v Stoke City (h) - 6/11/2024

[G Somerset Rover]

That lineup just screams of a lack of creativity coupled with zero goals in it.

Hope I’m proved wrong but hard to see past a 0-0 or 0-1 loss.

[Forever Blue]

Rovers 6 Stoke 0

Hedges double hat trick 

[roverandout]

One of the worst 11s in the championship 

[davulsukur]

30 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Nah, I don’t fancy that line up one bit. How Hedges gets in every game is a mystery to me.

I can’t see Litherland getting on, he played the full game last night. Tyjon played an hour also.

I think Hedges gets in by the virtue of being the only natural winger at the club. 

Anyone else who plays there is either an attacking mid or a No.10. 

(Brighton kid maybe another? but injured anyway)

[rigger]

7 minutes ago, roverandout said:

One of the worst 11s in the championship 

I think that is a bit of an over-exaggeration.

[roverandout]

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

I think that is a bit of an over-exaggeration.

Me too

[A Northern Horde...]

Awful side in all honesty.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

8 minutes ago, rigger said:

I think that is a bit of an over-exaggeration.

To be fair,  can you name a worse one?

[moerpho]

I hate this deflated feeling when it comes to Rovers. We get these small sprinkles of light before the darkness comes crashing down and we’re back in the doldrums. We should be angry, enraged and willing to die for the cause, but years of grinding down this once great club has left me deflated. I hope and wish for success. I want our players to succeed. But it just feels a bit flat. I still live for those moments that makes football the best thing in the world, but…

Still. Get back to winning ways at home. No more dilly dally. Up and at them! COYB!

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Thought he might have gone 2 up but no.  Fair play to Eustace.  He's taken the slowest 11 in the championship from last week and actually made us even slower. 

That is a rank starting 11.

 

They'll probably win 3-0 now.  😆

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

To be fair,  can you name a worse one?

Plymouths, QPRs, Portsmouths, Lutons, Cardiffs, Prestons.

[A Northern Horde...]

54 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

It really needs to work tonight or the knives might start getting sharpened.

But you have to ask the question what real quality has he got to work with?... we're piss poor.

[ItsRoverZ]

I'd rather stick a cone out in the right then play Hedges ffs

[davulsukur]

3 minutes ago, A Northern Horde... said:

But you have to ask the question what real quality has he got to work with?... we're piss poor.

I agree, he's limited with what he can do. Points to poor recruitment.

BUT, he's not changing his approach even with better players.

[RevidgeBlue]

Thought Virgin red button wasn't working as usual - its just come on at the last minute- don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

Can't believe Hedges is starting - yet again.

The manager needed to try something different and go 2 up top given the (non) scoring run we're on.

 

[West Yorks Rover]

Stoke's away record is terrible.

 

Played 6   W  1   D  1   L  4    F 1  A  8   - 7

Still think we'll struggle though, without a decent goal scorer.

[roverandout]

Cantwell is lightyears better than any other rovers player 

[RevidgeBlue]

16 minutes ago, rigger said:

Plymouths, QPRs, Portsmouths, Lutons, Cardiffs, Prestons.

Luton? 

Yeah right. Not sure about Cardiff and Preston either and I'd say Plymouth have better forwards.

I'll give you Portsmouth.

[Forever Blue]

this is a replica of the Sheff Utd game, we’ve been excellent again for the first 15 minutes

[yankfan]

Our winger’s disaster play summed up by the looping cross from hedges isn’t anywhere near useful, bearly out but falls to Weimar in the rights who’s looping cross is over touch. Neither one could ever be finished by an attacker. 

[Devon Rover]

Cantwell running the show but absolutely no support acts to make it matter

[yankfan]

1 minute ago, Forever Blue said:

this is a replica of the Sheff Utd game, we’ve been excellent again for the first 15 minutes

Everything except our wingers. The balls into the box from Weimar and hedges have been dire. 

[Old Codger]

Rovers started well. But not hurting this lot.

 

[Forever Blue]

We’re a really good team until we get to the edge of the oppo’s box

[Trinidad Rover]

Cantwell is a joy to watch. Leagues above this lot