v Ipswich Town (h) - 20/9/25

[toogs]

45 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

You bet money on Rovers to lose?? 

Don’t take the bait. 😊

[Cherry Blue]

18 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Is Sammie fit and expected reception from ewood fans if so?

Hope he's on the bench. Imagine the reception we'd give him when he first did a warm up run down the line!

[RevidgeBlue]

4 hours ago, rigger said:

It probably doesn't matter if they do or don't cover the pitch, if the water cannot drain away. I believe in the past the postponements have been caused by the water backing up due to its inability to drain into the river.

Im aware of the drainage problem and the fact that the only long term solution is to completely overhaul the system but I refuse to believe it wouldnt make a big difference in most cases if the majority of the water could be kept off the pitch until just before kick off and and there was only a couple of hours precipitation to worry about!

[jim mk2]

1 hour ago, Eternal Optimist said:

You bet money on Rovers to lose?? 

Of course. Rovers lose and you win and Rovers win you’re happy too. 

[Mercer]

Huge concern with Carter 

So he can't  manage one game a week?  Utterly farcical.

Also makes the Hyam sale look ridiculous without a replacement.

Edited 12 hours ago by Mercer

[roversfan99]

27 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Well let's see how Miller does play centre half today. 

Whether he covers well or not. Dont be fooled, he was signed as a right back, and its not 6 games in that it will cause us these issues, its as the games go on.

[arbitro]

I would prefer McLoughlin at centre half to Miller if Carter doesn't make it.

[Leonard Venkhater]

11 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Huge concern with Carter 

So he can't  manage one game a week?  Utterly farcical.

Also makes the Hyam sale look ridiculous without a replacement.

And the bastards knew this!

Gestede, who is not a bully ( lol...in case you're reading) and the Trumpian Shadow Man are just not fit to run the club.

 

[CaptainBeanfart]

Miller in a two scares me. I'd be tempted to play a back three to try and mitigate it. 

 

Toth 

Miller Wharton Pickering 

Alebiosu Tavares Tronstad Ribeiro

Morishita Ohashi Cantwell

 

Something like that 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’ll be setting off shortly. Let’s hope the pitch holds up. That’s a bit of a worry about Carter. I can’t see it being anything other than a fitness issue, you wouldn’t drop him to play Miller under normal circumstances.

Or you're trying to keep Miller happy.

Big (for us) summer signing, an Australian international, and he's relegated to the bench for the first 6 weeks because Alebiosu has been a revelation. 

[Exiled_Rover]

14 hours ago, Ossydave said:

Seems Miller for Carter the only change apparently, guess we'll see how good he is as it'll be a stern test..  

Gudjohnsen for Ohashi is the easy change, but they seem hesitant to bench Ohashi for some reason.

[Exiled_Rover]

7 minutes ago, CaptainBeanfart said:

Miller in a two scares me. I'd be tempted to play a back three to try and mitigate it. 

 

Toth 

Miller Wharton Pickering 

Alebiosu Tavares Tronstad Ribeiro

Morishita Ohashi Cantwell

 

Something like that 

Have you seen a lot of Miller?

[Songman]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Gudjohnsen for Ohashi is the easy change, but they seem hesitant to bench Ohashi for some reason.

For me you just simply can't afford to lose ohashis work rate

[lraC]

23 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

And the bastards knew this!

Gestede, who is not a bully ( lol...in case you're reading) and the Trumpian Shadow Man are just not fit to run the club.

 

 

[TheKitGuy]

How's the weather? What chance are we saying it'll be on? 

[arbitro]

I'm told Carter injured a hamstring in training on Thursday.

I rate him but his unreliability should force their hand into bringing an experienced centre half in.

[Leonard Venkhater]

2 minutes ago, lraC said:

 

To quote Leonard Cohen, "Everybody knows"....

[chaddyrovers]

38 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Whether he covers well or not. Dont be fooled, he was signed as a right back, and its not 6 games in that it will cause us these issues, its as the games go on.

Surely his match performances is what really counts here? Perform well he is good signing. 

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, toogs said:

Don’t take the bait. 😊

We might win if you don't turn up, with your doom and gloom predictions.

[Bronzed A Donis]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Surely his match performances is what really counts here? Perform well he is good signing. 

Agree Chaddy. Lucas Neill was a hit headed Aussie signed as a right back, became a very solid centre back. It'll be luck rather than judgement if Miller can be a long term option, but might be capable

[roversfan99]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Surely his match performances is what really counts here? Perform well he is good signing. 

Im not on about whether Miller will be a good signing.

Im talking about the negligence shown in letting Hyam go and leaving us with only one natural right footed centre back, and one whose body simply cannot be relied on at Championship level. One game and its already broken down.

It will cost us being so short as the season goes on.

 

[RoversTilliDie]

12 minutes ago, Songman said:

For me you just simply can't afford to lose ohashis work rate

Ipswich will have done their homework on the 11 that started against Watford. Mix it up a bit, and confuse them. I'd start with Gudjohnssen, give him more time to get of the mark, then introduce Ohashi.

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

Agree Chaddy. Lucas Neill was a hit headed Aussie signed as a right back, became a very solid centre back. It'll be luck rather than judgement if Miller can be a long term option, but might be capable

He wasnt a centre back here though.

But either way, even if he does turn (luck rather than judgement as you say) into a Championship capable centre back. We are still short not only there but also then at right back.

[joey_big_nose]

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Im not on about whether Miller will be a good signing.

Im talking about the negligence shown in letting Hyam go and leaving us with only one natural right footed centre back, and one whose body simply cannot be relied on at Championship level. One game and its already broken down.

It will cost us being so short as the season goes on.

 

Yes - I think youd get good odds that Wharton and Carter between them wont play as many games as Hyam did last season.

We could end up like a few years ago under Mowbray where we were forced to play 343 with full backs as wide cbs to get to a full XI. Im sure we will see a lot of Pickering/Riberio/Alebiouso playing wide cbs when we are in the midst of 3 games a week.

If it works fine as we have enough options in that setup. But if it does why isnt it our preferred lineup now?

Edited 11 hours ago by joey_big_nose

[Bronzed A Donis]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

He wasnt a centre back here though.

But either way, even if he does turn (luck rather than judgement as you say) into a Championship capable centre back. We are still short not only there but also then at right back.

Yes he was by time he left and at end of 05/06 season started there in the world cup.

Agree squad depth poor,  but that's not relevant to if he can play centre half.

That's Rudys fault for letting hyam go.