v Stoke City (a) - 25/11/2023

[Polky]

Great header! 😀

[Exiled_Rover]

11 hours ago, bigbrandjohn said:

My Plymouth mate warned me he was in the treatment room more than on the pitch. Surely to God we checked this stuff out. Not very well methinks. 

And he was their best player when fit.

I think he was signed to add depth to the ST position, with the plan being to sign someone over the top of him (and loan Leonard out). Instead the taps were turned off and he became our marquee signing of the summer.

[andyh]

RoversTV working fine for me…

[Exiled_Rover]

Looks like Scott Wharton is coming off. 

[waynerovers]

I'm actually more shocked that we crossed a corner than that we scored from it.

[rock steady]

S Wharton off head injury Travis on.

Edited November 25, 2023 by rock steady

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Can see this game being won by fullbacks.  Ki Jana Hoever has too much for Pickering and can see him sucking him out of position and Stoke bagging 

I think they've got Brittain playing on the left for that very reason. He roasted Dolan twice last season who simply didn't have the athleticism to track him.

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, waynerovers said:

I'm actually more shocked that we crossed a corner than that we scored from it.

We had three CBs on the pitch, i.e. we have height on the pitch for once.

[Colt Seavers]

Surely Brittain to full back and Siggy on would be better?

[TugaysMarlboro]

1-0 despite being sloppy and slow with the ball.

[Dreams of 1995]

Bloody hell it's been all Stoke since the goal
Trav at right back should have made an easy cross to Szmodics and then Stoke nearly score by Trav being beaten in the air...

Don't think he's a right back myself

[Polky]

Creating a few chances but not taking them. We’ve seen this game before, haven’t we?

[Bethnal]

Travis at RB is a disaster waiting to happen, too much emphasis on bombing forward, no positional responsibility, knackered by the time he makes it back.

Sammie missing two sitters is alarming.

Lots of lazy football. Look like we’ve no sharpness at all.

[Blue Greyhound]

Wharton nearly cost us there, again!!

 

The amount of goals conceded by sloppy passing this season is unreal.

[B16Rover]

8 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I think they've got Brittain playing on the left for that very reason. He roasted Dolan twice last season who simply didn't have the athleticism to track him.

I think so too.  Alone i think he'd make a Miele of it.  

[Blue Greyhound]

8 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We had three CBs on the pitch, i.e. we have height on the pitch for once.

Height or not, I'd rather we take our chances long than just giving it away with a short ball.

[AspRover]

6 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Travis at RB is a disaster waiting to happen, too much emphasis on bombing forward, no positional responsibility, knackered by the time he makes it back.

 

Not able to watch today - has Trav really gone to RB when Brittain is on the pitch?? I thought we'd gone Brittain - Hill - Carter -Pickering at the back and Trav in mid

[Angry_Pirate]

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!

[Bethnal]

1 minute ago, AspRover said:

Not able to watch today - has Trav really gone to RB when Brittain is on the pitch?? I thought we'd gone Brittain - Hill - Carter -Pickering at the back and Trav in mid

Yep and it’s already looking ropey.

 

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Angry_Pirate said:

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!

And even then only if it’s cold and wet.

Edited November 25, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[Polky]

Adam Wharton has been very sloppy in this first half. He needs to switch on!

[Bethnal]

Tyrhys Dolan looks extremely disengaged and impeded a free-kick being taken for a pointless booking. I’d have him off at half-time, attitude is essential and the bare minimum.

Leonard presses at least as well and can operate out on the right, bring him on.

Edited November 25, 2023 by Bethnal

[Displaced Rover]

7 minutes ago, Polky said:

Adam Wharton has been very sloppy in this first half. He needs to switch on!

Been sloppy all season but seems to get a free pass because he’s a Rovers fan

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Polky said:

Adam Wharton has been very sloppy in this first half. He needs to switch on!

I feel sorry for him - he's played three killer passes today that more talented attacking players would have scored from. 

He needs to clean up the rest of his game, for sure.

[CambridgeRover]

100% a foul on Sammie on the edge of the box.