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Tough one, we usually come unstuck in the potteries. A point might be decent given the size of our injury list at the moment. What we need to do when we're back to full strength, is to turn it into fortress Ewood and make it very difficult for teams to get points here.

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Sondre Tronstadt was quietly brilliant today. A very unassuming yet classy performance. Shifts his balance really well, cuts off key passing lines, neat & tidy... Does exactly the job JDT requires

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Pretty much the perfect away performance for me. Score early, defend excellently and play on the break and score another two. Tomasson got his tactics right again as we frustrated the life out of Stok

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Twice now their commentary has referred to it as "This famous old stadium!" First of all, you've only been there 26 years, and second, it's only famous on a Tuesday!

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We need a footy fix; this is a welcome weekend!

I enjoyed the past weekend of American tackleball- as, my Dallas Cowboys win, as well as the University of Texas Longhorns, who go 10-1. 

But, I have truly missed my Rovers. 

1-2. 

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joey_big_nose World Cup

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Defence looks a lot more solid with Pickering and Carter back. Hill looks as good as Hyam and more mobile so feel pretty confident.

Similarly our midfield also looks very good. Really like Tronstad, Wharton, Moran. After a great start where he looked like Diaz, Sigurdsson has then started playing like Brereton so a bit confused by him. Szmodics and Dolan both playing well.

Think the team picks itself, probably only spot up for debate is right wing. Either 1) play Sigurdsson, 2) play Brittain and put Travis at right back, 3) play Dolan and start Leonard through the middle. 

Id probably go for option 3.

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Brittain.  Hill.   Carter.   Pickering

         Tronstad.  Wharton

   Dolan.      Szmodics   Moran

                     Leonard

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  On 20/11/2023 at 13:51, roverblue said:

I still feeling deflated from the north end defeat, so think we will lose 1-0.

Stoke went crazy with signings over the summer and it doesn't seem to have gelled yet which is one positive going into it.

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Rovers are normally the team that it does gel together to.

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Think its time we started playing with a striker again. Ennis must be ready for a game, if fit I'd have him over Leonard at the moment (admittedly based on only a couple of cup games). We could do with some physicality in the side. I'm also not convinced by Wharton at the moment, from what I've seen. 

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Brittain Carter Hill Pickering

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  On 21/11/2023 at 15:10, benhben said:

Think its time we started playing with a striker again. Ennis must be ready for a game, if fit had have him over Leonard at the moment (admittedly based on only a couple of cup games). We could some with some physicality in the side. I'm also not convinced by Wharton at the moment, from what I've seen. 

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Brittain Carter Hill Pickering

         Tronstadt Travis

Dolan    Szmodic   Moran

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I tend to agree but if Ennis didnt get on in the last 30 mins against PNE he isnt going to start against Stoke.

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Hoping for a backlash from the Preston game.

We generally do well at their place and owe them one after last season.

Stoke 1 - 3 Rovers.

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  On 21/11/2023 at 16:06, tomphil said:

Played scored then taken off today for U21s so probably injured again anyway.

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Feeling his groin!

Think that's at least another 2 weeks out.

You'd struggle to make it up with Ennis!

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  On 22/11/2023 at 07:51, Mercer said:

Feeling his groin!

Think that's at least another 2 weeks out.

You'd struggle to make it up with Ennis!

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Someone posted on the Ennis thread how few full 90 mins Ennis has completed in the last five seasons...  Thats a really damning stat. That sort of long term lack of fitness and vulnerability to injury is very hard to turn around. 

After seeing that I would say should view him in the same sort of bracket as Dack or Dunn post injury. Not really a reliable squad member, and shouldn't be counted in the core 22 of the team. If hes available and effective its a bonus. Same with Telelovic but with him its more that he just hasnt got any sort of pedigree rather than injuries. With no further outgoings we need arguably two more strikers. Or at least one who is fit and has a good scoring record (1 in 4 at an absolute minimum) at League One or above.

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  On 22/11/2023 at 07:51, Mercer said:

Feeling his groin!

Think that's at least another 2 weeks out.

You'd struggle to make it up with Ennis!

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4 year contract for a guy with an appearance and injury record which suggests what we've seen - or not seen - since he arrived should be of no surprise.

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  On 22/11/2023 at 21:03, RoversTilliDie said:

Both Telovic and Ennis on the scoresheet in Rovers 7-1 win against Preston for the under 21s, yet both absent in the 1-2 defeat against Preston at Ewood. Doesn't make sense to me.

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Presumably because there is a difference between playing against 16 and 17 year old scholars and grown men. PNE only had one professional playing. 

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