joey_big_nose

Nice bit of forward play from Henricksson...

I think Hericksson has been told to push up and play alongside. No idea if he has ever played as a striker.

Triple change seems a bit radical ... I guess idea is Henricksson to press for Gudjonsen. Interested to see how that goes. We have so few options up top we need it to work. Surprised it's Mori for Baradji, as Cantwell looks knackered but fair enough. Hedges for Pickering is right call.

I think I'd get Hedges on now and be thinking about Cantwell off for Baradji. Wish we had someone with a good engine to come on and help Ohashi out.

Defending at corners definitely a problem. Really miss Scott Wharton in that regard.

Think we should get really solid down the left when Hedges comes which is good. The big question is if Tronstad and Ohashi tire. We dont really have anyone who can come on for those two and without them our defensive structure completely falls apart.

Sky commentator "the Blackburn Rovers fans will be delighted with that first half" Not on here mate!

Been so impressed with Litherland. Completely slotted in for Alebiouso, has the engine to get up and down, and a nice bit of quality too.... Really so confusing how we sign De Neve but Litherland only gets a crack through a series of players being unavailable/falling out of favour.

I like McLoughlin but he has a serious issue in his game where he doesn't have control over his headers. They often go up not forward and out.

Think we've done well. Though the pattern is we do okay then give away goals from very little so its hard to really be confident.

Guess we will see Badadji for Cantwell. At least like for like in where he plays.

Absolutely loving Litherland!

Lets hope Litherland can be as impressive as Pratt has been

Maybe he should be at RWB? Is that a possibility?

I guess the approach might be give Mori and Cantwell complete free reign to get forward, maybe with Miller as he has an engine to give a little bit of support. Expect Picking to tuck in beside Tronstad while Cantwell goes very wide left. Id worry if we are expecting Pickering to overlap that he just isn't going to be able to either defending or attacking well as he cant cover the yards (same as Riberio). No point setting him up to fail.

Well no idea how good Litherland is. But generally still feel this team is quite a bit better than the Hope Akpan etc era.

Id say its more like ----------------------Pears -----Litherland---McLoughlin---Pratt Miller------------Tronstad----------------------Picks ------------Mori----Cantwell ---------Gudjohnsen---Ohashi "Playing with two number 8s" in todays pundit speak... How we get up the pitch without Alebiouso and Hedges I am intrigued to see.

The tickets and visiting the US are so so expensive in the midst of a global cost of living crisis I do wonder if the whole character of the tournament will further deteriorate. Will it be mostly rich Americans, celebrities etc, and not many actual home fans? I don't imagine too many empty stadiums, but I expect the atmosphere might be a bit muted and shit. Managing to successfully hold the last 3 world cups in post-Crimean invasion Russia, human rights crushing Qatar, and now daylight robbery in Trumps America is a real hatrick of evil.

We've lost this game because of a maybe 10 mins of bad defending. Realy confused why if we were sticking with the formation why we put Pratt on the bench?

Hmm... Actually looking at Baradji maybe hes got the engine for RWB? Definitely don't think Mori can do it

Yeah its a big problem... When Albiousu goes to ACN I really dont know what we do.

McLoughlin does have a real issue with heading the ball up rather than out. Been three in this game.

Kind of feel like if Pratt was playing we wouldnt have conceded two...

Yeah, after i wrote that saw a bit more of the back line and it does seem we are 352. Really confused why we have dropped Pratt who has done nothing wrong.

Great shout that... Hadnt really thought about it but guess they are similar forward runner types. But Ohashi is so much more effective. Gallagher was just a big unit, whereas ohashi carries the ball well and has a bit of skill. And surprisingly strong and physically competitive for his size, while Gallagher was the inverse...