[Archived] Rovers V Chelsea Match Preview

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Robbo is GOD

[Eddie]

Absolutely fantastic save from Robinson.

[DeadlyDirk]

Thankg god Drogba isn't on with these conditions, he'd be diving all over the shop.

[Rovers in America]

We really need to quit playing such a heavy passing game with the field so wet. It's just not going to work because eventually you'll hit one too soft and the water will just kill it. Seems to have killed quite a few of our attacks.

[Eddie]

We seem to be afraid to move forward and have a shot. With these conditions we need to be having a pop and you never know.

[DeadlyDirk]

Absolutely fantastic save from Robinson.

Good old commentators with no faith in Robbon on Setanta,

"It must have took a deflection"

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Robbo saves again.

[DeadlyDirk]

I've just remembered Bosingwa's comments from earlier in the season that he was excited about playing against top players and that Pedersen is the best in the league.

I wonder if he still thinks the same thing???

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I think Alex's freekick nearly killed Villanueva as it went at 200mph.

[emglch]

lost count how many saves RObbo made! Incredible form!

[Tim Southampton Rover]

FFS! 1-0

Freak goal by Anelka.

[Sysagent]

*groan*

Jammy goal down to conditions...

Poor Robo.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Robbo prob could have stopped it considering it went 2mph over the line.

[Eddie]

Pretty sure Robinson could have saved that if he hadn't stood appealing. Oh well.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Lets hope the ref calls it off

[Hannah]

Robinson needs to learn to play to the whistle! He would have got that if he had tried!!

[DeadlyDirk]

Pretty sure Robinson could have saved that if he hadn't stood appealing. Oh well.

Quite possible.

[Presty On Tour]

gutted to concede to a freak goal. Would of been a platform to build on going in 0-0 t ht

[Tim Southampton Rover]

MPG went down a bit too easily there!

[krislu]

I feel for those rovers supporters who have gone down to ewood to watch this "game". My god what a poor side we have become. I guess the combination of a poor group of players and a rubbish manager have gotten the best of us.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I don't think we've become a poor side. We've played well in quite a few games but just haven't finished teams off. We played brilliant against Villa, who are a team most people predict would finish just outside top 4, yet they somehow won the game when we controlled it and should have got the 3 points.

[Presty On Tour]

the axe has returned to kill them all!

[James No. 7]

MPG went down a bit too easily there!

Never mind that he went down too easily. He clearly had his shirt pulled.

[emglch]

looks like grella's injured again.

[tony gale's mic]

I don't think we've become a poor side. We've played well in quite a few games but just haven't finished teams off. We played brilliant against Villa, who are a team most people predict would finish just outside top 4, yet they somehow won the game when we controlled it and should have got the 3 points.

They didn't 'somehow' win the game, we defended shockingly and they took advantage.

We've played badly this time round, yet if the ref hadn't been so myopic we would have been in the lead.