[Archived] Rovers v Millwall: Ewood Park - December 14th, KO - 3pm

[knobblybottom]

Blackburn are only home side to win in Championship

[West Yorks Rover]

Blackburn are only home side to win in Championship

Yeah results not gone too well for us Reading, Leeds and Brighton win away.

[Amo]

Important 3pts that keeps within spitting distance of the playoffs.

Disappointing to concede like we did. I guess we can't point the finger at Kean or Kane this time.

[frosty]

That'll do, as long as we build on it and get at least 7 points from the next 3 games.

[scrumpyblue]

Talk about nervous tension, but...

3 points will do very nicely. Well done Rovers!

[DE.]

Important 3pts that keeps within spitting distance of the playoffs.

Disappointing to concede like we did. I guess we can't point the finger at Kean or Kane this time.

Our defence in general is a bit of a joke to be honest. They're all to blame in equal measure. It'll be interesting to see if Robbo's return (assume he comes back into the first team soon) will help that at all.

[pick32]

Think robbo will play against city

[rovers11]

Yeah results not gone too well for us Reading, Leeds and Brighton win away.

Don't really need to worry about other teams at the moment, there are too many games left so we just need to focus on winning our games. I don't see Burnley or Derby being in the top 6 at the end of the season. Brighton are in good form but I'm not convinced they'll be top 6. Reading probably will be top 6, Leeds could be.

If we could get level on points or about 2 or 3 points off the play offs by the end of December then we'll be in a great position. Plus, we'll have Evans to come back who is arguably our best midfielder.

Good win today. Made it harder than we should have in the end but 3 points is the main thing in what was a must win game. Sounded as though Marshall was excellent today and played a massive role in the second half.

Our defence in general is a bit of a joke to be honest. They're all to blame in equal measure. It'll be interesting to see if Robbo's return (assume he comes back into the first team soon) will help that at all.

At home, our defence has been excellent. Away from home, it has been woeful.

[West Yorks Rover]

Don't really need to worry about other teams at the moment, there are too many games left so we just need to focus on winning our games. I don't see Burnley or Derby being in the top 6 at the end of the season. Brighton are in good form but I'm not convinced they'll be top 6. Reading probably will be top 6, Leeds could be.

If we could get level on points or about 2 or 3 points off the play offs by the end of December then we'll be in a great position. Plus, we'll have Evans to come back who is arguably our best midfielder.

Good win today. Made it harder than we should have in the end but 3 points is the main thing in what was a must win game. Sounded as though Marshall was excellent today and played a massive role in the second half.

At home, our defence has been excellent. Away from home, it has been woeful.

Have you had a look at Derby's record lately, they're brilliant away and their home form has now improved under new manager too.

Brighton had a shocking injury list, but they're getting their players back now, their recent results are excellent.

Our defence not too clever today though.

Glad of the win, but we've hardly been in play-off form lately !

[Tom]

Well the minimum required was a win and we got that but made hard work of it

Eastwood - dodgy for second goal but looked better than Kean and his kicking is in a different league

Henley - lightweight but steady enough

Dann / Hanley - both ok but poor punting

Spurr - at fault for first goal

Taylor - tried hard but didn't come off

Lowe - Lowe

Cairney - some slack passing but miles better central

Marshall - lively but wasteful first half cracking header though

King - a real menace and put some good balls in for once

Rhodes - cracking cracking goal and some good holdup play but a little wasteful with a couple of chances

Dunn - another cracking header

Gestede - little time, proved he can control a ball

A wins a win but the real highlight was the stretcher NEENAW NEENAW

[West Yorks Rover]

Well the minimum required was a win and we got that but made hard work of it

Eastwood - dodgy for second goal but looked better than Kean and his kicking is in a different league

Henley - lightweight but steady enough

Dann / Hanley - both ok but poor punting

Spurr - at fault for first goal

Taylor - tried hard but didn't come off

Lowe - Lowe

Cairney - some slack passing but miles better central

Marshall - lively but wasteful first half cracking header though

King - a real menace and put some good balls in for once

Rhodes - cracking cracking goal and some good holdup play but a little wasteful with a couple of chances

Dunn - another cracking header

Gestede - little time, proved he can control a ball

A wins a win but the real highlight was the stretcher NEENAW NEENAW

Have'nt seen it but sounds like something Lofty picked up cheap.

