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ruggles1995 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The way this last decade has gone, I wouldn't be surprised, just as its starting to look quite good. But realistically I cant imagine hes the top of Wolves list. Sounds a bit like someone stirring a story up out of nothing, family's in the midlands... wolves are in the midlands, hes the in-form team of the championship.... = must be him then!! ......... No chance. Hes never going to be on Southampton's list, as they want to play a 'certain way'. But it would be a Blackburn type thing to happen. -
v Luton Town (h) - 14/12/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
13 points left till safety -
v Middlesbrough (a) - 27/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Cracking win. -
Id still have Chris Brown down as worse at the moment. Without Gueye we wouldnt of scored our 3rd against Cardiff. He didnt win the header but he didnt let the defender win it either, and that led to JRC putting the ball in to baker to do the rest. Brown still tops the list for me atm.
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v Cardiff City (a) - 9/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
credit where credit is due, Eustace got this one bang on. Subs were good to. I think we are still 2 wingers of pace and quality short of a playoff push. But you never know. In all honesty its another 3 points closer to 50 points! -
v Stoke City (h) - 6/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It started from that, so yeh, if he doesn't slip over on goal the ball doesn't go down the other end. Literally nobody around him, I don't understand how hes slipping over in that situation. When that longs gone in the game, you should know whether your football boots are good enough to stand on the pitch your playing on. Its embarrassing tbh. Goals change games. When you make a mistake in goal or at the back theres a chance you will concede, but you cant keep clean sheets every week. Hes had enough opportunities lately starting quite a few games in a row. Last night he made plenty of mistakes, and that one slipping over cost us down the other end. You have to start taking responsibility if you waste chances and turn over possession consistently. Cant expect to get bailed out time after time if you dont do you job down the other end. We have a lot of players that turn over the ball which puts under pressure to defend. Hedges, Dolan, Yuki all are usual suspects for giving over possession, when you do that you have to defend. Cant keep bailing these players out. If that was Cantwell I would of had sympathy as he usually finds a pass or keeps possession well, but hedges Yuki and Dolan need to start looking after the ball better, its all well an good losing possession if things your trying to do come off half the time, but unfortunately they aren't for the likes of them. He had a shot in the first half that hit the 2nd tier of the blackburn end stand, he had chances to score yesterday, gets offside a bit, mis place passes, 2nd half where cantwell passed him the ball down the side he stopped, and a promising attack rolled out of play. Slipping over through on goal. Against sheff utd he had a chance to lay in Cantwell, was an easy 5 yard pass and he over hits it out for a goal kick. His lack of quality in the final 3rd and turning over possession starts to hurt when he isn't scoring goals. Plymouth away he had a couple chances, one was a glorious opportunity when he came on and took so long he didn't get a shot off, which was virtually a 1 on 1. Bit of a over long rant on him, which is probably harsh as he does work hard, but its to show a point that he turns over possession more than others which eventually starts to hurt the team, its not a 1 off. Hopefully its a confidence issue. But its not all down to him. But on this scenario hes to blame when you see him constantly turning over possession so cheaply. -
v Stoke City (h) - 6/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
There is no defending any of our attackers last night, including the ones off the bench. They all missed sitters. Yuki, Hedges, Weiman are just not good enough, and they shouldn't be starting. You have to feel for cantwell, he has some poor players around him. Our lack of wingers and the ones that play there are abysmal. Think it needs 2 strikers to try and help each other out and I would probably get another midfielder that can turn on the ball and pass forward. Yuki cost us for the first goal, him slipping over on the attack led to them going up the other end and scoring. Then Gueyes miss led to them going up the other end and getting a 2nd. As Much as I agree with the lack of technical ability of Gueye, I think Yuki needs some criticism, hes looking more and more a non league player. If they play they need a strike partner to give them a hand. Tronstad and Trav are work horses and are good at breaking up play, but at home against oppo you have a good chance against I dont understand why we need them both on the pitch, and for every minute of it. Eustace needs to be braver, using the same recycled 14 players. Its not looking good now, Hes getting it wrong, and we now cant put the ball in the net. We are slow at the back, and we are slow up front, its looking bleak. After the cardiff and pompey games that on paper looking winnable I dont see us winning another game till new year ON PAPER (but its a funny old game). Was a massive loss that. -
v Sheffield Utd (h) - 2/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
