v Oxford Utd (h) - 24/08/2024

[booth]

2 minutes ago, neophox said:

Luton looking like a sinking ship....

I read somewhere that they had three first team defenders injured since the season started.

[neophox]

Looks like Ipswich are going straight down this season .... too many league one players in the team.

[Oldgregg86]

7 minutes ago, Silas said:

And Haaland scored a hattrick as captain of my dream team. 😎🍺🍾

It's a great day! 

Me to . Tbf probably everyone in the country 😂

[RevidgeBlue]

Very kind set of fixtures to start but I think we'd all have been happy with seven points at this stage.

That said there seem to have been large spells in each game where we've been very much second best so Eustace, who seems to be doing an admirable job thus far on an extremely frayed shoestring , needs a lot of help in the final week of the window.

As for looking better after finally seeing the back of Gallagher; Who'd have thought it?

Lol.

[roverandout]

Good start but we need to strike while the irons hot. More reinforcements. This will test whether venkys want promotion or not

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, neophox said:

Looks like Ipswich are going straight down this season .... too many league one players in the team.

Bloody hell that's a bit premature the fixture computer handed them Liverpool and Citeh to start!

Lol.

[Mars Rover]

9 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Did you watch the Szmodics interview with Allardyce?

In that he said JDT was tactically the best manager he's had but JE was more man management. JE said if they beat Sheff Wed, he wouldn't see them again till wednsday (giving them days off as a reward), whereas JDT would have them back in after a defeat, repeating all the stuff in training.

Probably not the greatest example, to be fair, considering how that game went.

[neophox]

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

Bloody hell that's a bit premature the fixture computer handed them Liverpool and Citeh to start!

Lol.

Hope they go down. 

[islander200]

Good to win coming from behind, thats been very rare here 

 

[Silas]

7 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Me to . Tbf probably everyone in the country 😂

True. But a load don't put him in as too expensive. So we'll have gained on a section  

Got Raya, Gabriel and Saliba. So a clean sheet in this evening game and I'm gonna be flying. 

[Torgeir]

Good hard-working effort. Oxford looked dangerous and scored a wonder goal (not a Pears mistake btw). Travis gave the ball away on a few occasions, and a few of our starters didn't look too great. Love the energy of Ohashi and Gueyeis impactful, whether he starts or comes on from the bench. Great to have more strings to play on. Dolan looked his normal self, bits are good but can't weight a pass properly to play as a #10.

 

A little more pace on the break needed, bring someone exciting in. 

[AAK]

19 minutes ago, neophox said:

Looks like Ipswich are going straight down this season .... too many league one players in the team.

They've playerd two of the best sides in Europe, give them a break. They'll do okay will Ipswich 

[AAK]

13 minutes ago, neophox said:

Hope they go down. 

Why, cause they signed our best player? Lol. Do you think Gillingham fans said the same when we signed back? 

[moerpho]

The one thing that is a BIG difference this season (so far) is subs that change the game. I was critical of Eustace but have to put my hands in the air and admit I was wrong. The way he has won us games with his subs has been refreshing and kept us undefeated this far. It isn’t pretty but it’s points on the board. Even though Oxford had the better chances I felt it was a deserved win today, and a fair bit of that is down to Eustace. Refreshing.

Good performances from Carter, Trondstad and the ever awesome Yuki. Ohashi deserves better players around him.

And if todays game is anything to go by we won’t miss Travis. There. I said it. To much drama and not enough product.

Still….onwards and upwards! All bow to the mighty Rovers!

[Paul Mani]

A little flat in terms of performance, I don’t think we got out of 3rd gear…

Yuki and Gueye are fantastic signings from absolutely nowhere and Weimann is an astute bit of business. The big winner for me so far is the manager. There were lots of questions about what he was all about, and rightly so. But his performance has been brilliant so far, he’s getting loads out of this group and his substitutions have been magnificent.

Please, please back him with a bit of money in the next week 🙏🏽

[USABlue]

6 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Good start but we need to strike while the irons hot. More reinforcements. This will test whether venkys want promotion or not

We already know they don't.  Just ask JDT.

Huffed and puffed our way to another win.  Nit one if Trav's better.games,.Tronstad too a few times losing possession.  Two moments of proper quality from Siggy the goal and a oass out if the back.  We need more of that from him.  Wins a win.

[Gav]

On 19/08/2024 at 20:52, DeeCee said:

Rovers winning 2-0 till Pears chucks one in. Hanging on for a 2-1 win.

Boooom @DeeCee

[jim mk2]

49 minutes ago, AAK said:

To be fair, you take the word 'pal' as offensive, so I doubt your credentials.

 

To be fair pal, I've been watching football for 60 years so I'm well qualified to comment. He's my least favourite player at Ewood because he's a limited player with a heart the size of pea but as previously stated he scored the winner today so I'm thankful to him for that. 

[Torgeir]

JRC looked the best he's looked so far. A positive game from him and hope he regains the excellent form he had before a few bad injuries. Great player on when on form.

[davulsukur]

19 minutes ago, Mars Rover said:

Probably not the greatest example, to be fair, considering how that game went.

True but it's the only example I've got 🤷‍♂️

[Bbrovers2288]

Take the results for sure, nice feeling to a Saturday , think when fixtures came out that would be all our best case scenarios with the draw at Norwich. Big week now with transfers as better teams will punish us if we don’t strengthen the core 

[jim mk2]

19 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Good to win coming from behind, thats been very rare here 

 

Yes, a very rare event over the past few years. Credit to the manager for that. 

[SpaceBarSlam]

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

Yes, a very rare event over the past few years. Credit to the manager for that. 

Two matches in a row too. 

[sverrehh]

Forward passes were mostly non functional the first 60 minutes. Dolan is not a good passer of the ball. I hope we can snatch some players up !

Not the finest of games, but happy with 3points!

[RoverKyle]

37 minutes ago, Silas said:

And Haaland scored a hattrick as captain of my dream team. 😎🍺🍾

It's a great day! 

I went triple captain. Very pleased with myself.