2022/2023 Pre Season Thread

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, neophox said:

Leonard on for Vale 85 mins...still 2-2

Vale gets 85 mins against Celtic!

Pleased that JDT seems to have sussed out that Butterworth isn't going to make it at this level.

Garrett, Hedges, Markanday and Leonard all brought on before him.

[BigBar]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

McCarthy on an ugly challenge on Garrett...

Welcome to big boy footy young man.

[neophox]

Ugly game at the moment...

[neophox]

2-2 full time... great preseason game!

 

[OsloRover]

FT 2-2

[Jimmy612]

More of an even keel the second half after Celtic put their second string on.  

Good to see Vale play 85mins. Not easy when you don’t see a lot of the ball but he showed some nice glimpses, particularly back to goal under pressure. Lovely assist too. 

great  for Ayala to get an hour or more as well.  Desperate for him to stay fit, as unlikely as it seems. 
 

Think JDT will be pleased, particularly getting minutes in the first team legs against a superior side. Glad Celtic took it easy on us in the end. They could have put us to the sword if they kept Kyogo and Abada on. 

still need  5 or 6 first team players. 

[BigBar]

Trav found that hard going. Let's out a big "fuck me" when greeting JRC at full time. Good valuable minutes under the belt for all involved.

[Jimmy612]

12 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

Hardly, it was very clever according to the commentators 🙂

Nonsense. If the wall is guarding one side, the keeper covers the other. Basics.  Well placed strike, shouldn’t beat a half decent keeper. 

[Hasta]

I thought that was pretty good to be fair. Apart from the suspect full back positions covered through this thread, there were plenty of positives. I don’t think Vale looked out of place at all alongside BB and Gally.

Edited July 16, 2022 by Hasta

[BankEnd Rover]

Gallagher MOM for me…could be a big season for him.

[TruRover]

Great game that - would argue based on our 2nd half chances we should of won it. Great intensity throughout. 
 

We look weak in the fullback areas.

Edited July 16, 2022 by TruRover

[neophox]

The commentators were impressed by Rovers....particularly Diaz and Gally...

With Mowbray in charge this would had been an insulting big loss....think JDT has done wonders so far with such a threadbare squad. We need some signings for sure.

[Cherry Blue]

Good workout. Taken apart in first half but if we come away from Celtic with a 2 2 draw then there's something there to build on in the next two weeks.

[Guest]

Weak at full back, strong in central areas. What we have right now suits a 3-4-3 far better than it does a 4 at the back. 

[Miker]

Good to see quite a few of the youngsters get some minutes. Don’t think any of them looked out of place against a strong Celtic side.

At least the future looks bright for us as far as the academy is concerned.

I like the look of Hedges, he works really hard for the team. Don’t think he’ll pull up any trees this season, but good player to have in the squad.

[Butty]

Good run out for the lads. Gally MOTM for us, Dolan did well and Diaz took his goal really well. Pickering needs replacing I’ve thought as much for a while and today confirmed it for me. Carter obviously not a right back but think he’ll be okay to step in at centre half when needed. 

[Andy]

Not a disaster to draw with an SPL team and a good workout.

Highlighted some urgent areas for improvement, but also some positives from today, for sure 👍🏻

[rigger]

1 hour ago, Dan said:

http://www.hesgoal.com/news/107570/Celtic_vs_Blackburn_Rovers.html

Thanks for that, an excellent link.

Edited July 16, 2022 by rigger

[yeti-dog]

Overall, that was a decent work-out. 

Definitely confirms  we're short in places but I thought we stuck to our task well. We looked dangerous on the counter and had an effective press in Celtic's half when we committed to it.

Some positives to take away but now we need to get some new faces in. 

[neophox]

Magloire and Butterworth after Leonard, Wharton and Garrett........they will leave soon you'll see.

[simongarnerisgod]

i like the fact the players came out after half time and kept at it,under mowbray we`de have got worse,players are coming apparently (where have i heard that before!!)

[glen9mullan]

A moral boosting draw in the end, a lot of changes from Celtic for the 2nd half certainly favoured us.

Thought Gallagher did well overall, whilst Pickering and Carter improved as they game went on.

We made quite a lot of late changes so difficult to gauge many who came on.

Dolan looked lively, but reinforcements 100% needed over the next couple of weeks

[TheWeasel]

Didn't see it but apparently Jack Vale looked quite good, if they're thinking about using him in and around the squad this season maybe we should think about his contract (runs out next year I think)

 

[Miller11]

Today shows we aren’t a million miles off being a good side, but we have some glaring problems that if not addressed will put us in trouble. There’s an obvious issue if Brereton leaves, but our options up the top end look ok. An experienced central midfielder would be nice, but we need 3 good defenders through the door asap.

We’d have won that today with Nyambe and Lenihan.

[neophox]

How did they manage to get that Jota fella?