v Huddersfield Town (h) - 5/11/22

[yellowsubmarine]

Dack came on the other game and keep running to press the opposition defence. Vale just came on and jogs around.

[Exiled in Toronto]

We might not like it but shutting up shop when ahead has a 100% success rate for us this season. 

[moerpho]

Just now, AllRoverAsia said:

Were we at home in that game?

TTF Huddersfield are rubbish.

Take Gallagher off, bring S. Wharton on? At home, when leading, against bottom of the league.

What the fuck was that all about.

He secured 3 points at home, six in a row at home, we’re second in the league…and you’re moaning?

[matt83]

8th clean sheet. 12 wins from 20 is so impressive but in most of those 8 other games and some of the 12 they’ve been worse than abysmal. It’s crackers.

I’ve said a few times this season that 3 rank average teams will get promoted. I’m downgrading it to this season 3 shite teams will go up. I’m crossing everything that we are one of them. 

[CambridgeRover]

Our defense is something special , we shouldn't forget that.

Hyam, Brittain, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering must be a top 4 defense in the league on their day

Edited November 5, 2022 by CambridgeRover

[Dan]

Great game for Pickering, he’s slowly been getting better and better. Still not perfect and I think he’s not good enough to be a WB, but at LB he’s maybe becoming our new Alan Wright. 
 

 

[Mashed Potatoes]

4 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Were we at home in that game?

TTF Huddersfield are rubbish.

Take Gallagher off, bring S. Wharton on? At home, when leading, against bottom of the league.

What the fuck was that all about.

Winning the game ?

[Darrenbot]

1 minute ago, matt83 said:

8th clean sheet. 12 wins from 20 is so impressive but in most of those 8 other games and some of the 12 they’ve been worse than abysmal. It’s crackers.

I’ve said a few times this season that 3 rank average teams will get promoted. I’m downgrading it to this season 3 shite teams will go up. I’m crossing everything that we are one of them. 

Make no mistake if we go up we'll definitely come straight back down but at least we'll clear some of the debt and maybe become a better prospect for anybody wanting to but a football club out there

[RoverDom]

Half this board tipped us for a relegation battle at the start of the season. The pessimism hasn't stopped as we sit second in the league.  

I imagine if we won the quadruple one day people would still moan about Dack not getting a game. 

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, booth said:

I'm not sure if that was a poor performance. No urgency in the first half but Hudds had every man defending, the pitch wasn't ideal and we ended up going in 1-0.

Second half JDT got them to grind out the result again. Bad management or is he testing them?

Mowbray attemped to grind out results and continually failed.

I genuinely think he's just got nobody to bring off the bench to win us a game, or indeed change it. 

What he does have on the bench (which is ironic considering the last guy promised them) is a plethora of quality Championship defenders, so he knows he can shut up shop. 

At the moment Gallagher can't last 90 minutes and you'd be loathe to risk Hedges for the full 90 coming back from injury - and their backups are miles off their standard. 

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I think JDT is doing an incredible job managing the meagre resources he's been handed (he keeps referencing 12 out, 6 in for a reason!) and continues to eke out results, even if it's not the prettiest for the full 90 minutes (there are passages of wonderful play in there). 

[West Yorks Rover]

8 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

The manager has won 5 of his last 6 games !

It won't last if he carries on like he is.

[goozburger]

Just another typical Championship game, and we got through it. Knew this one was a tricky one when we've got the Dingles game on our minds.

Overall, a great day. Dingles humiliated on TV, and Rovers keeping it steady and within striking distance. Well done Rovers!

Although I'm dreading it, let's just face the music, now. Bring on the Dingles.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Our defense is something special , we shouldn't forget that.

Hyam, Brittain, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering must be a top 4 defense in the league on their day

The lad behind them isn't bad too.

[Andy]

Obviously happy with a win and a clean sheet, getting into a winning habit is no mean feat at all.

I actually enjoyed that first half, thought we looked confident and sharp.

But it feels so counterintuitive to sit back and defend a lead at home.

Seems that JDT trusts his defence and GK explicitly, but a better team than Hudds scores at least one today.

[RoverDom]

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

It won't last if he carries on like he is.

