joey_big_nose

Depends if he is fit and motivated. A very small % of experienced player who drop down from prem to Championship are.

Normally I would agree but our squad is in absolute pieces. I'd play the few first team players who have not had much game time - Toth, Montgomery, TGH, Pickering, Riberio, De Neve. What's amusing is half of them are left backs, which is also Powell's role.... so we can probably only play one out of Powell, Pickering, Riberio, De Neve? I guess we could line up something like : Toth O'Riordan Atcheson Pratt ????? TGH Montgomery Powell Henrickson Joseph Higgins Could implode, might surprise us. I suspect though Ismael won't go for this sort of thing, and will keep flogging Ohashi, Cantwell, McLoughlin which tbh is a perfectly reasonable thing to do as it's madness to send out the kids. But then again it's madness to take risks on more injuries to our few remaining experienced players.

I don't think Tyrone was saying it's a reason that we have been exceptionally impacted, it's that every club is suffering and the quality of the games is as a result getting worse because there are so many players out with injuries. I agree with that. Anyway - thinking about it as virtually every club in the Championship is losing money hand over fist it's unlikely anyone is going to vote to lose 17% of their matches (8 of 48 games) and all the associated income (gate, TV, food) to go down to 20 teams.

Probably the Championship needs to go down to 20 teams... not a fan of that idea at the moment though as Rovers risk of league one would massively increase.

Pleased we managed to get a point from 2-0 down. Must be a long time since we did that. Defensively we looked woeful though. 3421 puts so much athletic pressure on the wing backs - and we had two who just couldnt cover the necessary ground. A better side than Charlton would have absolutely buried us. Ismael took a long time to get to 352 when we did have the right players and now seems to not want to change when we dont.

Where we are today highlights why Venkys are so bad for the club. Team shot to pieces, dwindling attendances but from their perspective its unlikely they are even thinking about the club until the review every year or six months. And when those reviews occur they are unlikely to know how to or particularly care about improving things. Yes they've put a lot of money, and great they have, but an owner engaged and involved in the day to day would be driving the leadership team to solve the issues. Absentee landlords have never been a way to run anything well. Id rather have half the money each year but an owner proactively thinking and acting to solving the problems the club faces. Not sitting around for half a year and half the world away for them to then have virtually zero useful input.

Our left is an absolute joke. We are going to concede through a break down there...

Bit bemused why Pratt has gone off. I dont think he did much wrong? Just had no cover from Pickering or the midfield.

We have absolutely no defense down the left...

Well got a goal back. Havent seen a leap like that from a rovers forward in years.

Change of formation to 3421 provides even less cover for our wing backs who lack the engine to cover the necessary ground. Why are we playing this formation with Pickering and Miller at wing back. Its absolutely ridiculous.

If Miller and McLoughlin are at full back who is at centreback?? Plus in a diamond theres a lot of expectation on the full backs to provide the width, which i doubt those two can do really. And playing two up top with a back four would be a bold move, and one I think we cant really handle imo. If we go to a back four I think its 4231. For what its worth until we get Alebiouso back I would make the change as it doesnt work without him.

Where is the game squad listed - interested in academy strikers have been put in?

I'm in the give Joseph a go group. We really have nothing to lose. Henricksson has put the effort in and done okay pressing, but offered absolutely nothing in terms of goal threat. Put Joseph on from the start and bring on Henricksson to close out the game. While I am not as down on the overall squad as some (its bad but weve had worse in the last 15 years) the current striking options with Gudjonsen injured are definitely the worst ever imo. And thats with me rating Ohashi!

Millers a committed defender and been significant part of our quite good defensive record. But on the ball he is a total liability. I cant fathom why we put him at RWB.