v Millwall (h) - 20/12/25

[RTM08]

2 hours ago, M_B said:

He was taken off with an injury, he came off holding the back of his thigh, and we all know what that indicates. 

He had a bag of ice in his hand at the final whistle on the Sky footage so there was definitely something up with him.

[47er]

6 hours ago, aletheia said:

Keep your fingers crossed.

They'd have sold it for housing if they could!

[Tim Southampton Rover]

11 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Just imagine if it had been Gueye chasing after it.

Hearts would’ve been in mouths 😁

 

We'd all be betting £100 that he would miss - just like Cantwell said on the Sky Sports show. 

[KentExile]

21 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Seems to be a few people saying that but he didnt look injured, just knackered. I dont think he went down the tunnel for treatment either but may be wrong and not seen anything post match.

He is very limited in his all round game, but he does have a natural instinct for being in the right place at the right time and can finish which justifies his place in the team as its the most important part of being a striker.

 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25714396.blackburn-rovers-boss-reveals-training-attitude-issue/

 

Rovers will need to check on Andri Gudjohnsen before the trip to Middlesbrough after he was taken off with a precautionary hamstring injury.

The striker scored his seventh goal of the season in the first half but was substituted after an hour. After a heavy workload, Ismael revealed Gudjohnsen felt his hamstring and will be assessed.

"We need to look after them," Ismael said.

"Andri was not good with his feelings in his hamstring. We will see but we think it was just a precaution with that situation.

"We will make an assessment and we hope it's just a precautionary situation."

Rovers will travel with a similar group to the Riverside Stadium. Balazs Toth is back in training and could be part of a matchday squad over the Christmas period.

[Comfortably numb]

With a game Friday and Monday do you risk Gudjohnsen and potentially make the issue worse ? 

Judging by VI:s comments about attitude in training and who was absent from the squad on Saturday it's pretty obvious who he was talking about. Do you bring Gueye back in if Gudjohnsen's not fit or risk a youngster again ?

[KentExile]

Just now, Comfortably numb said:

With a game Friday and Monday do you risk Gudjohnsen and potentially make the issue worse ? 

Judging by VI:s comments about attitude in training and who was absent from the squad on Saturday it's pretty obvious who he was talking about. Do you bring Gueye back in if Gudjohnsen's not fit or risk a youngster again ?

Maybe we saw the plan (if Gudjohnsen is unavailable) on Saturday.  Henriksson replaced him, and I thought did well & made himself a nuisance, at the very least, he enabled us to carry on pressing from the front, and him being further forwards meant his lack of positional awareness was not exposed

[chaddyrovers]

8 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Maybe we saw the plan (if Gudjohnsen is unavailable) on Saturday.  Henriksson replaced him, and I thought did well & made himself a nuisance, at the very least, he enabled us to carry on pressing from the front, and him being further forwards meant his lack of positional awareness was not exposed

I would rather play Henriksson over Gueye. He put himself, created Miller chance, press from the front..

Looking at Ismael's comments about some players didnt play cos of training performances. Would if that's why Gueye didnt play

[roversfan99]

Little wonder that Gudjohnsen has picked up a muscle injury. We have run him into the ground.

I think I would rather go with 10 than play Gueye. I certainly wouldnt play Henriksson up front, I would rather add an extra midfielder and play Miroshita higher up.

[Comfortably numb]

44 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Maybe we saw the plan (if Gudjohnsen is unavailable) on Saturday.  Henriksson replaced him, and I thought did well & made himself a nuisance, at the very least, he enabled us to carry on pressing from the front, and him being further forwards meant his lack of positional awareness was not exposed

Good shout 👍

[chaddyrovers]

30 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Little wonder that Gudjohnsen has picked up a muscle injury. We have run him into the ground.

How have we run him into the ground? He played a run of games together. So similar we run Alebiosu or Ohashi into the ground? You weren't saying any thing before he picked this injury which you were only saying yesterday he wasnt injured when he come off. 

30 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I think I would rather go with 10 than play Gueye. I certainly wouldnt play Henriksson up front, I would rather add an extra midfielder and play Miroshita higher up.

Decent shout but I think Henriksson gives us a bit more physical presence to be honest

[roversfan99]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

How have we run him into the ground? He played a run of games together. So similar we run Alebiosu or Ohashi into the ground? You weren't saying any thing before he picked this injury which you were only saying yesterday he wasnt injured when he come off. 

Decent shout but I think Henriksson gives us a bit more physical presence to be honest

I didnt say he wasnt injured, I suggested that he didnt go down the tunnel so I hoped that he was just tired.

And yes, we have run numerous players into the ground because our squad is paper thin and we have numerous players unable to contribute. The front 2 have to play every game and it was imevitable that one would pick up a muscle injury soon.

[KentExile]

Unless I am misunderstanding, it sounds to me like Dlamini was on the bench as a possible replacement/sub for Litherland at wing back (presumably if they were chasing a goal), rather than a stand in for Gueye.  Atcheson similarly, if they wanted to shore things up later on, 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[chaddyrovers]

44 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I didnt say he wasnt injured, I suggested that he didnt go down the tunnel so I hoped that he was just tired.

And yes, we have run numerous players into the ground because our squad is paper thin and we have numerous players unable to contribute. The front 2 have to play every game and it was imevitable that one would pick up a muscle injury soon.

So we did similar with Hyam who every game last season didnt we? Who played every league game. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

49 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

So we did similar with Hyam who every game last season didnt we? Who played every league game. 

Taking the goalkeeper out of the equation I would suggest that centre halves do the least running of all the players.  Regarding Hyam, I always felt he was playing within himself. One of the reasons why he never got injured.

Edited 16 minutes ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[islander200]

He has taken off Gudjohnson In nearly every match mid second half.

Lots to be critical about but apart from the big spenders you don't see many teams number 1 goal threats being rested and left out

For example Derby wouldn't leave Morris out or Pompey wouldn't leave Laing out 

We would have all been going mad on here if Gudjohnson had started on the bench v Millwall and we ended up not scoring and drew or lost the match