v Burnley (a) - 31/08/2024

[RevidgeBlue]

13 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I'd have him over Pickering full stop - Pickering can't cross.

Or defend.

[booth]

Gives me a lot of hope for when we have a full squad to choose from.

[RevidgeBlue]

11 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Time and time again I have said that Pickering is a liability

Today we saw a real full back at large. Eustace has to stick to his principles - if you come in and play well you start next game. Beck looks 10x the player that Pickering is. What a signing 

100%.

[Upside Down]

1 minute ago, TommyRovers said:

11 men we put them to the sword. No doubt in my mind on that one. Beaming with pride.

Without the ref on their side we'd have won that easily. He was the only thing that stopped them from completely bottling it.

[OsloRover]

19 minutes ago, imy9 said:

Also Gueye- having seen it again, he was wagging his finger not waving for a yellow???

He clearly did both

[Moptop1]

Any CB’s out of contract? We need cover there.

 

[booth]

Scott Parker thought they looked a real fret. Disappointed not to have taken all three points.

They did chalk a goal off Scott, you're lucky to have 1!

[Groundhog]

Haha Dingles complaining we parked the bus - get over yourselves, they've turned into a right smug bench, entitled or what.

Also seen comments the ref let us get away with certain antics, my oh my how deluded. 

We needed that goal, calmed our nerves, started doing the basics better after that. 

Parker complaining players had no chance to train: may I present Owen Beck...

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Apart from the Rovers fans I do believe I heard various Pins drop inside the tiny Turf!

Ref was card happy,ridiculous.

Edited August 31, 2024 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[OsloRover]

15 minutes ago, booth said:

Robbed by the officials, should be top of the league. Their United reject should have gone off and didn't.

Weimann, instant Rovers legend. Arrange the statue. That goal will be replayed over the years along with the locals crying behind the goal.

A shame for Dolan. A well taken goal disallowed.

Why didn't we strengthen in central defence?

We did, signed Batth remember?

[booth]

Just now, Moptop1 said:

Any CB’s out of contract? We need cover there.

 

We've signed both of them. Waggott clearly thinks that pensioners are the way forward.

[AspRover]

If the new left back is as good as he looked today honestly could Pickering be a left footed CB? I've always thought he might be better centrally where his lack of pace wont be as exposed

[USABlue]

7 minutes ago, yankfan said:

1/10 is generous. Complete ruined the game, overturning goals, phantom red cards. Check his betting slips! 

I don't know why he was not booked, same as Indo not know how he arrived at a lot of his decisions 

[booth]

1 minute ago, OsloRover said:

We did, signed Batth remember?

34 years old at the end of September, injury prone and slow.

[wilsdenrover]

Great point 

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, AspRover said:

If the new left back is as good as he looked today honestly could Pickering be a left footed CB? I've always thought he might be better centrally where his lack of pace wont be as exposed

i agree,it was the same with nyambe,he was a better centre back than full back

[M_B]

1 minute ago, AspRover said:

If the new left back is as good as he looked today honestly could Pickering be a left footed CB? I've always thought he might be better centrally where his lack of pace wont be as exposed

Good shout

[RevidgeBlue]

Could do with an extra striker far more than another CB imo but in an ideal world need both.

Wonder if there's any decent free agents floating about?

[Bbrovers2288]

Brilliant result and continued start to the season, credit to eustace, don’t think anyone can say that they would still want jdt now

beck- brilliant, best debut I have seen in along time, without wanting to be critical to any player today , that’s how to stop crosses brittain

knew weimann was an astute signing, great player to have , more than capable of scoring those

yes we might have won with better officials but I am delighted with the point in the end as we were hanging on a bit being down to 10

Dare I say it, it’s quite good being a rovers supporter just now……

[Bbrovers2288]

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

Could do with an extra striker far more than another CB imo but in an ideal world need both.

Wonder if there's any decent free agents floating about?

Cough, Lucas joao

[DanielMB]

As bad as the ref was on another day we would have had a penalty against us towards the end.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, AspRover said:

If the new left back is as good as he looked today honestly could Pickering be a left footed CB? I've always thought he might be better centrally where his lack of pace wont be as exposed

Need a proper CB.

Not to somehow shoehorn Pickering into the side merely for the sake of it.

[Bethnal]

24 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He should have squared it to Weimann for a tap in, he should have laid it off to Travis at the end and he should have put a better through ball through to Ohashi.

He's a squad player - nothing wrong with that, he provides energy, but he's far too slow and wasteful with the ball.

Agreed. He’s definitely not worth the kind of money that he reckons he is. Did anyone come in for him this summer? A year left on the deal and nobody came in?

He needs to knuckle down and deliver this season.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Pride in our famous Shirt today,all you can ask for.

[Erased Citizen]

2 minutes ago, booth said:

A lot of talk about the goal being disallowed. "The game happens so quickly, it's a mistake but, but..."

Gueye is sent off. "Passions are running high but he knows what the rules are..."

So for the officials are allowed to make mistakes due to the game happening so quickly, but for the players it's different. Even though their adrenaline will be amped up 100x more.

I think to an extent referees should be given some leniency for mistakes because yeah refereeing can be hard. But that doesn't mean they are exempt from criticism when they have as poor a game as today's ref did.

He was abysmal 

But since the rule is pretty cut and dry, do the gesture = yellow card, Gueye loses a bit of sympathy for me. Even if the rule is a silly one