Rovers vs Ajax (huh?) @ Marbella

[BigBar]

1-0 Rovers...Dolan with a tidy finish one on one dinked the keeper 

[chaddyrovers]

Well done Dolan 

 

[ItsRoverZ]

17 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Bassey the Ajax centre half was signed for a reported £25m from Rangers. 

Thought he sounded familiar 

2nd half rovers have upped it a little bit ..Nice goal by dolan 

[ItsRoverZ]

A.wharton with some really sloppy balls 

Dolan doubles our lead! Stealing the ball and showing great strength and composure 

[BigBar]

2-0 Dolan again...another nice finish inside the box 

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[ItsRoverZ]

Dolan had a 3rd but linesman says offside  ...would love to see proper replay there as he looked miles on

[BigBar]

Birdie flying the flag in Marbs! Lock up your daughters.

Edited December 3, 2022 by BigBar

[ItsRoverZ]

Comfortable win in the end, 2nd half we played some really nice football at times 

 

[AllRoverAsia]

Decent 2nd half from Rovers as the game became more competitive. Good finishing from Dolan, Buckley looked more up for it too.

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Bassey the Ajax centre half was signed for a reported £25m from Rangers. 

Big Spenders  #OneForTheTeenagers

[chaddyrovers]

Well done Rovers. We control the tempo second half and control the game from Rich Sharpe comments. Hopefully we will see Rovers under JDT control the game and tempo now in games starting with PNE on Saturday 10th December. 

[chaddyrovers]

13 hours ago, bluebruce said:

We best not do that in a real game, have a defender receive the ball in the middle of the box while Kaminski jogs out wide like he's virtually a fullback.

why Bruce? Surely we should play like JDT wants us to?

[rigger]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

why Bruce? Surely we should play like JDT wants us to?

Only if the players have the ability to play that way. Sadly not all ours do, that is why we are a championship side.

[chaddyrovers]

11 minutes ago, rigger said:

Only if the players have the ability to play that way. Sadly not all ours do, that is why we are a championship side.

I believe the players do have the ability to play it at this level. Players like Morton, Hyam, Scott Wharton can play passing out from the back. Players need the confidence of the head coach, but also depends on the game situation. I wouldn't be playing out from the back in tight game when we are winning 1 nil in 85 minutes for example. 

[RoversTilliDie]

Fantastic result for Rovers, beating Ajax 2-0 in the warm up friendly and Dolan nearly scoring a hat trick. For me he has to start against Preston next Saturday. Well done JDT choosing top opposition and giving Markanday and others a chance.

[rigger]

25 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I believe the players do have the ability to play it at this level. Players like Morton, Hyam, Scott Wharton can play passing out from the back. Players need the confidence of the head coach, but also depends on the game situation. I wouldn't be playing out from the back in tight game when we are winning 1 nil in 85 minutes for example. 

A system based tactic, is still the same no matter what the state of the game. If you believe that our players are good enough to play a system for 90% of a game, why should that change in the last 10%. Personally I do not think enough of our first team players are good enough to play the system to it's full potential. If we lose the ball on the edge of our box, the opposition are more likely to score, than if we lose the ball in their half. That will apply no matter what time the game is at. 

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, rigger said:

A system based tactic, is still the same no matter what the state of the game. If you believe that our players are good enough to play a system for 90% of a game, why should that change in the last 10%. Personally I do not think enough of our first team players are good enough to play the system to it's full potential. If we lose the ball on the edge of our box, the opposition are more likely to score, than if we lose the ball in their half. That will apply no matter what time the game is at. 

The ability to adapt the game plan to the game situation like the one I highlighted previously. 

[roversfan99]

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

why Bruce? Surely we should play like JDT wants us to?

What does that even mean? Obviously we will play like JDT wants us to. That doesn't necessarily make it the most effective way. Your quoted sentence is not a counter argument.

For what its worth, I also don't think that we are well suited to playing it out from the back, our team is technically limited.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

That doesn't necessarily make it the most effective way. Your quoted sentence is not a counter argument.

For what its worth, I also don't think that we are well suited to playing it out from the back, our team is technically limited.

I think we can play out from the back in right circumstances and it about being adaptable and understanding the game situation. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I believe the players do have the ability to play it at this level. Players like Morton, Hyam, Scott Wharton can play passing out from the back. Players need the confidence of the head coach, but also depends on the game situation. I wouldn't be playing out from the back in tight game when we are winning 1 nil in 85 minutes for example. 

Playing out from the back we’ll concede more goals from it than we score from it. I thought JDT called it the “ Dutch disease “ ?

[riverholmes]

Extended highlights available from the Ajax website: https://english.ajax.nl/articles/highlights-ajax-blackburn-rovers-ajax-loses-in-spain/

Takeaways from that compilation, for me, are Dolan's excellent finishes, some nice passes from Buckley and some very poor finishing from Ajax.

[briansol]

Watched the Ajax game, entertaining and really good performance from Rovers, especially in the second half which they dominate. Ajax had 5-6 regulars, as well experienced Steekelburg in goal. Had a couple of youngsters who they spent 5 and 12 mill pounds for in the summer. The rest plays in the second tier in the Dutch league.

Rovers had a similar setup, while our regulars are playing Championship, not Champions league, and the bit-part players most play U21 football.

Buckley was back to his best, Dolan and Brittain was also great, while the rest had decent matches. A shoutout to Rankin-Costello who performed suprisingly well in centre-mid. Some really nice football displayed by Rovers, which showed their abilities when the intensity is a bit lower than Championship football. Although it was a training match, and Ajax was not to keen on the dirty stuff, it was still comforting to see Rovers turning it on against a better side(at least on paper).

[J*B]

Thought Adam Wharton looked bored and disinterested. Which only adds further fuel to my suspicion every single first team game he doesn’t play is seriously hampering his progress. 

[rigger]

7 hours ago, riverholmes said:

Extended highlights available from the Ajax website: https://english.ajax.nl/articles/highlights-ajax-blackburn-rovers-ajax-loses-in-spain/

Takeaways from that compilation, for me, are Dolan's excellent finishes, some nice passes from Buckley and some very poor finishing from Ajax.

What I took away from that was, If you piss about with the ball in your own box, you will give away chances.