v Wrexham (a) - 29/11/25

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

44 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I hate sounding snappy or sarcastic towards you Parson but it sounds as though you're happy to applaud them all the way down to League 1 (and maybe beyond).

Could I repeat Mattyblue's question towards you, what is your opinion on the overall state of the Club and direction of travel?

A question that sounds a lot like trolling.

One can despair at the state of a club but enjoy a decent 90 mins effort from a team. I did.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said:

A question that sounds a lot like trolling.

One can despair at the state of a club but enjoy a decent 90 mins effort from a team. I did.

It's a perfectly fair and straightforward question to ask.

Hypothetically, is it trolling to wax too lyrical about a team that can regularly produce a decent away performance but repeatedly stinks the place out at Ewood?

(Not something I'd accuse Parson of btw as I know he is genuine in his opinions but there are others)

 

[GHD]

57 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

You're beginning to sound a bit like like Ismael there, I didnt think it was a foul, but fouls get wrongly awarded or wrongly not given all the time.

Just because a foul was awarded it doesn't mean we automatically have to concede from it, it's our job to defend it properly, no matter what stage of the game we're at, then it becomes a complete non issue.

It's always someone else's fault with Ismael.

With respect Rev I think you’re a bit off track there. The discussion was about whether Hedges was “stupid” to make the challenge. Some think he was and some of us disagree. I don’t think anyone would say we don’t have a duty to defend any free kick awarded whether it’s a correct decision or not.

I do agree with your last sentence though 

Edited 3 hours ago by GHD

[chaddyrovers]

34 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

Of those players, who do you think are upgrades on those we had previously?

I'll give you Gudjohnsen over Gueye (which isn't particularly difficult), but the rest?

Think Alebiosu and Brittain is close one and Im a massive Brittain fan. 

Miller and Sanderson similar 

Think Morishita and Dolan could be close one given time

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Big if. Equally, it will be very difficult to maintain the away form across an entire season, both will level out to a degree.

Lets hope so cos home form need improving quickly..

We are set up to play away from home. Hence why our away form so good. 

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Hard to close out games with some of the dreadful squad players we have.

If we taken our early chances yesterday game is over before that free kick

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Gestede said we have a better squad at the start of the season. I know even you have agreed that he was wrong. So I dont get why you think we could challenge for the play offs with a weaker squad.

Cos anything could happy. Players could adapt and form improves or we get everyone back fit and stay fit. Also League is wide open 

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

16 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

It's a perfectly fair and straightforward question to ask.

Hypothetically, is it trolling to wax too lyrical about a team that can regularly produce a decent away performance but repeatedly stinks the place out at Ewood?

(Not something I'd accuse Parson of btw as I know he is genuine in his opinions but there are others)

 

Nonsense. It’s the Wrexham match thread. Many posters, including me, enjoyed our performance at Wrexham. Or is that “waxing too lyrical” for you?

[London blue]

17 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Think Alebiosu and Brittain is close one and Im a massive Brittain fan. 

Miller and Sanderson similar 

Think Morishita and Dolan could be close one given time

So none.

[RevidgeBlue]

39 minutes ago, GHD said:

With respect Rev I think you’re a bit off track there. The discussion was about whether Hedges was “stupid” to make the challenge. Some think he was and some of us disagree. I don’t think anyone would say we don’t have a duty to defend any free kick awarded whether it’s a correct decision or not.

I do agree with your last sentence though 

We'll have to agree to disagree there then. I can't stand Hedges but didnt think it was a foul nor did he do anything wrong in that particular instance.

However I think whether he did or didn't do anything wrong is virtually irrelevant and completely secondary to the fact we need to defend the free kick properly.

[RevidgeBlue]

31 minutes ago, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said:

Nonsense. It’s the Wrexham match thread. Many posters, including me, enjoyed our performance at Wrexham. Or is that “waxing too lyrical” for you?

You're being uncharacteristically antagonistic and trying to get a rise out of me for some reason.

Not playing.

[Parsonblue]

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Moi? on his ignore list? Say it ain’t so, I have his books!

If you've bought my books you have both my thanks and my sympathy for having to read what I write.  But my thanks are genuine.

I haven't been ignoring your questions for any other reason other than it's not something I'm prepared to engage in.

Health issues over the past two years have made me realise that life for too short to engage in endless debates about things over which I have no control.  I love watching Rovers, and hope to do so for a good while longer, God willing, but that's as far as it goes. 

