v Middlesbrough (a) - 26/12/25

[Comfortably numb]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Look like cramp at most

Looked like groin to me

[KentExile]

18 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

There's not any way we can fluff signing Baradji is there?

well they can decide not to active the buy option, and/or our wonderful owners can slash the budget again

 

I suppose you could rephrase the statement as "there is no reason beyond deliberate self sabotage, why they cannot sign Baradji, as the deal is already legally agreed"

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

There's not any way we can fluff signing Baradji is there?

the names lewis o`brien and duncan mcguire mean yes we can,especially when it appears moussa is a very decent player

[LDRover]

Good point that.

However, our lack of goal threat is frightening. 

Baradji looks a player though and Cantwell and Tronstad excellent.

Churlish to pick out poor performers but Ohashi despite his endeavour offers little threat, Pratt looks like he's hit his ceiling and will be targeted by opposition managers going forward and Gardner Hickman is just poor.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

There's not any way we can fluff signing Baradji is there?

I'd be amazed if we do sign him.

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, LDRover said:

Good point that.

However, our lack of goal threat is frightening. 

Baradji looks a player though and Cantwell and Tronstad excellent.

Churlish to pick out poor performers but Ohashi despite his endeavour offers little threat, Pratt looks like he's hit his ceiling and will be targeted by opposition managers going forward and Gardner Hickman is just poor.

pratt was excellent,he looks more and more accomplished with every game,bar giving whittaker to much room in the first half,he did`nt put a foot wrong

[Elrovers]

2 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Good point that.

However, our lack of goal threat is frightening. 

Baradji looks a player though and Cantwell and Tronstad excellent.

Churlish to pick out poor performers but Ohashi despite his endeavour offers little threat, Pratt looks like he's hit his ceiling and will be targeted by opposition managers going forward and Gardner Hickman is just poor.

I thought Pratt was solid to be fair. Has easily met the demands of this league considering he was recalled from a non league club 

[LDRover]

Hey I hope I'm wrong but I see him becoming more and more exposed as word gets around. 

He's done well thus far but I just don't see him at this level long term. Time will tell.

[lraC]

Tronstad brilliant again today and my man of the match.

I would have taken a point before the game, but thought we could have sneaked it.

[Exiled_Rover]

19 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Still smells extremely off to me.

Have you ever seen a player playing bandaged up as ostentatiously as that?

On both legs?

🤣

Szmodics?

[Tomphil2]

Excellent performance and point but my god do we need another proper striker from somewhere.

Think we'd have nicked that today if Andre was playing but can't really grumble.

The whole defence has earned a drop of the Christmas grog tonight.

[Wheelton Blue]

Solid point that, well played Rovers.

Tronstad and Cantwell make such a difference to the side, class acts at this level.

[M_B]

It doesn't seem as good a point as it probably should, Rovers were the better team and finished the game far stronger. 

You've got to say, if we had Gudjonson up front with Ohashi we're in with a great chance of winning it,but considering the injuries before and during the game, it's a well earned point. 

[Exiled_Rover]

21 minutes ago, DanielMB said:

Dlamini looked lively 

He seems to have come out of nowhere. Looks like we picked him up from Aston Villa a few years ago - seems an odd one. 

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23 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Look like cramp at most

😆😆😆 bollock cramp?

[Exiled_Rover]

20 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

the names lewis o`brien and duncan mcguire mean yes we can,especially when it appears moussa is a very decent player

Gestede seems very much aligned with Pasha, so I assume they've already green lit the funds.

Someone clearly pulled the rug on Broughton when he tried to sign O'Brien and McGuire. 

[norwichblue]

Great point. Barajdi looks bloody good to me. Cantwell and Tronstad excellent too. Happy with the point. 

[Cherry Blue]

38 minutes ago, Tom said:

Got to be a red, right in front of the ref as well

We should have been kicking off more 

38 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Ref chickens out…

37 minutes ago, rock steady said:

Ref had a shocker there. Clear red under his nose.

When questioned how will the ref answer?

He saw it and gave a yellow.

Another example of the apalling refs we have in Championship.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

25 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Still smells extremely off to me.

Have you ever seen a player playing bandaged up as ostentatiously as that?

On both legs?

🤣

Brian Bevan the Aussie Rugby League winger. He came out with every part of his body bandaged, he looked like a mummy, but when he got the ball nobody could catch him.

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Hey I hope I'm wrong but I see him becoming more and more exposed as word gets around. 

He's done well thus far but I just don't see him at this level long term. Time will tell.

What word gets around?

These are professional footballers, they quickly work you out. He gave up one shot (and forced his man wide in the process) in 90 minutes. 

We'll see how he develops, especially considering we've got Wharton, Carter, Miller, O'Riordan, Litherland and Atcheson (sp) breathing down his neck. For once we're in a good position. 

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, norwichblue said:

Great point. Barajdi looks bloody good to me. Cantwell and Tronstad excellent too. Happy with the point. 

Baradji looks like a match winner once he can play 70-80 minutes a game. So good on the ball. 

[Polky]

Solid point!

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, ... said:

😆😆😆 bollock cramp?

They massaged his hamstrings too. Hope it's just fatigue, but who knows with this club. 

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2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

They massaged his hamstrings too. Hope it's just fatigue, but who knows with this club. 

They had to massage something and it wasn't gonna be his nuts