It's baffles me how people think evans and Smallwood work!! We arnt in league one anymore! Even if we get anything out of this! They should not be starting together!

haha joke TM sort this fuckin shit out! 

liking Rodwell! Very solid 

WE NEED CREATIVITY IN CENTRE MIDFIELD!!!!!! 

Zzzzzz on the line up. No surprise really. Very frustrating! Not going to say what I'm thinking now until after the game. We will see if my thoughts change! 

Just now, OnePhilT said:

A clue to the starting XI? Maybe not! Team news in half an hour.

 

I wish! But think it's just the players number in order.

11 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Have to play it safe and go back to the formula that has delivered success so far:

                 Raya

Nyambe Lenihan Mulgrew William

         Smallwood Evans

Reed      Dack      Armstrong

              Graham

 

Like it or not the defense looks far more vulnerable without Evans/Smallwood in front of them. Reed has to play instead of Bennett and Graham up top.

Back to what we know and not 'a new style of football'.

 

 

Dack needs some attacking support behind him. Smallwood/evans do not offer that. Reed HAS to be central! IMO Your team is settling for a draw. Also i don't get why people would start Armstrong? What about Rothwell, give the lad a chance.

25 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Sounds like Evans will be back to me.

In that case, evans for smallwood. Im praying Mowbray dosent start both and move reed out wide.

My Starting 11

                     Raya

Nyambe   Lenihan   Mulgrew   Bell

Conway Reed Smallwood Rothwell

                       Dack         

                   Brereton

Graham to come on 75th minute. Armstrong to come on later also.

Just now, Crimpshrine said:

Sorry if this has been asked before.

Does anyone know if we can pay on the day for the away end tonight ?

You can yes!

10 hours ago, Gav said:

Who gives a fook about Preston?

it's a joke fella, wind your neck in

Preston's home attendance lower tonight than it was on Saturday? BLOODY PLASTICS!

27 minutes ago, rigger said:

personally for this game I would go with Dack on the bench. Bring him on when the opposition have tired both physically and mentally. Also it is much harder for the opposition manager to get across how he wants to mark Dack, to his players whilst the game is actually in progress. Winning games is sometimes down to confusing the opposition. 

Very good point! 

2 minutes ago, Tom Stinny said:

Should play something like this

 

Raya

Nyambe Lenihan Mulgrew Bell

Reed Rodwell Smallwood Rothwell

Graham Armstrong/Brereton

 

Just to catch a team off. At the moment you can name 8/9 players from Monday morning for the weekend's game and it become predictable. 

 

People may say how can you drop Dack but he's not been performing recently. Even for the potential kick up the backside it may have on him for future games could be worth it alone.

 

Also Rovers had some good performances against good teams in this league without Dack playing. Have a bit of faith in other players.

I know what your saying. However Dack Gets us goals - For me Dack has to start. Only time to leave him out is either if hes injured or for a cup game. 

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

If it is that I'd expect us to get absolutely battered and I wouldn't have thought there would be much point turning up. 8 defensive players plus Dack with Graham completely isolated. You might as well replace Dack for Travis on the basis that playing the former would be too expansive!

Spot on! The complete opposite to what the team needs to be!

20 minutes ago, OnePhilT said:

I think we'll line-up like this:

                              Raya

Nyambe   Lenihan   Mulgrew   Bell

                    Evans   Smallwood

     Conway        Dack         Reed

                         Graham

Announce defeat this evening. I hope to god it's not that - again wouldn't surprise me.

4 minutes ago, Biz said:

Do you know what Or means? And I don’t mean Orr....

If we played 2 up top with Dack in behind - you either lose 1 midfielder or defender (you can’t play 12..!)

Thus a 3 in midfield, a narrower setup with Reed and Bennett as the wider centre midfielders and a choice of Evans or Smallwood as the central more “sitting” option.. 

The joke is that it needed explaining.

