v Charlton Athletic (h) - 4/1/26

[chaddyrovers]

surely Toth must start today. no-way should Pears have got beaten at the near post Sam Smith's goal on New Year Day

[joey_big_nose]

I'm in the give Joseph a go group. We really have nothing to lose. Henricksson has put the effort in and done okay pressing, but offered absolutely nothing in terms of goal threat.

Put Joseph on from the start and bring on Henricksson to close out the game.

While I am not as down on the overall squad as some (its bad but weve had worse in the last 15 years) the current striking options with Gudjonsen injured are definitely the worst ever imo. And thats with me rating Ohashi! 

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, Madon said:

Sheffield United have just had their game postponed. Really wouldn't surprise me if we're next.

Sheff Utd have under soil heating 🤔

Did Wilder sneak down and turn it off?

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Mercer]

4 hours ago, Madon said:

Surely Valentin Joseph gets a spot on the bench at the absolute minimum? 

Banging the goals in for the U23s, appreciate the Championship is different gravy but he can't do any worse than the current pair up front!

A young lad who knows where the net is and will be desperate to impress, stick him in. 

Absolutely.

If a player is good enough then he is old enough.

Can he really be less effective than Gueye!?!?

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

...not many thats for sure!

[Tom]

No mention of the FA Cup presentation as part of the ‘what’s on’ guide, probably waiting for a replacement from TEMU

[Mercer]

Going for a Charlton win.

Think their desire, passion, intensity, physicality and yes, quality, will be too much for our rag tag bobtail journeymen.

A flying start to the New Year with Charlton win at 3/1.

[Tom]

Oxford game off, Pompey game off and we have Charlton at home.

This now becomes must win even at this stage, either create a bit of a gap or be teetering on the edge.

I expect a draw 

[BRFC.]

Harry Leonard has scored today for peterbrough, not good enough for the “Rudy and Val project tho” we’ve sold him for £1M and we have to watch henriksson play as a striker, it’s becoming extremely difficult to take us seriously anymore, comedy club. 

[davulsukur]

Just now, BRFC. said:

Harry Leonard has scored today for peterbrough, not good enough for the “Rudy and Val project tho” we’ve sold him for £1M and we have to watch henriksson play as a striker, it’s becoming extremely difficult to take us seriously anymore, comedy club. 

Ironically, we are now scrabbling around trying to sign a league one striker for £1m 

[booth]

3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Ironically, we are now scrabbling around trying to sign a league one striker for £1m 

Who we won't get.

[BRFC.]

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Ironically, we are now scrabbling around trying to sign a league one striker for £1m 

Apparently we are “shocked” by Barnsley’s valuation, they will use the “at least we tried” excuse, should have sold Gueye and kept hold of Leonard or at least placed a buy back clause but maybe he spoke the truth to Rudy and he didn’t like that. Glad he’s smashing it 👏🏻 

Edited yesterday at 12:47 by BRFC.

[KentExile]

2 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Ironically, we are now scrabbling around trying to sign a league one striker for £1m 

But

they want £5M for him

Both will be 22 years old by the end of the season

Leonard has scored nearly twice as many goals as him this season-  Leonard 9,  Cleary 5

[Tom]

Leonard never really looked up to it in this league and was rarely fit, fair play if he’s pushed on 

Edited yesterday at 12:49 by Tom

[Gav]

55 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

surely Toth must start today. no-way should Pears have got beaten at the near post Sam Smith's goal on New Year Day

Pears should never have been put in that position in the first place, he clearly thought the attacker was going for the far post and couldn't adjust, but it wasn't as bad as everyone is making out. He made a couple of saves that kept things at 0-2 and us in the game, they seem to have gone unnoticed. 

I'd not be dropping Pears based on recent performances. 

[Roverthechimp]

Is it definitely going ahead or is it subject to a pitch inspection? (anyone heard anything?)

[Kjell]

17 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

Harry Leonard has scored today for peterbrough, not good enough for the “Rudy and Val project tho” we’ve sold him for £1M and we have to watch henriksson play as a striker, it’s becoming extremely difficult to take us seriously anymore, comedy club. 

First as tragedy, then as farce!

[WacoRover]

Not expecting much today; no scoring threats from our bunch, if we could muster 0-0, that would be a fair showing. 

[Kjell]

10 minutes ago, Tom said:

Leonard never really looked up to it in this league and was rarely fit, fair play if he’s pushed on 

To me, he looked perfectly fine when he came off the bench to secure 2-2 v. Sunderland last Christmas!

For sure, a loan with a recall option would have made sense, but sense is long lost in the Rovers camp.

[simongarnerisgod]

will be interesting to see vals demenor on the touchline today,he appeared deflated against wrexham,probably due to the fact he`s likely been told there is no money for incomings,i reckon he`s going to walk out at the end of the month

[Waggy76]

I am a little bit surprised this game is going ahead , I have seen this situation many times(nothing like the hatred  of the owners though) , there is a tipping point .

This goes tits up today it could get very nasty !

Iley , Saxton and Mackay different eras , happen as well for Pasha and Rudy !

 

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

will be interesting to see vals demenor on the touchline today,he appeared deflated against wrexham,probably due to the fact he`s likely been told there is no money for incomings,i reckon he`s going to walk out at the end of the month

Will be very interesting to see just how "aligned" he is by the 2nd week in February

9th Feb 2024 - https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/february/09/club-statement---jon-dahl-tomasson/

13th Feb 2025 - https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/february/13/club-statement--john-eustace-departure/

Edited yesterday at 13:18 by KentExile

[Gav]

10 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

I am a little bit surprised this game is going ahead , I have seen this situation many times(nothing like the hatred  of the owners though) , there is a tipping point .

This goes tits up today it could get very nasty !

Iley , Saxton and Mackay different eras , happen as well for Pasha and Rudy !

 

Watching the Celtic fans giving it to the board in the ground yesterday, I'm very surprised our lot get such an easy ride in JW Upper.

You can voice an opinion without being thrown out and banned, far to easy for Pasha & Gestede right now.