v Swansea City (h) - 18/2/23

[Cherry Blue]

Travis not up to this level.

[Gordon Gekko]

This is so poor, come on Rovers wake up!

[superniko]

Travis and Buckley well off the pace. 

[TugaysMarlboro]

I'd sell Gallagher for whatever it costs to get a new pitch. 

[G Somerset Rover]

For the love of God get Adam Wharton into this side when he’s back fit. This is our weakest set of midfielders since the lowe and akpan days - and we’ve not exactly been blessed since then.

Edited February 18, 2023 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Will give you Brown. Did say "one of".

Vale is only young, Campbell was better imo, don't agree about Brereton and I wouldn't class Butterworth as an out and out striker.

Vale is 22, he's not that young. In his time in our first team he has demonstrably offered less than Gallagher. It's a fair comparison. Campbell was better, with his 0 goals in 17 games for us? How can you not agree about Brereton's first two seasons when he was utterly useless and scored 1 goal a season? Obviously since then he has stepped it up a lot. You might not class Butterworth as an out and out striker, but that isn't where Gallagher normally plays either. And your initial point was 'players' not strikers, so I don't think it's relevant unless you want to downgrade your assertion to that of roverandout's.

I didn't even have to think for long to come up with worse strikers in the Venkys era. If we stretch it to our entire nearly 150 year history and include players in other positions (Lowe, Murphy, Etuhu, Williamson, ewww) then 'one of the worst' is still an exaggeration unless you consider a large list to fit that definition.

Just for the sake of anyone popping into this late, I'm not saying Gallagher is a good player. He does have his uses though at times. Highly frustrating player who we need to upgrade on as a starter if we are ever going up.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Not taken long for JDT to play Sorba as wingback and nullify his attacking threat.  Most predictable thing ever.   Dolan decent. Rest shite so far.  

[CambridgeRover]

Gallagher is fucking shit. Fuck me. Useless lump

[WacoRover]

Meanwhile, Dyche’s toffees look up to a 0-0 result today, keeping them in the drop zone

[Bethnal]

Not gonna be a popular opinion, but we’re set up correctly against this side and especially their stubborn, self-aggrandising manager. Now, the players we have at our disposal and possibly even the selection, are suspect. It was not working as expected in the early minutes, hence the touch line bollocking from JDT, but he’s specifically set us up to play Swansea. Yes we’re at home, but there’s no point opening yourself up from the off to be played through. The press is causing the odd mistake to creep in on their end, which is what you do want. I think this will be a bit of a tedious watch, but as they get more desperate with their attempts and we continue to frustrate, we will get chances over the 90.

[Inferi]

Results are what counts, but very negative tactics so far. Is JDT hoping for 0-0? We are playing Swansea, not prime Barcelona.

[bluebruce]

Just now, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Not taken long for JDT to play Sorba as wingback and nullify his attacking threat.  Most predictable thing ever.   Dolan decent. Rest shite so far.  

I don't know what it is about this club in the last two seasons that we've gone 'ooh we can get one of the league's best assist makers on loan...let's bring them in and shunt them into a different position'. Hopefully this one is just because JRC and Brittain are both fresh from injuries. Hopefully a stop-gap until one of them is deemed ready to start again.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

No fan of Swansea approach but thst last attack they got the ball out wide and had 5 players in our box. 

We only ever have 1/2 at best. 

Infuriating 

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Not gonna be a popular opinion, but we’re set up correctly against this side and especially their stubborn, self-aggrandising manager. Now, the players we have at our disposal and possibly even the selection, are suspect. It was not working as expected in the early minutes, hence the touch line bollocking from JDT, but he’s specifically set us up to play Swansea. Yes we’re at home, but there’s no point opening yourself up from the off to be played through. The press is causing the odd mistake to creep in on their end, which is what you do want. I think this will be a bit of a tedious watch, but as they get more desperate with their attempts and we continue to frustrate, we will get chances over the 90.

In fairness, it's how we turned them over at their place. We'll see at the end of the game whether it's the right approach, whether it's boring or not. Is it still the same tosser manager they had early in the season? Thought they'd ditched him.

[yankfan]

When assessing what utter shite we’ve been so far it’s important to remember this is the mighty ferkin Swans we’re up against. We have to “show them the respect they deserve”

[bluebruce]

13 minutes ago, Shirley Crabtree Wrestler said:

5-0 looking a tad optimistic 😉

Christ, who predicted 5-0? Let me guess, starts with M, ends with R?

[superniko]

6 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

Meanwhile, Dyche’s toffees look up to a 0-0 result today, keeping them in the drop zone

What? Not really sure the reference here but if it’s some weird comparison then they’ve had 7 shots and 2 on target vs 2 and 0 for ourselves. And people think Dyche is anti-football!

[yankfan]

9 minutes ago, TugaysMarlboro said:

I'd sell Gallagher for whatever it costs to get a new pitch. 

Probably just need to include a groundskeeper term in his contract. Can’t fix the pitch for what he’s worth. 

[Bethnal]

2 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

In fairness, it's how we turned them over at their place. We'll see at the end of the game whether it's the right approach, whether it's boring or not. Is it still the same tosser manager they had early in the season? Thought they'd ditched him.

Exactly the point. You should treat home and away different to an extent but if a team is going to play a very specific and defined way, home and away, you play against that. I don’t see - with our squad - how we would play any different against these.

Yeah, Russell Martin. The footballing equivalent of a trainee painter and decorator citing Michelangelo and Da Vinci as an influence.

[WacoRover]

If we could replace one player at Blackburn Rovers, right now, for me, it’s Travis. 

[rock steady]

Do they know we kicked off at 3? Playing like it's still the warmup.

[WacoRover]

4 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Christ, who predicted 5-0? Let me guess, starts with M, ends with R?

Dunno, I made the sensible prediction, a Gally brace 😂

[CambridgeRover]

Just now, WacoRover said:

If we could replace one player at Blackburn Rovers, right now, for me, it’s Travis. 

Bang on. Waste of space

[Ossydave]

That was absolutely horrific. 

One of the worst first halves I've ever see  at Ewood.

[Bethnal]

1 minute ago, WacoRover said:

If we could replace one player at Blackburn Rovers, right now, for me, it’s Travis. 

We almost did on deadline day.