NEC Nijmegen (a) - 15.00 k.o. - YouTube link in thread

[rigger]

Kargbo and Gueye will make a good plan B. Hopefully we can hone the plan A.

[Mercer]

45 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

How do we meet Squad registration rules? We around 21/22 already. Allow 25

How about not over reacting to one defeat yet where were you comments against the good performance against Everton and win, where were you? 

 

 

Sadly, Chaddy, too many in our squad, as you see our squad, are simply not good enough and shouldn't be in the 25.

Not one of our new signings has impressed.

We looked disillusioned today and the season hasn't even started!

Defensively we were shocking - no cohesion and too slow.

Midfield no spark or creativity. - rarely seen Travis and Tronstad so disinterested.

Up front - punchless.

Only bright sparks for me were Toth (who looks a good goalie) and Kargbo for 20 minutes (though not sure he's 90 minutes in his locker).

Montgomery and Mullarkey-Matthews aren't ready.  Tyjon has undoubted talent but needs to be managed carefully (based on today, doubtful he's ready to start a game).

It's not just one defeat it's the warning signs that need heeding.  I think we need a minimum of 4 quality additions that go straight into the starting 11 - without those, I think it's going to be a long, long season with Rovers in the bottom 6. 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mercer

[arbitro]

2 hours ago, Ossydave said:

We looked knackered from the start, when did we actually travel over there?

Very few bright sparks in that apart from AK running the show for a while when he came on. 
 

I’m afraid Gueye looked very much like the raffle prize winner today and Yuki poor too.  DeNeve was dreadful, one of his free kicks was as if he took it with a blindfold on. 
 

Let’s hope they were trying not to over exert themselves and risk injury…..

They met at 6 am today at Brockhall and will probably be in mid-air on the way back as I write this.

No overnight stay in Hill on Friday. Had there been any travel delays the game might not have gone ahead.

I know it was a friendly but this is so amateurish.

[M_B]

4 minutes ago, arbitro said:

They met at 6 am today at Brockhall and will probably be in mid-air on the way back as I write this.

No overnight stay in Hill on Friday. Had there been any travel delays the game might not have gone ahead.

I know it was a friendly but this is so amateurish.

Looks to me like they just took advantage of a good level friendly at the last minute.

No need to over analyse it. 

[arbitro]

6 minutes ago, M_B said:

Looks to me like they just took advantage of a good level friendly at the last minute.

No need to over analyse it. 

Over analyse something factual?

 

[philipl]

35 minutes ago, arbitro said:

They met at 6 am today at Brockhall and will probably be in mid-air on the way back as I write this.

No overnight stay in Hill on Friday. Had there been any travel delays the game might not have gone ahead.

I know it was a friendly but this is so amateurish.

No bloody wonder we got the performance we did!

PATHETC ROVERS

It was announced two weeks ago.

There is a 5* at E250 per night and a load of 4* at E80 to E135 per night in Nijmegen on Booking.com right now.

For the sake of less than E5k Pasha has completely FUCKED THE FEELGOOD WINNING FACTOR.

This is not just rank bad management, this is disgusting ignorant stupidity. 

Edited 4 hours ago by philipl

[JCRovers]

Few takeaways from the game:

- Montgomery is not ready to start matches in the Championship

- Tyjon is pretty much in the same bracket as Montgomery, find it unfair to be relying on him as second choice behind Cantwell

- A lot of the players looked knackered, probably due to poor preparations (apparently they were travelling on the same day)

- Kargbo was lively when introduced in second half, the only winger we have with enough pace to cause trouble for defenders

- Both De Neve and Alebiosu had poor deliveries into the box

- NEC Nijmegen were far better than us technically and we'll struggle with our pressing out of possession if we come up against similar opponents in the league

- Ohashi looked lost at some moments in the game due to his lack of athleticism. 

- Gueye needs to work on his finishing

- Hedges was garbage today

We need a striker to compete with Ohashi/Gueye and a proper right winger if Kargbo stays on the left. I would even go as far as pushing Ohashi back to an attacking midfield role as he can't lead the line; he needs others to create space for him so that he can excel with his finishing qualities. 

[chaddyrovers]

53 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Sadly, Chaddy, too many in our squad, as you see our squad, are simply not good enough and shouldn't be in the 25.

Not one of our new signings has impressed.

We looked disillusioned today and the season hasn't even started!

Defensively we were shocking - no cohesion and too slow.

Midfield no spark or creativity. - rarely seen Travis and Tronstad so disinterested.

Up front - punchless.

Only bright sparks for me were Toth (who looks a good goalie) and Kargbo for 20 minutes (though not sure he's 90 minutes in his locker).

