That backline had me nervous throughout, but West Ham's goals were ultimately the result of a couple lucky breaks (Buckley deserves some stick for the one goal - I'd have to see the replay - but otherwise I thought he was pretty good tonight).

Edun had a couple awkward moments defending the ball in the air, but was otherwise excellent. JRC definitely struggled a few times defensively, but also played a few great balls. Mola was good, but unsurprisingly tired. Carter... not sure he'll quite make it, but he did well in the end.

Can't believe Markanday couldn't finish either of those chances, and he went absent a few times. Showed he can handle the ball well, but I worry about his overall speed. Kinda like how Dolan (who was good tonight) has poor straight-line speed but can make up for it with his short bursts.

Dack struggled a bit when we were chasing West Ham, but also showed his class quite a few times in midfield.

West Ham... seemed to know how to generate a lot of corners but not much else. Pears seems to be an okay shot stopper, but an adventure with crosses.

Plus some excellent pens!