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It’s the small mistakes that make the difference between winning and losing. Both Brum goals should not have happened and were the result of basic errors by players who are inexperienced and probably not good enough for the Championship anyway. 

Of more  concern is the lack of skill and creative ability and goalscoring power. It’s obvious this team will struggle to score goals. Put together over the course of a season they will lead to relegation 

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3 hours ago, arbitro said:

I noticed Alebiosu was on the pitch at full time which was a good sign. I saw they sent the spinal board with the neck brace back so hopefully the injury isn't too serious.

In the two league games so far I like the look of him. 

Good news, it looked very serious with the stretcher on, from what I've seen of  Alebiosu, hes a decent signing.

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3 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

It’s the small mistakes that make the difference between winning and losing. Both Brum goals should not have happened and were the result of basic errors by players who are inexperienced and probably not good enough for the Championship anyway. 

Of more  concern is the lack of skill and creative ability and goalscoring power. It’s obvious this team will struggle to score goals. Put together over the course of a season they will lead to relegation 

If you don’t make chances you don’t score, if you don’t score you don’t win, if you don’t win you get relegated. It’s a simple as that. 

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1 hour ago, RoverKyle said:

I've got a knee that requires surgery and even I'm getting the ball into the box. To effectively lose a game from that is one of the worst things I've seen at Ewood. Like others have said though, it's not even surprising. We've thrown away so many points through the years in the dying moments of games. 

Because on the continuing trend of the soft under belly of players and coaches.

We need to be sourcing a few more like Travis not bloody selling them.

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10 hours ago, Tom said:

How can we be a point from the relegation zone when we have 0 points?

Sorry, we’re above the drop zone, -2 goal difference, while Derby & both Sheffield’s are -4. Were all on 0 points. 

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3 hours ago, MarkBRFC71 said:

The tactical change to 3 CBs helped kill us.  We sat back and invited them on to us.  Naive decision - we were controlling the game set up as we were, there was no need to change it.  We should know from experience we are spectacularly bad at trying to protect a lead but VI made a daft choice and it contributed to our downfall.

I think you made a fair point but I think changing all 3 front players in Ohashi, Karbgo and Cantwell and who came on apart from Gueye was more of a problem. De Neve for the penalty defending it poorly. Maybe he could have Pickering on instead

even when they equaliser we were still pushing for a winner, But the way we set up for the corner cost us massively and instead of having at least 1 point we got nothing, Frustrating to say the least 

1 hour ago, StHelensRover said:

I don't think we had the game by the scruff of the neck, Birmingham had loads of the ball and did little with it. We did very little when we did actually have the ball. At least we had taken a chance and nicked a lead. The shot off the bar in the first half wouldn't have counted the game had stopped for an offside.

why didn't we have the game by the scruff of the neck? What did Birmingham do till Laird got them a penalty? 

Yes Birmingham did very little with the ball cos we were compact, defending very well and allow them no space. 

Karbgo had a great chance second half. Had he scored that we are talking about 2 nil win and the team playing with tactical plan and it clean sheet

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2 goals in 3 games, all created after some calamity in the box from a long throw or corner. Nothing wrong with those, but we need to create goals from open play. Cantwell is one of very few in the squad who’s able to do that, Ismael getting a tune out of him is probably his main achievement as a manager for us so far.

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3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I think you made a fair point but I think changing all 3 front players in Ohashi, Karbgo and Cantwell and who came on apart from Gueye was more of a problem. De Neve for the penalty defending it poorly. Maybe he could have Pickering on instead

even when they equaliser we were still pushing for a winner, But the way we set up for the corner cost us massively and instead of having at least 1 point we got nothing, Frustrating to say the least 

why didn't we have the game by the scruff of the neck? What did Birmingham do till Laird got them a penalty? 

Yes Birmingham did very little with the ball cos we were compact, defending very well and allow them no space. 

Karbgo had a great chance second half. Had he scored that we are talking about 2 nil win and the team playing with tactical plan and it clean sheet

Had we scored 5 goals then we would have battered and embarassed them and Ismael would have been praised by everyone.

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34 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Had we scored 5 goals then we would have battered and embarassed them and Ismael would have been praised by everyone.

what are going on about cos you lost me here RF99? 

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30 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

what are going on about cos you lost me here RF99? 

You are creating scorelines that didnt happen and suggesting that the reaction would have been different had the result been different. I did likewise.

Its not a difficult concept to follow.

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@chaddyrovers

You get dodgy refereeing decisions and miss game defining chances all the time. Every team does. The thing is when you can’t score yourselves every little incident is vital. The trick is to score more goals yourselves then these things aren’t even on the fans minds on their way home or for days afterwards.

