v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00

[jim mk2]

57 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

well I think we will actually get a reaction from the players today and I think we will beat Stoke and put in a positive performance. 

People wrote this set of players off against WBA and it came back to bite them on the backside. 

 

Where was the “reaction” at Derby and why should it be any different tonight?

Apart from a brief spell at the end of the first half at Pride Park the players looked like they’d logged off for the season. 

Stoke will be up for this with Derby reviving and the Stoke  manager has a very good record against us. It’s difficult to see anything other than another sorry defeat

Stoke 2 Rovers 0 

[norwichblue]

Bollocking hell… Kargbo out for 6 weeks with a hammy injury

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, norwichblue said:

Bollocking hell… Kargbo out for 6 weeks with a hammy injury

Yeah really annoying as he looks a genuinely good one. Was looking forward to him and Gueye combining. 

Injuries a big problem for us again.. Very annoying. Team I would go : 

                          Pears

Brittain     Carter       Hyam     Riberio

                Travis      Tronstad

     Ohashi       Dennis       Dolan

                        Gueye

Would love to see a reaction but not that hopeful.

 

[oneandycrawford]

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

I back the players every game, but I can still go to those around me and go ‘not too confident today’… doesn’t make me any less of a fan, you know!

If anything I probably back the team more in a game I think we'll struggle in. Somewhere in my head I think my shouting louder will help the players 😉

In the Souness/Hughes era the best backing the team got was in games against the 'entitled' teams - Arsenal, Man U, Chelsea. Were the fans always confident of winning those games? Of course not but that didn't stop us giving the players great backing. 

Of course then we had a team with tons of fight and spirit!

Edited March 12 by oneandycrawford
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[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Yeah really annoying as he looks a genuinely good one. Was looking forward to him and Gueye combining. 

Injuries a big problem for us again.. Very annoying. Team I would go : 

                          Pears

Brittain     Carter       Hyam     Riberio

                Travis      Tronstad

     Ohashi       Dennis       Dolan

                        Gueye

Would love to see a reaction but not that hopeful.

 

Assuming he won't opt for a back 3 from the off, this is how i'd expect us to line up.

Ohashi and Dennis swap places though.

[USABlue]

With the added pressure on Stoke due to thise below them winning they will be up for this.  Our only chance is if they succumb to the pressure.  Pretty easy home win otherwise.

[G Somerset Rover]

Once again - as it was at Derby (ha) - it is absolutely imperative not to give away the early goal. They are going to be edgy as hell given the results last night with the pressure firmly on. Wouldn’t it be fantastic for once to see us rise to an occasion such as this.

[Old Codger]

Depressing as it is, the season pretty much ends for Rovers this week. Yeah we will scrape the odd result here and there, but there isn't going to be any last hurrah from the rabble of unsecured journeymen that Messrs Waggott and Suhail Pasha have overseen the recruitment of.. 

It does beg the question though...

 

WHAT NEXT?

 

Of course, ALLEZ LES BLEU!, but what if there is no longer a team to get behind? What then? 

[chaddyrovers]

Elliott Jackson's predictable team

                     Pears 

       Carter Sanderson Hyam

Brittain  Travis  Tronstad  Ribeiro 

                     Dolan

              Dennis  Gueye

[roversfan99]

See if he gets one right. I think the only one he has so far was one leaked by a few different people on here the night before.

Its a tough one. We dont have the players to play a back 3, Ribeiro isnt a wing back, Sanderson is crap and we dont have a fit left footed centre back. But we also dont have any wingers.

[StHelensRover]

Sanderson has me really worried at centre half, I bet we end up signing him 😂

Other than a few agricultural challenges he has put in which get a cheer from the fans, he looks out of his depth. I get that he was supposed to be substitute/cover but now he's the first choice due to injury and we look very exposed. Other teams will be identifying him and putting him under pressure at every opportunity. Hope he can dig out a performance tonight. 

[Inferi]

7 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

Sanderson has me really worried at centre half, I bet we end up signing him 😂

Other than a few agricultural challenges he has put in which get a cheer from the fans, he looks out of his depth. I get that he was supposed to be substitute/cover but now he's the first choice due to injury and we look very exposed. Other teams will be identifying him and putting him under pressure at every opportunity. Hope he can dig out a performance tonight. 

He has decent pace for a central defender but so far that seems to basically be it. Seems to have poor football intelligence and has looked very clumsy. Hopefully he can improve. 

[Wheelton Blue]

I think we'll get a draw tonight. I'm expecting a tight, fractious match with not a lot of quality on show.

1-1 

[midlandrovers]

I missed the deadline to buy a ticket. Any spares for tonight please ??

[simongarnerisgod]

44 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

Sanderson has me really worried at centre half, I bet we end up signing him 😂

Other than a few agricultural challenges he has put in which get a cheer from the fans, he looks out of his depth. I get that he was supposed to be substitute/cover but now he's the first choice due to injury and we look very exposed. Other teams will be identifying him and putting him under pressure at every opportunity. Hope he can dig out a performance tonight. 

i don`t think he`s bad tbh,we`ve got bigger problems at the moment,derby camped out on their own penalty area in the 2nd half where we duly created **** all and looked completely out of ideas

[Gamst21]

Just about to set off for the game, was at the Bet 365 last season and we managed a 3-0 win. Here's hoping we get the same result tonight! COYB.

[midlandrovers]

Still searching for a single.ticket for tonight if anyone has one please. 

 

[roverandout]

Is it on the red button 

[Valconite]

4 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Is it on the red button 

Its on Sky Sports Main event / Sky Sports Football

Can use https://www.live-footballontv.com/ to check which games are being shown live in UK

[NeilInBristol]

8 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

They are realistic if they pull their fingers out. This is a great opportunity.

Unfortunately I fear the players share your mindset.

I've lost hope! Sorry lads! 

After watching the last couple of games it looks like they have too

[aletheia]

2 hours ago, Wheelton Blue said:

a draw tonight

turgid draw...?

edit Gally to have a blinder?

It's footy, anything can happen.....

....but one thing is certain, this board will be confident that the ref is a homer...  🙂 

Edited March 12 by aletheia

[OsloRover]

Tonight is the time for Ismael to show what he's made of. Galvanise the players and get a win against a nervous Stoke side, or another game where we are outfought and out-willed all over the pitch. Make or break time.

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, Gamst21 said:

Just about to set off for the game, was at the Bet 365 last season and we managed a 3-0 win. Here's hoping we get the same result tonight! COYB.

i was at that game,scott wharton,moran and sammie put the potters to the sword,hope they are as bad tonight as they were then😁

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Ossydave]

3/5 at the back and no Tronstad,Sanderson, Forshaw and Cantwell start