v Middlesbrough (h) - 16/09/2023

[rigger]

18 minutes ago, Inferi said:

Pears is not a solid Championship goalkeeper. Always a mistake waiting to happen, quite regularly gifting away points. He has had good games at times, but so did the likes of Walton and Steele. The fact that he hasn't been dropped yet reflects badly on JDT.

Pears is ideal for our bench.

[Rover8T4]

Feeling excited about tomorrow's game, That little international break puts a stop to form etc. The line up is going to be very interesting, Is he going to completely switch things up.

[47er]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Alan Shearer, John McNamee.

Alan Shearer was a world record price at the time (that or close)---Brad was free!!!!

[47er]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

I always think Hendry, but different scenarios to be fair.

Yea that's a good call. First time round---£30,000!

[rigger]

3 minutes ago, 47er said:

Alan Shearer was a world record price at the time (that or close)---Brad was free!!!!

Price/to what the club gained, I will stick to Alan Shearer, and John McNamee. 

[roversfan99]

Still no Sigurdsson involvement tomorrow who will be playing 45 minutes on Sunday instead according to the LT.

Sounds like Ennis is going to miss another block of games. 2 weeks from training.

[rigger]

13 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Still no Sigurdsson involvement tomorrow who will be playing 45 minutes on Sunday instead according to the LT.

Sounds like Ennis is going to miss another block of games. 2 weeks from training.

Who are we playing on Sunday ?

[roversfan99]

9 minutes ago, rigger said:

Who are we playing on Sunday ?

No idea if its the under 21s or an in house game.

[cesus]

Ennis is becoming a bit of a worry, fans of Plymouth said he struggled with his fitness. The hope is we were well aware of this and giving him time to get fit enough to play in this team.

[tomphil]

The most puzzling thing with Ennis is they gave him a 4 year contract to lure him here yet he wasn't even fit when he came.

[G Somerset Rover]

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/september/15/boss-boosted-by-rankin-costello-return/

Yep, Ennis out for another two weeks, even though he was diagnosed with just two a couple of weeks ago. Also had an "illness". This lad is going to exceed Grella's time on the sick bench.

You can't say all the warning signs weren't there. People can try to be as positive as they want, but it's looking like a highly risky signing - given the years involved - that is going to backfire.

Edited September 15, 2023 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Oldgregg86]

32 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/september/15/boss-boosted-by-rankin-costello-return/

Yep, Ennis out for another two weeks, even though he was diagnosed with just two a couple of weeks ago. Also had an "illness". This lad is going to exceed Grella's time on the sick bench.

You can't say all the warning signs weren't there. People can try to be as positive as they want, but it's looking like a highly risky signing - given the years involved - that is going to backfire.

And if this new lad kicks on and Gallagher will be first choice you would imagine he might fall right down the pecking order with Leonard waiting in the wings

[Ossydave]

Ennis was always coming from behind after turning up in terrible shape. Let's hope Telalovic ends up decent with Siggy to follow so we're not as reliant on him. Early indications not good.

[Wheelton Blue]

It's looking like he's going to be a crock. Exactly what we don't need.

[Rover_in_the_South]

Not many came in up and running then......fantastic. 

You know what we do when a team are on a crap run, gift them with a bow. 

Pessimistic at the moment! Sorry!

 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

No idea if its the under 21s or an in house game.

It's not U21s, and why would we have an in house game on Sunday, when both the U21s and the first team play on Wednesday ?

A tactical training session would seem more appropriate.

[roversfan99]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23793224.tomasson-doubles-rovers-deadline-day-stance/

Pears looks like starting tomorrow. Has a real blind spot towards him.

[glen9mullan]

9 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23793224.tomasson-doubles-rovers-deadline-day-stance/

Pears looks like starting tomorrow. Has a real blind spot towards him.

Certainly appears his understanding of the 3rd player is not the story we were given yesterday.

I still don't get the feeling that he is content with the moving goalposts of this summer, and don't know the odds,  but it must be short that he won't see out the season.

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, glen9mullan said:

still don't get the feeling that he is content with the moving goalposts of this summer, and don't know the odds,  but it must be short that he won't see out the season.

jdt must be enjoying the english game and life over here,most likely sees the rovers job as a challenge,any other up and coming manager would have ****** off by now,with the shambles behind the scenes

i think we`ve got him till next season,he`ll definately be off at the end of this one,unless by some miracle,he gets a proper budget in january and we somehow get promoted

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23793224.tomasson-doubles-rovers-deadline-day-stance/

Pears looks like starting tomorrow. Has a real blind spot towards him.

I like JDT a lot, but he loses a lot of credit from me if he doesn't drop Pears after his last two performances.

[chaddyrovers]

4 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/september/15/boss-boosted-by-rankin-costello-return/

Yep, Ennis out for another two weeks, even though he was diagnosed with just two a couple of weeks ago. Also had an "illness". This lad is going to exceed Grella's time on the sick bench.

You can't say all the warning signs weren't there. People can try to be as positive as they want, but it's looking like a highly risky signing - given the years involved - that is going to backfire.

Ennis played in 45 games last season. Does that really sound injury prone to you? He passed his medical here aswell. He just seems unlucky with injuries 

2 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

Certainly appears his understanding of the 3rd player is not the story we were given yesterday.

I still don't get the feeling that he is content with the moving goalposts of this summer, and don't know the odds,  but it must be short that he won't see out the season.

If he wasn't happy here surely he would walk out but he hasn't. If everything he has accepted the challenge and he does enjoy developing young players. His man management is excellent and I do feel that we should be targeting a playoff place this season. 

[Andy]

The info I had (and they've been pretty solid with everything they've passed me) is that JDT was happy for Buckley to leave on loan.

Reading between the lines, that might have been on the condition that Burke also came in on loan.
And since that didn't happen, he's now taking the 'I never wanted Buckley to leave' stance.

He has however always been very reactive/proactive in terms of replacing an underperforming player. After Plymouth, you'd expect that Pears has to sit on the bench.

[Ossydave]

19 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Ennis played in 45 games last season. Does that really sound injury prone to you? He passed his medical here aswell. He just seems unlucky with injuries 

If he wasn't happy here surely he would walk out but he hasn't. If everything he has accepted the challenge and he does enjoy developing young players. His man management is excellent and I do feel that we should be targeting a playoff place this season. 

You keep on mentioning 45 games last season despite being pulled up on it. 45 APPEARANCES Chaddy. In the league (38 apps) he played 1839 minutes in total. Which equates to around 20 full games, or an average of 48 minutes across the 38 appearances.

As a comparison, Dominic Hyam made 1 more league appearance than Ennis, yet he totalled 3433 minutes in total.......spot the difference. 

 

[roversfan99]

Not injury prone. Just unlucky with injuries. Whats the difference?

[Gordon Gekko]

We better turn up tomorrow after all these ex player videos made for the 5,000 league game!