v The Dingles (h) - 4/1/2025 k/o 12:30

[smiller14]

Eustace presser - Cantwell and Ohashi both unlikely to feature but not fully ruled out. Awaiting Ohashi's scan results. Inclined to believe him but could also be keeping cards closed to his chest.

[BlackburnEnd75]

1 hour ago, J*B said:

Pears

Brittain Hyam Batth Beck

Tronstad Baker

Weimann Cantwell Hedges

Dolan

Toth, McFadz, JRC, Buckley, ACD, Leonard, Gueye + 2x academy players. Crickey that squad is stretched quickly. 

Experience please, Eustace. Assumed Ohashi is injured, we need someone to press their back line as otherwise they'll just retain the ball and the attacks will keep coming back. Plus having Gueye on the bench gives us a wildcard option for the last 20 minutes if needed.

I get the call for experience but I think there's room for someone like ACD, who to me could be a difference maker for us. He's also fresh having only played a cameo role at Leeds. He's also a ball carrier which we will need if we are camped in like we often are. 

I know dolan presses very well up front but I'd be hesitant to start him there, weimann up front might be an option, a certainly don't think gueye has 90 mins in him. 

For this one I'd be having dolan in there somewhere provided fitness (which given the fixture list is no guarentee). We need that energy and running in this one.  

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We just cant afford to have a single Player who is not up for it on the Day.

Shit or bust.

[J*B]

Yikes, that squad is even further stretched. Even less confident now.

Pears

Brittain Batth Hyam Beck

Tronstad Baker

ACD Weimann Hedges

Dolan 

That’s a really weak team. 

[Wheelton Blue]

Whatever the team, whatever the tactics...in JE we should trust.

Let's just batter these fools for once.

[booth]

7 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Hes far from shit. 

Every match I've seen him in he's passed to invisible men.

They spent more on that lump than our entire transfer business.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

57 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Yeah I tend to agree... We could start Gueye but we will run out of legs second half and bringing him on really helps. Buckley at 10 would give us the ability to pack the midfield which is useful. 

I guess game plan will be to not concede and bring Gueye and ACD on around 65 mins to make something. Shame to approach a home derby that way but we cant risk going down to an early goal.

If we had all of Travis, Pickering, Cantwell and Ohashi fit and raring to go it would be another story but we haven’t. We need to approach this game like we did with the Leeds game. I wish things were different but we’re  struggling for players. The game has come at a really bad time.

[yellowsubmarine]

Because of all the injuries, i think the first XI almost picks itself. Will miss Travis's leadership big time. 

And where's Siggy?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

43 minutes ago, BlackburnEnd75 said:

I get the call for experience but I think there's room for someone like ACD, who to me could be a difference maker for us. He's also fresh having only played a cameo role at Leeds. He's also a ball carrier which we will need if we are camped in like we often are. 

I know dolan presses very well up front but I'd be hesitant to start him there, weimann up front might be an option, a certainly don't think gueye has 90 mins in him. 

For this one I'd be having dolan in there somewhere provided fitness (which given the fixture list is no guarentee). We need that energy and running in this one.  

ACD is still a boy physically, he’s very easily brushed off the ball and after he’s gone 10 yards, he’s done.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

If Cantwell is recovering from illness. You'd really expect him to at least be on the bench by Saturday.  

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 minutes ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Because of all the injuries, i think the first XI almost picks itself. Will miss Travis's leadership big time. 

And where's Siggy?

Siggy ? One player I wouldn’t want playing in this game.

[frosty]

1 hour ago, martonrover said:

To put that in context, we were in full - scale capitulation mode when that game was played, and it came as little surprise that Burnley won, without having to engage third gear.

We'd lost three out of the previous 16 league games before that game, or four out of 20 all comps.

26 minutes ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Because of all the injuries, i think the first XI almost picks itself. Will miss Travis's leadership big time. 

And where's Siggy?

Eustace has said he hopes to be back towards the end of the month.

[Ghost7]

Think we are being led astray on Siggy. Not happy with his minutes. Don't think he'll play for the club again.

[martonrover]

26 minutes ago, frosty said:

We'd lost three out of the previous 16 league games before that game, or four out of 20 all comps.

We also hadn’t won any of the previous six leading up to the Burnley game.

1 hour ago, smiller14 said:

Not sure Burnley coasted the game, we were largely the better side but struggled to create much. Dolan took one off Hyam's head and we had a blatant penalty turned down.

It wasn't a surprise, no, but we more than matched them that day. The performance at their place was nothing short of disgraceful though

They won (again).

Time to turn the tide.

[MB Rover]

17 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

Think we are being led astray on Siggy. Not happy with his minutes. Don't think he'll play for the club again.

Refused to play an u21’s game back in November, he’s being left out for disciplinary reasons.

[Hasta]

8 minutes ago, MB Rover said:

Refused to play an u21’s game back in November, he’s being left out for disciplinary reasons.

Which makes his inclusion and comments on the "Merry Christmas" social media video a bit odd.

Edited Thursday at 16:25 by Hasta

[smiller14]

15 minutes ago, martonrover said:

We also hadn’t won any of the previous six leading up to the Burnley game.

They won (again).

Time to turn the tide.

Of course, I was devastated. Just not sure it was a fair assessment of the game. That being said, the last game in August was much needed to rebuild a bit of trust amongst the fanbase that we can actually fight against this lot and not completely shit the bed when the chips are down. A win is long overdue though.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

ACD is still a boy physically, he’s very easily brushed off the ball and after he’s gone 10 yards, he’s done.

He doesn't have any real pace - the mini-Saka comparisons are very apt. 

I can see him being a very good player in the PL for a top team - one that spends a lot of the game camped in the opponent's final third. In the Championship though he's simply not running away from many fullbacks and that's a problem for us.

[Penwortham Blue]

3 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Just found out we've got 4 tickets for this......and I haven't seen Rovers win this season 😧 

FFS Jim, please stay away 🙏

[Penwortham Blue]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

To be fair they scabbed a win at Ewood last time with a goal out of nothing, we were well in the game - I don’t think the players will need telling.

We outplayed them that night, they couldn’t get near Adam W and then that Benson pulled one out of the bag. We also should have had a penalty in injury time when that tossed Barnes, clearly hand balled it. Just nothing went for us in that last 5 / 6 matches, wretched luck that cost us a play off berth.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

50 minutes ago, smiller14 said:

A win is long overdue though.

Lost too many games against this rabble lately...needs to stop and pride restored.

Every Man,Woman and Child on your feet and lets have Ewood Rocking.

Their repulsive Jack Walker song will no doubt be sung,our reply should take the Roof off!!

 

Edited Thursday at 17:21 by SIMON GARNERS 194

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Ohashi is out of the derby 😔

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                    Pears 

    Brittain - Batth - Hyam - Beck

           Tronstad - Baker

       JRC - Dolan - Hedges

                  Leonard 

 

[levi]

Cantwell not too ill to be putting something on his story about rangers beating celtic today🙄

[Penwortham Blue]

12 minutes ago, ... said:

Ohashi is out of the derby 😔

Be a real blow if that turns out to be the case. Think official line is that Yuki and Cantwell are unlikely to feature but not as yet, ruled out.