v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024

[Old Codger]

[yankfan]

Very well might look back at that save as the reason we stay up 

[duckson]

Just now, yankfan said:

Very well might look back at that save as the reason we stay up 

Or gets us in the playoffs.

[Tom]

Just now, yankfan said:

Very well might look back at that save as the reason we stay up 

I’ve genuinely never expected us to go down to be fair

[NeilInBristol]

Just now, Old Codger said:

What's going on here

[davulsukur]

Norwich and Southampton have come back to draw level with QPR and Hudds.

A win here will be massive.

[moerpho]

Rothwell scores 2 in quick succesion for Soton taking them level.

[AspRover]

Rothwell just scored twice in two minutes for Southampton

[NeilInBristol]

Rothwell proving his championship experience. Wish he had come back to us on loan!

[DE.]

Wow, all change. A win here potentially becomes even more valuable. 

[bluebruce]

3 minutes ago, metalrover said:

Could this means JDT style of play was the problem all along? I dont know.

Direct style football and being industrious & hard to beat was the key for us punching above our weight in the premier league

No (though there were times he should have gone more pragmatic), we finished 7th with it. We very nearly conceded a second goal in less than 50 mins at home against a Stoke side who have done bugger all. There is still a lot of work to be done.

We do look better today, but Stoke's form is as horrendous as ours and a new manager has brought us new enthusiasm as it does 90% of the time. The off field chaos has been the problem. People are naively thinking a change signals a new dawn. It won't.

[metalrover]

Roth had never scored two in a rovers shirt if i remember correctly

[matt83]

2 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Rothwell proving his championship experience. Wish he had come back to us on loan!

Yeah that’s a proper loan signing. Not done kid that’s played a few games for Dunkirk. 

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, duckson said:

Or gets us in the playoffs.

Hope that's a joke 🤣

[Exiled_Rover]

Their #22 could have been booked 3 times before now. Amazing what opposition players get away with. 

[Old Codger]

4 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

What's going on here

Waggott Out top left 

[NeilInBristol]

2 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

No (though there were times he should have gone more pragmatic), we finished 7th with it. We very nearly conceded a second goal in less than 50 mins at home against a Stoke side who have done bugger all. There is still a lot of work to be done.

We do look better today, but Stoke's form is as horrendous as ours and a new manager has brought us new enthusiasm as it does 90% of the time. The off field chaos has been the problem. People are naively thinking a change signals a new dawn. It won't.

Yep. I think JDT would have got us a win here today too

[davulsukur]

Norwich have taken the lead.

We need to see this out.

[bluebruce]

Just now, NeilInBristol said:

Yep. I think JDT would have got us a win here today too

I do think there's an irony that he has gone just before we play the most out of form side that isn't us, and loads of players JDT needed are coming back to fitness. New boss will get credit for good results now though (not saying he shouldn't if results go well), probably even this one he isn't managing.

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, matt83 said:

Yeah that’s a proper loan signing. Not done kid that’s played a few games for Dunkirk. 

He'll be on massive money now - no way we could afford him. 

[CD_93]

Eustace talking with Johnson & Lowe now

 

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, bluebruce said:

I do think there's an irony that he has gone just before we play the most out of form side that isn't us, and loads of players JDT needed are coming back to fitness. New boss will get credit for good results now though (not saying he shouldn't if results go well), probably even this one he isn't managing.

I'm a big JDT fan, but he clearly threw his toys out of the pram for the QPR match. 3 CBs would have at least got us a point there. 

The new CB has been fantastic today.

Edited February 10 by Exiled_Rover

[RoverDom]

If results stay the same and we win on Tuesday we'd be 3 points closer to play offs than the drop... let's go dust down the optimism thread 

[CD_93]

Eustace taking control on the touchline.

[yankfan]

Changes needed here