Ahhh didn't see the or! However I think people forget that reed is a defensive midfielder. We need some fire in this team. Get rid of Smallwood & Evans. Reed in the middle, Rothwell on the wing with Palmer on the other side. Dack infront with DG & BB. Similar line up for Bolton first half, But with an extra striker.

27 minutes ago, Biz said:

This kind of opinion I find hilarious. Imagine if football was this simple.

Why do you think Preston constantly played cut backs against us on saturday? Is it because Alex Neil said “go for it” and only did attacking drills for a week!? They looked at our past games and found ways to test us, we crumbled. Equally they sat Dack out the game for large spells and isolated the FBs. It’s not an accident.

I expect and want a pragmatic thoughtful approach personally. Taking that into account, Wigan have a big solid team that are going to trouble us at set pieces. Equally, DG ain’t troubling those two huge centre backs the same way Armstrong running in behind will.

I expect a mixture of the 4231 with changes, perhaps AA up top, Dack, Palmer, Bennett in behind. See Hull away early season for a blueprint.

If I was looking at changing style in future, a subtle move to a 4312 might work with Brererton and AA in front of Dack, Reed and Bennett as wider CMs, Smallwood or Evans as the sitting CM.

Or perhaps it’s time to go to a fresh 532, Dack and Graham upfront - stick Rodwell as a link to midfield, and an organiser, between Mulgrew and Lenihan, for a back three with great passing to push right up and press teams. 

As for result - defending is key, regardless of the “fan denial esq” reactions to the choice of forwards. I’d take a 0-0 right now!

Reed on the wing with Bennett?! Smallwood and Evans in the middle!? Haha Next joke please! 

57 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

Think Wigan have similar issues to what we see on here!

will some on here just grow up and respect others who have differing opinions to yours!

On to the game it will be a tough one would love to see us win but think it has a draw written all over it!

 

If Tony plays the team we want and we get a result. Last Saturday match will be forgotten about. 

7 hours ago, yellowsubmarine said:

its one of those games Mowbray will surprise us all with an attacking line up.
Raya, Bell, Mulgrew, Rodwell, Nyambe, Evans, Reed, Palmer, Rothwell, Dack, Graham

Bennett suspended. Lenihan/Smallwood one card away from one-game suspension.

Let's just hope so! Can see us bouncing back with that team! 

3 hours ago, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

One interesting aspect of the match - as poor as we played (especially in defense) - if Brereton's goal had stood (as TM feels it should) - we could easily have gone on to draw the match.

As I said previously - I didn't feel PNE were that good - and the time wasting from the 11th minute on was embarrassing for a home side.

 

Pne weren't good at all. They took their chances. We were awful at the back. Had an argument with a Preston fan after as he claims they outclassed us? Looking at the scorline you could say that. With regards to possession and chances we were better. If it wasn't for that first goal so early on, the result would of been different IMO.

4 minutes ago, Franky said:

I expect us to tonk the pie eaters 3-0 

I expect a bounce back of course. Tonk? Defiantly not. 2-1 rovers.

2 hours ago, blueboy3333 said:

Bennett suspended, Smallwood available for Wigan.

yeah knowing TM he will go back to the "safe" option and start evans and Smallwood, stick reed on the right and leave our best attacking midfielder again on the bench (rothwell). In that case down the league we go.

Starting to loose my patience with TM and his decision making. We as fans know what our best attaching lineup is - Why the F**k Dosent the manager use it?!

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

we had 4 great chances 1st half half, and 3 second half which we scored 1. 

Yes you say poor prep when we lose but you don't come on when the prep has been excellent like home wins against Brentford and Leeds United

 

Mowbray has mention trying to change us to passing style type of game which is fair enough but then players like Rodwell and Rothwell need to play. 

Dack is being man marked out of game. Pearson did a job on him yesterday 

If Armstrong is going to play wide then we are short but Brereton should be playing up front

I wouldn't say the prep was good for those matches? More like the players were more up for those games

3 points is a must!!