v Norwich City (a) - 5/11/23

[Herbie6590]

Have your say for the BRFCS POTM supported by @RoversTrust in the Match Centre right now...plenty of candidates today...

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/1047606/norwich-blackburn?tab=voting

[AllRoverAsia]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Why?

He's the third choice (Academy graduate) GK of a cash-strapped Championship side. 

In case he ever has to actually play in the first team.

Is there some rule about having a competent 3rd choice.

We've got billionaire owners.

[neophox]

Just now, Tugayisgod said:

Carter supposedly out for 2-3 weeks. Doubt he's back on Friday. Maybe get a couple back after the break

Thought he was out due to yellow cards?

How is it with Hyam?

[New Jeru]

Just now, JohnD said:

We've also made a subtle change in our play for those games, not as gung-ho and open at the back.

And Hill has come into the team.  But whatever, I’m gonna leave it and hope Wahlstedt proves me wrong.

[Tugayisgod]

Telalovic scores for U21s but 4-1 down at half time

Edited November 5, 2023 by Tugayisgod

[booth]

2 minutes ago, Dontfuckwithcats said:

Love the viscious replies to todays match from preston, they truly are, absolute vile jack russells with one of the biggest cases of small man syndrome I have ever seen.

They are calling for our players to be out of the picture and injured, they want us down and out, cannot wait to paste them on friday.

They pretend to hate Blackpool, but only because we disregard them as an irrelevant local rival.

Still calling us plastics when we havnt been in the prem for over a decade.

A true small club.

Plastics when they were calling for Lowe to be sacked before yesterdays game. Second only to Burnley in the fickle twats league.

[New Jeru]

1 minute ago, booth said:

Anyone else find it difficult to watch Keith Andrews criticising other players?

 

In fairness, pointing at things as they went wrong was always his biggest strengths.

Every time I see his name I picture him half-turned, pointing at a player who is running in behind him or a pass played down the side of him.

[rigger]

I would not say their goal was a particularly bad mistake, the two options for the keeper where deflect the ball to safety (Which he tried ). Or gather the ball in (which would have been difficult ). Someone said he should have turned the ball for a corner, that was never on with how the ball was played in.

[Bbrovers2288]

That is an excellent win, especially considering our Injury’s and we usually struggle v Norwich. 
loads of players deserve credit but hill is one of the best defenders we have had in the last 10 years, wish we had the money to make that a permanent. 
don’t say this lightly but I would take him over van hecke

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

In case he ever has to actually play in the first team.

Is there some rule about having a competent 3rd choice.

We've got billionaire owners.

Even PL clubs don't have competent third choice GKs. 

As for the owners, the less said the better.

[M_B]

Cracking result, chuffed for Dolan particularly, and Moran showed why he needs to stay in the team. 

Don't want to tempt fate here, but Ched Evans must be licking his lips at anything in the air on Friday night, he will just take the lot. 

Absolutely critical our possession game is on song against Preston, we can't afford to give them cheap possession in dangerous areas. At all costs, we need to stop the crosses. 

[booth]

Just now, New Jeru said:

In fairness, pointing at things as they went wrong was always his biggest strengths.

Every time I see his name I picture him half-turned, pointing at a player who is running in behind him or a pass played down the side of him.

Which game did he somehow tackle himself in his own box and conceding a penalty when he tried to get the ball back?

I think my brain has tried to block it out, but I can still remember the horror show, I just can't remember who we were playing.

[roversinmyblood]

9 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

I think Leo will come good but he's not at the level required at the moment imo. We don't have a good GK in our ranks right now which is a concern. 

David Raya was a flapper and look at him now. It can be coached, if our goalkeeping coach is good enough. 🤔

[Groundhog]

9 minutes ago, booth said:

Anyone else find it difficult to watch Keith Andrews criticising other players?

 

Yes, immensely, makes me teeth itch 

[joey_big_nose]

Fantastic result. Thought on the whole we played brilliantly across the pitch. Hill, Tronstad, Szmodics all outstanding. Thought Pickering, JRC, Britain, Dolan, Moran all had very good games.  

The two Whartons both really struggled imo. Scott just seems to keep doing daft things, including the madness of the challenge for the red when we were 3-0 up. Adam doesn't do daft things but his passing was really off it today. And thats been a theme for months. I suspect Adam will lose his place again to Travis who was superb when he came on.

On Leo... i hate judging early. But some of the basics really seem to be missing in terms of handling crosses, and while obviously decent with his feet he is repeatedly playing short passes into marked players which is suicidal. He needs to start catching crosses with authority and picking better passes out of the back asap.

 

[Polky]

If we’re going down the development route, we should be playing Patrick Gamble on Friday. 
 
Try and keep the full-backs as Pickering and Brittain and we might have a chance.

[booth]

Just now, Groundhog said:

Yes, immensely, makes me teeth itch 

Like hearing a sermon on morality by the Yorkshire ripper.

[Sweaty Gussets]

2 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Scott just seems to keep doing daft things, including the madness of the challenge for the red when we were 3-0 up.

He won the ball. The madness came from the shit ref. 

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

He won the ball. The madness came from the shit ref. 

I think most refs give that under current rules.

[Sweaty Gussets]

Just now, joey_big_nose said:

I think most refs give that under current rules.

They don't cos he won the ball. The rules haven't changed in that regard. 

Edited November 5, 2023 by Sweaty Gussets

[Leonard Venkhater]

43 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As I said on Wednesday, the comments exploded when Chelsea scored - a lot of the posters on here just love a good moan. 

 

It is what it is. 

Yep...and what "it is" is that this keeper is making far too many errors for Championship level!

[AllRoverAsia]

Just now, Sweaty Gussets said:

He won the ball. The madness came from the shit ref. 

Spot on.

Scott won the ball, then their players foot was tapped, then their player completed his dive.

Prima Donna fake Ref saw it all but still fell for it.

JDT agrees, so we must be right.

[bigbrandjohn]

8 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Fantastic result. Thought on the whole we played brilliantly across the pitch. Hill, Tronstad, Szmodics all outstanding. Thought Pickering, JRC, Britain, Dolan, Moran all had very good games.  

The two Whartons both really struggled imo. Scott just seems to keep doing daft things, including the madness of the challenge for the red when we were 3-0 up. Adam doesn't do daft things but his passing was really off it today. And thats been a theme for months. I suspect Adam will lose his place again to Travis who was superb when he came on.

On Leo... i hate judging early. But some of the basics really seem to be missing in terms of handling crosses, and while obviously decent with his feet he is repeatedly playing short passes into marked players which is suicidal. He needs to start catching crosses with authority and picking better passes out of the back asap.

 

Passing out of the back quicker. Meds to read the game as he catches the ball  

 

[BigBar]

26 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

That's not what you've seen though, it's an exaggeration. He has been disappointing so far, but he has made some good saves also. If anything that goes near him looked like resulting in a goal, he wouldn't have made any good saves, or kept any clean sheets.

If you say so. I know what I have seen, don't get the odd trait on here to defend players when they are below par. What good saves? Can you name 3 that were good saves?

[joey_big_nose]

2 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

They don't cos he won the ball. The rules haven't changed in that regard. 

Whether you get the ball or not is irrelevant if the challenge was reckless. Same as Duffys yellow at half time.