v Blackpool (h) - 21/2/23

[neophox]

If Gallys is good enough for the Championship then he will need to show it against one of the worst sides in the league at Ewood. Long time ago we had a big home win for the fans..

[JohnD]

Oddly I find myself in Blackpool for the night 🥺

[martonrover]

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

If Gallys is good enough for the Championship then he will need to show it against one of the worst sides in the league at Ewood. Long time ago we had a big home win for the fans..

He’ll have to up his game from Saturday.

I counted him touching the ball once.

[WacoRover]

I haven’t made any crazy statements about Gally, since our last game. Crosses will be pouring in from Dolan & Thomas, I don’t expect him to duff them all.
I could see Gally with a brace today. 

[davulsukur]

24 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

First time in history that Mick McCarthy will have been called pretty.

Ha! Well spotted. 

My bad, a typo there!

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

Ha! Well spotted. 

My bad, a typo there!

Thought so ! 

[Mercer]

Think we'll have too much much for Blackpool tonight - they are really, really poor - think they'll struggle to cope with likes of Dolan, Thomas and even Szmodics.

Lumped on at marginally better than evens and gone for £10 each on Thomas and Dolan as anytime scorers at 7/1 and 3/1 respectively.  More quality reds to come!  Tonight's 'quaffer' is a Douro Valley Reserva from Waitrose - highly recommended and terrific value at about £12. 

Edited February 21, 2023 by Mercer

[davulsukur]

23 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Bit meh.

As usual, you can't see where a goal is coming from.

[West Yorks Rover]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

Bit meh.

As usual, you can't see where a goal is coming from.

Yeah and Blackpool have Bowler and Lavery on the bench, we could do with those 2 in our first eleven.

[jim mk2]

2,500 plus Blackpool fans heading for Ewood according to website so fair play to them

No mention of stakeholders though. 

McCarthy will have his team up for this one. We'll have to be much better than of late and scoring goals likely still to be a big problem

1-0 says the heart and 0-0 says the head 

[rigger]

38 minutes ago, yeti-dog said:

All the players facing our goal. Is that a Freudian slip ?

[Tricky]

Gallagher will score tonight 

[BigBar]

Praying for a scrappy, horrible, undeserved 1-0 win. Result the only important thing tonight. Big night with the other fixtures tonight and out absentees. Be delighted with a win however it may come.

[Sweaty Gussets]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

All the players facing our goal. Is that a Freudian slip ?

Turning their backs on the goal they are supposed to be attacking is a clear protest against the football on offer.

Sharpe's gone rogue.

[G Somerset Rover]

I reckon our only hope is a resolute defensive display and a 1-0. Our forward line is so unbelievably poor.

[Andy]

33 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

I haven’t made any crazy statements about Gally, since our last game. Crosses will be pouring in from Dolan & Thomas, I don’t expect him to duff them all.
I could see Gally with a brace today. 

That's what I have in my bet for tonight - Rovers to win, Gally to score a brace.

More out of hope than good judgement, but fingers crossed.

[BigBar]

Who is that on co comms? TK?

[Dreams of 1995]

Can’t say the side gives me much excitement 

It really is not that good of a squad is it? 

I haven’t really seen Leonard, but given his goal scoring recently, and the fact that Vale hasn’t had much influence on games, I do wonder when his chance will come 

Time for Szmodics to step up 

[OsloRover]

Someone called Thomas with a french-ish accent

[Sweaty Gussets]

Rovers 2-1 Blackpool.

Szmodics and Thomas with the goals. 

12,137 happy stakeholders. 

 

[davulsukur]

8 minutes ago, BigBar said:

Who is that on co comms? TK?

Yep TK on commentary tonight 

[OsloRover]

Good stuff so far

[benhben]

An early goal would help us massively against a side like Blackpool.  It's seems so long ago that we scored early in a game. I can't even remember when. 

[K-Hod]

The movement and positioning in the middle of the park…

Well, it’s, the opposite of something to behold tbh.

[J*B]

Buckley just doesn’t do it for me. To be fair, neither does Morton. 
 

SOS TO ADAM WHARTON!