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

[Herbie6590]

Lap up those shots on target & xG stats

https://www.brfcs.com/football/match/1386705/leicester-blackburn

[philipl]

Not seen it but sounds rather comfortable. Shots and XG back up that impression.

 

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

Lap up those shots on target & xG stats

https://www.brfcs.com/football/match/1386705/leicester-blackburn

I mean, the XG of that chance Toth saved should have been 0.9 for them alone.

[USABlue]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

That's a bit harsh - we were the better side for at least half of the first half.

The stats (on Sky) showed this a few times.

Our ball retention and passing was awful.  Foxes looked better in possession than us most of the time.  How I saw it.

[kiithwarrior]

21 minutes ago, Tom said:

Lmao Val can’t believe Toth’s save 

Yeah it was his right foot that stopped it. 
 

Amazing save, that spurred us on and we got the result because of it

[oldjamfan1]

23 minutes ago, The1mattjansen said:

It seems fairest to say it on a day when he's won us the game, but Guðjohnsen is a terrible footballer. I think he's given the ball away with every touch (bar the 2 goals)

Fuck me what a weird take. The half emptiest of glasses. 

[USABlue]

5 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Lap up those shots on target & xG stats

https://www.brfcs.com/football/match/1386705/leicester-blackburn

Fouls commited?..if fouls called by ref.  He kept missing fouls, holding oushing pulling shirt grabbing he missed em all then gives us a foul as we are about to breakaway.

[Devon Rover]

A strong performance, that, leading to an unfamiliar feeling of winning fairly comfortably - and on Sky, too. Several things looking up, well played, Rovers.

[kiithwarrior]

2 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Our ball retention and passing was awful.  Foxes looked better in possession than us most of the time.  How I saw it.

Agree tbh, we gave the ball away a lot in the midfield

[superniko]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

I mean, the XG of that chance Toth saved should have been 0.9 for them alone.

It probably wasn’t far off. Then feck all else otherwise. 

[barry_]

2 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Our ball retention and passing was awful.  Foxes looked better in possession than us most of the time.  How I saw it.

i agree. But, as my sons tell me... a win's a win 😎

[robbojohnno]

21 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I swear I watch a different game to most of you.

He's a very good player at this level. 

Finally someone who sees what I see! Poor lad was stranded in the previous formation and was given no chance to succeed. With the support of a second striker hes been a completely different player and will be a great player at this level and potentially beyond given time. 

[USABlue]

1 minute ago, barry_ said:

i agree. But, as my sons tell me... a win's a win 😎

No argument from me, we have played better and got nowt.  Bug big win that and goid that ICE man scired again.  He can finish with first time shots, all his goals have been snap shots yet he can't trap a ball.

[kiithwarrior]

2 minutes ago, robbojohnno said:

Finally someone who sees what I see! Poor lad was stranded in the previous formation and was given no chance to succeed. With the support of a second striker hes been a completely different player and will be a great player at this level and potentially beyond given time. 

Agree, he needs a support striker. He’s a goal poacher and needs someone to play off upfront

[Bbrovers2288]

5 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Fuck me what a weird take. The half emptiest of glasses. 

I get what he is saying, and I said it myself, he isn’t a great footballer but he looks a decent finisher and if that’s all he is then that’s absolutely fine if he wins us games 

[wilsdenrover]

Dare we start looking up the table?

[Polky]

6 minutes ago, superniko said:

It probably wasn’t far off. Then feck all else otherwise. 

 

I thought it would be a lot higher to be fair 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Tom]

Gudjohnsen’s goals have got us 2 wins in a week but the mad thing is with Pears in goal we likely come away with a point at best 

[WacoRover]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Dare we start looking up the table?

It’s still a far piece to respectability.
But, we’re making the journey, one game at a time. 

[norwichblue]

Beautiful win! Does anyone have Andri’s address? I need to send an apology letter to him.

COYB 🔵⚪️🌹 

Tough ground for us next.

[Hasta]

3 minutes ago, Polky said:

 

I thought it would be a lot higher to be fair 🤷🏻‍♂️

Because XG is absolute nonsense.

[jim mk2]

Deserved win, although Leicester should have scored at least 1 despite being awful. How did Toth save that?

Great day out for the fans, who were brilliant throughout. Leicester fans silent from 1st minute to the last.

Credit to the manager for the half time changes, Hedges making a big difference in shoring up the threat from their Number 7

It’s going to be a happy journey home. Days like these you have to savour. 

 

[RoqueSantaBlues]

0.57 is still a good chance, I hate that xG is the term because it actually means the chance quality

[roversfan99]

Really important win against a Leicester side seemingly in crisis, and one we won fairly comfortably in the end with a good overall performance.

There are concerns in every area still really. Defensively, it still feels like every player is capable of mistakes. Wharton always makes a couple basically every game, McLoughlin is similar, Miller is similar. Theyll chuck their bodies on the line but will give the ball away sloppily or be turned and pulled apart at times. The clean sheet was really important today, incredible save by Toth who is certainly one of our most important players.

Its not an issue just in midfield, more so an issue with technical ability across the team but we really struggle to keep the ball and make simple passes at time. And in the final third, too often the quality is lacking. The 2 strikers today were much better though, Ohashi was a pest and the 2 finishes by Gudjohnsen and parts of his general play were really impressive.

I do think that the current formation does suit a few of our players but it begs the question, why did we not recruit for it properly? Seems to have been stumbled upon by accident. Alebiosu really is fantastic and suits being a wing back, De Neve (was decent today and surprised he was subbed) suits being a wing back, the defenders probably benefit from a third player and the 2 strikers have question marks as a lone striker but as a pair can pose more problems working together. We do need one or two defenders to come straight into the starting 111, we also have no cover and we have no cover up top too, Gueye isnt a serious option.

Was against the idea last season and it would never happen but I wonder if giving a contract to Bamford would be a reasonable idea just to have another decent option.

 

[oldjamfan1]

26 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I get what he is saying, and I said it myself, he isn’t a great footballer but he looks a decent finisher and if that’s all he is then that’s absolutely fine if he wins us games 

But for that to be the initial reaction after a terrific away win like that is still a weird take for me. Some people seem unable to focus on the positives. Shearer himself would have been happy with those two finishes today,  especially the second goal.