v Bristol City (a) - 4/11/25

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Little bit of fan pressure done a world of good it seems..who wudda thunk it!

Edited November 4, 2025 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[47er]

6 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

If only there was somewhere to check this…😉

https://www.brfcs.com/football/match/1386711/bristol-city-blackburn

That's the site I found and quoted stats from!😜

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, 47er said:

That's the site I found and quoted stats from!😜

I hear it’s a fine site…comes highly recommended 😀

[DackDackGoose]

14 hours ago, Devon Rover said:

That was actually a great day. I went to Ashton Gate for that one, and a few defeats since. I'll be there tomorrow but in a home fans section. Trying to rehearse my poker face for if Rovers score. Unsure if this is a skill I will actually require...!

Same was with home fans couple years ago when we got battered, as I get free tickets via work. Head in hands that one

They weren't even singing til 4 nil up...

Worst thing is I'm also a Bristol rovers fan so hate going to the stadium full stop!

[norwichblue]

Not expecting anything on a Tuesday night at Ashton Gate. Taking anything away from here would be a great result and another very welcome surprise.

COYB 🔵⚪️🌹 

[superniko]

Similar opinions to others in that I'm thinking absolutely no chance given a mid-week away match.

Having said that, a result here puts us into a decent position heading into the 2nd quarter of the season....fixtures after this until Christmas look favourable, with 6 of 9 at home and 6 of 9 against bottom half teams.

Although we do have 7 games in 23 days - that Ipswich cancellation is frustrating on so many levels, not least as they'll probably hit form now.

Wednesday, Oxford and Pompey in December could make for a happy or disastrous Christmas!

Edited November 4, 2025 by superniko

[its_rovertime]

34 minutes ago, superniko said:

Similar opinions to others in that I'm thinking absolutely no chance given a mid-week away match.

Having said that, a result here puts us into a decent position heading into the 2nd quarter of the season....fixtures after this until Christmas look favourable, with 6 of 9 at home and 6 of 9 against bottom half teams.

Although we do have 7 games in 23 days - that Ipswich cancellation is frustrating on so many levels, not least as they'll probably hit form now.

Wednesday, Oxford and Pompey in December could make for a happy or disastrous Christmas!

Just looking at those fixtures and I just had a thought that summed up where we are right now, Wrexham away, a club that hasn't been in the 2nd tier for 43 years, will very likely go into that game having vastly more Championship experience in their starting XI than we do. I have no idea what the actual total minutes in the Championship per side will be, but I would wager they will be miles ahead of us in that respect, sobering thought for the day!

[rigger]

3 hours ago, its_rovertime said:

Just looking at those fixtures and I just had a thought that summed up where we are right now, Wrexham away, a club that hasn't been in the 2nd tier for 43 years, will very likely go into that game having vastly more Championship experience in their starting XI than we do. I have no idea what the actual total minutes in the Championship per side will be, but I would wager they will be miles ahead of us in that respect, sobering thought for the day!

And yet, we will still beat them.

[MarkBRFC]

7 minutes ago, rigger said:

And yet, we will still beat them.

I bet we don't.

That will be 14 consecutive away defeats by promoted sides.

 

[RevidgeBlue]

5 hours ago, superniko said:

Similar opinions to others in that I'm thinking absolutely no chance given a mid-week away match.

Having said that, a result here puts us into a decent position heading into the 2nd quarter of the season....fixtures after this until Christmas look favourable, with 6 of 9 at home and 6 of 9 against bottom half teams.

Although we do have 7 games in 23 days - that Ipswich cancellation is frustrating on so many levels, not least as they'll probably hit form now.

Wednesday, Oxford and Pompey in December could make for a happy or disastrous Christmas!

I was thinking the opposite about the Ipswich game in that we're finally hitting a bit of form. Ok -I know we should only have been replaying the last 10-15 mins against ten men anyway, but, I think it would have been a lot worse replaying the full 90 mins within a 2-3 weeks.

[davulsukur]

A Tuesday night away game at a ground we rarely win at.

Yeah, not much confidence in this one.

[roverblue]

Maybe it's just me but we always seem to play these midweek away and lose. But confidence will be high after a great away performance where we have generally looked better than we do at home. 

Bristol 2-2 Rovers

[philipl]

Bristol City supporter friend has texted me that they have a completely makeshift defense and midfield because of injuries and hoping we have no pace in our team.

[Polky]

We never win at Ashton Gate, would be happy with a point  from this one.

[BankEnd Rover]

Bristol city like to play on the counter, that's where the majority of their shots stem from. If we leave gaping holes like we do, then we will concede a few...Need to keep it tight like last game. 

Edited November 4, 2025 by BankEnd Rover

[Old Codger]

Rovers: Toth, Alebiosu, Miller, Wharton (c), McLoughlin, Hedges, Tronstad, Gardner-Hickman, Morishita, Ohashi, Gudjohnsen

Substitutes: Pears, Ribeiro, Tavares, Gueye, De Neve, Henriksson, Forshaw, Montgomery, Atcheson

[Old Codger]

Just now, Old Codger said:

Rovers: Toth, Alebiosu, Miller, Wharton (c), McLoughlin, Hedges, Tronstad, Gardner-Hickman, Morishita, Ohashi, Gudjohnsen

Substitutes: Pears, Ribeiro, Tavares, Gueye, De Neve, Henriksson, Forshaw, Montgomery, Atcheson

Nothing on the bench, other than De Neve's crossing and Montgomery's tankedy tankedyness.

[Waggy76]

Is this game on the red button? 

[des]

1 minute ago, Waggy76 said:

Is this game on the red button? 

Yes 

[moerpho]

Hoping for a draw - expecting a loss. Will be watching the first 15 mins then I switch over to Bodø Glimt in Champions League. That club is everything we should strive to be. 

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1 minute ago, moerpho said:

Hoping for a draw - expecting a loss. Will be watching the first 15 mins then I switch over to Bodø Glimt in Champions League. That club is everything we should strive to be. 

Where's the we if you aren't watching Rovers

[davulsukur]

3 minutes ago, moerpho said:

Hoping for a draw - expecting a loss. Will be watching the first 15 mins then I switch over to Bodø Glimt in Champions League. That club is everything we should strive to be. 

Surely you're hoping for a win?

[moerpho]

I’ll be following Rovers by text and this forum like many times before for a plethora of reasons.

[OsloRover]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Bristol City supporter friend has texted me that they have a completely makeshift defense and midfield because of injuries and hoping we have no pace in our team.

Lucky for them they are playing rovers then

[barry_]

not sure why Gardner-Hickman plays week in week out?