[Mike E]

Shelf on wheels....deffo Shaw's buy.

[Mr. E]

I throw up a little bit in my mouth every time I read someone write "playoffs." By what illogical absurdity are we going to get to the playoffs this year?

[West Yorks Rover]

Bowyer still does'nt like using his subs, Dunny 75 (injury) Gestede 88 wasting time.

Rochina will probably want a loan move in Jan.

[Tom]

I would expect a full time move to Spain in January for him

[West Yorks Rover]

I would expect a full time move to Spain in January for him

If that's on the cards Tom, they perhaps would'nt want him playing well for a few games and then having to let

him go, fans would'nt be happy.

Although they may be thinking of the Cairney situation.

[arbitro]

Poor performance today against a physically stronger Millwall side (although in fairness to both teams I didn't realise how bad the conditions were until I got outside the ground). The set up and tactics at QPR last week were spot on but today I thought we were too negative and wouldn't commit too many men forward. For the Rhodes goal there wasn't a Rovers player with 15 -20 yards of him. That said getting three points and going into three winnable games with some momentum was the priority.

[West Yorks Rover]

Poor performance today against a physically stronger Millwall side (although in fairness to both teams I didn't realise how bad the conditions were until I got outside the ground). The set up and tactics at QPR last week were spot on but today I thought we were too negative and wouldn't commit too many men forward. For the Rhodes goal there wasn't a Rovers player with 15 -20 yards of him. That said getting three points and going into three winnable games with some momentum was the priority.

I would have liked to have seen Dunny/Rochina have 60 mins from the start, then replace one with the other.

[Mike Graham]

What a dreadful dreadful game. A much welcome 3 points for a poor team.

Fair bit of fighting behind the Darren End after the game unfortunately.

[Stuart]

Fair bit of fighting behind the Darren End after the game unfortunately.

There were only about 4 Millwall fans turned up! Were they arguing over the taxi or what?

[Tom]

There were only about 4 Millwall fans turned up! Were they arguing over the taxi or what?

They all wanted a go on the stretcher

[Bucksrover]

Good result. Job done in awful conditions.

GB got it right today. Keep that 11 playing and we will do well.

[FGS5635]

Well the minimum required was a win and we got that but made hard work of it

Eastwood - dodgy for second goal but looked better than Kean and his kicking is in a different league

Henley - lightweight but steady enough

Dann / Hanley - both ok but poor punting

Spurr - at fault for first goal

Taylor - tried hard but didn't come off

Lowe - Lowe

Cairney - some slack passing but miles better central

Marshall - lively but wasteful first half cracking header though

King - a real menace and put some good balls in for once

Rhodes - cracking cracking goal and some good holdup play but a little wasteful with a couple of chances

Dunn - another cracking header

Gestede - little time, proved he can control a ball

A wins a win but the real highlight was the stretcher NEENAW NEENAW

Pretty much agree with all of that. Only thing is a thought marshall did well today. Some good touches and worked hard. great header for the goal.

All in all pretty kean conditions to play football and as a result is made is a very even nothing type of game, so a very good win.

Lol a Nee naw, that was epic. Hope the lad is ok becasue would be harsh if he's hurt bad and we all laughed, but that said it was mighty funny.

[Stuart]

They all wanted a go on the stretcher

It was pretty funny when they rolled that wheelbarrow on! Eventually.

The St Johns guys were ready to trot on and were stopped. As though someone had said "hang on I've been dying to use me trolley". Probably Pat Pending by the look of it.

[Tom]

Rochina just tweeted

@rubenrochina23: waiting to see what happen in the next weeks! we will see ...

Sounds like he's off to me