v Millwall (h) - Good Friday 18/4/2025, 3pm

[roversfan99]

31 minutes ago, islander200 said:

We were 2 nil down against Derby and they looked  like scoring every time they came forward. He had to change something in that game and the performance improved when he did(granted not enough).

They scored 2 from those 2 attacks but it wasnt wave after wave. And with that head start, it was never going to be attack after attack and they came closest again due to Sanderson making a mistake after coming on. The team was imbalanced with 3 right footed centre backs and we did lots of passing between them and barely had a shot in the second half.

He then stuck with the formation against Stoke where we were appalling.

[booth]

7 hours ago, M_B said:

Played well at Luton when he came on Forshaw,cool head when needed.

I thought he was poor at Luton. Gave the ball away, didn't attempt to defend his own box or disappeared altogether as he can't keep up with play.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

6 hours ago, M_B said:

I've only seen it live, but from our position in the JW stand, we were all saying  Toth should have come out. It clearly looked like his ball.

Personally I thought it doubtful if Toth would get there before the Millwall forward so he choose right

[philipl]

Great win, but

Millwall had 10 first teamers out

How did we miss those three chances in the first 7 minutes?

Toth not at fault for the goal- come on. A Millwall player got to it at the front of the 6 yard box and flicked it back to the guy who scored but could just as easily flicked it goalwards- Toth going for the ball across the 6 yard line would have been beaten at his near post.. As it was, the hard strike went back across the keeper and Toth was within a whisker of stopping. Pears would have stood and watched. Overall Toth was solid and his distribution excellent.

Really chuffed for Tronstad, Hyam and Brittain all scoring. 

 

[M_B]

19 minutes ago, philipl said:

Great win, but

Millwall had 10 first teamers out

How did we miss those three chances in the first 7 minutes?

Toth not at fault for the goal- come on. A Millwall player got to it at the front of the 6 yard box and flicked it back to the guy who scored but could just as easily flicked it goalwards- Toth going for the ball across the 6 yard line would have been beaten at his near post.. As it was, the hard strike went back across the keeper and Toth was within a whisker of stopping. Pears would have stood and watched. Overall Toth was solid and his distribution excellent.

Really chuffed for Tronstad, Hyam and Brittain all scoring.

The comments above refer back to an incident late in the game, not the goal.

He has to keep his place now.

[RoversTilliDie]

10/10 for Callum Brittain, in the LT ratings. We need to get Brittain, Tronstad, and  Dolan signing new contracts.

[RoversTilliDie]

9 minutes ago, M_B said:

The comments above refer back to an incident late in the game, not the goal.

He has to keep his place now.

Mabe we should play our team the other way round, forwards in defence. 2 great goals from Hyam, and Brittain.

[chaddyrovers]

7 hours ago, M_B said:

I've only seen it live, but from our position in the JW stand, we were all saying  Toth should have come out. It clearly looked like his ball.

Toth wasn't getting to the ball so did the right thing not to rush out but to stay back and make a good save. 

Forshaw should have done better tho. 

Overall Toth did very well. Making saves, handling and kicking the ball

6 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

They scored 2 from those 2 attacks but it wasnt wave after wave. And with that head start, it was never going to be attack after attack and they came closest again due to Sanderson making a mistake after coming on. The team was imbalanced with 3 right footed centre backs and we did lots of passing between them and barely had a shot in the second half.

He then stuck with the formation against Stoke where we were appalling.

Derby bullied us in that first 10 minutes. Pears and back 4 couldn't deal with it. Going to back 3 give us a foot hold in the game. 

Second half we didn't put enough crosses in. Yesterday we did..

Do you see a style of play under Ismael he wants to play Yesterday? 

11 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

10/10 for Callum Brittain, in the LT ratings. We need to get Brittain, Tronstad, and  Dolan signing new contracts.

Brittain and Tronstad new contracts should be a priority for Gestede. 

 

8 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Mabe we should play our team the other way round, forwards in defence. 2 great goals from Hyam, and Brittain.

Or maybe we should carry on playing this type of football. Brittain getting forward and supplying those good crosses into the box for players to attack them.

[Herbie6590]

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[ElTwis]

I'll try not to repeat what others have said but some thoughts:

Toth looked decent, I think tthere's a classic lack of confidence in a goalkeeper unsure of his position and that played out a couple of times when he was unsure of coming out. He was heavily used in recycling the ball which is great but 100% will cost a goal at some point as his passing wasn't perfect

Brittain - player of the season for me, defensively solid and has a knack of being in the right position from an attacking sense too 

Tronstadt - definitely played further forward. Really reads the game well which is why he's so often in the right place at the right time. Again, I think the shift in positioning will cost us a goal and its probably why Millwall managed to break the limes a couple times but it really contributed to the intensity Ismael is set upon.

Yuki seemed ineffective today, not sure why but perhaps the early miss was playing on his mind. He still managed to drag Millwall players out of position so as much as he didn't score he played his part to an extent

Gueye looked unfit to me, very slow but gave them something to think about at set pieces which is the point of having him as an impact sub.

