v Hull City (h) - 31/1/26

[davulsukur]

Cantwell being silly, risking a red.

[Tugay-is-God]

Cantwell lucky to still be on the pitch here. Hard a little kick out there. 

[RutlandRover]

Just now, roverandout said:

Fuck off Cantwell ur a disgrace as captain 

What's he done/not done?

[roverandout]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Only thing he's got badly wrong for me is not stamping down on McBurnie early. He's a cheating shitbag. 

He should have given a foul against cashin 

[roverandout]

Just now, RutlandRover said:

What's he done/not done?

His petulance could easily have been red

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, booth said:

Alebiuso should have scored, hurt himself shooting, then left a ball that he could have got to which almost led to us conceding.  A typical Rovers moment there.

Opened up nicely for him.

As I said when PL teams were interested in him earlier in the window - he just doesn't quite have the quality on the ball. Hell of an athlete and a good workrate, but he's a licorice allsorts mixed bag when it comes to his final ball. 

[rock steady]

Self indulgent footballer is our Todd 

Which ain't great for a captain.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, rock steady said:

Self indulgent footballer is our Todd 

Which ain't great for a captain.

I must watch different games to half of you.

He's running his socks off and always makes himself available for the ball. He's the least of our problems.

[Roverthechimp]

Has Toth always been this much of a flapper? No question he is a better keeper than Pears but I don't remember him being this bad on crosses

[Laurence]

12 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

A decent manager gets a tune out of this squad. Convinced of it. 

Its also funny how quickly injured players "recover" when they have a decent manager...

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

He should have given a foul against cashin 

He played advantage, didn't he?

[roverandout]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

He played advantage, didn't he?

No

[Tom]

Unforgivable from Cantwell get that armband off him, absolutely blatant red card  

[davulsukur]

We have no idea how to attack. It's so bad. 

[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, Roverthechimp said:

Has Toth always been this much of a flapper? No question he is a better keeper than Pears but I don't remember him being this bad on crosses

He's been out a while and was in great form before. I worried he might not come back quite the same from the off. Still better than Pears though yeh.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

No

Which foul are you talking about then? Cashin fouled Gelhardt (or however you spell it) and pulled him back, but the Hull player ran away from him so he waved play on. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Our formation is all over the place!

[roverandout]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Which foul are you talking about then? Cashin fouled Gelhardt (or however you spell it) and pulled him back, but the Hull player ran away from him so he waved play on. 

The one from behind when the Hull player was in on goal 

[RTM08]

I see this "it was the injuries" talk from Val has gone as well as expected then?

[LDRover]

16 minutes ago, roverandout said:

My god Hull are shit.  If they're top 6 it doesn't say much about the rest of the league 

Yeah, this league is appalling, the worst I can ever remember. To be as bad as we are within it is quite an achievement.

[Tom]

Half time and worse off than when we started the day!

[BankEnd Rover]

Forshaw having another brilliant game! 
 

[roverandout]

Absolutely awful game. Hull look just as bad

[Ferrit]

Mostly a snoozer from two poor teams. Not sure how Hull are so high up based on this showing. 

[TugaysMarlboro]

1 minute ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Our formation is all over the place!

I think the plan is in possession, they want alebiosu to act as a wing back and cashin to drop in to left centre half and form a back 3. Then alebiosu to drop in and make it a back 4 out of possession. 

Although he's had a couple of forays forward, not playing with real wing backs feels to me like it stunts Alebiosu's best traits.