v Norwich City (a) - 17/12/22

[Ossydave]

16 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Apparently did a hissy fit when not in the Burnley squad.....sent his agent in and everything 

Why lie? Very odd behaviour 

[Dreams of 1995]

17 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Apparently did a hissy fit when not in the Burnley squad.....sent his agent in and everything 

Love that he was unhappy about not being in the squad. It’s what we want to see 

The agent malarkey is a bit petulant though 

Is this confirmed or pub talk? 

[Miller11]

18 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Apparently did a hissy fit when not in the Burnley squad.....sent his agent in and everything 

Don’t blame him.

[rovers11]

Brilliant result. The starting 11 line up was a huge gamble but it paid off. We ditched the passing out from the back tactic and went more direct, it really suited us. Norwich were terrible though.

Much needed win. 

[Gav]

13 hours ago, Gav said:

Safe journey to the Rovers fans making the trip today. Every single one of you are a credit to the club and the town for making this trip in these conditions.

I hope you bring the points back with you.

Absolutely made up for the fans that travelled. 

It’s a funny old game….

[WacoRover]

One of our players at games end took off his shirt to give a young fan, but the camera cut away. Who was the player? 

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Yep...neither were we sitting fifth in the league!

We were actually 2nd place when Kean left.

[bigbrandjohn]

17 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

Brilliant result. The starting 11 line up was a huge gamble but it paid off. We ditched the passing out from the back tactic and went more direct, it really suited us. Norwich were terrible though.

Much needed win. 

One of the reasons they were terrible was passing from the back 🤣

We chased everything. They were unsettled with that. Maybe we learned something from Burnley and Preston.   

[Sparks Rover]

32 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Why lie? Very odd behaviour 

Ask @J*B  came from him....

[chaddyrovers]

52 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Why lie? Very odd behaviour 

can you say more about the situation please? 

[only2garners]

1 hour ago, Sparks Rover said:

Apparently did a hissy fit when not in the Burnley squad.....sent his agent in and everything 

He deserved to be dropped - he was poor at West Ham and rightly substituted.

Just back at my son’s in London tucking into a really nice Chilean Pinot Noir.

[only2garners]

52 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

One of our players at games end took off his shirt to give a young fan, but the camera cut away. Who was the player? 

There were at least two - I think Dack and Ayala.

[Hasta]

53 minutes ago, Mike E said:

We were actually 2nd place when Kean left.

But that wasn’t before the game he was referring to.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Hasta

[joey_big_nose]

Thought we defended and broke on the counter really well, though we seemed under the cosh for most of the game  It felt like both a good well earned win yet also a bit fortunate which is an odd mix.

Anyway after a run of difficult fixtures we're back looking at a lot of winnable games ober the next couple of months and we are third. Great position to be in.... 

[47er]

54 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

One of the reasons they were terrible was passing from the back 🤣

We chased everything. They were unsettled with that. Maybe we learned something from Burnley and Preston.   

Perhaps they need a week in Marbella between games!

[JPTSwindon]

Well, well…

I feared the worst after 2 pathetic performances, the match being on TV and all the expected promotion prospects winning.

A lot of players needed to take their chance and they did!

Luck was with us, but chasing everything we got ourselves right into Norwich.

Pleased for JRC, looked like he was off but grabbed his chance and Dack getting there.

 Very pleased 👏🏻

[JPTSwindon]

1 hour ago, Miller11 said:

I don’t think Morton should be blocking the path of Wharton, Garrett and Harlock. Maybe also JRC.

Fair. 

[Ossydave]

51 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Ask @J*B  came from him....

He's never had anything right since he's been on here

[tomphil]

Much more like the Rovers of a few months ago that got us into a good position in the first place.  Credit all round tonight and Tomasson made all the right calls.  Bit fortunate with the deflections but you make your own luck through graft and having a go and that's what we did.

Hope we continue with this and i know it'll change at times but hopefully we aren't with another revert to type gaffer who keeps going back to his preferred method just to try and make it stick.

Norwich well i don't know whats happened to them but they look shite but for once a Rovers team capitalised on that rather than rolling over and giving them an unexpected boost.

Keep the faith.

(Shudda wudda kudda kept Mowbray gang back under your beds tonight)

[tomphil]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

We were actually 2nd place when Kean left.

But just beaten at home and about to face two away games in a week.

[Sparks Rover]

4 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

He's never had anything right since he's been on here

Makes you wonder why he's not getting a sniff though.....🤷‍♂️

[DE.]

Worth noting we were still passing it around the back at times, and it led to a couple of scary situations where we lost the ball in a dangerous area. Norwich were just not good enough to make us pay for those lapses. I think the only reason it appeared like we were doing it less was because we only had 40% possession in this match. I wouldn't be so sure that we've seen the back of it.

[Gav]

7 minutes ago, tomphil said:

(Shudda wudda kudda kept Mowbray gang back under your beds tonight)

Stop making things up.

Only one person on this site talking in such terms and that’s you tomphil.

Great win, Gallagher instrumental, just enjoy it. 

 

Edited December 17, 2022 by Gav

[DE.]

Under-fire Norwich boss Dean Smith said sections of the Carrow Road crowd had been "waiting" for his side to struggle after their home defeat by Championship promotion rivals Blackburn.

The Canaries slid to their fourth home loss in seven games after Ben Gibson's own goal and a Tyrhys Dolan strike secured the points for Blackburn.

Disgruntled fans called for Smith's dismissal during the game and the Norwich head coach told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I think a lot of them have been waiting for this period to happen, or wanting it to - I don't know.

"A narrative's been set about it not being good football, despite us having the second or third highest shots in the league."

Not a good sign when the manager starts having a go at the fans. Tends to end badly. I don't think the Norwich fans helped their team at all today (they were booing them really early on) but comments like that are only going to deepen the divide between the supporters and the manager/team.

Edited December 17, 2022 by DE.

[chaddyrovers]