v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 06/12/25, 15:00 k/o

[Mercer]

Difficult to call.

Yes, Owls almost certainly doomed to relegation, however, their hated owner has gone and there is a new found optimism - couple that with the backing of 5 thousands fans and this game is undoubtedly going to be difficult.

If I had to make a call then it would be for another Rovers' home loss.

[Tomphil2]

To Wednesday this is a free hit, day out for the fans and best chance of an away win all season given our record.

No pressure on them whatsoever.

[London blue]

A real shame for Hedges as his performances have been very good. The change to wing back suits him.

De Neve will start, I'm sure. I'm now 20% less confident of winning 

[simongarnerisgod]

10 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Hedges is out for a couple of weeks which presumably will turn into over a month as tends to happen now.

Under no circumstances should he bring in the useless De Neve.

id`e play ribeiro/pickering on that side,they might not offer much going forward but they can defend,deneve would be brilliant in a 5 a side game no doubt,but he`s lost in a competetive match,he has`nt got the important bit of tracking back,marking or being able to tackle 

[LeftWinger]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

id`e play ribeiro/pickering on that side,they might not offer much going forward but they can defend,deneve would be brilliant in a 5 a side game no doubt,but he`s lost in a competetive match,he has`nt got the important bit of tracking back,marking or being able to tackle 

Pickering is being left out for none footballing reasons surely?

[Elrovers]

First tronstad out for two weeks, now hedges. One comes and one goes. Can never catch a break can we.

[roversfan99]

4 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

id`e play ribeiro/pickering on that side,they might not offer much going forward but they can defend,deneve would be brilliant in a 5 a side game no doubt,but he`s lost in a competetive match,he has`nt got the important bit of tracking back,marking or being able to tackle 

What would he offer at 5 a side?

Just now, Elrovers said:

First tronstad out for two weeks, now hedges. One comes and one goes. Can never catch a break can we.

Its that point in the season where every team will keep picking up injuries.

Ours are only amplified by having injury prone players in some cases, and because we are overreliant on too small a pool of players because the alternatives are so bad.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

What would he offer at 5 a side?

Its that point in the season where every team will keep picking up injuries.

Ours are only amplified by having injury prone players in some cases, and because we are overreliant on too small a pool of players because the alternatives are so bad.

he`s good at running in short bursts🙂

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26 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Difficult to call.

Yes, Owls almost certainly doomed to relegation, however, their hated owner has gone and there is a new found optimism - couple that with the backing of 5 thousands fans and this game is undoubtedly going to be difficult.

If I had to make a call then it would be for another Rovers' home loss.

They bringing 5k?

We really need to take the roof off

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26 minutes ago, London blue said:

A real shame for Hedges as his performances have been very good. The change to wing back suits him.

De Neve will start, I'm sure. I'm now 20% less confident of winning 

Rotate de neve with Ribeiro he'll be hungry sat on the sidelines all this time

[joey_big_nose]

With Hedges out I wonder if its better to back to 4231 and give one of our strikers a rest?

                          Pears

Alebiouso.    Miller.   McLoughlin.   Riberio 

                     TGH.   Forshaw

     Mori.             Cantwell.      De Neve

                         Gudjonsen 

Edited 1 hour ago by joey_big_nose

[Elrovers]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

With Hedges out I wonder if its better to back to 4231 and give one of our strikers a rest?

                          Pears

Alebiouso.    Miller.   McLoughlin.   Riberio 

                     TGH.   Forshaw

     Mori.             Cantwell.      De Neve

                         Gudjonsen 

We are horrible with a back four. Miller is not an out and out centre half. He likes to drive up the field a bit with the ball. It’ll be the same but de neve in for hedges unfortunately 

[KentExile]

53 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Hedges is out for a couple of weeks which presumably will turn into over a month as tends to happen now.

Under no circumstances should he bring in the useless De Neve.

What actually is his injury?  They normally say "knee", "ankle" etc, this one just seems to be defined as "an injury", which seems rather nebulous

[oneandycrawford]

1 hour ago, SuperBrfc said:

I think tomorrow's the day we finally see out a 1-0 win, accompanied with frustration about why we couldn't do that in the previous two games.

There's enough about our first 11 and recent performances to suggest things are going to pick up soon, IMO.

A nostalgic look back on this fixture from 1997. 20 minute highlights:

 

Missed this game due to car breaking down. Hadn't realised how naught Gallacher's tackle on Carbone was prior to the sending off.

[Tomphil2]

39 minutes ago, ... said:

They bringing 5k?

We really need to take the roof off

Not easy when there'll only be about half to two thirds of that in the BBE thanks to the pathetic pricing policy, amongst other things.

[davulsukur]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Hedges is out for a couple of weeks which presumably will turn into over a month as tends to happen now.

Under no circumstances should he bring in the useless De Neve.

He's no stranger to the treatment room either tbf but the reduction in quality of the squad now has us bemoaning the loss of Ryan Hedges.

De Neve will start in his place 100%