difference is they have players capable of picking out Moore. Gueye has to run at least 10 yards to meet any crosses or even kicks from pears. If a keepers claiming crosses usually thats because the cross is floated and comfortable to come and claim, as they punch most these days. Its a lot easier for a keeper to come and collect a cross thats floated than it is for a striker to have to go and get. Look at Isaaks goal for newcastle at the weekend, great header put on a plate from a great cross, the speed and accuracy of a delivery does the work, the strikers just got to direct it. Gueyes having to run and jump through keepers and defenders to get anything on it. Thats not his fault, yes you have to go and attack the delivery but you need a delivery with some quality half the time. Gueye also won 2 flick ons from pears saturday, but when weimans your strike partner who has zero pace to run for it..... Hes a complete different option to have, and like you say when hes knocking it down and nobody's their, thats for Eustace to get sorted, if players are over 10 yards away or don't have the pace to meet it, thats something Eustace needs to sort out. Hes a different alternative to other few options we do have, and they need to find a way for it to work at times. If we had good crosses in the box with no striker on the end of it not being their or not attacking it, id be pointing fingers at Gueye. But IMO we aren't playing\capable to play to his strengths. I agree with you hes a horrible footballer to watch, but his strengths are meant to be physical and aerial, and until we even try to use those strengths or have the ammunition to do so, il give him the benefit of the doubt until I see him get a chance. I do agree with your comment on the 3rd chance though, seemed like he should of done more with that, apart from that, the other crosses are poor and your asking him to have to run through defenders and keepers every time. If he starts he only ever gets 60 mins. Not easy making an impact when you come on and the ball spends 10 minutes in your own 6 yard box down the other end. The transfer windows now starting to look pretty poor, crying out for pace, we dont have any (dubbery the exception but need more than 1 option). Wingers with quality, we dont seem to have any, a goalscorer, they got 2 in was a little n large option which arent proving to be of much worth right now. Deffo needs some new recruits in Jan. Think its worth getting injury prone siggy off the books and use his wages. -
v Stoke City (h) - 6/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Dont see mr careful Eustace changing much apart from using the same cycled 14 players. BUT I think it needs a reshuffle. Our wingers are poor and slow and cant cross a ball. I think we need someone in midfield that can pass forward, and I think we would benefit being a bit more direct. I think Yuki or Gueye would benefit from having a partner. I don't like 3 at the back but I think we might better off going 352, gives yuki or Gueye a partner, and gets Bukley in the team to pass forward, and we havent any good wingers in form, plus Duru and beck have the legs to get up and down. Id go: Pears Hyam Batth Pickering Duru Buckey Trav/Tron Beck Cantwell Leonard Gueye -
v Sheffield Utd (h) - 2/11/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
well that was dire. Eustace getting it wrong again is a worry. Think I would be pointing the finger at him again. Tactics and team selection for me. I for the life of me do not understand passing the ball to hyam at every goal kick on to his left foot when he is not left footed!, we invite pressure and the oppo literally want the ball to go to hyam for the trigger to press. he he cant use his left and has no option to then pass to beck who he kills with a pass every time. even if by some magic we do manage to pass it out it gets to tronstad or travis who just pass it back! its madness at times, problem is its happening alot up and down the country with other clubs doing it. I dont get it. Either get a cb comfortable with the ball at his feet, or play buckley in cm to get on the ball to pass forward, or just play gueye and use his bloody strengths and get it up to him! I dont think Gueye is much of footballer but i do believe if you use him to his strengths which is long balls into him and get players off him he would look a lot more affective. People saying he doesn't win headers you are just saying that because you don't like him. He wins at least 50% of them. Anything that did go long to him when he came on he won half of them (I think 2 out of the 3 that did go long to him). As much as I blame Eustace for the lack of tactical direction, I do also sympathise with him the lack of real quality in this squad, but I do feel there is enough their to give a better performance than Saturday showed. Real worry is nobody can cross a football apart from float a ball in for a keeper to easily claim, or never beat the first man. We have zero pace apart from dubbery or duru(their either injured or never picked!). Yuki and Gueye struggle massively, I think both would benefit from a partner. Winger wise we are slow and poor. Dolan for all his hard work constantly loses possession, but so does hedges. Siggys always injured, JRC you just don't know what your going to get, atm its more useless than good for him. The lack of real quality and pace in the wide areas, is alarming and hurting us. Think we need to keep it simple and play off Geuye, and get players around him, old school style. -
v WBA (h) - 23/10/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
dont really think that will change tbh. I would like to see Cantwell more in the 10\central, and dolan wide if dolan is going to carry on playing. Dolan lacks quality with the ball but does give you hard work, which is why id prefer him wide just to help up and down. Give the ball to the better players as much as possible. Tronstad trav and dolan as a 3 in the spine of the pitch is a real issue to why we do lack quality at times, they arent the most gifted with the ball at their feet in terms of passing\decision making. but 4 clean sheets in our last 6 games i think, with stats like that we've always a chance. -
v Swansea City (h) - 19/10/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You could be right, but on the other hand seems like the perfect opportunity to drop him after 2 defeats. I wouldn't be shocked if he starts though. -
v Swansea City (h) - 19/10/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I wouldn't be surprised to see Eustace keep it similarish or the same. I HOPE he makes changes, but if not, i guess one positive is the same crop seem to be ok at home so far..... personally Id like to see Duru Carter Batth Beck Tron Trav Dubbery Cantwell Hedges Geuye -
v Plymouth Argyle (a) - 5/10/2024
ruggles1995 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
when I said 'socials' I probably should said more aimed at twitter warriors. Some of reactions are aimed at certain player individuals which are quite uncalled for.