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

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Lovely, gratifying win. We do it in adversity, the right looks very exciting. If only the fuckers would fuck off, we could breathe. It's agonising! 

[bigbrandjohn]

Beyond my wildest dreams. 
 

Momentum and confidence is everything. So glad Ohashi scored. That will help his confidence. 
 

Just reward for the travelling Rovers fans 

[M_B]

Cracking midweek away win, I'll bet they haven't been kept as quiet at home all season. 

Man of the match is up for grabs between quite a few, I'll give it Miller but couldn't argue with Hedges, Hickman or Yuki.

Only time they had a look in was when we gave them the ball, something we must get better at. Three brilliant wins on the bounce, well done everyone. 

[neophox]

5 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Three at the back has been good for us but not sure how we play it for Derby without 3 fit CBs 😞 Hopefully Wharton will be ok but I’m guessing he’ll be missing. Toth is the biggest worry, Pears could be very very shaky and not even sure his head will be in it after we tried to get rid of him over the summer. 

There won't be many players that Eustace know of starting since he left. May only be Ohashi and Hedges 

Edited 6 hours ago by neophox

[neophox]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

Cracking midweek away win, I'll bet they haven't been kept as quiet at home all season. 

Man of the match is up for grabs between quite a few, I'll give it Miller but couldn't argue with Hedges, Hickman or Yuki.

Only time they had a look in was when we gave them the ball, something we must get better at. Three brilliant wins on the bounce, well done everyone. 

Would say Hickman as Miller made up for Tronstad needed to foul

[neophox]

Stoke doing well with former players Baker, Nzonzi, Soba Thomas and Phillips all starting in their win tonight 

[roversfan99]

Fantastic victory, big achievement to win 3 on the bounce. And fair play to Ismael, a man who has had lots of fair criticism, but hes changed system, hes got a very limited squad available to him but weve managed to grind out 9 crucial points from 3 games.

I though we looked good in the first half and perhaps with a bit more care could have been more than 1 up. 

The general standard of the second half by both teams was really poor, we just had to really dig in to get that over the line. I think the injury to Sykes leaving them a man short really helped because although we looked out on our feet.

Performance wise. Ohashi was probably our best player, I think it suits him and Gudjohnsen to play together, although the latter wasnt as effective tonight. Miller I think clearly has very useful attributes and for 89 minutes did well, but his total moment of madness cost us Tronstad (who up to then was very good) and thankfully not a goal. Wharton and McLoughlin were solid. Alebiosu was excellent again first half then seemed to tire badly in the second. Hedges is best suited to being a wing back. Miroshita is a mixed bag but has ability and is a clear upgrade on Henriksson.

The obvious worry has always been when you peel beyond our competitive first 11, we look really thin. That side that ended the game would really struggle on its own. Gueye up front, Pears in net, Forshaw in midfield, Henriksson in attacking midfield and Ribeiro in a back 3. God knows what sort of side will play at the weekend, I just hope that Wharton and Toth are ok and that we can get the others back after a much needed break.

[simongarnerisgod]

fantastic result tonight,val seems to have found his best formation that suits us due to cantwells injury😉

be lovely to make it four wins on the bounce on saturday

[BigBar]

We would be 3 points off the playoffs if we didn't get shafted with the Ipswich game and got the deserved 3 points. Crazy league, 3 on the bounce against 2 relegated PL teams and a team in the top 5 deserves alot of respect, lots of work still to do.

[Songman]

Tronstad with his 5th booking of season tonight I think so another missing Saturday.

[bigbrandjohn]

14 minutes ago, neophox said:

There won't be many players that Eustace know of starting since he left. May only be Ohashi and Hedges 

I bet Batth is delighted he is being kept out of the team by Sanderson. And Brereton substituted by Weimann

[OsloRover]

Miller also played the forward pass to Morishita resulting in our goal. In case yall missed it

[Waggy76]

Another good win, not many predicted 3 wins in a row if any! 

[wilsdenrover]

3 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

Another good win, not many predicted 3 wins in a row if any! 

Chaddy will have. 

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Chaddy will have. 

Chaddy would predict 46 wins in a row.

