v Rotherham Utd (h) - 1/1/24

[wilsdenrover]

Channelling my inner Chaddy I’m going for a 3-1 win.

My team would be:

                        Leo

Travis.     Carter.   Hill.      Pickering

            Tronstad.   Wharton

Ennis          Sammie        Siggy

                   Telalovic 

   

         

[chaddyrovers]

             Wahlstedt

Brittain Hill Carter Pickering

          Tronstad Wharton

    Moran Szmodics Sigurdsson 

                Telalovic 

[B16Rover]

Big nasty team and we're in a spiral.  Going for a very sad 2-1 loss

[Andy]

If we can't beat Rotterdam at home, we really need to just pack this season in and start again in August.

      Wahlstedt

Hill Hyam Carter Pickering

          Tronstad Wharton

    Brittain Szmodics Sigurdsson 

                Telalovic 

[wilsdenrover]

  On 30/12/2023 at 20:23, Andy said:

If we can't beat Rotterdam at home, we really need to just pack this season in and start again in August.

 

      Wahlstedt

Hill Hyam Carter Pickering

          Tronstad Wharton

    Brittain Szmodics Sigurdsson 

                Telalovic 

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What about Rotherham? 😁
 

(and isn’t Hyam suspended?)

Edited December 30, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[CambridgeRover]

My last game before heading off again. Please Rovers give me a win. 2-0 win to ease the panic. Szmodics and Telavic

[alcd]

  On 30/12/2023 at 20:23, Andy said:

If we can't beat Rotterdam at home, we really need to just pack this season in and start again in August.

 

      Wahlstedt

Hill Hyam Carter Pickering

          Tronstad Wharton

    Brittain Szmodics Sigurdsson 

                Telalovic 

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If we can't beat Rotherham at home the next season will be in L1. Having Brittain as a wide forward never works. 

[neophox]

My team:

Wahlstedt

Hill, Carter, Wharton, Pickering/Brittain

Tronstad

Moran, Wharton, Siggi

Szmodics, Telalovic 

 

I'm a bit unsure here. Brittain is more physical than Pickering maybe that would work better against Rotherham.

Edited December 30, 2023 by neophox

[chaddyrovers]

  On 30/12/2023 at 21:04, neophox said:

My team:

Wahlstedt

Hill, Carter, Wharton, Pickering/Brittain

Tronstad

Moran, Wharton, Siggi

Szmodics, Telalovic 

 

I'm a bit unsure here. Brittain is more physical than Pickering maybe that would work better against Rotherham.

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Scott Wharton is out injured 

[tomphil]

We're going to rump these lot, early goal and they'll fold 🤞

Rovers  4   Millers  1

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 the big comeback starts here.

[Waggy76]

Waggott Out , Venkys Out !

 

[NeilInBristol]

At this stage. I don't really care who is playing just get a bloody win and a clean sheet please 

[Upside Down]

Same old story here. We'll have 80% possession, concede a soft goal and capitulate.

Oh well, there's always next week.

[jim mk2]

For the first and most likely only time we’ll be in the posh seats for this one so let’s hope Rovers don’t take the taste away from all those lovely prawn sandwiches.

This dreadful losing streak has to end or I really think Tomasson will be considering his position

Rovers 2 Millers 1 

[Miller11]

                   Wahlstedt (reluctantly)

          Travis    Hill    Carter   Pickering

                 Tronstad      Wharton

       Garrett        Szmodics      Sigurdsson

                            Telalovic 

[windymiller7]

Interesting that a lot are going for Semir in their starting line up - that said, I think he deserves it after the other night.

Please Rovers, get back to winning ways, I'll be there but hanging out of my arse after DJing on NYE. I'm a grumpy bastard at the best of times & I've got to go to my Mum's afterwards, cheer me up lads!

[roverblue]

I really don’t want to go to this one but will. Heart says a win but the head says another defeat.

I just hope JDT tweaks his approach to ensure we at least try for a clean sheet and don’t leave gaping holes for Rotherham to charge into.

[MarkBRFC]

Rotherham's last away win was on the 8th November 2022.

Will either be -

Rovers 0 Rotherham 2

Or, the two worst defences in the league will somehow play out a 0-0 draw.

Edited December 31, 2023 by MarkBRFC

[AllRoverAsia]

  On 31/12/2023 at 08:14, MarkBRFC said:

Rotherham's last away win was on the 8th November 2022.

Will either be -

Rovers 0 Rotherham 2

Or, the two worst defences in the league will somehow play out a 0-0 draw.

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Option 2 is not happening. We are not currently capable of not conceding at least 1 goal over 90 minutes.

Our best hope a score draw.

Needless to say I hope to be proven wrong.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

At this moment, a 1-0 win would be a great result. Minimum is requirement is a win but a clean sheet would restore a little bit of confidence in the defence

[matt83]

 

When moggadon was in charge I said any manger of rovers who loses 5 consecutive games, particularly with a general pattern of iffy results over an extended period they should be removed from duties forthwith. So lose at home to the bottom of the league to make it 5 in a row and 7 defeats from 8 then my opinion is the same now as it was then. Especially in light of the manner of them and the 15th defeat of the season with only five teams having a worse goal difference than us and only Rotherham ironically conceding more (for now).

If we lose will he be sacked. Of course he won’t be, not the remotest possibility of that. We’re a zombie club barely able to function even at the best of times. For what it’s worth I like jdt, I like him calling out the hierarchy, I like his ambition and he definitely has a justified claim in blaming his superiors for his predicament and them shafting him.

However, when you can’t organise a defence and you are too stubborn to deviate from a failing ideology you can’t expect to be a successful manager. Having to score three to draw a match doesn’t get you anywhere fast. Not being able to draw matches gets you nowhere fast either. Sometimes football has to be boring, pragmatic, you have to graft, do the nonsense, run, work. We don’t seem to fancy doing that.

It should in theory be the biggest game of jdt’s managerial career to date if he wants to avoid a big black mark on his cv but like all the others before him in classic Blackburn rovers fashion it’ll be a mere shrug of the shoulders and on to the next game.

 

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Anything other than a home win is unacceptable full stop.

2-0

12,300

[Wheelton Blue]

Our dire run has to come to an end eventually. This won't be easy at all and Rotherham will fancy their chances, but I think we'll get the win to ease the nerves a tad.

2-1 Rovers.

[joey_big_nose]

I want to see Telalovic play, but after that mainly interested in setting up in a more robust way . How exactly we do that I think we probably go to 4312 and don't commit too many players forward. Primary focus is winning the midfield battle.

Its sad we are reduced to doing this against Rotherham at home but we need to stop conceding early stupid goals as as soon as we go behind irrespective who we play we are then looking at a 95% chance of a loss. If we concede early then I fear the worst.

As the game wears on we can look to bring the likes of Wharton and Moran and be more expansive.

                      Leo

Hill.     Carter.   Hyam.   Pickering

  Travis.    Tronstad.   Garrett

                    Szmodics

          Telelovic.    Sigurdsson.

Edited December 31, 2023 by joey_big_nose

[Mattyblue]

Any manager who loses five in a row should be immediately sacked? Seems an extremely knee jerk way to look at things? No context at all about league position, previous results, opposition, injuries etc?