v Birmingham City (h) - 16/8/25

[onlyoneDuff]

back four very solid along with Toth...get Hedges off and get Miller on as they are physically beating us..,.sell the contract holdouts and put it all back in on a striker...

[joey_big_nose]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Alebiosu has that 'Walker' recovery speed - gets him out of a lot of jams.

Yeah, I think he looks a good acquisition also. Can see him becoming more effective as he settles in. 

Looks good on the overlap but can also defend.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Put Kargbo on the left, move the right back forward and bring Miller on

Depends if Hedges is injured or not.

Right now Alebiosu is doing a good job of keeping their £10m+ LW quiet and Hedges is man marking Gray out of the game.

Not sure I'd be making changes to that at half time.

[B16Rover]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Depends if Hedges is injured or not.

Right now Alebiosu is doing a good job of keeping their £10m+ LW quiet and Hedges is man marking Gray out of the game.

Not sure I'd be making changes to that at half time.

Yeh I posted it as Hedges was injured.  I fancy Kargbo against their carded full back.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Cant see what all the hype is about tbh.

Looks like we will be more than happy with a point.

I think we'd all take a point.

The newly promoted teams are always flying at the start of the season - Birmingham even more so because they've spent a metric tonne of cash. 

A point here is not a bad result - and we'll need every single point come the end of the season I fear. 

[BigHoz]

Solid enough first half, real worry is scoring a goal. 

[sharpysharps86]

Suspect Rovers need to score to get anything from the game. Birmingham have been kept quiet but they'll likely get a chance or two in the 2nd half as defensive legs get tired.

The problem is if Rovers go behind, they'll be very unlikely to come back at all.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

As with Rovers over the last few seasons.  First goal wins it. 

[moerpho]

Well….that was pretty awful. We look disjointed. Lots of players go missing from time to time. Really struggling to see what our gameplan is. Prove me wrong, Ismael. Make some changes and make them work. 

[G Somerset Rover]

We’re hitting a Championship (lack of) goals scored this season. Toothless.

[yankfan]

Just now, BigHoz said:

Solid enough first half, real worry is scoring a goal. 

Like worrying about what id wear on a date Sidney Sweeney. 

[bigbrandjohn]

Cantwell is more engaged. Hopefully it is the  arm band. Ohashi is doing well but we need a big ugly target man. 

[yankfan]

Any site we can bet on which month we will score our first goal of the season?  

[RoversClitheroe]

1 minute ago, bigbrandjohn said:

Cantwell is more engaged. Hopefully it is the  arm band. Ohashi is doing well but we need a big ugly target man. 

He still looks shit though? Cantwell isn't the Cantwell he was at Norwich.

Ohashi looks class, but Cantwell doesn't have the anticipation to get in the box.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

We’re hitting a Championship (lack of) goals scored this season. Toothless.

We don't get enough players in the box - Cantwell really needs to score more goals this season and one of the CMs needs to gamble. 

[Paul Mellelieu]

Change at rightback for Big club.

Edited 2 hours ago by Paul Mellelieu

[Tom]

Summary of the first half seems to be no creativity but didn’t concede and the refs a big ol meanie 

Will check in at full time for better news 

[Paul Mellelieu]

Or is it left-back?

[yankfan]

We played a ball into the box!   And almost created a chance. Who would have thought? 

[sharpysharps86]

CANTWELL

[OsloRover]

Captain Todd!!!

[doctorryan]

That was well taken.

[yankfan]

We played a ball into the box!   And almost created a chance. Who would have thought? 
 

get in Todd!  Works wonders when you don’t play backwards in the final 3rd. 

[Paul Mellelieu]

Get in.

[OsloRover]

Off his own corner kick, would you believe it