v Stoke City (h) - 4/10/25, k/o 12:30pm

[Blow-in]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Why on earth do you you refer to him by his first name? I could almost understand it if he'd been here years and was our best player but he's only been here 2 mins and looks miles out of his depth.

No one ever used to call Shearer "Alan". It sounds borderline stalkerish.

Lol.

Hard to spell?

[RutlandRover]

Stoke showing how to turn defence into attack perfectly there

[cesus]

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

Why on earth do you you refer to him by his first name? I could almost understand it if he'd been here years and was our best player but he's only been here 2 mins and looks miles out of his depth.

No one ever used to call Shearer "Alan". It sounds borderline stalkerish.

Lol.

Quicker to type, I don't its deep enough to allude to it being "stalkerish".

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

My God we are hard to watch,just awful.

[Tom]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Why on earth do you you refer to him by his first name? I could almost understand it if he'd been here years and was our best player but he's only been here 2 mins and looks miles out of his depth.

No one ever used to call Shearer "Alan". It sounds borderline stalkerish.

Lol.

Honestly? Because I forgot how to spell his surname 

[CambridgeRover]

Just now, Tom said:

Honestly? Because I forgot how to spell his surname 

Nope you are a clear stalker caught in the act 

[RutlandRover]

I think 0-0 is an absolute result there. Stoke will be pissed they're not ahead.

[Bbrovers2288]

Riberio needs to work on his deliveries, few times he has been in good positions and found a stoke head. He is no Callum brittain

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, RutlandRover said:

I really want Andri to do well but that's several times I've seen him receive a pass in the box and be utterly incapable of controlling it. No touch whatsoever.

Yeah, hate talking down our players but I cant see what he offers.  

Surely Ohashi on at half time? I would have said Gueye as we just couldnt get out of our own third. But we did better in the last 10 mins.

[Blow-in]

2 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

Well there's one thing for sure, pressing isn't part of the plan.

There's a plan?

[roverandout]

Better than the commentator calling him johannson twice

[Torgeir]

Defending so deep at home. Just waiting for the opposition to take control of the games. I don’t understand why we’re not trying to string a few passes together. Stoke can easily concede a couple here…

[booth]

14 minutes ago, superniko said:

I just don’t think there’s that much difference between the vast majority of squads in the Championship - it’s just we have an absolutely dire, clueless manager 

And zero quality upfront.

[roversinmyblood]

Just now, Bbrovers2288 said:

Riberio needs to work on his deliveries, few times he has been in good positions and found a stoke head. He is no Callum brittain

He and Hedges are useless. 

[Andy]

Half of very little quality - if we didn't have Cantwell, I genuinely struggle to see much quality at all on our side.

That said, we were the team that created several good scoring chances.

Players need to be brave, get their foot on the ball and control the game.
TC aside, they can't wait to get rid of the ball as soon as they receive it.

[Ricky]

No idea why the commentators keep referring to the Sorba Thomas chance in 10 seconds. Offside was given wasn’t it? I’m sure there was no corner following the save. If they are going to talk about that then they should talk about Gudjonnsen scoring from the offside cross. 

[superniko]

Just now, RutlandRover said:

I think 0-0 is an absolute result there. Stoke will be pissed they're not ahead.

Eh? Gudjohnson best chance of the game, Cantwell probably the 2nd best chance.

We look easily cut open but level is probably pretty fair (Rovers bigger xG, more shots, more on target and the best chances).

We don’t look like the home team though, no possession, counter attack football. Don’t really think Ismael has a clue tactically 

[roverandout]

Just now, roversinmyblood said:

He and Hedges are useless. 

Hedges does fuck all apart from kick the ball out of play numerous times.  Hrs horrendous 

[rigger]

37 minutes ago, Angry_Pirate said:

Glad we didn't go due to the weather. Thrilled we didn't go after seeing we've lost the toss and changed ends.

Apart from Luton last season, I struggle to think of another good performance when shooting towards the Darwen End 2nd half.

Plymouth 5-2.

[yellowsubmarine]

Yuki will use his stomach to score.

Pape will just blunder the ball home with his thigh somehow.

Andri, what was that?

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, Tom said:

Honestly? Because I forgot how to spell his surname 

Fair enough!

[roverandout]

Just now, Ricky said:

No idea why the commentators keep referring to the Sorba Thomas chance in 10 seconds. Offside was given wasn’t it? I’m sure there was no corner following the save. If they are going to talk about that then they should talk about Gudjonnsen scoring from the offside cross. 

No that was for the second chance 

[superniko]

2 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Riberio needs to work on his deliveries, few times he has been in good positions and found a stoke head. He is no Callum brittain

Yeah he’s been below average this season in my opinion. Himself and Hedges (who has revert to type after the first few weeks) offer zero going forward on the left hand side 

[des]

Well there are  clearly a better side then us. Why do we in the main always pass the ball backwards, our midfield  is not up to much. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

35% possession at home.