The other trick is to see past these incidents, see the bigger picture and understand why the team is living on the brink every game.

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The referee was abysmal. And I don't say that because we lost.

During the first half the Brum fans were singing, "You're not fit to referee". Then, during the second half the Rovers fans were singing the same and the Brum fans joined in. 19,000 people singing it. 

We have many poor refs but this fella takes the biscuit.

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29 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You are creating scorelines that didnt happen and suggesting that the reaction would have been different had the result been different. I did likewise.

Its not a difficult concept to follow.

We were winning 1 nil and we comfortable in that lead, defensively solid and until the penalty incident, they created nothing, in fact we had a great chance to go 2 nil up with Karbgo's chance 

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7 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

Karbgo had a great chance second half. Had he scored that we are talking about 2 nil win and the team playing with tactical plan and it clean sheet

I mean this logic is as stupid as our defending from that corner. Are we really using what doesn't happen - as in doesn't actually exist- as the argument for us being decent/good? The mind boggles? 

Where to start? It doesn't guarantee a 2-0 win for certain, and where do we end with the hypotheticals? If the corner hadn't been crap we'd have got our second? If Cantwell stayed on he'd got a hat-trick? I get I am over egging the pudding but to defend a team with something that didn't happen (and even if it did wasn't a certainty as to what would follow) is Venky-esque. Ludicrous. 

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Seen the game now, my ratings:

Toth (6,5) - did OK, can't be blamed for any of the goals conceded. Mostly opted for safety when in possession by booting long balls up the field. 

Ribeiro (7) - up against Gray and Osayi-Samuel but thought he handled it well together with Hedges. Apparently has a good shot as he powered one towards the bar in the first half (offside in the lead-up).

McLoughlin & Hyam (both 7) - won a lot of aerial challenges together. Played it safe when on the ball.

Alebiosu (7,5) - won the ball back quite a few times, tough in the challenges. Had a chance in the first half (foul in the lead-up?) where he displayed lack of vision for not squaring it to either Ohashi or Cantwell. Showed great work rate and athleticism throughout the game until his injury. Got left isolated a few times in second half when Kargbo didn't track back. Hopefully the rib(?) injury isn't too serious.

Tronstad (6,5) - protected back four fairly well. Rarely seen having possession as we played more directly.

Tavares (6) - surprised that he played full game (lack of options?) given he played 70 minutes in the cup a few days ago and having just returned from injury. Involved in the penalty conceded when he tripped Laird inside the box. Poor corner which resulted in a last-minute winning goal for Brum.

Cantwell (8) - showed his quality and technical skill when scoring with a great strike from just outside the box. Delivered some good crosses from set pieces as well. Worrying that he seemed to have sustained an injury (groin?) and was substituted with five minutes left of normal time.

Hedges (7) - put in a good shift. Better suited when we sit back and play more direct as he has the work rate to track back and provide a decent outlet out wide on the left during transitions. 

Kargbo (7) - good going forward with his threatening runs on the right hand side. Won the corner which led to the goal. Tired in the second and didn't have the energy to track back after 60 minutes. Will become more consistent if he can improve his work rate.

Ohashi (7) - ran tirelessly throughout 90 minutes. Didn't get much to work with but battled well against the centre backs and did the pressing off the ball as usual. 

Subs:

Miller (6) - once again showing his prowess with the long throws. Nearly got an assist in the end when finding Gueye inside the box.

Wharton (N/A) - missed closing down Dykes in the last minute for their winning goal.

Gueye (N/A) - nearly became match-winner when meeting Miller's long throw in stoppage time but keeper made a good save.

De Neve (N/A) - was at fault for allowing Laird to turn and attack the box with pace, leading to a penalty.

Henriksson (N/A) - had the chance to make a professional foul by stopping the counter-attack at the end but didn't get a connection/directional change on the ball.

Overall tactics (8) - thought the team was disciplined by often sitting back in a mid block, frustrating the opponent, and taking no risks in possession by playing direct. This playstyle benefits many of our players as they're not particularly comfortable on the ball or playing out from the back.

Negative aspects are that we didn't create a lot of chances and we (apparently) didn't prepare our routines regarding set pieces. Also felt substituting Hedges for Miller after 60 minutes was a bad call as we lost 'defensive control' after that. Would've been more natural to sub Kargbo off as well at that point instead of shifting him to the left hand side as he was tired and bring both De Neve and Miller on.

Summary: restricted the opposition to few chances but need to improve our game during transitions as well as setting up better set piece routines. 

 

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