I'm happy to post about matches and players that I've watched but that's it.  I hope you can understand and respect my point of view on this.

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Think Alebiosu and Brittain is close one and Im a massive Brittain fan. 

Miller and Sanderson similar 

Think Morishita and Dolan could be close one given time

I am not sure how Miller is replacing Sanderson, surely he and McLoughlin replace (downgrade) on Hyam and Batth. 

[Hasta]

5:35 in on here.

Hedges goes into him and pushes him off it with his arm. He tries to hook the ball but it carries on rolling unaltered so he doesn’t touch it. If Yuki is clean through and a defender does that from behind your screaming for a penalty.

Its a foul.

It’s certainly not soft enough for Ismael to be whinging about it as the headline on the Rovers website calling it a disgrace.

Edited 2 hours ago by Hasta

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, NeilInBristol said:

Missing my point entirely 

it’s not about which player was at fault or blaming or making excuses 

it’s about game management 

that is the theme that runs through each game where we have conceded in the 90+ minute

I see you missed answering the question. I can’t see a reason to berate the coach regarding subs when our bench is as weak as piss.

Edited 2 hours ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

17 minutes ago, Hasta said:

5:35 in on here.

Hedges goes into him and pushes him off it with his arm. He tries to hook the ball but it carries on rolling unaltered so he doesn’t touch it. If Yuki is clean through and a defender does that from behind your screaming for a penalty.

Its a foul.

It’s certainly not soft enough for Ismael to be whinging about it as the headline on the Rovers website calling it a disgrace.

Putting everybody into the scrum and nobody in the “ D “ was a bigger mistake.

[Mattyblue]

Fair enough, @Parsonblue. I recall you being quite anti-regime a few years back, but yes, I get it, last couple of years, I’ve become more Serenity Prayer myself due to life events. But unfortunately I find my approach is becoming less ‘just watching the lads’ but just instead slowly switching off from the whole thing.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Mattyblue

[Leonard Venkhater]

23 hours ago, Parsonblue said:

I thought we were excellent today until the closing stages when fatigue set in for one or two.  Even so, we looked comfortable until the most ludicrous free kick was awarded by the linesman.  Clearly, the guy had never played the game as it was simply a case of the excellent Hedges being far too strong from the Wrexham lad.  As arbitro said earlier, the referee had let so many tackles go and then awards the softest of soft free-kicks.

I thought Forshaw was outstanding in midfield and was very much on the front foot.  Hedges too, was a real workhorse down the left side.  Pratt again, kept it simple and cleared his lines without fuss.  The lad is beginning to really grow into first team football.  A word of praise too for the often decried Pears.   He made some good saves and did well under pressure on corners.  It was good to see him coming out and catching the ball.  He really did look the part today.

Once again, it was another away performance that was a joy to watch and in stark contrast to our home performances.  Certainly those of us who travel to away games have seen the best of Rovers this season.

A very fair summary imo.

Given how much running these players were doing from minute one, I wasn't surprised about the fatigue later into the game, as we dropped back. 

I think there is a concern that our opponents generally seem stronger with their fresh legs, while our own substitutions often appear to weaken us.

Partly injuries and partly these transfer windows that weaken a manager's hand ( even if he does collude.) 

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

I am not sure how Miller is replacing Sanderson, surely he and McLoughlin replace (downgrade) on Hyam and Batth. 

 

Well if he is replacing Hyam then your argument Hyam wasnt replace is surely wrong? 

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

13 hours ago, arbitro said:

There is an expectation John that the linesman will operate to reflect how the game is being refereed and the referee (who I thought was decent) allowed a lot of physicality which is how the vast majority of fans, players and managers want to see the game managed.

The free kick awarded against Hedges was so soft and completely out of kilter with how the match was being refereed. I saw a comment that the Wrexham player involved told someone from Rovers that it wasn't a foul.

Significantly Hedges (who strikes me as a decent, honest guy) was still complaining as the players were going down the tunnel several minutes after the game had finished.

Oh, and this is the same linesman who flagged Dolan offside at that lots ground last season when he was clearly onside. He is well known in the refereeing world for being erratic.

Is his reputation something that might its way into a team briefing Tony? Or are such things kept within the refereeing community? Until now, obviously! 😂

I thought Hedges betrayed his attacker’s mindset with the challenge, trying to win a ball where he started second favourite. As Tyrone explained very well earlier, a defender mindset is to stop anything bad happening first and foremost. Jockey the guy down there and the chances are it goes for a throw in or nowhere in particular.