[Jimmy612]

Loads of Labore in that second half, not much Arte!  But, this group are really fighting, and after the summer we had, it’s what we needed from them. 

Bristol were diabolically bad, particularly in the first half, but we can’t keep focussing on how poor the opposition is. The fact is, we look comfortable as a unit in a 3-5-2, we look solid defensively, and we seem to be able to nick a goal here and there. 
 

Injuries becoming a huge concern, which I hope won’t be our downfall. Asking too much of Wharton, and perhaps we’ve overdone him. Desperately need a CB or two in January. 14-days since the capitulation vs Sheff United, what a response! 

[M_B]

19 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Fantastic victory, big achievement to win 3 on the bounce. And fair play to Ismael, a man who has had lots of fair criticism, but hes changed system, hes got a very limited squad available to him but weve managed to grind out 9 crucial points from 3 games.

I though we looked good in the first half and perhaps with a bit more care could have been more than 1 up. 

The general standard of the second half by both teams was really poor, we just had to really dig in to get that over the line. I think the injury to Sykes leaving them a man short really helped because although we looked out on our feet.

Performance wise. Ohashi was probably our best player, I think it suits him and Gudjohnsen to play together, although the latter wasnt as effective tonight. Miller I think clearly has very useful attributes and for 89 minutes did well, but his total moment of madness cost us Tronstad (who up to then was very good) and thankfully not a goal. Wharton and McLoughlin were solid. Alebiosu was excellent again first half then seemed to tire badly in the second. Hedges is best suited to being a wing back. Miroshita is a mixed bag but has ability and is a clear upgrade on Henriksson.

The obvious worry has always been when you peel beyond our competitive first 11, we look really thin. That side that ended the game would really struggle on its own. Gueye up front, Pears in net, Forshaw in midfield, Henriksson in attacking midfield and Ribeiro in a back 3. God knows what sort of side will play at the weekend, I just hope that Wharton and Toth are ok and that we can get the others back after a much needed break.

Didn't think we looked out on our feet at any point really, I feared the worst when Armstrong came on but we played out the last half hour comfortably. 

[Jimmy612]

16 minutes ago, Songman said:

Tronstad with his 5th booking of season tonight I think so another missing Saturday.

A disaster if that’s the case. Forshaw and TGH starting on Saturday 😮‍💨

[Bbrovers2288]

Good win, table looking a lot more rosy now.

hope Wharton isn’t injured but if he is I’d stick with the 3 at the back and play Pickering lcb and move McLaughlin centre 

[Ricky]

26 minutes ago, neophox said:

Stoke doing well with former players Baker, Nzonzi, Soba Thomas and Phillips all starting in their win tonight 

Yet only 2 started for Derby despite them supposedly being a team full of ex rovers 

[Ricky]

1 minute ago, Jimmy612 said:

A disaster if that’s the case. Forshaw and TGH starting on Saturday 😮‍💨

It was mentioned on comms that it was his 5th yellow and he would miss Saturday now. 

[Exiled_Rover]

34 minutes ago, neophox said:

There won't be many players that Eustace know of starting since he left. May only be Ohashi and Hedges 

I think Eustace is a better manager than Ismael, but bloody hell how was he watching Toth and Pears in training and picking the latter?!

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

Didn't think we looked out on our feet at any point really, I feared the worst when Armstrong came on but we played out the last half hour comfortably. 

I thought we did although it may have been a mixture of tiredness and poorer players coming on towards the very end. We just had to grind it out and get over the line whichbwe did.

Obviously the fact we were ahead changes the dynamic but for example Alebiosu looked out on his feet, we dont have a big enough squad so its understandable as a few are being flogged, including Alebiosu. Wharton obviously broke down too, and I thought Hedges started to tire but we needed his discipline.

Sinclair Armstrong is a really poor player, I was pleased when he came on.

[NeilInBristol]

Lads I am home safe and sound

tonight was a joy 

tomorrow will be a sweet day in the office - they mocked for years after THAT drubbing, well tomorrow I will be doing the mocking! 

come on you rovers

 

[NeilInBristol]

42 minutes ago, neophox said:

There won't be many players that Eustace know of starting since he left. May only be Ohashi and Hedges 

He’ll come shopping again in Jan I bet