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

[roverandout]

Fair result

[DutchRover]

Just now, joey_big_nose said:

I think id consider playing de neve at full back next game. Hes athletic like Alebiouso and it made quite a bit difference.

Also super pleased that we actually managed to get a point back after going behind. We really needed that. And Kargbo looked like he has something.

He was a LB or Wing-back in Belgium, I never quite got why they wanted him to be a winger

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

I think id consider playing de neve at full back next game. Hes athletic like Alebiouso and it made quite a bit difference.

Also super pleased that we actually managed to get a point back after going behind. We really needed that. And Kargbo looked like he has something.

Why not put De Neve on the wing?

[superniko]

Can’t remember the Blackburn End was that empty for a home league match too. Very depressing time to be a Rovers fan 

[Torgeir]

Great response. Started the second like we should’ve started the first; on the front foot. Then they scored against the run of play. 

 

Can’t continue being switched off from the start though.

 

 

[DE.]

Just now, superniko said:

It’s genuinely a shit league. 
I know they were away from home, but if that Stoke team are top 6 quality then the rest must be absolute dross

They aren't, they just had a good start. Their recent form shows that they'll be back in mid table pretty soon. 

My fear is that we have a lot of players who can play well in short bursts, but few players who can consistently perform for an entire match. 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Im sorry but its touch and go whether this Rovers side takes the drop or not.

Id take touch and go -I think we look nailed on to go down.

Unless the manager changes.

[Torgeir]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Into October and are we on course for our first home League point?

Maybe this is what Gestede meant when he said it would be "exciting".

Edit: That's taking the piss out of Gueye bringing him on with 2 mins to go.

We beat Ipswich. 

[booth]

I groaned when Kargbo came on and couldn't believe it when De Neve came on but against a tired Stoke it looked as if they managed to nick a point. Then moments later we could have had all three.

Not a convincing performance overall though.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, DE. said:

They aren't, they just had a good start. Their recent form shows that they'll be back in mid table pretty soon. 

My fear is that we have a lot of players who can play well in short bursts, but few players who can consistently perform for an entire match. 

They have a fantastic manager - they'll be in the playoffs this season.

[joey_big_nose]

6 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We don't have enough CBs to play with 3 of them on the pitch at the same time. Only have 4 of them (and 1 of those 4 some of you consider to be a RB).

If we play Pickering or Riberio as LCB it actually increases our options.

I think going 352 could be the way forward 

                                 Toth

              Miller.     Wharton.   McCloughlin 

Alebiouso.    Tronstad.       TGH.    De Neve

                             Cantwell

                   Ohashi.            ????

 

The ???? could be Gueye, Gudjonsen or Kargbo. Maybe Kargbo as he has a goal.

Edited October 4 by joey_big_nose

[BankEnd Rover]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Id take touch and go -I think we look nailed on to go down.

Unless the manager changes.

Under Val we will struggle, but we are not nailed on to go down...Ipswich result stands and it's a different story.

[Tom]

We definitely needed that point, you can take the positives from the comeback and having a chance to win it, had we got nothing that sinking feeling would have been heightened even more

[roverandout]

Stoke don't look anything special.  Yet they're third. Just shows a bit of ambition and a good appointment goes far

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Torgeir said:

We beat Ipswich. 

No we didnt.

Apart from the result  not standing there were still 10- 15 mins to go.

 

[Waggy76]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Id take touch and go -I think we look nailed on to go down.

Unless the manager changes.

And couple of championship quality players in January... 

[Bohinen1983]

De Neuve totally changed the game. Not been his biggest fan but on that showing deserves to start the next game. 

 

 

[alcd]

Gudjohansen offers nothing. An absolute donkey with poor control. Ohashi has his limitations but is vastly more effective. 

 

[DE.]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

They have a fantastic manager - they'll be in the playoffs this season.

Not based on that performance, or quite a few of their recent ones. Robins was excellent at Coventry, time will tell if he can replicate that success at Stoke. 

[booth]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Stoke don't look anything special.  Yet they're third. Just shows a bit of ambition and a good appointment goes far

Yep, it wouldn't take much convincing for me to swap managers with them.

[Waggy76]

2 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Under Val we will struggle, but we are not nailed on to go down...Ipswich result stands and it's a different story.

But it won't! 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

If we play Pickering or Riberio as LCB it actually increases our options.

I think going 352 could be the way forward 

                                 Toth

              Miller.     Wharton.   McCloughlin 

Alebiouso.    Tronstad.       TGH.    De Neve

                             Cantwell

                   Ohashi.            ????

 

The ???? could be Gueye, Gudjonsen or Kargbo. Maybe Kargbo as he has a goal.

Pickering and Ribeiro are too small to play CB. 

[joey_big_nose]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Why not put De Neve on the wing?

Looks more of an overlap player to me.

[RevidgeBlue]

Wish we had the Stoke keeper, it'd make a world of difference. One of the best I've seen, including the Prem.

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Pickering and Ribeiro are too small to play CB. 

I think Pickering has done really well at LCB when hes played there. Not seen so much of Riberio there.