v Swansea City (a) - 20/1/26, k/o 19:45

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Portsmouth have games in hand...

[pick32]

I’d get Forshaw on for Doherty and move Baradji further forward 

[Dreams of 1995]

Just now, pick32 said:

I’d get Forshaw on for Doherty and move Baradji further forward 

Doherty has been far better than Baradji pal

[Exiled_Rover]

 

9 minutes ago, neophox said:

Why sign Di Never when we had Powell?

Why commit to a formation that relies on the pace and athleticism of its Wing Backs then loan Duru out to sit on the bench in San Diego?

[DeeCee]

2 shots on target - in one half!

[bluebruce]

Should be mentioned that, whilst he has indeed been shit, Ohashi's flick to Powell when we scored was excellent.

[TugaysMarlboro]

After they scored, Swansea looked horrific. To be fair they've looked average throughout. A better team puts us to the sword before that Jorgensen goal. 

Great play by Powell for the equaliser.

 

We look dodgy as anything when the ball gets into our 18 yard box, no-one is convincing and no-one wants to get near the ball.

Edited 1 hour ago by TugaysMarlboro

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Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

 

Why commit to a formation that relies on the pace and athleticism of its Wing Backs then loan Duru out to sit on the bench in San Diego?

*Clears throat and puts on a Geordie accent 

"Because its been the Blackburn wayyy since 2010...man"

[pick32]

1 minute ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Doherty has been far better than Baradji pal

Not seen Doherty once, Baradji has won back possession more than an any other player 

[roversinmyblood]

4 minutes ago, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said:

Two terrible touches from Ohashi took him wide onto his wrong foot with the ball under less and less control. Not the first time he’s done that of late.

He does it all the time and takes way too many touches before he tries to shoot invariably ending in a blocked shot. He’s got progressively worse since he first arrived. So much for our coaching!!

[KentExile]

11 minutes ago, neophox said:

Why sign Di Never when we had Powell?

I imagine the stock response will be "nobody knew Powell would be any good"

 

[Mercer]

11 minutes ago, RutlandRover said:

HAHAHAHAHA HOW SHIT ARE SWANSEA?!!

They are!

There's something in this match for us - the ball isn't 'breaking' for Swa sea in the box and seen it many times when you are destined to miss out.

Terrific stuff from Powell for the goal and he LOOKS the footballer De Neve will never be.

Shambolic defending for Swansea's goal.

Back your instincts- in play bets for Rovers' win at 4/1 with a 2-1 scoreline at 7/1.

 

[Comfortably numb]

Clutching at straws here but Charlton losing at home to Derby and West Brom losing at home to Norwich (not sure what's best there as it draws West Brom right into it and I think Norwich will be fine come the end of the season)

Oxford drawing

Edited 1 hour ago by Comfortably numb

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Just now, TugaysMarlboro said:

After they scored, Swansea looked horrific. To be fair they've looked average throughout. A better team puts us to the sword before that Jorgensen goal. 

Great play by Powell for the equaliser.

 

We look dodgy as anything when the ball gets into our 18 yard box, no-one is convincing and no-one wants to get near the ball.

They don't like pressure at the back, when we had them boxed in the panic passed 3-4 times

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, ... said:

We're in deep trouble 

Not expecting us to win but by Christ we could do with it.

Would drag West Brom RIGHT into it.

Could do with Eustace doing us a favour and Derby hanging on against Charlton.

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

 

Why commit to a formation that relies on the pace and athleticism of its Wing Backs then loan Duru out to sit on the bench in San Diego?

with a stupidly low option to buy, and no means to recall him

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[OsloRover]

5 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Doherty has been far better than Baradji pal

No he hasn’t pal

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, KentExile said:

with a stupidly low option to buy, and no means to recall him

Do we know the details of the option?

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Not seen Doherty once, Baradji has won back possession more than an any other player 

Doherty has looked decent. Baradji has looked decent too.

As I've said, this formation lives and dies by the quality of its WBs. I've lost count the amount of times our two CMs have looked down the right for TGH's overlap only to see him behind the play - and that's not his fault, he's not athletic enough to be a WB.

Edited 1 hour ago by Exiled_Rover

[bluebruce]

37 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He'd rinse you. 

De Neve? He's absolutely more athletic than I am, especially what with me being 41. But his positioning is so bad he'd probably be on the wrong pitch!

[TugaysMarlboro]

5 minutes ago, Mercer said:

They are!

There's something in this match for us - the ball isn't 'breaking' for Swa sea in the box and seen it many times when you are destined to miss out.

Terrific stuff from Powell for the goal and he LOOKS the footballer De Neve will never be.

Shambolic defending for Swansea's goal.

Back your instincts- in play bets for Rovers' win at 4/1 with a 2-1 scoreline at 7/1.

 

Who are you and what have you done with Mercer?

Don't tell me you've switched to white too?

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Freekick that all day

[Exiled_Rover]

9 minutes ago, KentExile said:

I imagine the stock response will be "nobody knew Powell would be any good"

 

Let's hope he's a £16m player too.

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Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Let's hope he's a £16m player too.

Could be a £100billion player we wouldn't see any of it

[davulsukur]

What another shocking goal to concede.