v Rotherham (a) - 12/08/2023

[Upside Down]

Continue the momentum of our 100% league record with a win here.

Markanday to score a couple with a Lewis Travis 30 yarder to finish it off.

[A Northern Horde...]

Complete clusterfuck of a result and performance last Season...that needs putting right without a doubt!.

[BRFC4EVA]

I guess being positive it can't possibly be worse than last year can it?

Edited August 8, 2023 by BRFC4EVA

[Mattyblue]

Now it’s is a bogey ground bizarrely, collection of largely crap results since they moved…

Edited August 8, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

5 hours ago, A Northern Horde... said:

Complete clusterfuck of a result and performance last Season...that needs putting right without a doubt!.

Pickering got us off to a great start with one of the worst passes I’ve ever seen.

[MarkBRFC]

1 win in 7 there since they moved to there "new ground".

I think we might see a similar pattern to last season with games like this not being for us, think Reading, Cardiff, Wigan, Coventry, Rotherham etc.

Rotherham 1 Rovers 0

[tomphil]

They'll press, they'll hump it forwards and they'll hit us with as many set pieces as they can win.

Everything we didn't like or cope with last season so lets see if we can get to grips with it this time.

Surely it can't be as bad as last season !

Millers  2    Rovers  2

[DE.]

Might be a good time to play them as such a poor start against Stoke might have dented their confidence early on. Alternatively it could galvanise them to perform better. I guess we'll see.

Last season's result was one of the most humiliating in recent memory - and came fairly soon after our abject surrender to Burnley - so certainly expect a big improvement this time around.

Edited August 8, 2023 by DE.

[1864roverite]

Pay back 

[simongarnerisgod]

last years fixture was the worst rovers performance iv`e seen for many a year,lets hope we can football them off the park because they are a really horrible,in your face side with nothing but effort(usually our worst nightmare)

millers 0-4 rovers 😁

[Upside Down]

2 hours ago, 1864roverite said:

Pay back 

Fuck me, you an action hero now?

[simongarnerisgod]

14 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

1 win in 7 there since they moved to there "new ground".

I think we might see a similar pattern to last season with games like this not being for us, think Reading, Cardiff, Wigan, Coventry, Rotherham etc.

Rotherham 1 Rovers 0

from january onwards,we saw less of those horrible performances,think we`ve left them behind

[roversfan99]

The worst set of players in the league. But worryingly not only a bogey ground for us, but they are full of big, physical players which could trouble our young, small teams. Clash of styles. 

[Aqualung]

We aren't losing this.. Happy with a draw but a win.. Chuffed to bits. 

Hopefully on Rovers fucking rip off shambles TV who owe me £35 to date. 

We are in 2023 are we not? 

[Guest]

6 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The worst set of players in the league.

I think that accolade belongs to Sheffield Wednesday more than Rotherham United!

[1864roverite]

8 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Fuck me, you an action hero now?

Not sure what your trying to say or are you just simply confused.com🤨

[TheRevAshton]

I imagine JDT will play the same team as against WBA.

Think it'll be a bit of a slog to begin with, but we'll eventually settle into the game and have too much quality for them.

2-0 Rovers - Szmodics and Leonard to score.

[philipl]

Season stats to date

2 games played 

2 games won

2 new signings not yet made a debut

22 players started

of whom 

7 made full senior debuts

12 are academy graduates

6 goals scored

6 different goalscorers 

of whom 

5 scored their first senior goal for the club.

Having said all that, my guess is the same eleven who started against West Brom will start at Rotherham although Garrett and Gilsenan will be included on the bench.

 

[ItsRoverZ]

Winnable game, let's see if our away form can start off well.

Had another look at our fixtures, didn't realise after Hull, Plymouth and Watford, we then have Boro, Sunderland, Coventry, Leicester  lol some tough start that 

[philipl]

1 minute ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Winnable game, let's see if our away form can start off well.

Had another look at our fixtures, didn't realise after Hull, Plymouth and Watford, we then have Boro, Sunderland, Coventry, Leicester  lol some tough start that 

Yes but that run comes after the window has shut and the international break.

[Polky]

As long as we don’t play like we did last season, we should be fine.

 

1-0 Markanday

[OsloRover]

15 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The worst set of players in the league. But worryingly not only a bogey ground for us, but they are full of big, physical players which could trouble our young, small teams. Clash of styles. 

Didn't help WBA now did it

[philipl]

3 hours ago, Polky said:

As long as we don’t play like we did last season, we should be fine.

 

1-0 Markanday

Daft as It may seem, I would be reasonably OK with playing reasonably similarly to last season provided we convert our chances and cut out the brain dead defending which gifted them their chances and goals.

Anyone looking at the overall match stats without knowing the score would never guess the home side had won 4-0.

What I am hoping for is some real devilment in Rovers play to go with the improvement in moving the ball around at pace. 

Stoke showed how it needs to be done against Rotherham on Saturday but even they gifted the Millers a goal.

 

 

[AllRoverAsia]

4 minutes ago, philipl said:

Daft as It may seem, I would be reasonably OK with playing reasonably similarly to last season provided we convert our chances and cut out the brain dead defending which gifted them their chances and goals.

Anyone looking at the overall match stats without knowing the score would never guess the home side had won 4-0.

What I am hoping for is some real devilment in Rovers play to go with the improvement in moving the ball around at pace. 

Stoke showed how it needs to be done against Rotherham on Saturday but even they gifted the Millers a goal.

 

 

It's also about time we got the benefit of whatever lady luck is handing out away to Rotherham, it's been a while since we won there.

[Admiral Nelsen]

19 minutes ago, philipl said:

Daft as It may seem, I would be reasonably OK with playing reasonably similarly to last season provided we convert our chances and cut out the brain dead defending which gifted them their chances and goals.

Anyone looking at the overall match stats without knowing the score would never guess the home side had won 4-0.

What I am hoping for is some real devilment in Rovers play to go with the improvement in moving the ball around at pace. 

Stoke showed how it needs to be done against Rotherham on Saturday but even they gifted the Millers a goal.

 

 

 

That and the fact that their goals themselves were a bit freakish. Two worldie finishes from players who score one in ten. Another direct from a corner. We were poor - no question - but it was also one of those days where everything went right for one team.

 

 

It's impossible to be too confident for any away game in the Championship, but I'm feeling good about this one. They're down on troops already and even with our attacking injuries, we should have comfortably the better team on paper, with a better XI and better options off the bench. 0-2 Rovers.