Cantwell is a class above in terms of vision and passing ability, his work rate has definitely picked up under Ismael which I think is interesting. He's got to cut the sulky rolling about on the floor when he loses the ball though. There were 2 occasions we played with 10 during Millwall attacks because he was committed to pretending he had an injury.

Dolan, classic Dolan performance really, great workmrate, great drive but his final ball and decision making let's him down. That said, we shouldn't be letting him leave unless his wage demands are ridiculous.

Overall - a great game to watch and if this is what Ismael teams are about I'm actually looking forward to it. We will doubtlessly lose badly to teams eho put away the chances we will deginitely give them each game but noone will look forward to playing us! However, our squad is so poor (as shown by the subs) that it's got to have some investment.

One final thought - everything I saw yesterday suggests this team has a togetherness about them that they didn't under JE. Even the warming up at the sidelines was done together and there was one point they were clearly having a great time pressuring a millwall player taking a throw. Interesting given togetherness was JE's mantra.

PS - playoffs definitely still on!

 

 

 

 

 

[ElTwis]

Wait one more point. Pickering coming on at RB and Ribiero signing a longer contract, I wonder if that's indicative of Ismael seeing Pickering as a utility player capable of playing across the back line and Ribiero being first choice LB.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, ElTwis said:

Wait one more point. Pickering coming on at RB and Ribiero signing a longer contract, I wonder if that's indicative of Ismael seeing Pickering as a utility player capable of playing across the back line and Ribiero being first choice LB.

The best game I saw Pickering have was at left sided centre back in a back three.

[Salgados Hair]

46 minutes ago, ElTwis said:

PS - playoffs definitely still on!

 

 

 

 

 

They really aren't.

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, RoversTilliDie said:

10/10 for Callum Brittain, in the LT ratings. We need to get Brittain, Tronstad, and  Dolan signing new contracts.

Any club with ambition would have done so 18 months ago , alas we are the polar opposite run by chancers !

[Wheelton Blue]

Of course it doesn't change the bigger picture, but after an awful, depressing run of performances, I was delighted walking off the ground yesterday.

[Gav]

4 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

Of course it doesn't change the bigger picture, but after an awful, depressing run of performances, I was delighted walking off the ground yesterday.

Posters shouldn’t forget this, after all we want to see the lads in Blue n White win every week don’t we?

Enjoy the win and performance, the rats will desert the ship eventually and we will be here to pick up the pieces.

[aletheia]

7 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

Of course it doesn't change the bigger picture, but after an awful, depressing run of performances, I was delighted walking off the ground yesterday.

Think most on here feel that. It's always nice to see us play well and have a bit of a chant of 'cheerio' to cocky Millwall fans. But we all know the reality. After 15 years though...

[rovers11]

Really pleased with the win yesterday. Still not convinced about VI at all, but yesterday was one of our best performances of the season so credit where it's due. And it was against a Millwall team fighting for the play offs.

The past 2.5 games have been a lot, lot better. Hopefully things are clicking a little bit.

[LeftWinger]

2 hours ago, philipl said:

Great win, but

Millwall had 10 first teamers out

 

 

[dallydally]

On 14/04/2025 at 07:21, philipl said:

The most underwhelming look forward to Easter football I can recall.

Millwall will be coming to Ewood for the win to project themselves into the play-offs which will give the game an edge. They are on quite a run at the moment so the team and supporters will believe. All the noise from the sparse crowd will be from the Darwen End. Likelihood of us getting to half time at least 2 down has to be high.

Montgomery will be unavailable. Travis and Hyam will play. Beyond that we need a random number generator for the starting eleven.

This sort of a nothing game will be a measure of Ismael's abilities.

Got that slightly wrong!!

[USABlue]

14 hours ago, Tomphil2 said:

Same here iv'e not been his biggest fan in terms of his pound for pound contribution here but i had to compliment him today he played like he should and put a shift in.

 

And all that while constantly being mugged with little help from the ref.  Seems Millwall decided the best way to nullify him was to ruff him up.

[USABlue]

3 hours ago, Gav said:

Posters shouldn’t forget this, after all we want to see the lads in Blue n White win every week don’t we?

Enjoy the win and performance, the rats will desert the ship eventually and we will be here to pick up the pieces.

I don't see them leaving until they have completely destroyed us, putting us out of business forever then they will move on.

[KentExile]

4 hours ago, ElTwis said:

Wait one more point. Pickering coming on at RB and Ribiero signing a longer contract, I wonder if that's indicative of Ismael seeing Pickering as a utility player capable of playing across the back line and Ribiero being first choice LB.

Or it could just be that Brittain had earned/needed a rest after that performance on his first game back, and Pickering needed some minutes, somewhere/anywhere on the pitch with the game already won

 

[Tomphil2]

19 minutes ago, USABlue said:

And all that while constantly being mugged with little help from the ref.  Seems Millwall decided the best way to nullify him was to ruff him up.

Aye for someone who's quite lightweight it's amazing how many times it's him that gets penalised in tackles etc but he's also quite cute at winning free kicks himself at times.

Maybe that goes against him a bit with some refs.

[OllieNO]

4 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

Brilliant investment that Dennis loan👍