Montgomery and Mullarkey-Matthews aren't ready.  Tyjon has undoubted talent but needs to be managed carefully (based on today, doubtful he's ready to start a game).

It's not just one defeat it's the warning signs that need heeding.  I think we need a minimum of 4 quality additions that go straight into the starting 11 - without those, I think it's going to be a long, long season with Rovers in the bottom 6. 

 

what a complete and utter over reaction to one pre season game. 

Shame you didn't watch the pre season game against Everton, would have the opposite view to today. 

You predict the same thing last season so maybe hold off on the prediction for one. 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by chaddyrovers

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

They met at 6 am today at Brockhall and will probably be in mid-air on the way back as I write this.

No overnight stay in Hill on Friday. Had there been any travel delays the game might not have gone ahead.

I know it was a friendly but this is so amateurish.

If it had been at Ewood it would have been 4-0 to rovers. The Dutch would have been knackered before a ball was kicked, and outsung if they weren't allowed in.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

Looks to me like they just took advantage of a good level friendly at the last minute.

No need to over analyse it. 

Looks to me like the Dutch had it planned out no Rovers supporters allowed, and no overnight stay for the Rovers team.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Kargbo and Gueye will make a good plan B. Hopefully we can hone the plan A.

Some comments are taking it out on the players, useless de neve, he was the best thing since sliced bread when he scored the winner against Everton. Give them some slack, and let's see them in action when the Championship starts.

[Ossydave]

27 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Some comments are taking it out on the players, useless de neve, he was the best thing since sliced bread when he scored the winner against Everton. Give them some slack, and let's see them in action when the Championship starts.

Did you watch the game? De Neve was dreadful, its as simple as that. As fans we can only judge him on the brief glimpses we've seen. Was he really the best thing since sliced bread after a tap in? 😳 If people are exaggerating his poor performance today, you're most certainly doing the same for the Everton game.

Edited 2 hours ago by Ossydave

[jny]

1 hour ago, JCRovers said:

- Hedges was garbage today is garbage.

fixed that for you.

Edited 2 hours ago by jny

[M_B]

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

Over analyse something factual?

 

Yeah 

[M_B]

1 hour ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Looks to me like the Dutch had it planned out no Rovers supporters allowed, and no overnight stay for the Rovers team.

Could be, it just seems to me it was a hurriedly arranged opportunity which suited both clubs.

 

[roversfan99]

If those preparations are true, then that outshines any potential performance issues because if we are cutting corners to save money to that degree, how will we prepare for away games during the season? Embarassing.

How did Alebiousu look in the half that he played? Seems like De Neve didnt impress and Tavares didnt have time.

[Tomphil2]

3 hours ago, arbitro said:

They met at 6 am today at Brockhall and will probably be in mid-air on the way back as I write this.

No overnight stay in Hill on Friday. Had there been any travel delays the game might not have gone ahead.

I know it was a friendly but this is so amateurish.

I suspect there'll be a lot more of that kind of thing now the king pillock is in sole charge.

Imo it's another reason they want a squad full of kids and foreign signings as they won't moan the same as senior pros will they'll be told this is the way it is and swallow it.

I believe a few issues relating to this that angered JDT and his coaches and Eustace stamped his feet about it and got a bit more sanity.

Back to cutting every corner again now.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, jny said:

fixed that for you.

Yet DeNeve made him look like a decent player.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, M_B said:

Didn't see the game, but there's no need to overreact over one defeat any more than 4 wins. 

For those who did watch, how did Toth do? I'm hoping we can count on him. 

He did well apart from dispensing with the wall that allowed their player to fire in a 30 yard thunderbolt that spanked his left hand post with him nowhere.

[M_B]

43 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

If those preparations are true, then that outshines any potential performance issues because if we are cutting corners to save money to that degree, how will we prepare for away games during the season? Embarassing.

How did Alebiousu look in the half that he played? Seems like De Neve didnt impress and Tavares didnt have time.

I didn't read it as embarrassing, more that they took a late chance to play a good level of opposition prior to the last week of build up.

There are many things to worry about, Rovers travelling on a coach and coming straight back isn't one of them. 

[roversfan99]

Just now, M_B said:

I didn't read it as embarrassing, more that they took a late chance to play a good level of opposition prior to the last week of build up.

There are many things to worry about, Rovers travelling on a coach and coming straight back isn't one of them. 

They arranged the game weeks ago. No excuse not to travel yesterday and stop over. Amateur.

[M_B]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

They arranged the game weeks ago. No excuse not to travel yesterday and stop over. Amateur.

Doesn't bother me.