v Watford (a) - 27/8/23

[Ewood Ace]

Good to see Scott Wharton put in a solid display when he came on.

[Tugayisgod]

Nothing left out on the pitch there from us, great performance,especially at the back.

Hyam and Carter immense and Pears (again) justifying his place ATM

👋👋👋

[sharpysharps86]

Wow, what a win that was! A lot of positives to take from that.

• Hedges goal was a touch of class.
• Pears played really well.
• The substitutions were made at the right time. Gally in particular had a good impact.
• Defensively solid.
• Travis putting in a big shift.
• Scott Wharton came on and we didn't concede in stoppage time 😂.

Something to build on ahead of a tough trip to Plymouth. Let's hope by then that we have some more new players through the door. Amazing what a difference a win makes 😅.

 

[G Somerset Rover]

Classy from Trav dedicating that win to Matt Sillitoe. Top man.

[Bbrovers2288]

Great result

defence we’re epic to a man. 
 

I have been big critics of pears and hedges but they both had great games today

still red flags over the performance would be my only Debbie downer comment, if we play like that we lose 9/10. But we will take it and hopefully add some quality to the squad this week to make it less smash n grabby 

[BankEnd Rover]

1 minute ago, rovers11 said:

We were awful but what a fantastic result.

7 points from 4 games and we've not been able to get our best team out yet. Impressive.

First half we were decent, but yeah that second half was awful - Just not creating enough.

[booth]

Firstly, Leonard and Dolan shouldn't be in the first team.

Fantastic goal from Hedges, we needed someone to step up and he did.

Pears did well. Travis played very well. Hyam was Colin Hendry levels of brilliant.

I thought Gallagher did very well by his standards. Cock up at the end which shows he's still capable, but he was jumping higher than I've ever seen, winning balls and contributed.

When he came on Scott Wharton looked solid so hopefully he's back to his old self.

A much needed 3 points after the Hull game.

 

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, VenkysRuinedMyLife said:

I have a feeling all hells gonna break loose in Watford soon

Their coaching staff looked absolutely gutted on the bench. You'd think they'd lost to a non-league side by their reaction. 

[47er]

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

Thought Moran and Gally looked good when they came on.

Didn't think Moran did much except stuff up a good chance. But Gally does bring something to the side, at least he competes, runs the channels etc. We had nothing upfront for most of the game till he came on.

[BankEnd Rover]

1 minute ago, booth said:

Firstly, Leonard and Dolan shouldn't be in the first team.

Fantastic goal from Hedges, we needed someone to step up and he did.

Pears did well. Travis played very well. Hyam was Colin Hendry levels of brilliant.

I thought Gallagher did very well by his standards. Cock up at the end which shows he's still capable, but he was jumping higher than I've ever seen, winning balls and contributed.

When he came on Scott Wharton looked solid so hopefully he's back to his old self.

A much needed 3 points after the Hull game.

 

Yeap both not good enough. Leonard shows glimpses and has a nice touch but he’s definitely not ready yet.

Dolan is low on confidence and I feel has just lost his position to Moran.

[Tugay-is-God]

Could hear the real emotion in Neil's voice on Rovers TV dedicating the win to Matt Sillitoe at the end there. 

[LeftWinger]

Thought Hyam was magnificent 

[Andy]

1 minute ago, 47er said:

Didn't think Moran did much except stuff up a good chance. But Gally does bring something to the side, at least he competes, runs the channels etc. We had nothing upfront for most of the game till he came on.

Agreed Moran didn’t do much, but what he did he did well.

Showed more in that cameo than Dolan has in several games so far this season.

And agreed on Gally. Honestly think he could score 15 if he’s a regular this season. But we still need another body up there, obviously.

[AllRoverAsia]

Smash and grab mugging by a quite brilliant piece of skill by Hedges with good defending where Hyam and Pears were outstanding.

All the players put the effort in.

[West Yorks Rover]

Dingles 1-0 down already.

[Sweaty Gussets]

Fantastic win!

To a man we worked like trojans.

Delighted for Hedges. Hopefully that does his confidence the world of good. Good footballer, poor end product normally but not today. 

Gally shuts the know-nowts up again. Always good to see. 

Thought Moran looked good.

Back four were excellent, Pears did well.  

[aletheia]

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Sema a country mile offside before winning this free kick. EFL refs, never change. 

Lines persons give offside, no? So hardly a reffing issue.

Thought the ref was decent today.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, 47er said:

Didn't think Moran did much except stuff up a good chance. But Gally does bring something to the side, at least he competes, runs the channels etc. We had nothing upfront for most of the game till he came on.

I don't think he gave the ball away when he came on. Clearly a tidy player and a massive step up from Dolan. He's decently athletic too, which is what I was mainly worried about. 

[TommyRovers]

Moran is who Dolan sees when he looks in the mirror

[Butty]

Scary thought imagining what JDT could do if he was properly backed. You can’t top a 1-0 away win 👍🏻

[AllRoverAsia]

59 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

He has had a couple of balls into space and lack of basic control led to him losing it and a throwing. Awful

Head height long balls to Dolan are as much use as tits on a carrot.

[Tugayisgod]

Just a word on Moran as well. 

Looked good, far better imo than Dolan in that position.

[bigbrandjohn]

Daylight robbery but Watford made nothing of their 25 shots. Great defensive display by the lads  We miss the surging runs down the left from Diaz. 
 

Three points at Watford, enough for them to lose their manager. 🤔

[davulsukur]

Superb result and a great goal by Hedges 👏

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, aletheia said:

Lines persons give offside, no? So hardly a reffing issue.

Thought the ref was decent today.

'Assistant referee', if you're being pedantic.