v Leicester City (a) - 1/11/25

[Devon Rover]

2 hours ago, KentExile said:

Blackburn manager Valerien Ismael expects Moussa Baradji to make his debut after the next international break in November.

 

Note that he doesn't state just how much "after" the November break, so that statement covers any date until the end of the season 😉 

Until the end of time, in fact. And I'm still dubious!

[TheKitGuy]

12 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

It was the last time "our" group went to Leicester

Apologies! Have a safe trip down. 

[M_B]

2 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Wow!..Maybe, it's just me, but didn't he only come alive for 15/20 min?

Looks like it's done on stats, can only assume he had better stats than any other forward.

Hope he gets in again on Saturday. 

[joey_big_nose]

54 minutes ago, M_B said:

Looks like it's done on stats, can only assume he had better stats than any other forward.

Hope he gets in again on Saturday. 

Who scored thought he was brilliant...

Looking at the stats breakdown it seems to be because of his goals, key passes and "Aeriels Won". Which is weird as I wasn't that impressed with him in the air. Stats eh..

[roversfan99]

Miller 2nd and Wharton 6th above Toth down in 8th.

Yeah, pointless.

[M_B]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Who scored thought he was brilliant...

Looking at the stats breakdown it seems to be because of his goals, key passes and "Aeriels Won". Which is weird as I wasn't that impressed with him in the air. Stats eh..

Aye, I suppose that's the thing with stats.You can take them or leave them, but there are no preconceptions or favouritism involved, just the same criteria across every team. 

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Who scored thought he was brilliant...

Looking at the stats breakdown it seems to be because of his goals, key passes and "Aeriels Won". Which is weird as I wasn't that impressed with him in the air. Stats eh..

Weird how these stats and ratings have come about.

Toth made 2 excellent, match winning saves and yet he only got 6.8/10? 

[sharpysharps86]

Tough game, but Leicester are faltering at the moment, so there's always a chance.

Not sure I'd change the starting XI, although if Cantwell is fit then I suspect Ismael brings him back into the team simply due to him being captain.

The optimist in me says 1-1 or 0-1 to Rovers. The pessimist says 3-0 to Leicester.

 

[Tomphil2]

Ticket sales looking non existent for this unlike the last couple of times.

 

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18 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Ticket sales looking non existent for this unlike the last couple of times.

 

Literally just had a look myself looks a bit grim and was considering it and Bristol 

[Tomphil2]

14 minutes ago, ... said:

Literally just had a look myself looks a bit grim and was considering it and Bristol 

It's no wonder we get stick, if we were in 8th position there'd be a thousand plus there despite the time/price.

We used to be good at supporting the team when we were shit but Gestede and co seem to have managed to ruin that now.

[roversfan99]

Fans are as disengaged as ever after having the piss out of us by the owners and board, struggling, dinner time kick off on sky.

Our fanbase doesnt deserve stick for a potentially lower than usual turn out away at Leicesrer.

[chaddyrovers]

How many have we sold? 

[Ricky]

On 26/10/2025 at 19:49, chaddyrovers said:

my team 

                    Toth

      Miller Wharton McLoughlin

Alebiosu Montgomery TGH De Neve 

                   Morishita  

           Ohashi  Gudjohnsen 

Big shout dropping Tronstad. But it’s hard to argue with it on current form. I’d still start with him and bring Montgomery on if it doesn’t start well. 

[davulsukur]

4 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Tough game, but Leicester are faltering at the moment, so there's always a chance.

Not sure I'd change the starting XI, although if Cantwell is fit then I suspect Ismael brings him back into the team simply due to him being captain.

The optimist in me says 1-1 or 0-1 to Rovers. The pessimist says 3-0 to Leicester.

 

Thought Mori was quite poor against Southampton and missed a very presentable chance.

If Cantwell is fit to play, he starts.

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6 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Thought Mori was quite poor against Southampton and missed a very easy as fk chance.

If Cantwell is fit to play, he starts.

 

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Fans are as disengaged as ever after having the piss out of us by the owners and board, struggling, dinner time kick off on sky.

Our fanbase doesnt deserve stick for a potentially lower than usual turn out away at Leicesrer.

Yes it does it's precisely the time the team needs support like many other sets of fans do.

We are talking about the hardcore here and if they've give up we've nowt left.

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

How many have we sold? 

Looks about 200 on the ticket site but you never know if some of those shaded out are all sold or not on sale.

Hopefully it'll pick up later in the week.

5/600 is respectable enough for us but 3/400 ish is pathetic.

[USABlue]

On 27/10/2025 at 05:06, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Up against it with this one,every game a cup final now in our position.

Would take the draw but need the three..

1-1.

I'd be ecstatic with a draw.  Yes, we need the three, Can Gudjohnsen score again?  One of two very difficult games this week.

[MarkBRFC]

9 hours ago, Tomphil2 said:

Looks about 200 on the ticket site but you never know if some of those shaded out are all sold or not on sale.

 

The two greyed out areas at each side haven't gone on sale, it's just those two blocks where is loads of blue seats.

I would estimate at about 300 sold.

[Tomphil2]

23 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

The two greyed out areas at each side haven't gone on sale, it's just those two blocks where is loads of blue seats.

I would estimate at about 300 sold.

I was thinking about those at the front unless Leicester sell tickets from front to back, which is a bit odd.

People selecting their own seats normally pick back/middle first in which case it's very grim.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

3 hours ago, USABlue said:

I'd be ecstatic with a draw.  Yes, we need the three, Can Gudjohnsen score again?  One of two very difficult games this week.

The reality in the cold light of day Blue is we need to put a run of wins together to get ourselves out of this mess.

Do we honestly look capable to date?😲

[MarkBRFC]

24 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

The reality in the cold light of day Blue is we need to put a run of wins together to get ourselves out of this mess.

Do we honestly look capable to date?😲

We're averaging one win per block before the International breaks, so I imagine that's us done until December win wise.

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1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

We're averaging one win per block before the International breaks, so I imagine that's us done until December win wise.

Time to dig out the old clichè

AnYtHiNg can HaPpEn iN the ChAmPiOnShIp

[Blow-in]

21 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Who scored thought he was brilliant...

Looking at the stats breakdown it seems to be because of his goals, key passes and "Aeriels Won". Which is weird as I wasn't that impressed with him in the air. Stats eh..

There are lies, there are damn lies and there are Statistics.