v Southampton (a) - 16/12/23

[rovers11]

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

Your first and last statements contradict each other. Unless your a Saints fan. 

How are they contradictory? I think it will be an exciting game to watch but we'll probably lose. 

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

How are they contradictory? I think it will be an exciting game to watch but we'll probably lose. 

I dont recall, a good game, where we have been comfortably beaten.

[rovers11]

6 minutes ago, rigger said:

I dont recall, a good game, where we have been comfortably beaten.

The Leicester game was an entertaining game to watch. It wasn't boring and we "gave it a good go" as they say.

[Tugayisgod]

[moerpho]

Good to see Hyam back on the teamsheet

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

1 hour ago, JohnD said:

There's a hell of a team in that lot 

8 of our Premiership winning squad played for them before, during or after our win - amazing! 

I’m predicting 2-3: John Bailey hat trick of dodgy pens cancelling out Channon and Osgood

[simongarnerisgod]

it`s pretty clear what jdt thinks of telalovic that he`d rather have gamble and gilsenan on the bench before him,not telalovic fault,he should never have been signed tbh.patently not up to this level

[Gordon Gekko]

Playing without a striker?

[WacoRover]

I’m looking forward to this; in west Texas visiting family, but I can sneak away to watch on ESPN+

[Paul Mellelieu]

We’ve been playing without a striker all season 

[joey_big_nose]

16 minutes ago, Gordon Gekko said:

Playing without a striker?

I've got a vague feeling Sigurdsson may play number 9. Hes got the physicality for it.

[Tugayisgod]

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

I've got a vague feeling Sigurdsson may play number 9. Hes got the physicality for it.

Elliott Jackson saying could be a surprise in formation so could be possible

[Exiled_Rover]

19 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

We’ve been playing without a striker all season 

We've been playing without an experienced striker for most of it.

This is a return to the Dolan / Szmodics False 9 stuff.

Really feel for Ennis, Telalovic and Leonard - what a snub this is for them.

[jim mk2]

Fielding a full back in Brittain on the wing and Sigurdsson up front sums up this threadbare squad and patch-up-and-mend team. . You have to feel sorry for the manager

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

Fielding a full back in Brittain on the wing and Sigurdsson up front sums up this threadbare squad and patch-up-and-mend team. . You have to feel sorry for the manager

brittain is better going forwards and hill is better defender,sigurdsson is a good finisher who given a chance usually converts,common sense decision imo

[jim mk2]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

brittain is better going forwards and hill is better defender,sigurdsson is a good finisher who given a chance usually converts,common sense decision imo

The point is, they're square pegs in round holes. It doesn't work

[Bethnal]

Like the formation, like the lineup, think it poses questions for them and looks like we will be trying to exploit the break. Don’t think Russell Martin is up to much and if you exploit his weaknesses, he doesn’t have a plan B.

Away win, 2-0, but we won’t see much of the ball.

[Roverthechimp]

17 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We've been playing without an experienced striker for most of it.

This is a return to the Dolan / Szmodics False 9 stuff.

Really feel for Ennis, Telalovic and Leonard - what a snub this is for them.

TBF none of them has done enough to warrant a start and Leonard and Ennis are the best 2 of the 3 to have on the bench

 

[davulsukur]

According to Jackson 

[Exiled_Rover]

This is crazy football - we're just letting them have the ball. They'll eventually pick a through ball to one of their quick attackers.

[yankfan]

We’re getting trounced at the moment. Could have 3 strikers on and it wouldn’t matter much 

[B16Rover]

We don't look 100% on it today to me so far.  You'd think the chance at a luxurious coach trip to the coast would have had the lads raring to go 

[Bethnal]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

This is crazy football - we're just letting them have the ball. They'll eventually pick a through ball to one of their quick attackers.

I don’t disagree with the complexion, but we’ve got to let them cycle through their attacking routines and drills, run out of ideas/get frustrated and exploit that, when they start veering from the routines and they lose shape. We can try and exploit counter attack opportunities in the meantime, but we can’t create space for them, they’ve got to earn it.

[yankfan]

1 minute ago, Bethnal said:

I don’t disagree with the complexion, but we’ve got to let them cycle through their attacking routines and drills, run out of ideas/get frustrated and exploit that, when they start veering from the routines and they lose shape. We can try and exploit counter attack opportunities in the meantime, but we can’t create space for them, they’ve got to earn it.

Just hope we’re not down 4 by then. Hill really struggling to keep up for pace on the right. 

[B16Rover]

Just now, yankfan said:

Just hope we’re not down 4 by then. Hill really struggling to keep up for pace on the right. 

Can't quite work it out but seems like Moran is meant to be covering the right with Hill Infront of him?  Seem to be playing a weird 4 5 1 when defending so far.  Presume to limit space in gaps between defence and midfield but doesn't look natural so far