We heard that a while ago when we were on our WLWL run "it's not long till that streak turns to LLL" we promptly went on a 4 game winning run

[oozy]

A good 3 points. We really shouldn't be underestimating the 'poorer' teams in this league.

The bottom 5 all played against top 8 teams and all picked up points, bar Huddersfield.

And we were the only home side to win from all the 3pm kick offs today.

Edited November 5, 2022 by oozy

[Dan]

1 minute ago, CambridgeRover said:

Our defense is something special , we shouldn't forget that.

Hyam, Brittain, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering must be a top 4 defense in the league on their day

Sometimes at home, it’s like we think we’re 90’s Italy(at home, in Ewood Park/Rome).  Come and try and score a goal, you’re not going to. 
 

It certainly means that I’ve never got a comfortable afternoon lately.  Which is great when we win them, winning matches comfortably is maybe over rated, more endorphins the Rovers way 😂

[goozburger]

3 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

Half this board tipped us for a relegation battle at the start of the season. The pessimism hasn't stopped as we sit second in the league.

When you take a breather from this place, you dread taking a look after a period of time. I've seen comments such as "we won in spite of the manager". Well, it might not always be comfortable, but we do it more often than not, don't we? Frankly, I think fair criticism goes out of the window on here, and it's just a habit of some to need somebody to blame for us sitting second.

#COYB

[Exiled_Rover]

11 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Didnt think we played well but defo deserved the win for me. Need to find someone who can step in for Gallagher though. Soon as he went off we lost control of the game.

I hope Broughton has a quality loanee in mind. 

Someone with strength and pace would bag a hatful in this team. 

[Dan]

3 minutes ago, goozburger said:

Just another typical Championship game, and we got through it. Knew this one was a tricky one when we've got the Dingles game on our minds.

Overall, a great day. Dingles humiliated on TV, and Rovers keeping it steady and within striking distance. Well done Rovers!

Although I'm dreading it, let's just face the music, now. Bring on the Dingles.

How many local lads have they got in their team, compared with ours? You always knew with David Dunn in the team that our players would be up for it. The Super Wharton Bros. Teamtalk will win us the Derby watch. Travis will double dip on the energy bars and become their most hated player since Dunny  

[Herbie6590]

 

[roverandout]

This defensive game worked well for England at the euros 

[West Yorks Rover]

10 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I genuinely think he's just got nobody to bring off the bench to win us a game, or indeed change it. 

What he does have on the bench (which is ironic considering the last guy promised them) is a plethora of quality Championship defenders, so he knows he can shut up shop. 

At the moment Gallagher can't last 90 minutes and you'd be loathe to risk Hedges for the full 90 coming back from injury - and their backups are miles off their standard. 

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I think JDT is doing an incredible job managing the meagre resources he's been handed (he keeps referencing 12 out, 6 in for a reason!) and continues to eke out results, even if it's not the prettiest for the full 90 minutes (there are passages of wonderful play in there). 

Dack.

[Herbie6590]

22 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

3 Points, but another poor performance from the manager.

Hudds deserved at least a point. Not surprising crowds are so poor with this guy in charge.

Long may we keep turning in the poor 3 point gaining performances…

[Exiled_Rover]

13 minutes ago, moerpho said:

He secured 3 points at home, six in a row at home, we’re second in the league…and you’re moaning?

All this with a 5 week dead period between Mowbray leaving and JDT coming in during the summer, leaving us very little time to get our transfer business in order - Mowbray left him a very weak, inbalanced squad.

From my seat in the Jack Walker you can see what style of football he's trying to play and the players he's missing to play it consistently. You can also see him adapting to the situation and getting the team to work hard for each other to put in professional performances.

Hyam, Brittain and Szmodics all look like very good permanent signings. We haven't seen Mola yet and the less said about Hirst the better at the moment, but Morton has become the rock of our midfield on loan too.

Added to that the improvement in Pickering, Gallagher and Hedges (he's literally a key player for us now) in such a short period of time is astounding. Not to mention he's sensibly blooding some very impressive Academy graduates in Phillips, Garrett and A. Wharton (I'm hoping Batty and Leonard join them soon). 

I'm excited to see what this side looks like in August 2023.