v Sunderland (h) - 26/12/2024

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

...Only if we return to the top flight.

[Scoobydo]

On 24/12/2024 at 11:38, USABlue said:

ACD looks like a poor mans Dolan to me every bit the same headless chicken but with even ooorer touch and close control and he is not as pacey as some were making out.  Not good enough 

That’s an outrageous take. 

[Upside Down]

9 hours ago, Michael123458 said:

We are a huge huge club and before long I think big crowds of 25k plus will be at ewood on a regular basis 😀

That was the case prior to the venkys virus infestation.

[USABlue]

On 24/12/2024 at 05:58, Dreams of 1995 said:

You have brought some festive cheer in those last couple of posts USABlue

Lovely Christmas Eve to you too 👍😂

Am I picking up on a little sarcasm there.  Sorry all these years of Rovers have just sort of programmed me that way.  Hope you had a lovely Xmas and are in store for a better Boxing Day.

[USABlue]

On 24/12/2024 at 06:11, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Cheer up USA FFS!!

Sorry I can't help it I really am not a miserable old git, just Rovers does this to me.  I will just stop. 

COYB.  Loved Boxing Day miss it but I am sure it is not the same.  Hell they don't even do derbies anymore.  Should be a crackin atmosphere though, hope we can get at em early and get Ewood rocking.  We gonna miss Trav I think but maybe someone steps up to make it hard for Trav to come back 

Edited 4 hours ago by USABlue

[USABlue]

4 hours ago, Scoobydo said:

That’s an outrageous take. 

You think so?  Just sayin what I saw and how I felt about his performance overall ignoring the lovely goal he scored.  He needs more time for a reasonable estimation but that is mine right now, and probably unreasonable.  He definately has similar traits to TD.

[Ghost7]

On 24/12/2024 at 15:01, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

That thought went through my mind. He’s too easily out muscled for me, Dolan not so much so, he’s older and  a bit stronger. I’ve never liked wingers playing on their wrong wing.  It really handicaps them in my opinion. The full back already knows what they’re trying to do.

Wingers on the wrong side is one of the most effective moves in football in terms of goalscoring. The reality is the goal is central and if they cut inside they should be facing goal with more space on their stronger foot = more efforts on goal. That's preferred by most good wingers today. Hence the likes of Saka, Cole Palmer, Jared Bowen, Mbeumo, Cristiano Ronaldo in the past, Mahrez was an expert and closer to home Ben Brereton at Rovers or Harvey Elliott. If it handicaps them they aren't good enough. Mohamed Salah is a left footed right winger, so this opinion... that I hear fairly often around me during football I'm sorry to say is wildly wrong. Nearly every good winger you're watching today plays on the "wrong side" and for a good reason. I hope this changes your mind and gives you a new outlook on a winger. If they can't still run to the byline on their weaker foot and cross... they aren't good enough.

[Paul Mani]

                   Pears

Brittain   Hyam. Batth.  Beck

              Baker. Sonny

   ACD.     Cantwell.   Dolan

                  Ohashi

Subs - Toth, JRC, Mcfadz, Buckley, Weimann, Hedges, Leonard, Gueye

I don’t think Baker or Buckley are upto replacing Trav for 6 weeks and I said so in the transfer thread two weeks ago when suggesting that CM and CB were potentially more pressing areas than Forwards. We shall see.

That said, the back seven looks pretty well set. The front four, in truth could be any combination. The only one guaranteed to start is Cantwell, (who I think is due a blinder). The rest is anyone’s guess. I chose to keep ACD and bring in Dolan on the left, who will invert when Beck surges forward.

Rovers 2 - 1 Sunderland 

Ohashi and Cantwell with the goals.